金矿开采

金矿开采是指从富含金的地层中开采黄金的过程。目前有多种技术可以从地层中开采出黄金，最原始的方法是淘金。目前工业上多用氰化法提纯金，但氰化物有毒，因此正在开发新的提金试剂。人類在數千年前就開始開採黃金了。

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081211015410/http://www.uvm.edu/envnr/fijigold/ Gold mining in the Pacific Islands (including a web video)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110114080913/http://www.borneomercury.com/english/home.htm Problems from mercury pollution in Indonesia]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110629043229/http://www.undp.org/gef/documents/iw/practitioner/Protocols_for_Environmental_Health_Assess_of_Mercury-Released%20by-Artisanal-Small-Scale-Gold-Miners-1.pdf UNDP global mercury project]

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