The whole situation leaves one to wonder whether, in the face of what is now the considerable dependence of the country’s economy on the returns from gold mining (the Ministry of Natural Resources has already pronounced on the likelihood that 2017 will be another record year for gold production) we may not have lost our way completely as far as the balance between gold recovery and protecting the environment is concerned. Have we found ourselves almost completely ignoring altogether the heavy environmental tradeoff that accrues from the excesses of some gold mining operations and conveniently setting aside the reality that in the longer term that posture will come back to haunt us?
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2017/opinion/editorial/04/18/gold-mining-environmental-tradeoff/
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