Environmental Dredging For The Remediation Of Areas Degraded By Illicit Mining In The Quito River Basin, Colombia - SME Annual Meeting 2022
- Organization:
- Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
- Pages:
- 3
- File Size:
- 160 KB
- Publication Date:
- Mar 2, 2022
Abstract
In the municipality of Rio Quito, department of Chocó, Colombia, alluvial gold has been illegally exploited by suction dredging. The project consists of using geospatial techniques to identify degraded areas and analyze the viability of remediation dredging to mitigate environmental liabilities. The area has sediments contaminated by mercury and cyanide, so it is necessary to reconform the riverbed with the remediated material. The work is part of the Mine Closure Plan that seeks to jointly articulate the communities, academia, the company, and the state
Citation
APA: (2022) Environmental Dredging For The Remediation Of Areas Degraded By Illicit Mining In The Quito River Basin, Colombia - SME Annual Meeting 2022
MLA: Environmental Dredging For The Remediation Of Areas Degraded By Illicit Mining In The Quito River Basin, Colombia - SME Annual Meeting 2022. Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 2022.