A “supergiant” gold ore deposit under an existing gold mine in China could be the world’s largest gold ore deposit. Officials estimate that the extent of the find could be 1,100 tons ...

Rock samples taken at the site show that every tonne of ore could contain as much as 138 grams of pure gold. This would be a truly astonishing level of richness considering that ore is considered ...

For one thing, it is helping to extend the life of Japan’s sole commercial gold mine, a pit that miners first began digging out by hand in the feudal Edo Period (1603-1867). The ore from the ...