Non-fuel mineral resources are products of geologic processes associated with plate tectonics. As such they can be considered as gifts from nature and can serve as foundations of economic growth and development for countries where they abound. These mineral resources especially the native elements, i. e. Cu, Au, Ni, Ag, etc are important raw materials in industries like jewelry, manufacturing, electronics, power distribution, telecommunication to name a few. These mineral deposits are unevenly distributed in the world such that there are geographic regions that are richly endowed whereas others have none. Regions with active plate tectonics geologic history usually have rich deposits like Southeast Asia, Australiaand the western Pacific. These minerals though economically important, have a caveat attached to them. All steps involved from extraction, milling, processing, refining, and waste disposal have numerous negative environmental consequences. The manner by which the mining activities impinge on the earth's surface arespecificto the orebeingmined,the siteandthe wasteproductsfrom themetallurgicalprocesses involved (Peters, 1984). However,in most types of mining it is the waste production and disposal that can cause the most extensive and long-lasting disturbance to land (Cooke and Johnson, 2002). Problems associated with mine wastes proper disposal have greater potential environmental impacts and land disturbance.