Ore bodies buried deep in Earth's crust could meet increasing global demands for metals, but mining them would be costly and could damage the environment. Reinventing an ancient technology for bioleaching metals could provide a solution.
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Johnson, D. Biomining goes underground. Nature Geosci 8, 165–166 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2384
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