Gold Mining in Kenya: Supporting Local Miners & Reducing Mercury Use with Shaker Tables & Sluices

[@joshborchardt5050]

Dude this is right along those lines of: give a man a fish: he'll eat for today; teach a man to fish: he will eat for his lifetime. Well done ol chap.

[@74KU]

Charge a man for a fishing rod that needs constant upkeep and sundry ancillary equipment and you profit of his fishing forever. Mining the miners, so altruistic.

[@endofunk2174]

@@74KU ...and the altruistic alternative is what?

[@lancesudberry209]

He ain't teaching them shid! How is he teaching ? When you grow up and turn white then you can too have this device I have Infront of you ! They been digging pot hole mines thousand acres to sell dirt cheap the cranberry gem stone very rare and beautiful but we keep them poor so pillage all of the wealth comes easy and why he's showcasing people as he is some how giving !

[@lancesudberry209]

No disrespect to brother but I see them teaching him but maybe I'm viewing it wrong or incorrect.

[@lancesudberry209]

@@endofunk2174 get your own gig to leach from and document?

[@problemwithauthority]

Truly appreciate your "Stop Mercury" initiative. After reading about and seeing gold recovery in old gold mines in California back in the early 70's, I was reminded of that with some of your previous videos and had an Oh-No moment thinking of the health hazards people [mostly unknowingly] endure to make a living. Thanks for trying to make a change.

[@tristanbulluss9386]

I have a picture of a ghost on a tv.

[@ralamo65able]

Yes , you right about mercury been very dangerous for people, but also some people created inmune and eventually past this to their children's, that is the reason that everyone have a different inmune system, like for example, I am Puertorrican, born and grow up in the island and few years ago I finding out that they make a DNA text to every different people in every country and we the Puertorrican have the best DNA , and I wonder why , and I realize that are ancestors ( Taino Indians) are decent from the people that coming down from the north pole went the Ice ege like thousands and thousands years ago , meaning that Puertorrican probably have a strong inmune system because that.

[@forrestking1760]

@@ralamo65able thats not how that works, immune system fights against bacteria's ,virus and cellular matter, not none organics, heavy metals cant, and will poison. your body will not fight back from it, it takes 10-50 or more years for it to cause an effect. please do your research before Making misinformation. also to your linage... yes, and no, same as mine... i would say, any ones lineage, that has less technology advances, have way higher immune systems, because there not helped with vaccine and medicines, if ur just talking about the immune systems, but if we were talking about, the longer ur linage went with out Proper medical assistances, and technologies, that supported such health, you will have a stronger immune systems, but that dos'nt mean that it will save you from, strong viruses/diseases... Always something out there bigger or stronger, that wants to kill us, even if its a microbe.

[@ahmedaliabdule5942]

The humor of the "engineer"

[@daubinks]

" I am very proud" This was so much quality, such a smile on my face. I too am proud of the cameraman, and inspired by the workers.

[@cptrikester2671]

Wow. Excellent episode Jason. Let's hope we can all appreciate how easy a life many of us have.

[@yoshtg]

yea, just go where its warm and you never have to worry about a cold winter. in jamaica they live very relaxed, and simple life, too! its not just africa

[@markae0]

@@yoshtg Places without a winter tend to have dangerous animals and insects, so that's bad, besides the malaria. "The estimated number of malaria deaths stood at 619 000 in 2021."

[@davidregan9872]

@@markae0 All the spiders, and deadly snakes too that could kill a person!

[@fleamine]

Minning for gold is not easy, I know this cause I have been doing it for about 10 years now. It seems easy, but it is Hard work.

[@cptrikester2671]

For clarity, I'm not implying that this is easy life, I'm trying to highlight how easy a life most people have without doing dangerous back breaking work.

[@katieandkevinsears7724]

This is active environmentalism. Not environmental activism. It's great to see you doing positive work to end mercury pollution in other countries.

[@rockbutcher]

Nice compilation of your former work Jason. I spent about 5 years mining in equatorial Africa in several different countries and always found the locals at the mine site to be wonderful human beings. Bandits on the road or shysters in the cities were a different thing. One alluvial diamond mine I worked at had an issue with artisans who were 'Grandfathered' on the licence. I drilled off the river to the south of us and proved that the placer went well west of our boundary so I took a few of the senior village gents out and showed them exactly where the survey line was. I waved my arm and said that 'all of this is open to you.' They dug a crater the size of three football fields in about six months and brought me most of those diamonds to buy from them.

