A Zambian man who witnessed first hand the impact mining had on his country met NI communities facing an influx of prospectors.
Huge swathes of ‘the west’ are now subject to mineral prospecting licences from mining companies hoping to find gold and other precious metals in Tyrone, Fermanagh, Derry and parts of south Armagh and Down.
Fumba Chama, 38, from Lusaka met with activists opposed to extractivism in the Sperrins Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty as well young people in Belfast and Derry.
