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Gold Prospector Fined in Elvo for Using a Prohibited Electric Pump

BIELLA – He was panning for gold in the Elvo River, in the stretch between Borriana, Salussola, and Cerrione, but he was using prohibited equipment. A sixty-year-old from Novara was fined €250 by the Sordevolo Forestry Carabinieri for using a battery-powered electric submersible pump to move water and facilitate the separation of gold from the sediment. The action was triggered by reports from the Biella Gold Miners Association, which had observ…
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BIELLA – He was panning for gold in the Elvo River, in the stretch between Borriana, Salussola, and Cerrione, but he was using prohibited equipment. A sixty-year-old from Novara was fined €250 by the Sordevolo Forestry Carabinieri for using a battery-powered electric submersible pump to move water and facilitate the separation of gold from the sediment. The action was triggered by reports from the Biella Gold Miners Association, which had observ…

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