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Apart from water samples, sediments were also collected

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Engº Sabino Coqueia, CATOCA’s chief of safety and environment officer, briefing local guides on the locations that had to be reached

In many locations the research team had trek for a kilometer from the helicopter to the riverbank

Locations being pinpointed on a map

Multiparameter probe allowed for results in real-time

's tailings basin and talked to journalists about what he saw

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Researchers collecting samples at a second location in the municipality of Chitato

Researchers from the Angolan Ministry of Environment, Agostinho Neto University, and Environment company Holisticus, before boarding an helicopter

Riverside community at the DRC side of the Chicapa river observing the researcher’s work

Sample collection at the nearest point at the border where the Chicapa river enters the DRC territory

The samples were dully collected and preserved in specialized containers to ensure its viability

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