Peckris 2 Posted March 21, 2022 Posted March 21, 2022 I have a couple of redundant computers and a few other broken electronic devices. To cut out the Royal Mint, I'm happy to swap them for an agreed number of sovereigns. Quote
Sword Posted March 21, 2022 Posted March 21, 2022 I bid minus half sovereign. 😁 I too have seen the video on bbc news. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-60796417 Each phone has 0.04g of gold apparently and is worth about £1.5. Hope the extraction is actually economically feasible rather than a gimmick. Quote
blakeyboy Posted March 21, 2022 Posted March 21, 2022 ...if you aren't ripped off by the refiners....what a mine field. last time, a bag of old phone pcbs and 4 kg of tantalum capacitors was not refined as "not economic". Didn't return it...just lost it......played my face big time so everyone involved know they were taking the p**s.... The big bag of gold connector pins came out at .39% AU by weight, so got £600...... Quote
Peckris 2 Posted March 22, 2022 Author Posted March 22, 2022 On 3/21/2022 at 9:04 PM, Sword said: I bid minus half sovereign. 😁 I too have seen the video on bbc news. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-60796417 Each phone has 0.04g of gold apparently and is worth about £1.5. Hope the extraction is actually economically feasible rather than a gimmick. I heard one "expert" claim that 7% of the world's gold is tied up in electronics. Quote
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