Wow, so this is true alchemy! I guess it will come down to the economics if it is more economical to continue mining minerals or put the techniques mentioned in your post into production.

I just saw this other post which is digital alchemy :) ... gold backed cryptocurrencies. Maybe they should make a crypto based off of all these elements for the alchemy process - nuclear waste, specific bacteria and 'variable valency' elements such as valadium, chromium, manganese, cobalt, nickel, zinc and iron :) lol!

This was the report on gold backed cryptos.
https://steemit.com/gold/@thehutchreport/cryptocurrencies-goldmember-loves-gold-would-he-love-gold-backed-cryptocurrencies-will-you