They will go in a drench the ground with acid, grind up all of the ore, and dump it into the biggest rivers around.
Sounds expensive?
The cyanide process would be more cost effective.
It is. I was considering all of the nasty ways to get gold. I forgot mercury.
It’s not Gold Rush.
“They will go in a drench the ground with acid, grind up all of the ore, and dump it into the biggest rivers around.”
Not if they’re smart they won’t. Flotation mills recover far more product than any of the “old ways” and that process is not new. Its also not nearly as toxic as the old ways either.