Frederick Zakamana, a 16-year-old miner from Madagascar, pulls his tray out of the water to reveal a smear of gold in Maevetanana, 200 km (122 miles) northwest of the capital Antananarivo, October 12, 2005. Though largely unexplored, mining experts think the Indian Ocean island has big untapped deposits of gold, platinum, sapphires, rubies, diamonds and emeralds. Each year, thousands leave their villages to dig for gold and precious stones in a country where three quarters of the 17 million-strong population live on less than a dollar a day. To accompany feature Madagascar-Gold. REUTERS/Tim Cocks