Shandong Gold Group, China’s second biggest gold producer by output, announced on Tuesday that it has discovered deposits in eastern China containing an estimated 380 tons of gold reserves, which would represent the nation’s largest ever gold deposit.
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According to a Tuesday statement that cited the company on sdchina.com, the Xiling mine in Shandong province told local authorities it had found 382.58 tons of gold reserves and that the volume could reach more than 550 tons once exploration is completed in two years. According to local media reports, the Xiling gold seam in eastern China is more than 2,000 meters long and 67 meters wide; operating at full capacity, the mine would have a life of 40 years, according to the statement.
The mine is located in the Laizhou-Zhaoyuan region of northwest Jiaodong Peninsula in eastern China’s Shandong; the region has the largest gold deposits in the country. The mine is estimated to have the equivalent of 20% of the country’s 1,843 tons of gold reserves.
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Mar 29, 2017.
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