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Containment pond for mine
waste in Wassa West district
(Source: Jamie
Kneen/Mining Watch)
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This website provides environmental information and
links to other sources concerning the cyanide spill at Tarkwa
gold mine in the Wassa West District of Ghana, which occurred
on 16 October 2001 and 9 January 2003. Information about
cyanide is available under Cyanide
Facts.
The mine is owned by Gold
Fields Limited of South Africa.
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NEWS
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GHANA GOLD MINE SPILLS INTO RIVER POLLUTED
IN 2001
Lycos News (ENS) - 10 January 2003 - A river and communities
poisoned by a cyanide spill from a gold mine in 2001 may have
been hit by another spill from the same mining company. Further
information can be obtained from the new
article.
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Further information can be obtained from the following sources:
AllAfrica.com
myJoyOnline.com
Lycos (ENS) News
Gold Fields Limited
Every attempt is made to record all information sources that are
available. If you are aware of any information that is not
available here, and is relevant, could you please forward this on
to minerals.forum@unep.fr?
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Disclaimer: UNEP DTIE makes every effort
to ensure, but does not guarantee, the accuracy of the information
on this web site. Hyperlinks to other web sites imply neither
responsibility for, nor approval of, the information contained
in those other web sites on the part of UNEP.
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