New gold mine discovered in China
China has discovered a new gold mine, with at least 80 tonnes of proven reserves, in a mining base in northwest Shaanxi Province, the provincial government announced on Wednesday.
By PTI |
BEIJING: China has discovered a new gold mine, with at least 80 tonnes of proven reserves, in a mining base in northwest Shaanxi Province, the provincial government announced on Wednesday.
The new mine, the largest ever found in Shaanxi Province, is located in the Jinlongshan mining area in Zhen'an county, in a remote corner of the fog-shrouded Qinling Mountains. It has more than 16 million tonnes of ore, including 2 million tonnes of oxide ore and at least 14 million tonnes of primary ore, Xinhua news agency quoted a government spokesman as saying.
He said the discovery would beef up China's gold output, which totalled 122.2 tonnes in the first half of this year. Earlier this year, China had discovered 162 tonnes of gold reserves in Yangshan Gold Mine in the northwestern Gansu Province and large reserves of more than 50 tonnes in the same province as well as in the eastern province of Shandong, north-eastern province of Heilongjiang and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the top planning body.
The new mine, the largest ever found in Shaanxi Province, is located in the Jinlongshan mining area in Zhen'an county, in a remote corner of the fog-shrouded Qinling Mountains. It has more than 16 million tonnes of ore, including 2 million tonnes of oxide ore and at least 14 million tonnes of primary ore, Xinhua news agency quoted a government spokesman as saying.
He said the discovery would beef up China's gold output, which totalled 122.2 tonnes in the first half of this year. Earlier this year, China had discovered 162 tonnes of gold reserves in Yangshan Gold Mine in the northwestern Gansu Province and large reserves of more than 50 tonnes in the same province as well as in the eastern province of Shandong, north-eastern province of Heilongjiang and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the top planning body.
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