Brand new, interactive, exhibition installation at Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro from Met4Tech encourages visitors to learn more about critical minerals

"‘The New Precious Metals’; Unearthing the Treasures in Our Everyday Tech” exhibit, which opened on Friday 28th June 2024, invites visitors to try and solve the increasing demand for metal resources within a linear economy or increasing the circular economy by repairing, refurbishing and recycling extracted critical metal products. Participants will find out the scale of the demand for metals such as lithium, tin, and cobalt, as well as learn more about how technology metals make a big difference to everyday items such as phones and computers, as well as large-scale industry.

A team of experts, featuring researchers from Camborne School of Mines, have created the 3.5m tall exhibit to give the public a fascinating new insight into how metals crucial for everyday technologies can be extracted, used and re-used to meet demand.