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Quebec Firm Pioneers Cyanide-Free Gold Extraction and Arsenic-Capture to Clean up Mining Industry

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Dundee Sustainable Technologies has developed a cyanide-free method to extract gold from mineral ores and a patented process called GlassLock that converts arsenic into inert, vitrified glass—addressing two of mining's most significant environmental compliance challenges.

Worth noting

Technology deployment at scale across the mining industry remains to be demonstrated.

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