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epa04990703 YEARENDER 2015 FEATURE PACKAGES.(11/16) Illegal Zimbabwean gold miner Rooi Mpofu (L) looks into the pan after processing earth looking for the tiny gold dust with their makeshift gold processing slide while fellow miner Sherphard Sibanda (R) looks on, near Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, 25 May 2015. The pair work virtually every day underground as they mine for gold and they process the gold in this nearby river polluted by chemicals from the closed commercial gold mines in the area and other industries. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK PLEASE REFER TO THIS ADVISORY NOTICE (epa04769658) FOR FULL PACKAGE TEXT