CSIRO researchers have produced the country's first gold using a non-toxic chemical process in an effort to provide an alternative to cyanide and mercury to extract the precious yellow metal.
Environmental and health concerns have driven the development with a partnership between the government science agency and small gold miner Eco Minerals Research in the Western Australian goldfields town of Menzies.
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