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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