article_snippet: Where there is muck there really is brass with scientists claiming that millions can be made by extracting gold from human waste.
article_snippet: In fact as well as gold, faeces contains platinum, silver and other metals along with rare elements such as palladium and vanadium.
article_snippet: Scientists have discovered a literal goldmine of precious metals in human poo.
article_snippet: Pictured are microscopic gold-rich and lead-rich particles in human waste .
article_snippet: In The US researchers already started to discover metals like platinum, silver and gold observing microscopic-sized metal particles in biosolids.
article_snippet: There are metals everywhere.
article_snippet: metals are in your hair care products, detergents, even nanoparticles that are put in socks to prevent bad odours.'
article_snippet: In the other part of the project, we're interested in collecting valuable metals that could be sold, including some of the more technologically important metals, such as vanadium and copper that are in cell phones, computers and alloys.'
article_snippet: In the treated waste researchers already started to discover metals like platinum, silver and gold observing microscopic-sized metal particles in biosolids using a scanning electron microscope. '
article_snippet: The gold we found was at the level of a minimal mineral deposit' meaning if that amount were in rock, it might be commercially viable to mine it.