Abstract: After many years of mining, there are some problems in Qingtonggou Mercury-antimony mine, such as resource depletion and environmental and geological disasters.The survival and development of the mine faces with tremendous pressure.Sustainable development plans such as total tailings to fill goaf, artificial pillar to recover residual pillar, waste lifting stoping to mine extra-narrow ore bodies, and utilization of tailing resources are proposed from the perspective of resources and environment.This plan gets some social and economic benefits.

Key words: Sustainable mining, Environmental pollution, Total tailing filling, Artificial pillar, Waste-lifting shrinkage stoping