Re:Company backed by James Cameron & Google founders may min...
by maaku on Wednesday April 18, 2012 @07:19PM
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Yes, because Gold is not rare everywhere, just in the Earth's crust because of gravity differentiation (Gold sinks--there's probably quite a bit of it in the mantle/core).
There are individual asteroids out there with more platinum-group elements than has been extracted from the Earth in all of human history.
There are individual asteroids out there with more platinum-group elements than has been extracted from the Earth in all of human history.