Mining in Ghana - Part 2

Here are a few photos of the Mining company we went to visit. It was an American company and had a very good reputation within Ghana. It is one of the biggest in the world, and this mine site produced 1/5 of the gold in the country. All of the pits (there are 4 in total) were open pit, but they were starting to do some underground. The pond you see in the photo is a cyanide tailing pond, which is secured with a thick rubber and shouldn't leak into the ground water. Cyanide dissolves over time with sunlight, which is what they do to get rid of it. If it ever did leak and end up in the water, it would be a disaster, as its highly poisonous.