Komobangau gold mines, Niger; Samaila Ibrahim, 15, works extracting gold from low-grade ore. He can earn up to $100 in a good month.

Komobangau gold mines, Niger; Samaila Ibrahim, 15, works extracting gold from low-grade ore.  He can earn up to $100 in a good month. Stock Photo
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Mike Goldwater / Alamy Stock Photo

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EHC35X

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3840 x 5760 px | 32.5 x 48.8 cm | 12.8 x 19.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

18 May 2012

Location:

Niger

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Komobangau gold mines, Niger, 18th May 2012: Samaila Ibrahim, 15, where he stays. He came with his father to the mines five years ago to earn money to send back to his family. 

He hopes one day to be a trader like his father. Now he is part of a crew of skilled manual labourers and he can earn up to $100 in a good month.

He regrets that he has never been able to go to school and would like to have learned French like his friends. 
One day he would like to be a trader like his father.