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Sierra Leone Mining Stock Photos

Browse 276 sierra leone mining photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images.

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Washing Diamonds

Africa, Diamond - Gemstone, Diamond Mine

Employees working in a diamond mine. | Location: Kiodu, Sierra Leone.

Diamond Mines in Sierra Leone

Diamond Mine, Sierra Leone, Aerial View

Employees working in a diamond mine. | Location: Kiodu, Sierra Leone.

Diamond Mines in Sierra Leone

Mining - Natural Resources, Sierra Leone

South African mercenaries patrol throughout the diamond mines. | Location: Kiodu, Sierra Leone.

Diamond Mines in Sierra Leone

Diamond Mine, Mercenary - Human Role

Men mine for diamonds in Bo District, Sierra Leone, December 6, 2008. | Location: Bo District, Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone - Industry - Diamond Mining

Sierra Leone, Diamond Mine, Mine

Villagers from a nearby community sift through mud while searching for gold in the Kambui Hills Forest Reserve on September 25, 2024. Deforestation...

SLEONE-ENVIRONMENT-CONSERVATION-DEFORESTATION

Villager from a nearby community gathers mud while searching for gold in the Kambui Hills Forest Reserve on September 25, 2024. Deforestation in...

SLEONE-ENVIRONMENT-CONSERVATION-DEFORESTATION

Workers for USP&E Global service a power station for an iron ore-mine owned by London mining in Marampa, Sierra Leone. The power station runs on...

Workers service a power station in Marampa, Sierra Leone

Men mine for diamonds in Bo District, Sierra Leone, December 6, 2008. | Location: Bo District, Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone - Industry - Diamond Mining

Diamond - Gemstone, Sierra Leone, Mine

Workers for USP&E Global service a power station for an iron ore-mine owned by London mining in Marampa, Sierra Leone. The power station runs on...

Workers service a power station in Marampa, Sierra Leone

Man sifts through gravel looking for diamonds in Bo District, Sierra Leone, December 6, 2008. | Location: Bo District, Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone - Industry - Diamond Mining

Diamond - Gemstone, Sierra Leone

Diamond mine, Diamond mine, Sierra Leone, Africa.

Sierra Leone, Diamond Mine, Diamond - Gemstone

Diamond prospector filters earth from a river on April 28 in Koidu, the capital of the diamond-rich Kono district, in eastern Sierra Leone, some 250...

SLEONE-MINING-DIAMONDS-ECONOMY

Man points to diamonds in his hand at a large open-pit in Sierra Leone. | Location: Kiodu, Sierra Leone.

Diamond Mines in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, Diamond Mine, Diamond - Gemstone

Workers for USP&E Global service a power station for an iron ore-mine owned by London mining in Marampa, Sierra Leone. The power station runs on...

Workers service a power station in Marampa, Sierra Leone

Milicent Turay collects oysters at Number Two River amongst the mangroves in Freetwon on April 13, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is...

SLEONE-ENVIRONMENT-DEFORESTATION-MANGOVES

This aerial view shows mangrove deforestation at the edge of the coast near Hamilton on April 12, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is...

SLEONE-ENVIRONMENT-DEFORESTATION-MANGOVES

Pile of wood that has been collected from the forest sits in the village of Ngengeru at the border with the Kambui Hills Forest Reserve on September...

SLEONE-ENVIRONMENT-CONSERVATION-DEFORESTATION

Villagers from a nearby community gather mud while searching for gold in the Kambui Hills Forest Reserve on September 25, 2024. Deforestation in...

SLEONE-ENVIRONMENT-CONSERVATION-DEFORESTATION

Villager from a nearby community sifts through mud in a river while searching for gold in the Kambui Hills Forest Reserve on September 25, 2024....

SLEONE-ENVIRONMENT-CONSERVATION-DEFORESTATION

Villagers from a nearby community dig for gold at an artisanal mine while searching for gold in the Kambui Hills Forest Reserve on September 25,...

