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How is platinum found?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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Platinum is a very rare element and expensive to refine. Very small amounts of platinum compounds are found during the processing of copper and nickel ores. The platinum compounds are separated from the other elements in the ore by a variety of electro-chemical processes.

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