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No, gold mining has no positive effects on the environment.

Gold mining can be viewed as the recovery of surface gold (placer mining) or deep rock mining. In either event the recovery of the gold requires the removal and disposal of large amounts of waste rock (gangue) - both as rock and as fine taillings. These materials are often contaminated with cyanide, heavy metals and potentially Mercury from the recovery processes. Eithern as pure rock they can cover the bottoms of lakes and streams destroying the ecosystems present there.

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