China News Agency Taiyuan, May 16 (Gao Yuqing) A reporter learned from the Shanxi Geological Museum on the 16th that a large porphyry gold deposit was discovered recently in Yixingzhai Village, Shahe Town, Fanshi County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province. The economic value is nearly 16 billion yuan (RMB, the same below).
According to the preliminary judgment of the expert group, the gold mine discovered this time is the first new type of large-scale porphyry gold mine discovered in Shanxi Province. The gold (Au) metal resource amount is more than 50 tons, accounting for about a total of the province ’s history. Half of the amount of resources is now twice the amount of possession, and its potential economic value is nearly 16 billion yuan.
In an interview with reporters, Shi Jianru, director of the Shanxi Geological Museum, said that the discovery of the gold mine is a major breakthrough in gold prospecting in Shanxi Province in recent decades, and has important guiding significance for the province and even the country's gold mine geological prospecting.
"From the 1950s to the present, tens of thousands of geological workers in Shanxi have discovered a total of 90 tons of rock gold gold. The gold metal content of one mine discovered this time has reached more than 50 tons, which is of great significance to Shanxi." Shi Jianru said .
It is reported that as of the end of 2018, Shanxi Province has accumulatively found 90.77 tons of gold metal in Yanyan Gold Mine, and 38.33 tons in possession. The province currently has 31 identified gold mines, 23 mining areas, and an annual output of approximately 2 tons. In 2019, Shanxi Province added 1.69 tons of gold metal in rock and gold mines. (Finish)