Australian miners found two gold-bearing rocks worth 11 million USD

'Once in a lifetime, only one blasting has collected more than US $ 11 million,' it is said by miners in Western Australia after discovering two huge gold-bearing rocks, Msn.com news site. (MSN) the number issued at the end of September 10 updated.

According to MSN, Mining Minerals Mining Company miner, Canada has found two giant rocks in the area near Kalgoorlie city, both of which are formed from quartz. The big one weighs 95kg, containing over 2,400 ounces of gold (67kg). The second piece weighed 63kg containing 1,600 ounces of gold (nearly 45kg).

Two gold-containing rocks have been found by miners of RNC Minerals.

The event, Professor Sam Spearing, of Western Australian Curtin University of Geology Curtin, said that finding on fruits is rare in the mining industry because gold in stone only has very small proportions. It is common to extract at least 2g of gold / ton of rock in the form of gold nuggets, but the case of Minerals Minerals is an exception, which can reach 2,200g of gold per ton of stone. "Finding these two gold-filled rocks is very rare in modern mining history," Professor Spearing said.

Large rock contains up to 67kg of gold.

According to Mark Selby, executive director of RNC Minerals, the two rocks were found at the Beta Hunt mine , near Kalgoorlie town, which is often used for nickel mining but early September miners found two more. This rock, this is something no one expected. Immediately after finding a gold trail near the surface in June, the company conducted a survey and found a 3m wide, 3-meter-wide golden vein located 500m deep and finally discovered the above two rocks, 4 the next day can be put on the ground.

Gold content at Beta Hunt mine.

According to Mr. Mark Selby, if extracting gold from these two rocks will cost about 15 million Canadian dollars or 11 million USD. Here, the company will auction the largest stones in the form of collection items.