Landscape of a jade mine dump at a Hpakant jade mine in Kachin state, Myanmar November 25, 2015. Using heavy earth-excavators and explosives, miners have been tearing into Myanmar's northern hills in recent months, in a rush to excavate more jade from the world's richest deposits of the gemstone before a new government takes office next year. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Miners search for jade stones at a mine dump at a Hpakant jade mine in Kachin state, Myanmar November 29, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Miners search for jade stones at a mine dump at a Hpakant jade mine in Kachin state, Myanmar November 27, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Miners search for jade stones at a mine dump at a Hpakant jade mine in Kachin state, Myanmar November 27, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Trucks are seen at a jade stones mine dump at a Hpakant jade mine in Kachin state, Myanmar November 26, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Miners search for jade stones at a mine dump at a Hpakant jade mine in Kachin state, Myanmar November 27, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A buyer checks a jade stone near a mine dump at a Hpakant jade mine in Kachin state, Myanmar November 29, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Miners search for jade stones at a mine dump at a Hpakant jade mine in Kachin state, Myanmar November 28, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A buyer checks a jade stone near a mine dump at a Hpakant jade mine in Kachin state, Myanmar November 29, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A miner walks with a stone at a jade mine dump at a Hpakant in Kachin state, Myanmar November 29, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Miners search for jade stones at a mine dump at a Hpakant jade mine in Kachin state, Myanmar November 28, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Trucks are seen at a jade stone mine dump at a Hpakant jade mine in Kachin state, Myanmar November 25, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Miners search for jade stones at a mine dump at a Hpakant jade mine in Kachin state, Myanmar November 25, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Miners search for jade stones at a mine dump at a Hpakant jade mine in Kachin state, Myanmar November 24, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Miners search for jade stones at a mine dump at a Hpakant jade mine in Kachin state, Myanmar November 25, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)