GOLD AND DIAMONDS

Two types of extraction, gold and diamond are practised in Nola, and are the most popular profession in the corner. Diamond and gold extractors are concentrated on the banks of the Sangha River, where the Kadéï and Mambéré give birth. At the football field level, turn right and continue to the pier. Next door is the outdoor slaughterhouse and, just behind, on the outskirts of the wooded area, the "parking park" of the prisoners of gold and diamond.

If some fortune researchers venture on foot in the forest, dig off the streams, most of the activities take place on the river, behind the outdoor abattoir. Nola has regained fame since February 2011 and the discovery by a young miner of a high-value rough diamond. Many young people work at the landing level, or on the other side of the bank, at the bottom of the mountain to the Monkeys and at the edge of the sawmill. Between the two banks, they have installed artisan dams, a variety of large pyramid screens of 3 m wide, at the base of which they are inlassablement to climb the desired gravel. Once their canoes have been filled, they wash on site or return to land. A moment always tinged with intense excitement. In dry season, when the depth of the river is smaller, researchers are more numerous, and can initiate you to their profession, bring you to discover their daily life on their boat. Diamond dealers work mainly from 10 h to 15 h. All are very enthusiastic and talk easily about their activity (it's free, but leave it at least 500 FCFA).