The use of cyanide in gold mining
· The process involves: Removal of all topsoil from the area to be mined. Large open pits, up to a mile wide, created to extract the ore. Transport of raw ore in large trucks to crushing machines. Crushed material built into heaps over which cyanide is sprayed. The cyanide trickles down through the ore and bonds with microscopic specks of gold.
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