Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agoChina discovers large gold deposits in multiple regions, adding 168 tons of identified resourceswww.globaltimes.cnexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down10
arrow-up189arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarePeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day 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-223 hours 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-squareProletarianDictator [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours 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-up1·23 hours agoShit yeah thanks will edit
minus-squarePeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agowow i had no idea, thanks
minus-squareGeobloke@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 day 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-21 day 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
Off by an order of magnitude. This amounts to 0.08% of cumulatively extracted gold. Still not small potatoes.
Shit yeah thanks will edit
wow i had no idea, thanks
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