 For example, there are 800,000 to 1.5 million artisanal miners in Democratic Republic of Congo, 350,000 to 650,000 in Sierra Leone, and 150,000 to 250,000 in Ghana, with millions more across Africa.Informal techniques of producing gold, which is also known as ‘artisanal’ mining in the industry, is growing in different parts of the world.The method has provided for the livelihood of millions of Africans by helping them make comparatively more money than they would generally make through traditional trading methods.