Facility used to confine tailing runoff or leached effluents permitting heavy metals to settle out before water is processed and discharged.
Found on
https://copperfoxmetals.com/investors/glossary-of-terms/
A low-lying depression used to confine tailings from the mine operation, the prime function of which is to allow enough time for heavy metals to settle out or for cyanide to be destroyed before water is either recycled back into the mill operation or treated before discharge into the local watershed.
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22733
A low-lying depression used to confine tailings, the prime function of which is to allow enough time for heavy metals to settle out or for cyanide to be destroyed before water is discharged into the local watershed.
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22734
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