Environmental Impacts of Gold Mining | Brilliant Earth
The Environmental Disaster That Is the Gold Industry. New York Times. Beyond Gold''s Glitter: Torn Lands and Pointed Questions. BBC. One year on: Romania''s cyanide spill . Acid Mine Drainage. Dirty gold mining often leads to a persistent problem known as acid mine drainage. The problem results when underground rock disturbed by mining is newly exposed to air and water. Iron sulfides (often ...