[@boulderboyv10]

Such incredible people! I love how they find a problem and fix it immediately with what they have on hand. No waiting for a prefab trough for two weeks; they find a solution right away and implement it. It's good that more environmentally friendly/health friendly methods are being phased into their operations

[@lookronjon]

I agree. I lived in the Virgin Islands. The people used to fix things. It was amazing what can be fixed with little to nothing. I learned so much there. It helps me now. It’s too bad that things are made to throw away now. I am a classic car / hot rod mechanic. I always try to fix things first. I’ve been told that I’m magic.

[@susanturcotte3176]

Cam, that was the third or fourth time watching a video about the people who mine in Kenya. I was also amazed at their simple, but amazing, ingenuity. Beautiful people who are caring and community-driven!

[@sajstephens001]

How much is a gram of gold bought at in Kenya 2024 if you don't mind me asking?

[@ncprospectors]

I think you are awesome for helping them in Kenya. Mining without mercury will benefit them greatly and help the environment. Great job. Thanks. ✌️👍😎

[@Hiltonology]

Jason this is great dude. What a legend. You have forever planted an awesome memory in those folks in Kenya.

[@bbalderston125]

Very fine representative for us in Kenya. The respect and personal interest you showed in the people was awesome.

[@croatiansensation6062]

Thank you MBMM LLC for helping Kenyans mine without poisioning themselves with mercury vapors and through dermal absorption. Spreading that good old USA spirit. I commend you!

[@RealLifeFinance]

The SMILES 😃! 42:18 Magical From the children to the miners to the women working in muck and dust. All smiling. Lovely to see. Thanks Jason!

[@UneducatedGeologist]

Hardest work ever yet they are full of joy

[@leonidas953]

Great video Jason! I’m amazed every time you show mining. The amount of work required just for 1 gram of gold. And we can buy it for an hour work at a desk. I was horrified to see Mercury being burned and in nitric bath in open air next to onlookers.

[@kiptooj]

Being from Kenya It's great to see you extend and share your Gold mining expertise. I have been following this channel for a long time.

[@cardura99]

What a great watch and educational in so many different ways. I love your goals of reducing the usage of mercury, and other toxic chemicals all while empowering individuals. Thank you for taking the time and sharing this with all of us Jason.

[@davidsakwa7508]

So thankful to you Mr Jason to learn that you visited my country Kenya and more specifically Western Kenya where I'm coming from to share your knowledge selflessly, Be blessed abundantly 🙏

[@Lab_Dad]

I've only gotten through about 25% of the video, but I'm really enjoying it. Thank you for such an awesome first look at their process. Thank you for helping them to step away from the use Mercury. Now back to the rest of the video.

[@LlamaKingGaming]

These guys are impressively hard-working and innovative. Much respect

[@SMoore-js6fy]

Jason: you hit the jack-pot with this vid. !! Glad to see you involved with Mercury free mining tech. Look forward to see more follow-up with your trips "Back to Africa". Three cheers from the PNW contribution.

[@o1ecypher]

Dangerous is an understatement, mad respect to the man who feeds their families by risking the only thing they have, and thats their health and their life. bless you

[@VictoriaHall4949]

I really enjoyed it Jason, thanks for the look inside Africa and the process of gold working... Good work !

[@robbybobby64]

You are a long way from Washington state my friend. I loved that you are teaching them mercury free mining. See the whole operation in Kenya was eye opening to say the least. Hard workers no doubt. Makes me appreciate what I do have more.

[@invisiblestacker]

You have greatly improved the lives of so many people with this equipment.

[@HansFormerlyTraffer]

The people of Kenya rock...God bless you for helping them, Jason.

[@joshs8738]

Wow that is eye opening. Such hardship for whatever they can scrap up. Seeing how the lady handled the mercury bare handed like that and burning the mercury off in open fire...they must know the danger right? Just another day of surviving. Thanks for showing this and helping how you can.

[@TheWhoost]

Thank you so much. I'm glad someone is doing this, mercury is so easily avoided with the proper techniques and knowledge

[@johntrottier1162]

Absolutely an amazing video. Your depiction of the gap between the haves and the haves not has very rarely been shown so well. Thank you for working to bring the technology of today to people who only know how things have worked in the past and have not been shown there is a better way.

