Where did the gold come from the SIM card?
A person living in Huizhou city of Guangdong province of China is becoming an internet sensation these days. The name of this person on social media is ‘Qiao’. He shared a video of extracting gold from old and discarded SIM cards, which has received more than 50 lakh views so far. He works in precious scrap metal refining. In his video he shows how he extracts gold from SIM cards through a chemical process. As soon as this video went viral, the demand for old SIM cards suddenly increased in China. People are rushing to buy SIM cards on resale platforms. Some sellers are even selling bundles of SIM cards as ‘Gold Extraction Material’. Not only this, a person is even selling gold mining tools and how-to videos for 485 yuan (about Rs 5,000).