A) Asteroid mining B) Placer mining C) By-product gold mining D) Hard rock mining
A) Hard rock mine B) Gold mine C) Copper mine D) Placer deposit
A) Indonesia B) South Africa C) Alaska D) United States
A) Underground mining B) Open-pit mining C) Using a sluice box D) Asteroid mining
A) Underground shafts B) Riverbeds, stream beds, and floodplains C) Open-pit mines D) Asteroids
A) Hard rock mining B) By-product gold mining C) Placer mining D) Open-pit mining
A) Heavier particles sink to the bottom while lighter ones are carried downstream. B) Gold is extracted by heating the material. C) Gold is separated using magnetic fields. D) Gold is dissolved and then precipitated out of solution.
A) Underground drilling rigs B) Diesel powered, earth moving equipment C) Asteroid mining robots D) Open-pit excavators
A) Robinson Deep B) Grasberg mine C) Goldstrike mine D) Panguna mine
A) By-product gold mining B) Open-pit mining C) Underground mining D) Placer mining
A) It used sluice boxes for the first time. B) It discovered the largest gold nugget. C) It was the first deep mine to receive air conditioning. D) It was the deepest open-pit mine.
A) They require no water for extraction. B) They contain minerals resistant to weathering and erosion. C) They are found deep underground. D) They consist mainly of loose sediment.
A) To dissolve gold from other materials. B) To heat the material and separate gold. C) To create dead zones where gold can settle out of suspension. D) To magnetically attract gold particles.
A) Sand and gravel B) Gold C) Placer deposits D) Diamonds
A) 6,000–7,000 metric tons B) 4,000–5,000 metric tons C) 10,000–12,000 metric tons D) 1,000–2,000 metric tons
A) Around 1000 CE B) Around 500 CE C) Around 4000 BCE D) Around 2000 BCE
A) The Romans B) The Egyptians C) The Sumerians D) The Greeks
A) Individual prospectors B) Large corporations C) Small artisanal miners D) Government entities
A) In government-operated mines B) In large corporate mines C) In urban mining operations D) In smaller artisanal mines with less regulation
A) Machu Picchu in Peru B) Stonehenge in England C) The Pyramids of Giza in Egypt D) The Varna Necropolis in Bulgaria
A) Less than 1 kg B) More than 6 kg (13 lb) C) Around 20 kg D) Approximately 10 kg
A) The Sakdrisi site in southern Georgia B) Chichen Itza C) The Great Pyramid of Giza D) Stonehenge
A) Present-day Egypt B) Present-day India C) Present-day China D) Present-day Iraq
A) New Kingdom B) Bronze Age C) Neolithic Period D) Old Kingdom
A) Hydraulic mining B) Hushing C) Stone mortars D) Grinding mill
A) Isis B) Osiris C) Anubis D) The sun god Ra
A) Volunteers B) Slave labour C) Conscripts D) Free citizens
A) Trajan B) Claudius C) Nero D) Augustus
A) Two-handed mallet B) Stone mortar C) Oval mallet D) Grinding mill
A) Oval mallet B) Hushing C) Stone mortars D) Grinding mill
A) 75 meters (246 feet) B) 30 meters (98 feet) C) 50 meters (160 feet) D) 100 meters (328 feet)
A) Mughal Empire B) Maurya Empire C) Pandya Empire D) Chola Empire
A) Olméc Civilization B) Mayan Civilization C) Aztec Empire D) Inca Empire
A) Moldavia B) Wallachia C) Bucharest D) Transylvania
A) Edward Hargraves B) Aaron Regent C) George Carmack D) Roy Sebag
A) Durban B) Cape Town C) Johannesburg D) Pretoria
A) 1896 B) 1851 C) 1920 D) 1900
A) Witwatersrand B) Klondike C) Bathurst D) Carlin Trend
A) Australia B) Russia C) China D) United States
A) 2,400 tonnes B) 3,497 tonnes C) 4,448 tonnes D) 3,612 tonnes
A) 2015 B) 2000 C) 2001 D) 1999
A) 3,100 tonnes B) 2,600 tonnes C) 4,448 tonnes D) 2,400 tonnes
A) 5% B) 10% C) 2% D) 15%
A) Bucket lines B) Land-based excavators C) Suction dredges D) Gravel screening plants
A) Land-based excavator B) Gravel screening plant C) Pontoons D) Suction hose
A) Florida B) Texas C) Montana D) California
A) Sluice B) Cradle C) Pan D) Shaker table
A) Rotating motion B) Sifting motion C) Rocking motion D) Vibrating motion
A) Unstable compounds B) Gas emissions C) Stable complexes D) Solid precipitates
A) Sodium cyanide solution B) Ammonia solution C) Hydrochloric acid D) Nitric acid
A) Crushing. B) Grinding. C) Amalgamation. D) Retorting.
A) Orpailleurs. B) Garimpeiros. C) Miners. D) Galamsey miners.
A) Exposure to sunlight. B) Lack of access to water. C) Toxic poisoning from unsafe chemicals like mercury. D) Overexertion due to heavy lifting.
A) Lack of food and water. B) Exposure to cold temperatures. C) Overexposure to sunlight. D) Collapsing tunnels.
A) Garimpeiros. B) Miners. C) Orpailleurs. D) Galamsey miners.
A) 80% B) 50% C) 60% D) 70%
A) Developed nations B) Desert areas C) Developing nations D) Arctic regions
A) Desertification B) Glaciation C) Deforestation D) Urbanization
A) Desertification B) Savannization C) Glaciation D) Urban sprawl
A) 9% B) 75% C) 50% D) 25%
A) Sahara Desert B) Amazon rainforest C) Australian Outback D) Great Plains
A) 'Barrio' B) 'Galamsey' C) 'Shantytown' D) 'Mina'
A) Brazil B) China C) Philippines D) India
A) Stabilization of currency values B) Decrease in global trade C) Reduction in mining activities D) Influence on investment decisions
A) 1 January 2000 B) 14 February 2011 C) 25 December 2015 D) 30 June 2018 |