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$16 trillion of platinum could be extracted from seawater

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 31, 2012 | 5:12 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Europe Gold Iron Ore Nickel Palladium Platinum 

Space mining start-up Planetary Resources President, Chris Lewicki, made more than one eyebrow rise Wednesday as he wrote in his blog that about $16 trillion of platinum is waiting to be extracted from our Earth’s oceans. However, he also said that...

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