The case against gold mining

Stephen Lezak1,2,∗, Cavin Wilson, Atif Ansar and Morgan Bazilian 1 Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom 2 School of Geography & the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom 3 McKinsey & Co., Sydney, Australia 4 Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom 5 Payne Institute of Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States of America ∗ Author to whom any correspondence should be addressed.