Manipueira Gold
Our groundbreaking technology offers a transformative solution poised to revolutionize the handling of mercury, a potent neurotoxin, as well as cyanide salts employed in both artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and large-scale mining (LSM) operations worldwide.
Atmospheric mercury pollution was documented during 2021 by Oxford University earth scientists to stay airborne up to one year.
Atmospheric mercury pollution impacts all people on Earth including unborn children who are at the greatest risk.
The 2017 Lancet Commission on pollution and health, found that pollution was responsible for an estimated 9 million deaths (16% of all deaths globally) and for economic losses totalling US$ 4.6 trillion (6.2% of global economic output) in 2015.
Artisanal Miners
Gold Ore Processing
ASM ore processing using mercury to recover gold, is the Planet’s largest anthropogenic [man-made] source of deadly global atmospheric mercury pollution.
According to the UNEP 2018 Global Mercury Assessment, ASG miners are collectively responsible for the release of 2,000 tonnes of mercury to our environment annually.
A 2019 New York Times interview with the co-founder of Nexus3 Foundation, an Indonesia environmental group, reports Indonesia produces 10,000 tonnes of mercury annually for the artisanal mining sector most of which ends up in S. America.
Data for 2010 from the 2013 UNEP Global Mercury Assessment.
With Your Help, We are Making The World a Better Place
Manipueira, nature’s alternate solution to sustainably recover more gold from ore and toxic tailings wastes
Partner: the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) Global Mercury Partnership. Areas of work on Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) and Mercury Waste Management.
Member: the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH), a Scientific Committee in Mining Occupational Safety and Health (MinOSH).
Proud signatory: to the Canadian Council of International Cooperation (CCIC) Leaders’ Code of Conduct Pledge.