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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Mercury and Small-Scale Gold Mining

 The price of gold has increased greatly in the last ten years, causing more and more people to start small-scale (or “artisanal”) gold mining operations. Small-scale gold miners mix mercury with soil containing small amounts of gold to form a mercury-gold amalgam. That amalgam is then heated; the mercury is burned off and the gold is left behind

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