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Royal Mint to extract gold from old smartphones and laptops
Initial use of the technology has already recovered gold with a purity of 999.9
Britain's coin maker the Royal Mint has unveiled plans to extract gold and other precious metals from old phones and laptops. The government organisation has signed a deal with Canadian clean te...
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