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Made of minerals

Gold - more than just jewellery

Gold is the most malleable metal and that malleability makes it suitable for a wide variety of uses.

Though often associated with wealth gold is not just used for jewllery and currency - it is also used in a range of products including lifesaving medical equipment, plus it's used in components for your television, computers and space satellites. 

  

Copper - nature's super conductor

Copper is a soft, and ductile metal with useful properties including a very high electrical conductivity. 

Copper is most commonly used in housing - as a component of electrical wiring, roofing and plumbing. Copper is used in countless types of electrical equipment for power transmission and telecommunications purspoes. You'll fine copper in almost all electical equipment from your electric car engine to your DSL cable. 

       

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