The environmental impacts of gold mining are irreversible damage to the environment due to the use of cyanide, mercury, heavy metals, and the excessive use of water, according to Early. In one hour, a mining company consumes the amount of water that five families use in 20 years.
Due to the health, social and environmental risks that mining causes, the Salvadoran government has stopped issuing permits for mining. In response, North American companies like Pacific Rim Mining Corporation and Commerce Group Incorporated are demanding that the Salvadoran government pay them millions of dollars for refusing them mining permits.
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