SLEONE-ENVIRONMENT-CONSERVATION-DEFORESTATION

National Protected Area Authority forest rangers briefly detain a woman accused of illegally mining inside the Kambui forest reserve outside Kenema...

SLEONE-ENVIRONMENT-MINING-FOREST

National Protected Area Authority forest ranger splashes water onto his head at the top of a small waterfall inside Kambui forest reserve outside...

SLEONE-ENVIRONMENT-MINING-FOREST

Excavators take part in work at the diamond mining company Koidu Holdings plant, in Koidu, the capital of the diamond-rich Kono district, in eastern...

SLEONE-MINING-DIAMONDS-ECONOMY

Man looks at work at the diamond mining company Koidu Holdings plant, in Koidu, the capital of the diamond-rich Kono district, in eastern Sierra...

SLEONE-MINING-DIAMONDS-ECONOMY

Diamond - Gemstone

Diamond prospector shows a diamond stone as other diamond prospectors filter earth from a river on April 28 in Koidu, the capital of the diamond-rich...

SLEONE-MINING-DIAMONDS-ECONOMY

Diamond prospectors filter earth from a river on April 28 in Koidu, the capital of the diamond-rich Kono district, in eastern Sierra Leone, some 250...

SLEONE-MINING-DIAMONDS-ECONOMY

Women gold prospectors work in the Pampana river on March 5, 2018 near Mekeni, northern Sierra Leone. - Down a dirt road that slopes off a bridge,...

SLEONE-VOTE-POVERTY

Mining - Natural Resources, Sierra Leone

South African mercenaries patrol throughout the diamond mines. | Location: Kiodu, Sierra Leone.

Diamond Mines in Sierra Leone

Employees working in a diamond mine. | Location: Kiodu, Sierra Leone.

Diamond Mines in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, Mining - Natural Resources

Workers for USP&E Global service a power station for an iron ore-mine owned by London mining in Marampa, Sierra Leone. The power station runs on...

Workers service a power station in Marampa, Sierra Leone

Business, African People

This aerial view shows mangrove deforestation at the edge of the coast near Hamilton on April 12, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is...

SLEONE-ENVIRONMENT-DEFORESTATION-MANGOVES

General view of "banking" constructions built into Aberdeen Creek in Freetown on April 15, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is...

SLEONE-ENVIRONMENT-DEFORESTATION-MANGOVES

Milicent Turay processes oysters by her home in Freetown on April 14, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is accelerating, from active...

SLEONE-ENVIRONMENT-DEFORESTATION-MANGOVES

Young man and his brother from a nearby community prepare charcoal amid a deforested clearing in the Kambui Hills Forest Reserve on September 25,...

SLEONE-ENVIRONMENT-CONSERVATION-DEFORESTATION

Young man from a nearby community prepares charcoal amid a deforested clearing in the Kambui Hills Forest Reserve on September 25, 2024....

SLEONE-ENVIRONMENT-CONSERVATION-DEFORESTATION

Pile of wood that has been collected from the forest sits in the village of Ngengeru at the border with the Kambui Hills Forest Reserve on September...

SLEONE-ENVIRONMENT-CONSERVATION-DEFORESTATION

The stump of a tree sits amid a clearing that was once forested land in the Kambui Hills Forest Reserve on September 25, 2024. Deforestation in...

SLEONE-ENVIRONMENT-CONSERVATION-DEFORESTATION

Deforestation, Sierra Leone

Two suspected gold miners are briefly detained by National Protected Area Authority forest rangers inside Kambui forest reserve outside Kenema on...

SLEONE-ENVIRONMENT-MINING-FOREST

People shovel and transport sand at a sand mine on the banks of the Moa River outside Kenema on June 11, 2024. For many families sand mining is the...

TOPSHOT-SLEONE-ECONOMY-MINING

Man shovels sand at a sand mine on the banks of the Moa River outside Kenema on June 11, 2024. For many families sand mining is the only means of...

