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    Property developer exploring mining possibilities at seaside beauty spot

    The Rapahoe block, with function beneath way under the Twelve Apostles Selection. Photograph: Brendon McMahon / Greymouth Star A distinguished 16ha block bordering the seaside settlement of Rapahoe and State Highway 6 could be subdivided into way of life-measurement residential blocks. However, developer Terry Birchfield states he is also checking out the risk of mining the web site, which has a spectacular Twelve Apostles Selection backdrop. Tall flax and scrub and some bush re-growth has been flattened or cleared and new drains fashioned given that Birchfield acquired the assets previously this yr. Fox River resident Andrew Beaumont contacted the Greymouth Star involved that function might be destroying what appeared to…

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    Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining

    1. NRDC. Artisanal Gold: Opportunities for responsible investment-Summary. Investing in Artisanal Gold Summary v8 https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/investing-artisanal-gold-summary.pdf (2016). 2. Asner, G. P. & Tupayachi, R. Accelerated losses of protected forests from gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon. Environ. Res. Lett. 12, 9 (2017). 3. Espejo, J. C. et al. Deforestation and forest degradation due to gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon: A 34-year perspective. Remote Sens. 10, 1–17 (2018). Google Scholar  4. Gerson, J. R. et al. Artificial lake expansion amplifies mercury pollution from gold mining. Sci. Adv. 6, eabd4953 (2020). ADS  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  5. Dethier, E. N., Sartain, S. L. & Lutz, D. A. Heightened levels and…

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    Environmental campaigners resist mining for base metals, gold, and silver ore in Clare

    Environmental campaigners have claimed they will vigorously resist any attempts to get started mining in east Clare, soon after the Division of the Setting approved a licence for a corporation to take a look at the probability. The division reported that Environment Minister Eamon Ryan intended to grant a prospecting licence to Navan, Co Meath-dependent Minco Eire for foundation metals, barytes, as well as gold and silver ore about Tulla in Clare. The prospecting licence lets for the exploration of mineral deposits, but does not authorise real mining of any minerals. The detect from the section said that environmental impacts in conditions of a prospecting licence have been, “in common”,…

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