The Chinese subsoil is rich in minerals, and more particularly in gold, it is a fact. The resources are such that the country is currently the world’s leading producer of this precious metalmetal. And clearly, they are even more important than we thought.
The largest gold deposit in the world?
China has just announced the discovery of a huge gold deposit, which could be the largest in the world. It is in the province of Hunan, near the Wangu gold mine, that this new deposit was discovered. Forty new gold veins have in fact been discovered. Thanks to digital modelsdigital modelsexperts were able to estimate on this basis that the deposit could contain up to 1,000 tonnes of gold! If this figure is verified, this discovery could represent a financial value of $83 million. Until now, the largest gold reserve was held by South Africa, at its South Deep mine, where the quantity of gold was estimated at 930 tonnes.
A high quality ore
This is therefore a major discovery for China. Especially since the deposit turns out to be of very good quality, with 138 grams of gold per tonne of ore. Usually, the yield is indeed not that high. An advantage which should make it possible to reduce the cost of extracting ore and its processing.
To exploit these new veins, however, it will be necessary to dig deep: analyzes suggest that the deposit would sink to a depth of 3,000 meters! Drillings carried out in the surrounding area have also brought up particles of gold, visibleeyeeye bare, suggesting the existence of other important deposits in the region.
