What Was the First Metal Ore to Be Mined and Extracted

question 68

Multiple Choice

What was the first metal ore to be mined and extracted by a process known as smelting in the Balkan Peninsula around 5500 B.C.E.?

• A)Iron
• B)Lead
• C)Zinc
• D)Copper

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