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Taking a second look at what was left behindTarachi is just one of the many mining and metal processing companies that is finding profit in tailings

Tarachi is just one of the many mining and metal processing companies that is finding profit in tailings

By Kylie Williams

September 23, 2021

Tarachi Gold intends to reprocess historic tailings at its Magistral mill in Mexico. The company estimates that the tailings contain approximately 85,000 ounces of gold. Courtesy of Tarachi Gold

A perfect storm of financial, environmental and social drivers is motivating mining companies to reprocess old tailings. Squeezing more metal out of these accessible, low-grade ore deposits not only generates income but helps reshape the social and environmental legacy of older operations and the industry as a whole.

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