How Gold Is Mined Gold Mining Process World Gold Council
Yetminingthe ore is just one stage in a long and complexgold mining process.Long before anygoldcan be extracted, significant exploration and development needs to take place, both to determine, as accurately as possible, the size of the deposit as well as how to extract andprocessthe ore efficiently, safely and responsibly. On average, it takes between 10-20 years before agold mineis even ready to …
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