TOPSHOT-SLEONE-ECONOMY-MINING

TopShot, Bestof

Diamond mine workers with sluicing equipment at a Diamond Corporation mine in Sierra Leone, circa 1955. The original caption referred to 'Jembehum'...

Diamond Corporation Mine, Sierra Leone

Diamond Mine, Sierra Leone, 1950-1959

Worker walks past one of the three crushing circuits at the diamond mining company Koidu Holdings plant, in Koidu, the capital of the diamond-rich...

SLEONE-MINING-DIAMONDS-ECONOMY

Diamond prospectors filter earth from a river on April 28 in Koidu, the capital of the diamond-rich Kono district, in eastern Sierra Leone, some 250...

SLEONE-MINING-DIAMONDS-ECONOMY

Diamond prospectors filter earth from a river on April 28 in Koidu, the capital of the diamond-rich Kono district, in eastern Sierra Leone, some 250...

SLEONE-MINING-DIAMONDS-ECONOMY

Diamond - Gemstone

Diamond prospector filters earth from a river on April 28 in Koidu, the capital of the diamond-rich Kono district, in eastern Sierra Leone, some 250...

SLEONE-MINING-DIAMONDS-ECONOMY

Diamond - Gemstone

Diamond prospector filters earth from a river on April 28 in Koidu, the capital of the diamond-rich Kono district, in eastern Sierra Leone, some 250...

SLEONE-MINING-DIAMONDS-ECONOMY

Diamond prospector filters earth from a river on April 28 in Koidu, the capital of the diamond-rich Kono district, in eastern Sierra Leone, some 250...

SLEONE-MINING-DIAMONDS-ECONOMY

Diamond - Gemstone

Women gold prospectors work in the Pampana river on March 5, 2018 near Mekeni, northern Sierra Leone. - Down a dirt road that slopes off a bridge,...

SLEONE-VOTE-POVERTY

Gold Mine, Women

Mariatu Bangura, a gold prospector, works in Pampana river on March 5, 2018 near Mekeni, northen Sierra Leone. - Down a dirt road that slopes off a...

SLEONE-VOTE-POVERTY

Sierra Leonese gold prospector Mariatu Bangura mother of 4, poses for a photograph in Pampana river on March 5, 2018 near Mekeni, northen Sierra...

SLEONE-WOMEN-DAY-PACKAGE

Gold Mine, River

Manso Turay, James Conteh, Father Kargbo, Mohamed Barrie pose outside the Radisson hotel in Freetown on February 5 before a hearing where a British...

SLEONE-COURT-MINING-RIGHTS-MASSACRE

Queen Elizabeth watches work in progress during a visit to the alluvial diamond workings at Hangha in Kenema, an eastern province of Sierra Leone,...

Queen Elizabeth II tour of West Africa

Judge Pierre Boulet for the war crimes court for Sierra Leone speaks on April 8, 2009 in Freetown during the trial of three rebel leaders convicted...

Judge Pierre Boulet for the war crimes c

Morris Kallon , a former RUF commander, one of the three rebel leaders convicted by the war court for Sierra Leone, stands during his trial on April...

Morris Kallon (R), a former RUF (Revolut

Revolutionary United Front -RUF- interim leader Issa Sesay , one of the three rebel leaders convicted by the war court for Sierra Leone, stands...

Revolutionary United Front -RUF- interim

Augustine Gbao , one of the three rebel leaders convicted by the war court for Sierra Leone, stands during his trial on April 8, 2009 in Freetown....

Augustine Gbao (R), one of the three reb

By Susan Njanji A man checks raw diamonds 10 August 2007 at Gold and Diamond department Sierra Leone Central Bank in Freetown. As it pieces together...

TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Susan Njanji A m

Freetown, SIERRA LEONE: TO GO WITH AFP STORY "Strict rules pay off for Sierra Leone's gems, many still to see sparkle" Diamond seekers work 15 May...

TO GO WITH AFP STORY "Strict rules pay o

South African mercenaries patrol throughout the diamond mines. | Location: Kiodu, Sierra Leone.

Diamond Mines in Sierra Leone