Why is cyanide heap leaching used to extract gold from some deposits?

A) The gold concentration is too low to be extracted using traditional methods.
B) It is safer than other methods.
C) Gold can only be extracted from finely disseminated deposits.
D) It produces fewer mine tailings than other methods.


A

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