Recovering the lost gold of the developing world : bibliographic database

This report contains a library of 181 references, including abstracts, prepared for Project
R 7120 "Recovering the lost gold of the developing world" funded by the UK' s
Department for International Development (DFID) under the Knowledge and Research
(KAR) programme. As part of an initial desk study, a literature review of gold processing
methods used by small-scale miners was carried out using the following sources; the lSI
Science Citation Index accessed via Bath Information and Data Services (BIDS), a
licensed GEOREF CD-ROM database held at the BGS's Library in Keyworth and
IMMage a CD-ROM database produced by the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy held
by the Minerals group ofBGS. Information on the search terms used is available from the
author.