Acknowledgements & Footnotes

1. Matt observes that one rarely encounters people with a standard of excellence worthy of superlatives. There are, however, two who have made an enormous impact on this web project. He married one. The other he has never met in person. Web developer Joyce Evans of Niche Marketing (right) brought this to the web with significant skill, determination, inspiration and good humor.  Her continuing support is a blessing.
   
   
2. Some of the images on these pages were photographed by Dr. Ranil Senanayake.
   
   
3. Some of the material included on these pages was originally produced as a contribution to “Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development,” a project of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in London, UK. The project was made possible by the support of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The International Institute for Environment and Development and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development own the copyright to those materials. Their site contains a wealth of information. One of the reports “Breaking New Ground,” which is excerpted here, is available at: www.iied.org/mmsd/finalreport/index.html
   
   
4. You may also be interested in the following report: Gold Recycling in the United States in 1998 C-1196-A (requires free Adobe Reader).
   
   
5. An organization called No Dirty Gold plays an active role in the discourse concerning precious metal mining. You may visit their site at: www.nodirtygold.org/home.cfm.