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'Invisible' gold could be worth $24 billion in South Africa
The Witwatersrand region has tailings hills containing an estimated $24 billion worth of gold, which can be mined using new, more efficient methods.
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Why has no one dared to dig the world's largest gold mine for 80 years?
Called 'the world's richest gold mine', this abundant resource is too difficult to exploit.
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Thanks to high technology, Saudi Arabia discovered a 125km long gold mine when randomly drilling into the ground
Randomly drilling into the ground, discovering a 125km long gold mine containing 200 tons of gold thanks to high technology: The discovery is predicted to impact gold pr…
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What is special about the 'gold' in this volcano that makes hundreds of workers risk their lives to get it?
In the province of East Java, Indonesia, hundreds of miners risk their lives to get 'golden blocks' flowing from the crater of an active volcano with extremely harsh wor…
Environment
Current situation of mercury emissions worldwide
Manual and small-scale gold mining is a major source of mercury emissions in South America and sub-Saharan Africa, as mercury is often used to extract gold.
Space science
Will people clean up gold in the Solar System soon?
Scientists propose to preserve more than 85% of the solar system due to concerns that people will clean up gold and other resources in the system in just 400 years.
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Australian miners found two gold-bearing rocks worth 11 million USD
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.
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Find the world's largest monolithic gold ingot in Russia
Recently, a solid gold bar weighing up to 10kg has been found in southeastern Russia.