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Future sustainability of the gold and silver industry is highly dependent on how mining companies, communities, governments, and nongovernment organizations work together in an ecosystem that promotes well-being of all stakeholders. Mining companies must be proactive and demonstrate their sincerity in resolving various conflicting interests to earn the “license to operate” reward so-to-speak.

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    V. I. Lakshmanan, R. Roy & A. Ojaghi

  2. Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

    B. Gorain

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Lakshmanan, V.I., Roy, R., Ojaghi, A., Gorain, B. (2019). The Future of Gold and Silver Industry. In: Lakshmanan, V., Gorain, B. (eds) Innovations and Breakthroughs in the Gold and Silver Industries. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32549-7_11

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