[@WayneLambrightIII]

It's heartbreaking to see how hard these people work and what poverty they live in. I pray to God their life improves.

[@johnmaina8619]

This is side hustle

[@awldune]

This is an amazing video! The generated close captioning is very helpful here and surprisingly accurate. These people are so friendly and open with you, I know you gave them some equipment but I think you must have a way with people.

[@caseysheaffer3693]

You set the bar awfully high now for videos to come, thank you!!

[@amr8457]

I love the Kenyans bubbly spirits and smiles. Hard working and creative mindsets are inspiring! I must SERIOUSLY acknowledge the Goldsmith's creatine talents with all that jewelry at the end of the video! Every single one of those pieces that I saw was nothing less than a masterpiece of creativity and talent! I would have sat here glued to my seat for two or three hours if I could have seen them make some of that stuff! Whereas most of us are focused on where to get how to find and then process, etc. Thank you for the great video!

[@edwinkwaba5726]

What an amazing piece of story. Honestly I'm from Kenya i love this man Jason, he has great heart. As a Kenyan and on behalf of Kenya say thanks to this

[@Panicagq2]

Thank you for sharing that, Jason! It was fun to watch with my morning coffee, and the people are so amazing! They're so ingenious and were soaking up everything you could teach - and I think you may have learned a thing or two as well 🤯 I look forward to seeing more of your adventures, wherever you go...

[@robertmcbee4671]

WOW! Thank you for showing this and I hope that they were able to see the difference in your products efforts could make for their lives.

[@SirSpags]

Jason, you are one helluva Mzungu!! Amazingly fascinating and educational video. They are some seriously hard working folk in Kenya. Thanks for sharing.

[@lukeingram7655]

What a gem of a video to somewhat randomly come across, the work you are/were doing is admirable and the fact there is not the slightest hint of fear in your voice even 40 meters underground in mines that no sane person would go near says a lot about your dedication to your project. THIS is how you win the respect of the natives in a hurry!! The shots of the dubai market were eye opening as well, my lord the quantities within are staggering!

[@thecargotsold]

Natives? What the heck

[@lukeingram7655]

@@thecargotsold Yes, natives, as in native to the area. I'm not sure what you're questioning here.

[@williamvohs9766]

You are making a big difference in their lives . You have done a great thing . I hope you feel good on the inside . It makes me feel happy knowing there are people that truly care for other people you are one of those people that truly care . God bless you and your family plus your friends

[@steveodavis9486]

I'm pleased you are helping them upgrade their milling practices. what a spooky and dangerous place to work, mercury above and undermechanized underground. Just like mining was practiced for thousands of years before modern technological advances. I hope they manage to upgrade their practices. The cobalt mining in Congo by big tech is unhuman. At least these people are doing what they can to improve. Good luck and keep up the help.

[@kevjou1]

Great video Jason. Helping small scale miners is great. Helping them get away from mercury is even a bigger thing the impacts on their health. Great karma Jason good work.

[@susanturcotte3176]

Jason, thank you for sharing a riveting, spellbinding, and educational experience in the gold fields of Kenya! The primitive ways of mining make me look like a lazy person! Or maybe, spoiled rotten? Either way, thank you for sharing your shaker table and sluices with the miners. Just think about how much gold they have lost through the years. This equipment will help them tremendously and bring some ease to back-breaking tasks. Don't even get me started on the mercury use!!! As an RN for 30 years, there has been a case in which a patient almost died by mercury poisoning. The BP meter was broken... no one knew. Every time the patient had her BP checked, tiny balls of mercury ran out the top and onto her bed. The point is that mercury = increased chance of poisoning every time it touches your skin.

[@jangrahame4891]

This primitive engineering is incredible! Already they have adapted your beautiful sluice to their local needs. Your sluice table will greatly reduce the mercury pollution. We can only hope that they can eventually forego the use of all mercury as they learn new methods around the sluice table.

[@ghostprepper5859]

Thanks for an on-site gold extraction and you helping them collect there gold with out hurting themselves or the environment

[@doittoday1]

Having been in these countries I would say you are someone who has increased their way of life.

