#Alaska Native Tribes are fighting a giant proposed gold mine near the Kuskokwim River, which would create acid drainage & a lake of permanently contaminated water. We are representing six Tribes and an Alaska nonprofit to challenge it in court
#EarthJustice
https://earthjustice.org/article/donlin-gold-mine-alaska-tribes
@Jezibaba It Would Be Far WORSE Than Acid Drainage…Gold Mines World Wide Are KNOWN To Use CYANIDE To Mine The Gold
Deadly Chemicals Can Be Gold Mine
In the mining industry it has been an important component of the gold (and precious metal) extraction process since the late 1800s… Gold will dissolve in an aqueous solution of cyanide, allowing it to be separated from the ore it is found in.
https://www.bvna.com/insight/deadly-chemicals-can-be-gold-mine