Sustainable Development Model of Geo-Environmental Engineering: Special Regards to Gold Mining Project

The exploration, extraction and processing of mineral resources are environmentally and socially disruptive and mining clearly depletes the planet’s limited stock of natural resources. The cultural, environmental, financial, global, and legal implications of mineral supply are driving significant changes in the industry. Mining is the foundation industry, i.e., one which provides the critical materials on which all global development and human progress is based resources. These factors contribute to a view by some that mining is a challenged industry. In addition, the socio-cultural dimensions of mineral supply in the 21st century are making the supply process increasingly complex. The scope of the Paper is mainly on the state of environmental problems in Kyaukpahtoe Gold Mine Project and adaptation of international environmental management measures into state owned mines and artisanal mining activities. Although it sounds better and more valuable to conduct a wide range research on major gold producing areas throughout the country in Myanmar, the present research would only examine the most well known Kyaukpahtoe Gold Mine Project. The problems were checked in the field by using Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) Checklist. The problem assessments were also based on legally released data from the mines, visual inspection, some formal requests and informal conversations with local people and miners. New technologies and expensive modern equipment of analyzing physical, chemical, biological and socio-economic environment could not be applied due to research funding and time constraints. Moreover, this research was carried out on individual scale and consequently, could not be a perfect or complete one. In practice, assessments are usually conducted by many experts