Investigation of Gold Recovery and Mercury Losses in Whole Ore Amalgamation: Artisanal Gold Mining in Nambija, Ecuador
Mercury is a highly toxic pollutant that can negatively affect human health and the environment; informal mining is one of the main sources of anthropogenic mercury release due to the separation or concentration by amalgamation that is still used to recover gold directly from ore. In the Nambija min...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-10-01
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Series: | Minerals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/13/11/1396 |