Editing Gold mining (section)

{{Short description|Process of extracting gold from the ground}}
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[[File:Kalgoorlie The Big Pit DSC04498.JPG|thumb|upright=1.3|[[Super Pit gold mine]] at [[Kalgoorlie]] in [[Western Australia]], 2005]]
[[File:Goldveins1.jpg|thumb|upright|Gold-bearing [[quartz]] veins in [[Alaska]]]]
'''Gold mining''' is the extraction of [[gold]] by [[mining]].

Historically, mining gold from [[Alluvium|alluvial]] deposits used manual separation processes, such as [[gold panning]]. The expansion of gold mining to [[ore]]s that are not on the surface has led to more complex extraction processes such as pit mining and [[gold cyanidation]]. In the 20th and 21st centuries, most volume of mining was done by large corporations. However, the value of gold has led to millions of small, [[Artisanal mining|artisanal miners]] in many parts of the [[Global South]].

Like all mining, [[Mining#Human rights|human rights]] and [[Environmental effects of mining|environmental issues]] are common in the gold [[mining industry]], and can result in [[environmental conflict]]. In mines with less regulation, health and safety risks are much higher.{{TOC limit|3}}