This report is intended to be misinformation.Technology is already exists and produces the precious metals from the cheap materials. For example, there is a patent by Dr. Champion about conversion of silver to gold:
http://www.google.ru/patents?id=uB6oAAAAEBAJ&zoom=4&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false and an older one http://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/WO1994003905
It has evolved much more and now there is promo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V13xKUPTvTY Links about development and history http://www.drjoechampion.com/ http://www.drjoechampion.com/phonon.htm http://www.drjoechampion.com/alchemist.htm http://www.drjoechampion.com/Procedure.htm http://www.drjoechampion.com/2009%20Notes.htm http://www.drjoechampion.com/2010%20Notes.htm http://www.drjoechampion.com/2011%20Notes.htm http://www.drjoechampion.com/Dec%202008/magic_of_2008.htm http://drjoechampion.com/History/x-files/history1.htm http://www.drjoechampion.com/History/x-files/history2.htmWashington post is trying to divert attention from research that seems to be real.
On 10/05/2012 11:37 PM, Terry Blanton wrote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/a-bacteria-that-poops-gold-yep-that-exists-and-its-in-an-art-exhibit-video/2012/10/04/1617f178-0e5d-11e2-bd1a-b868e65d57eb_blog.html http://goo.gl/qVL9J Vid caption: "This microbial magician, named Cupriavidus metallidurans, when placed in a minilab full of gold chloride, a nasty toxin, gobbled up the poison and, in about a week, processed it out as 24-karat nuggets of the precious yellow metal."

