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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/82418790/Gold-production-and-its-environmental-impact">Summit declaration, Peoples' Gold Summit, San Juan Ridge, California; June 1999</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.worstpolluted.org/files/FileUpload/files/WWPP_2012.pdf">Air pollution caused by mercury and lead emissions from the artisanal gold mining; Blacksmith Institute Report; 2012</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Design, UBC Web. "Australasian Mining Disaster | Creswick Museum". www.creswickmuseum.org.au. Retrieved 2021-11-27. <a href="https://www.creswickmuseum.org.au/exhibitions/the-mining-room/australasian-mining-disaster/" target="_blank">https://www.creswickmuseum.org.au/exhibitions/the-mining-room/australasian-mining-disaster/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Cyanide from mine threatens Guyana river The Independent August 23, 1995 <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/cyanide-from-mine-threatens-guyana-river-1597531.html" target="_blank">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/cyanide-from-mine-threatens-guyana-river-1597531.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"The International Scientific Commission's Assessment of the Impact of the Cyanide Spill at Barskaun, Kyrgyz Republic, May 20, 1988" (PDF). www.centerragold.com. 1988. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2015-05-29. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090602/http://www.centerragold.com/sites/default/files/final_report_of_the_international_commission_on_th_1998_cyanide_spill.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090602/http://www.centerragold.com/sites/default/files/final_report_of_the_international_commission_on_th_1998_cyanide_spill.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Hungary to sue Australian company over cyanide spill". ABC. 2000-07-11. Retrieved 2014-12-21. <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2000/07/11/150431.htm" target="_blank">http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2000/07/11/150431.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Cyanide seeps into PNG rivers", BBC, March 23, 2000 <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/687913.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/687913.stm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Grave concerns held for trapped miners. 26/04/2006". ABC News. 2006-04-27. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 2021-11-27. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060427214056/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200604/s1623633.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20060427214056/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200604/s1623633.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Newmont Gold Mine to Pay Ghana Millions for Cyanide Spill". Environment News Service. 2010-01-22. Retrieved 2014-12-21. <a href="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2010/2010-01-22-01.html" target="_blank">http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2010/2010-01-22-01.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Silverton to seek federal cleanup help after Gold King Mine disaster - 7NEWS Denver TheDenverChannel.com". 2015-09-06. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 2021-11-27. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906130553/http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/silverton-to-seek-federal-cleanup-help-after-gold-king-mine-disaster" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150906130553/http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/silverton-to-seek-federal-cleanup-help-after-gold-king-mine-disaster</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Barrick's cyanide spill five times larger". Buenos Aires Herald. 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-09-24. <a href="http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/199455/barrick%E2%80%99s-cyanide-spill-five-times-larger-" target="_blank">http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/199455/barrick%E2%80%99s-cyanide-spill-five-times-larger-</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Adebayo, Bukola (3 October 2019). "At least 22 killed in Congo gold mine collapse, authorities say". CNN News. <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/03/africa/congo-illegal-gold-mine-collapse-intl/index.html" target="_blank">https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/03/africa/congo-illegal-gold-mine-collapse-intl/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"At least 50 killed in collapsed gold mine in east Congo, says NGO". The Guardian. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2021. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/11/at-least-50-killed-in-collapsed-gold-mine-in-east-congo-says-ngo" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/11/at-least-50-killed-in-collapsed-gold-mine-in-east-congo-says-ngo</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Niger gold mine death toll rises to 32". The Ghana Report. 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2021-11-09. <a href="https://www.theghanareport.com/niger-gold-mine-death-toll-rises-to-32/" target="_blank">https://www.theghanareport.com/niger-gold-mine-death-toll-rises-to-32/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"About 60 killed in blast at informal gold mine -Burkina Faso state TV". Reuters. 2022-02-22. Retrieved 2022-03-22. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-55-killed-explosion-burkina-faso-gold-mine-site-2022-02-21/" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-55-killed-explosion-burkina-faso-gold-mine-site-2022-02-21/</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"Video. Video: Massive landslide in Turkey captured on camera". euronews. 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-02-14. <a href="https://www.euronews.com/video/2024/02/14/nine-workers-at-a-gold-mine-missing-in-turkey-after-a-landslide" target="_blank">https://www.euronews.com/video/2024/02/14/nine-workers-at-a-gold-mine-missing-in-turkey-after-a-landslide</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Hong, Jackie (July 30, 2024). "'We're not out of the woods yet': Victoria Gold CEO speaks publicly for 1st time since heap leach failure". CBC News. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/john-mcconnell-victoria-gold-ceo-speaks-publicly-1.7280401" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/john-mcconnell-victoria-gold-ceo-speaks-publicly-1.7280401</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>