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Pollution of Surface Water Close to an Artisanal Gold Mining Area: the Case of Macalder Mine, Kenya
This study investigated the contribution of artisanal gold mining and processing activities at the Macalder Mine, Kenya to iron (Fe), copper (Cu),...
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Geochemical speciation and distribution of trace metals in sediments around industrial and artisanal gold mining areas in northern Côte d'Ivoire
The purpose of this study was to investigate the mobility, spatial distribution, possible sources, and potential ecological risks associated with...
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Mercury Exposure from Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining in Bunikasih, West Java, Indonesia
Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is one of the major sources of mercury pollution in Indonesia. The village of Bunikasih, near Bandung, the...
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Arsenic and other trace elements in groundwaters and surface waters in the gold mining region of the Nigerien Liptako (Southwestern Niger)
The Nigerien Liptako in southwest Niger has gold mineralisations in Birimian formations (Paleoproterozoic) that have been mined for several decades....
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Artisanal Exploitation of Mineral Resources: Remote Sensing Observations of Environmental Consequences, Social and Ethical Aspects
Since the rise of the gold price in 2000, artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a growing economic activity in develo** countries. It...
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Plant-based coagulant of Theobroma cacao L. as a substitute for Mercury in Colombian gold beneficiation
The use of mercury in gold mining adversely affects the ecosystems and has raised concerns, especially in specific areas of Colombia. An alternative...
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Prospective Analysis of Artisanal Mining in the Santa Rita Village: Municipality of Andes, Antioquia
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) of gold has adversely affected the environment and human health for decades, mostly due to excessive use of...
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Waste Management and the Elimination of Mercury in Tailings from Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in the Andes Municipality of Antioquia, Colombia
Several artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sites in Colombia were located and sampled. At each ASGM site, tailings samples were collected...
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Assessment of some potentially harmful elements and their associated health risk in stream sediments of rural gold-mining communities in Southwestern Nigeria
The impact of potentially harmful elements in stream sediments around active and abandoned artisanal gold-mining communities in Nigeria was assessed...
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Heavy metals, radionuclides activity and mineralogy of soil samples from an artisanal gold mining site in Ile-Ife, Nigeria: implications on human and environmental health
The Ife-Ilesha schist belt of the Nigerian Basement Complex is renowned for artisanal gold mining activities owing to the occurrence of gold-bearing...
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Map** Gold Mineralization Targets Using Geological Field and Magnetic Ground Data in the Yopa Area, Adamawa-Cameroon
This study aims map gold mineralization targets in the Boékini locality (Adamawa-Cameroon) by integrating geological and magnetic data. The...
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Ecological and human health risk assessments of metals in soil and tailing from Ife-Ijesha gold mining area, Southwest Nigeria
Mining and disposal of mining wastes are notable human activities that have resulted in substantial environmental and human health deterioration. The...
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Mining and the Nature of Gold Deposits
It is a major task to make a gold bar from gold atoms which exist at a few parts per billion (0.0000001%) in the Earth’s crust. This task is a...
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Geostatistical analysis of hydrogeological data of the Baraka gold zone, prefecture of Siguiri, Republic of Guinea
Although mining activities greatly contribute to improving the socio-economic life of the populations of the Birimian basin of Siguiri, they...
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Petrography and mineral microchemical signature of lode gold mineralization in Goz-Beida, southern Ouaddaï massif, eastern Chad
Gold mineralisation in Goz-Beida within the southern Ouaddai massif in eastern Chad is hosted by quartz veins oriented NW-SE to NE-SW in Abilelaï and...
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Investigation of potential environmental radiation risks associated with artisanal gold mining in Zamfara State, Nigeria
A total number of 166 average measurements were taken using a handheld radiation meter. The mean terrestrial gamma radiation dose rate (TRD) was 32...
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Data Mining of a Geoscience Database Containing Key Features of Gold Deposits and Occurrences in Southwestern Uganda: A Pilot Study
Data mining is a promising new tool in mineral exploration. Here, we combined data-mining procedures with spatial prediction modeling for gold...
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The formation of vein-type barite (± base metal, gold) deposits in northern Madagascar and its link with Mesozoic Pangean rifting
Along the boundary between the Precambrian basement and the Permo-Mesozoic sedimentary basin of northernmost Madagascar, an extensive network of...
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Heavy metal contamination in the vicinity of gold mine and its environmental impact at Eastern Desert, Egypt
The Eastern Desert in Egypt is a significant gold-mining region, and its gold mine is one of the world’s oldest. The presence of tailings and slag...
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Evaluation of radiological hazards due to natural radioactivity in soil samples collected in and around some gold mining areas of the Mayo-Kebbi region in Chad with statistical analyses
In this work, a high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector in a low-background setup was used to determine the activity concentrations of 238 U, 232 Th, and 40...
