Prior actual downhole BHM operations, it is always recommended to run a quick-n-easy surface test to try different borehole mining techniques and collect valuable data.

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This is a video about amber hunting in Karklė, Lithuania. It was a surprisingly interesting trip to the Baltic Sea, even though our catch was rather small.

Much of the world's amber is mined illegally in eastern Europe, controlled by cartels so powerful that local police are afraid to intervene.

Criminal gangs remain in control of much of Ukraine's amber business. The business is worth as much as $500 million each year.

Illegal amber mining in Ukraine is a lucrative business for criminal gangs but its environmental impact can be devastating. Environmentalist Dmytro Leontijuk is fighting to end this illicit industry.