The mining of Gold brings forth the positive and negative effects, the profits for the gold produced against the trail of destruction.

1. Kuala Lipis gold
at
Penjom Gold Mine
http://kuala-lipis-
pahang.blogspot.com/

2. Gold Extraction Process
Cyanide Process
• Cyanide extraction of gold may be used in areas where fine-
gold bearing rocks are found.
• Sodium cyanide solution is mixed with finely-ground rock
that is proven to contain gold and/or silver, and is then
separated from the ground rock as gold cyanide and/or
silver cyanide solution.
• Zinc is added to the solution, precipitating out residual zinc,
as well as the desirable silver and gold metals.
• The zinc is removed with sulfuric acid, leaving a silver
and/or gold sludge that is generally smelted into an ingot
then shipped to a metals refinery for final processing into
99.9999% pure metals
• From wikipedia

3. Adverse Effect
• Cyanide dumped into rivers as a result of gold
mining can have adverse effects on a river's
ecosystem.
• Lead as a byproduct can have adverse effects on
human health, as illustrated by the case of
northern Nigeria, where 163 people were killed
by lead poisoning in early 2010 as a result of
illegal gold mining.
• The Sulpride Acid Used Can cause bad effects.
• From wikipedia

4. Kuala Lipis Gold Mine
Viewed From Satelite

5. The Scar of Destruction
or The Traces of Development?

6. Columns of Lorries To Transport The
Raw Earth Containing Minute Gold

7. To a Machine That Breaks the Earth to
Smaller Masses

8. To much Smaller Pieces

9. Final Extraction Using Cyanide

10. The Joy of Wealth, to be taken away

11. Millions $ will be gained, who Gain?
Who Lose?

12. The Pond of Death, Cyanide

13. The Trail of Destruction

14. When The Mining Stop !
• Wonder what will be left behind?
• The wealth that develop the town
• Or
• The Trail of Destruction?
– The Scarred Earth
– The Cyanide Pond
– The Death valley
• Time will Tell???.

15. The Resource
Blog site: http://kuala-lipis-
pahang.blogspot.com/
The author had work with an international airline
for more than 35 years, the last 10 years
in Training and development.
eMail : mktg@joharahman.com