Borax - an alternative to mercury for gold extraction by small-scale miners: Introducing the method in Tanzania

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 20, 2010, Pages 87-90

  Appel, Peter W U ^a   Jøsson, Jesper Bosse ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; EXTRACTION METHOD; GOLD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINERAL PROCESSING;

TANZANIA;

EID: 77954098210     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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