PROCESSING

Cyanide, mercury-free gold process a reality

FIRST gold has been produced using a non-toxic chemical process designed to provide an alternative to using cyanide and mercury to extract the yellow metal.

The first gold produced from the CSIRO non-toxic process.

The first gold produced from the CSIRO non-toxic process.

The first gold is the result of early trials of CSIRO's "going for gold" technology and was produced in partnership with small gold miner Eco Minerals Research at a demonstration plant in the Western Australian...

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