An autopsy has revealed that a man in the Omnogobi Aimag centre has died of mercury poisoning, said an article in the April 12 Ardyn Erkh newspaper.

The deceased used mercury to separating out gold mined by manual workers. In Khanbogd Soum, there are reported to be at least 45 such operations.

Recently, some miners have started to use sodium cyanide, which is even more dangerous...