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T1 A close‐knit tribal region in the northern Philippines converts from whole ore amalgamation to Hg‐free gold mining
A1 Natural Resources Defense Council, 
A1 Global Mercury Partnership, 
K1 mercury
PB Natural Resources Defense Council
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/11585
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/11585
NO The Ga’ang community used a whole ore amalgamation process, which involved minimally concentrating the coarse gold but losing a great deal of fine gold to the wash water.  The washed ore was then amalgamated with large quantities of Hg.
NO https://www.unep.org/chemicalsandwaste/Portals/9/Mercury/ASGM%20Flyer_The%20Philippines.pdf
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 17, 2026