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It takes enormous resources to dig gold out of the ground.
by friend_and_foe 3y ago
It takes enormous resources to dig gold out of the ground.
- defrost 3y agoOpen pits 3.5 kilometres long x 1.5 kilometres wide x 600 metres deep don't dig themselves. And then all that material has to be graded, sorted, crushed, sieved, processed to extract fines. https://www.superpit.com.au/ https://www.superpit.com.au/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Pit_gold_mine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Pit_gold_mine
- bluGill 3y agoWhich is what keeps the value of gold fairly stable long term despite the natural inflation caused by digging more.