Editorial Standards

System boundaries matter

Articles distinguish ore mining, mineral processing, solution recovery, smelting, doré production and final refining instead of using those terms interchangeably.

Primary sources

Current U.S. mineral information is checked against USGS, mining/wastewater context against EPA, cyanide-management principles against the International Cyanide Management Institute, and advertising/privacy requirements against official Google documentation.

Hazardous-process boundary

We do not publish blasting instructions, chemical recipes, cyanide concentrations or dosing, pH targets, acid-refining procedures, furnace settings, high-voltage work instructions or security-bypass techniques.

Consolidation

Near-duplicate legacy pages are redirected to stronger permanent replacement guides rather than reproduced.