Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 16 days agoChina discovers large gold deposits in multiple regions, adding 168 tons of identified resourceswww.globaltimes.cnexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down10
arrow-up191arrow-down1external-linkChina discovers large gold deposits in multiple regions, adding 168 tons of identified resourceswww.globaltimes.cnYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarePeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·16 days agois 168 tons a large deposit? i don’t know much about mining but that doesn’t seem like it would be a lot
minus-squarecourier8377 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-216 days ago~201,296 tons of gold have been extracted cumulatively throughout human history so this is a significant amount of almost [EDIT 0.1%] of that sum
minus-squarePeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 days agowow i had no idea, thanks
minus-squareProletarianDictator [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days agoOff by an order of magnitude. This amounts to 0.08% of cumulatively extracted gold. Still not small potatoes.
minus-squarecourier8377 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoShit yeah thanks will edit
minus-squareGeobloke@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-216 days agoNo, not really. It depends on the grade as well, but as an example, the largest single gold mine in Australia produced 4.2 t of gold in 2019 alone *** edit changed 14.2 to 4.2
minus-squarecourier8377 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-216 days ago^ better perspective than what I said
is 168 tons a large deposit? i don’t know much about mining but that doesn’t seem like it would be a lot
~201,296 tons of gold have been extracted cumulatively throughout human history so this is a significant amount of almost [EDIT 0.1%] of that sum
wow i had no idea, thanks
Off by an order of magnitude. This amounts to 0.08% of cumulatively extracted gold. Still not small potatoes.
Shit yeah thanks will edit
No, not really. It depends on the grade as well, but as an example, the largest single gold mine in Australia produced 4.2 t of gold in 2019 alone
*** edit changed 14.2 to 4.2
^ better perspective than what I said