A major environmental implication of the quest for more gold at lower concentrations in the ore compared to higher concentrations is that
A) about the same amount of toxic gas is released from digging out the gold.
B) less waste rock is produced.
C) less material has to be moved to get to the gold.
D) more carbon dioxide is released as the gold is mined.
E) more material has to be moved to get to the gold.
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