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No...to mine gold you are removing mountainsides and/or tops, which is basically blowing up a whole habitat. It also creates large sediment loads in streams and rivers, which can result in large dieoffs of fish, amphibians, and invertebrates.

Humans, with respect to having a natural environment, can be looked at as a "super-adapter". Many (if not most) animals are adapted to live in certain niches: A prairie dog in the open meadows of the west, loons in northern cooler climates, Scarlet Macaws in tropical rainforests. Humans, as well...