Small-scale gold miners from Camarines Norte and Mountain Province are pushing for a formal, more elevated status for their sector in the national economy through stronger ...

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At Flinders University, scientists have cracked a cleaner and greener way to extract gold—not just from ore, but also from ...

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A new gold extraction method turns old electronics into treasure using pool disinfectant and sunlight — no poisons required.

Australian researchers have developed a “low-cost, sustainable, simple and safe” way to extract gold from electronic waste.

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High quality gold recovered from electronic waste in the Flinders University study. A major discovery by an interdisciplinary ...