[@UneducatedGeologist]

Amazing! Better than most made for tv reality shows right here.

[@grzegorzjaczewski3733]

I really like this "Stop Mercury" initiative. That is something that can help not only people working in small primitive mining but to our environment.

[@aureojardel5288]

Excellent experience, I am from Angola and I been watching the channel for while, and pretend to invest in one of your machines in the future. Wish you sucesses!

[@montananative2414]

Jambo Jason....thank you for helping the poor people of Kenya.....they are truly a deserving bunch of hard working people.

[@mikejohnson4254]

Thank you for posting this video it was amazing!! Also thank you for donating your time and product to help this people out!

[@mirrorflame1988]

Wonderful initiative! This kind of go-getter attitude to solving problems is what Humanity always needs! Kudos to you all!!

[@mkm1225]

Wow, love what you guys are doing to help the people in Kenya with their gold mining.

[@adriaannikken7519]

I love seeing how problems are solved with so little money. Thanks for your time and efforts Jason

[@RuneChaosMarine]

i love how quickly they began to create upgrades for the table. i imagine they would also be able to create one on thier own very soon. i cant imagine how much has beem lost in the sluse colection ponds.

[@goldiswhereyoufindit]

I really hope this goes viral bro this was a great documantary. Eye opening.

[@JasperKlijndijk]

I loved this video! I found you due to your collab with Dan Hurd and after watching this video I subscribed. Please please continu your work with African or South American small miners. Helping them with slicing would make a huge difference!

[@ernestryder1129]

Wow, thank you for helping the Kenyans mine gold without toxins, and lifting their production, for food and necessities

[@Newnumberone]

Awesome project. People really shouldn’t poison themselves to get the gold. Get rid of the mercury process. Love the use of crushers and sluices 👍 Thank you for caring for others 👍

[@rashidmwenda7397]

Thanks for visiting our country ❤️ and helping our people, lots of love

[@bretnielsen5502]

EXCELLENT addition to their mining equipment ! A positive step forward for them to improve their lives!

[@bretnielsen5502]

Get them an air compressor and drill !~

[@xnakxx]

one of my favorite videos of yours man. Very interesting. I am sure that the people you visited appreciate it immensely.

[@martinmoessmer9527]

Greatness is something, Nobility is something else. It's rarely achieved. May your crusades be safe and enthralling. Thank you Jason.

[@morelanmn]

It appears you helped many people toward a better life. You and all involved did very well. I look forward to more of this type of productions. What is more impressive is that helping the people was more of a driving force than selling your products.

[@nwliving]

In this one trip, you gave these people so much wealth.

[@wrxs1781]

This was an excellent video, it gives a person insight in how things are done in the Kenya mining industry.

[@franciscorojas934]

Hi Jason..I have been following your episodes since you started...now you are not just a great entertainer..you are my Hero!! what a great job you doing!!

[@jk-76]

Scary to imagine how sick people can get working with murcury. You are saving lives my friend.

[@alexiscornett9809]

absolutely amazing video, it makes me so glad that there are people like you in the world!

[@jimcurtis1654]

Well done Jason, what a wonderful project to get rid of the mercury etc and save some lives. Should also improve the recovery and get the miners better paid.

[@mojavegold-]

"Come on down in the mine. Don't worry!" Thanks for posting this Jason - Incredible video!

[@westonmucheke9645]

Jason, i want a shaker table can you help where i can buy 1 please.

[@-r-495]

Thank you for sharing this. I hope that the miners adopt soon and can stay off the mercury in the future.

[@-meganeura]

These documentary videos are amazing! From the mission purpose to the video work . AWESOME!

[@minermikesouthernusa4017]

Amazing to see the ingenuity of people, and see how hard we work to obtain a little Gold. Great video 👍🏻

[@mcgama88]

The underground workings and the hand crush of the ore are an amazing part of the adventure. And the boiling acid as mercury vapor was compelling. The mechanics of the ball crusher, the condition of sluice capture....and the trace of a gold metal from the ground to sales at an amazing gold market simply have me considering my home and that condition I work and relax to daily. A reminder to breathe somehow, free of good natured poverty. I really like your aim to reduce the mercury. M.

