>>4468148 (lb)

Another (scientific) point to make. Anywhere there was volcanic activity in the past there is a possibility for gold or other precious metals.

Hydrothermal volcanic events push the gold up, faults and fractures help to expose.

Lode gold is found where carrier materials (quartz most commonly) have cooled with gold embedded.

Placer gold is the gold eroded from lodes and placed in deposits above ground.

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1259/hydro_alt_min.html

Geology is fun.

>>4468451

>It’s like Peak Oil. They have no clue.

Right, not a one of them has likely panned even a 1/10th of a gram.

Word has it new tech will allow for extracting minerals from deep ocean hydrothermal vents in about 8-9 years

>>4468451

http://www.westcoastplacer.com/how-much-gold-is-left-on-earth/

>>4468565