| | Gold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | Gold in antiquity was relatively easy to obtain geologically however 75% of all gold ever produced has been extracted since 1910 (see Goldsheet, cumulative gold production). |
 | | Gold is widely distributed in the earth's crust at a background level of 0.03 g/1000 kg (0.03 ppm), hydrothermal ore deposits of gold occur in metamorphic rocks and igneous rocks, alluvial deposits and placer deposits originate from these sources. |
 | | Gold is extracted from alluvium ores by techniques of placer mining and from hard rock ores by initially crushing and grinding the ore and then by one or more of the following techniques; gravity separation, flotation, cyanidation, amalgamation, roasting, bioleaching or pressure oxidation(autoclaving). |
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