Geologists Might Have Stumbled Upon the Largest Gold Mine in the World

Chinese authorities discover a deposit of more than 1,000 tons of gold.

A gold deposit with estimated reserves of more than 1,000 tons was found in the central Chinese province of Hunan, reported last November the Geological Bureau of the region.

In the province of Hunan, China, the largest gold field in the world known to date was discovered. With reserves estimated at over 1,000 tons of pure gold, its value is over $80 billion.Read more]]>

Geologists Might Have Stumbled Upon the Largest Gold Mine in the World

$83 billion has just been sitting there underground this whole time.

A high-quality gold deposit, containing nearly 1000 metric tons of the precious metal, has been discovered in central China, according to the country's state press. Valued at around 600...

Chinese officials have announced the discovery of a huge deposit of high-grade gold ore. It may be the largest deposit of the precious metal on Earth. As a result, the global price of gold jumped almost to record highs, according to Live Science.