[@andrewriegel6787]

I hope you get a sponsor to do this. This is LIFE SAVING

[@grande1184]

Awesome video Jason. I really like it when we can see how things are done in undeveloped countries. I wonder about their surprise when they see how well the newer equipment works. I’m sure there are holdouts who like the old lol. I’ve seen that here. Please keep bringing us along with you to see more of this stuff. Thank you.

[@matthewlewis-zw3tf]

That's wonderful. Bringing modern equipment and methods to rural Africa 🌍. Excellent training, "teach a man to fish and you feed him for life".

[@michaelmercer2440]

May God bless this team for helping the Kenyans, well done we need more like you in this world, bless again Amen

[@amcpacer2256]

Changing the world with this kind of stuff brother 🙏

[@rindapelton5876]

I admire your skill at teaching a different culture and language!!! What a huge undertaking!!!!! Thank you!!🤗

[@chrisellertson3352]

I am so impressed with your efforts and generous nature that you teach and offer without degradation. Colonialism has done no good to Africa and those forces are at work today. Thanks for being a big wedge in this and helping people of Africa. Those folks that claim they are from this culture that are now in USA and complain about their state should go back to Africa and attempt life as these good people live with such vigor and at such risk to themselves to supply for their families. Thankyou and God Bless!

[@Orbacron]

This was amazing! Good trip, slucing upgrades, and knowledge. Thank you for sharing this trip

[@deanflint2239]

I never realized that Kenya was so rich in gold ore. Can you imagine how much gold they could export if they had the latest processing equipment? Thank you so much for the tour, Jason.

[@khiem1939]

A low yield deposit like this, 3-4 grams per ton, wouldn't be mined in the USA or most places in the world!

[@panyako]

Not necessarily export. Perhaps we'd prefer to keep it for ourselves, given the current economic circumstances occasioned by high inflation. Gold's a good hedge🙂

[@lostin.psychosis7080]

@@panyako cant eat gold

[@thecargotsold]

​​@@lostin.psychosis7080 that is a silly response to a solid economic perspective by the previous poster. Sad to be you, I guess

[@lostin.psychosis7080]

@B G how so? Clearly you are judging my comment from your personal standards and experiences bur how about looking at it from a war torn famine destroyed perspective. Keeping it won't do them any good. Selling it for a fair price on the other hand would be highly beneficial to the local populations. Perspective my friend. You can't eat gold

[@MestreDentistaGUC]

I can't express just how awesome your work is! Fantastic video!

[@Pa.PatriotProspecting]

Excellent operations Jason! 👏🏻 Thank you for helping to keep the environment safe, brother! ❤️ you 🪨 🎸 🤘 ✨️⛏️

[@shalal8746]

The truth is he is helping himself sell his equipment and collecting all this detailed information from source to import point for well known reasons (nothing to do with the welfare of these poor ppl interest, rather to be used by other organizations to shut down the operations or use it to sanction the country and harm the whole population. Are we allowed to go to this man's country filming ppl and asking all such question. I don't think so.

[@Pa.PatriotProspecting]

@@shalal8746 Mercury exposure at high levels can harm the brain, heart, kidneys, lungs, and immune system of people of all ages. High levels of methylmercury in the bloodstream of babies developing in the womb and young children may harm their developing nervous systems, affecting their ability to think and learn.

[@Pa.PatriotProspecting]

@Shalal not sure what you're getting at, but when you're burning mercury off 3' from a young kid, it is not good. The machinery works! I'm thinking the health of your people would matter...no?

[@shalal8746]

@@Pa.PatriotProspecting You know exactly what I mean. Every goat in the field knows the danger of mercury to the ppl and the environment. Who produces this harmful substance and profit from selling it to these ignorant ppl? Why is it not banned or restricted like drugs, weapons and other dangerous substances? The intention was about collecting data and selling equipment. I never heard any advice been lend to these ppl, or even telling them about the dangers of Mercury because they don't care, they came for another reason.

[@Pa.PatriotProspecting]

@Shalal you're reaching... I get that you may feel threatened by someone trying to sell something, but its beneficial for the safety of your people. That alone outweighs the costs immeasurably! Stop being so mad, help stop the polluting the world with poison...be better!

[@franklinbest6926]

Great job, and a great development to the people of Kenyans, God bless you all,🙏❤🙏.

