Cyanide Heap Leach Packet

8/1/2000

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From the Table of Contents:

Cyanide Leach Mining Packet: Introduction

Mineral Policy Center Fact Sheet: Cyanide . Mineral Policy Center. 2000.

Introduction from Cyanide Uncertainties: Observations on the Chemistry, Toxicity, and Analysis of Cyanide in Mining-Related Waters. By Dr. Robert Moran. Mineral Policy Center Issue Paper No.1. 1998.

The Heap-Leach Method. The Sacramento Bee. (A diagram of the heap-leach process.)

A Gold Mine's Toxic Bullet. The Washington Post. February 15, 2000.

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry ToxFAQs  Cyanide. From www.atsdr.cdc.gov.

Environmental Protection Agencys Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). 1998 releases of cyanide compounds and hydrogen cyanide. From www.epa.gov/triexplorer. Top 15 facility releases for cyanide compounds and hydrogen cyanide.

Excerpts from Poi$oned Profit$: Cyanide Heap Leach Mining and its Impacts on the Environment. National Wildlife Federation.

Suggested Reading List.