Japan sewage yields more gold than top mines

[jeff of pa]

TOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Resource-poor Japan just discovered a new source of mineral wealth -- sewage.

A sewage treatment facility in central Japan has recorded a higher gold yield from sludge than can be found at some of the world's best mines. An official in Nagano prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, said the high percentage of gold found at the Suwa facility was probably due to the large number of precision equipment manufacturers in the vicinity that use the yellow metal. The facility recently recorded finding 1,890 grammes of gold per tonne of ash from incinerated sludge.

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUST25901920090130

 

[packerbacker]

There's gold in them thar.............................

 

[packerbacker]

Is Suwa facility just the way they pronounce sewer or is it a real name?

 

[seger98]

That's amazing, I guess maybe I should start detecting the turd ponds at the sewage plants!

 

[P.B. and Dylan]

Always wanted to be a muck raker. I'm off to Japan.

 

[DigginThePast]

Always liked gold but I'll take a pass on this method.

 

[goldie1959]

hope they dont use a dredge or sluice puts a new meaning to the old saying knee deep in ...... haha