Bob Moriarty
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Jul 21, 2022
Between 1908 and 1956 estimates of gold losses from the processing of 225 million ounces of gold by the RCM amount to just over 4 million ounces. Processing from 1956 to 1975 might add another 2 million ounces. The mint dumped gold and silver waste into the Ottawa River until 1975 when it was made illegal.