[@dionh70]

When I was in the Navy, during and after the first Gulf War (1991-92), we stopped in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. I walked through a mall in Dubai, and I saw shops even bigger than those in this video, with even more gold jewelry. It was just as astonishing then as it is now.

[@davidroberts1026]

This was truly a great video. I like all your stuff because it's entertaining and educational, but this was even more--a big part of that is the humanity present, and kudos on trying to help people get away from using mercury! Some of that was hard to watch, speaking empathetically, and hopefully the people will see that they don't need the mercury (and have some understanding of just how toxic it is). I can only imagine how hard that was to be around those kids while some of this stuff was going on (let alone just people in general being around it) but also can appreciate that you can't just come in and start telling people "No, you're doing it wrong"--especially as an outsider. All you can do is show them, and hope they see. This was a fascinating look into not just gold mining in Africa, but another culture and how they live their lives, as far as supporting themselves and their families. Also, the one man who said his company only takes 2 bags of the 4 that that miner produced and lets him keep 2 , because it wouldn't be right to take most of it, as he has a family and has to live too, could teach many US companies something about being humane and not strictly ruled by greed. Finally, that gold market at the end was Insane, ha! Thanks again--it was over too soon for me. Peace.

[@danielrochat5968]

Thank you Jason for your great journalistic report.

[@UbuteyAustralia]

What a great learning of other countries on how they mine for gold👍

[@derekforrest6827]

Jason mate watched alot of your stuff and this is amazing what your doing here 👏

[@will_doherty]

Very insightful, and entertaining too. I hope the Kenyans managed to fund a lot of the basic sluices - hopefully having seen the potential they will move over to a mercury free system, and that others will see and do so too. I understand that you're looking at this venture with one eye on the commercial aspects, but even if they produce their own kit your time was very well spent. Great all round.

[@3goodtimes3]

This episode came at great time, even though it was from a year ago. I missed it. I'm running through ten pounds of tailings. Panning of of course. Great long video, thanks.

[@gavinhogg6552]

Excellent video.... Teaching the locals and supplying them with new and better ways to extract the gold is priceless 👍🤓✌️

[@glennwoods2462]

Great video... good initiative helping the Kenyans.... Those gold shops in Dubai....I had no idea... Some of the gold veins are very rich, phenomenally rich... What an eye opener watching all this...

[@woodsoundsflutes]

Wow!!! What an incredible adventure! Thank you for the video and demonstrating the real cost in human effort to mine. Fabulous!

[@Dave_9547]

Eye opening to see how people in another country live and work. I mentioned to my wife that no one looked unhappy, even though they were working in conditions most of the people I know would dislike. The gold shops in Dubai were over the top. I have never seen so much gold in one place, except maybe Ft Knox?

[@ChezKritta]

This is great, absolutely fascinating documentation of how these people perform their tasks to extract minerals. Well done sir!

[@anthonysei]

Great video. I've worked all over the world and met the people. This had me smiling and remembering the good times sharing experiences and communicating the best we could. I applaud your efforts to get these people past the mercury methods. Fantastic work. 🙏🍻

[@John-dp3ln]

Minimum someone should be doing is providing gloves and dust masks to these people to protect them from this process. Very eye opening. Thanks Jason.

[@mikemulligan5731]

Feel free to do it yourself!

[@alexislaisney3404]

Feed a million starving Africans and end up with two million starving Africans 😋

[@thankor]

Dude.. they don't have money for PPE gear LOL

[@MrMarkAMartin]

Give us a link at the top. We can gather some masks, gloves and maybe some miners moss, all pitch in together and that’s at least a thousand bucks to help with

[@elfodd35]

And pointing out that it's a bad idea to have anyone, let alone kids breathing in poisonous fumes from nitric acid and mercury.

[@amazingpower2761]

This was so awesome!!! Thank you for sharing and thanking for helping and all your efforts!

[@adventuresingoatfarming6754]

Great video. At work I hear how hard the other employees work . But having traveled the world I know they have it made. Even manufacturing retort for them to recover the mercury would be a huge help. One day the Goat 🐐 Gods will smile at me and I’ll the crusher for the farm. Keep up the great work 👍

[@semoneg2826]

This is one of the greatest videos love to see how its done differently...especially from people who dosent have the fancy equipment.. It gives you an insight into how the generations before may have done it without these updated equipments... Hope one day they invest in machinery to make their work much easier...