For one thing, it is helping to extend the life of Japan’s sole commercial gold mine, a pit that miners first began digging out by hand in the feudal Edo Period (1603-1867). The ore from the ...

Running at a staggering depth of 3,891 metres down and 2,062 metres below sea level, a colossal mine in Africa is the deepest and richest gold mine in the world. Mponeng gold mine began producing ...