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The dystopian underworld of South Africa’s illegal gold mines

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Re: The dystopian underworld of South Africa’s illegal gold mines

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The region of Donbass has illegal coal mines, or kopanki . Not sure what's their legal status now, considering the whole region is grey area.

Are they in the part held by Russia?

I believe most of them are, but I'm not that strong at geology of the region.
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