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What is harder to extract from ore Gold or Iron?

April 26, 2017Extract gold harder iron ore

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What is harder to extract from ore Gold or Iron?

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Gold is harder to extract from ore, simply because it is rarer. Gold’s average concentration in the Earth’s crust is 0.005 parts per million. It also may be necessary to extract the iron from ore before extracting the gold.