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Tailings impoundments visited and photographed since 2002

Metal Mines:

Lisheen Mine (Lead/Zinc) – Ireland

Tara Mines (Lead/Zinc) – Ireland

Galmoy Mines (Lead/Zinc) – Ireland

Silvermines (Lead/Zinc) – Ireland (abandoned site)

Shaley Gold (Gold) – Ireland (abandoned site)

Wheel Jane (Tin) – Cornwall, UK

Highland Valley (Copper) – BC, Canada

Sullivan Mine (Iron) – BC, Canada

Kidd Creek Met Site (Copper/Zinc) – Timmins ON, Canada

Kidd Creek Mine Site (Copper/Zinc) - Timmins ON, Canada

Hoyle Pond Mine (Gold) – Timmins ON, Canada

Strathcona Complex (Copper/Nickel) – Sudbury ON, Canada

Falconbridge Smelter (Copper) – Sudbury ON, Canada

Myra Falls (Zinc, Copper, Gold) - Vancouver Island, Canada

Wismut (Uranium) – East Germany

Lithiatia (Silver) – Southern Greece

Sillamea (Uranium) – Eastern Estonia

Harjavalta (Outokumpu) Smelter (Copper/Nickel) – West Coast, Finland

GDI Silver (Silver) – Kutaya, Turkey

KCGM (Gold) – Kalgoorlie, Australia (inc Kaltails)

Kalgoorlie West (Gold) – Kalgoorlie, Australia (all sites)

Mt Keith (Nickel) – WA, Australia

Jundee (Gold) – WA, Australia

Alcoa (Bauxite) – Perth, Australia

Tanami Operations (Gold) – NT, Australia (all sites)

Olympic Dam (Copper/Uranium) – SA, Australia

Bingham Canyon (Copper) - Utah, USA

Goldstrike (Gold) - Nevada, USA

Lone Tree (Gold) - Nevada, USA

Pheonix (Gold) - Nevada, USA

Goldquarry (Gold) - Nevada, USA

Cortez (Gold) - Nevada, USA

Industrial Minerals:

Iluka (Mineral Sands) – Eneabba, Australia

CRL (Mineral Sands) – North Stradbroke Island, Australia

Imerys (China Clay) – Cornwall, UK

Cleveland Potash (Potash) – Boulby, Northern England, UK

Glebe Mines (Fluorspar) – Derbyshire, UK

GDI Boron (Boron) – Southern Turkey

Kemira (Fluorspar) – West Coast, Finland

Billie Mine (Boron) - Death Valley, USA

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