About this episode

The episode discusses the rising demand for critical minerals in New Zealand that were previously considered by-products of gold.

Substances that were once discarded as the useless by-product of gold are now much-sought after critical minerals From electronics to batteries to weapons, the critical minerals to be found in New Zealand are in hot demand Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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