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Cornish village 'most valuable place on Earth' as copper reserves found underground

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A tiny Cornish village could become the most valuable place on Earth after the ­discovery of huge copper reserves underground.

Gwennap covers just a square mile but tests revealed it has large deposits of minerals from which copper and tin is extracted.

During the 18th and early 19th centuries the village – used as a filming location for BBC One drama Poldark – was called the “richest square mile in the Old World”.

It had the biggest copper reserves in the world at the time – and it could reclaim that crown. The metal is a vital component in electronics and new technology ­because of its ability to conduct electricity.

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