22.05.2014 - The World Is Running Out of Gold
How much gold would you have if you stole every bit that's ever been mined? Not much—you'd be able to make a cube of solid gold with 60-foot sides. There just isn't that much gold in the world, and it's getting harder and harder to find it. In fact, our love of gadgets may be part of the problem. In a report from the Wall Street Journal this morning, we learn that we're only two decades away from exhausting the world's gold supply if mining continues apace. How could we be running out of gold? It's simple. As gold boomed in the 90s and 00s, the easy-to-access deposits were sapped of their supplies. Now, the gold being discovered is way deeper into the Earth, which means that discovering it takes a lot more work before it can be extracted.............................................Full Article: Source
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