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ZIMSEC A-Level Geography

11.3Environmental Impact Assessment in mining; Small and large scale mining enterprises; Impact of mining and mitigation; Safety and health in mining

Environmental Impact Assessment in mining; Small and large scale mining enterprises; Impact of mining and mitigation; Safety and health in mining in ZIMSEC A-Level Geography: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 11.3.1Draw up a proposal for a mining enterprise and assess the successes and failures of a mining project.
  2. 11.3.2Analyse the importance of EIA in mining and determine the environmental impacts of a mining project.
  3. 11.3.3Identify diseases and hazards related to mining and evaluate solutions.

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  • Mining enterprises, impacts, safety and health

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Environmental Impact Assessment in mining; Small and large scale mining enterprises; Impact of mining and mitigation; Safety and health in mining: sample question

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Name the toxic metal that small-scale gold miners sometimes use to collect fine gold, and that can poison rivers.

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