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• 标题：Environmental challenges related to cyanidation in Central American gold mining; the Remance mine (Panama)
• 关键词：Environmental assessment;Gold mine;Panama;Potentially toxic elements (PTEs);Tailings;Total cyanide
• 作者：González-Valoys, Ana Cristinaa,b,cCAa;Arrocha, Jonatha A.a;Monteza-Destro, Tislad;Vargas-Lombardo, Miguele,f;Esbrí, J. M.b;Garcia-Ordiales, Efréng;Jimnez-Ballesta, Raimundoc;García  更多...

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Mine tailings are a potential source of environmental pollution because they typically contain potentially toxic elements (PTEs) and the residue of chemical compounds used during extraction processes. The Remance gold mine (NW Panama) is a decommissioned mine with mining activity records dating from the 1800s and several periods of abandonment. Very little remediation work has been performed, and waste is exposed to climatic conditions. This study aimed to evaluate the PTEs and cyanide contents in mine waste after mining operations ceased some 20 years ago, and to evaluate the degree of pollution and the environmental risks they pose with the use of the Pollution Load Index (PLI) and the Ecological Risk Index (RI). Although the total cyanide (T-CN) concentration (1.4–1.9 mg kg−1) found in most of the study area falls within the limits of gold mining tailing values for American sites (1.5–23 mg kg−1), it is worth noting that the values of the tailings of the last used mining operation exceed it (25.2–518 mg kg−1) and persist at the site. The PLI and RI suggest that the tailings from the mine and mine gallery sediments represent a source of pollution for soils and surrounding areas given their high content of PTEs (As, Cu, Sb, Hg) and T-CN, which pose serious ecological risks for biota. Therefore, it is necessary to draw up a remediation plan for this area.