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El Salvador becomes first country to ban all metal mining
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| 3/30/17
| Cecilia Jasaminie
Posted on 03/31/2017 6:16:28 AM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Moltke
They can still quarry, or mine for non-metals.
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posted on
03/31/2017 9:04:29 AM PDT
by
Jacob Kell
(A New Day has Dawned, let's Make America Great Again!)
To: tiki
Pennies are made of zinc, save your nickels, they are made of copper and nickel. 
He invested in Zinc.
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posted on
03/31/2017 9:09:31 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Jacob Kell
Would you need cyanide and mercury for either? I just know about the gold mining use.
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posted on
03/31/2017 9:22:56 AM PDT
by
Moltke
(Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
I once heard that all original wealth has to be either mined or grown. I guess that in today’s world, making electricity from sunshine or rainfall can be added to that list.
To: Dr. Zzyzx
I wouldn’t say all, just that they are both easier to track.
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posted on
03/31/2017 9:42:42 AM PDT
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
(Leftists aren't fascists. They are "democratic fascists", a completely different thing.)
To: Twotone
Penny is copper plated zinc after 1982.
To: Cboldt
Pre 1993 pennies, IIRC. The news ones have little copper in them. A few even have steel!
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posted on
03/31/2017 12:05:23 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
("Game over, man, game over!" (my advice to DemocRATs))
To: tiki
1982 and earlier pennies are copper, except for some made during WWII.
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posted on
03/31/2017 2:42:00 PM PDT
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smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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