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Chinese Scientists Find Massive Underwater Mineral Deposit in Pacific
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- Chinese scientists discovered a massive underwater mineral deposit in the western Pacific.
- The deposit contains silver exceeding 1 kg per tonne and unusually high gold concentrations.
- Hydrothermal sulphide ores there also include copper, zinc, lead, gold and silver.
- Researchers from Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology and Shanghai Jiao Tong University departed Shenzhen on August 10 aboard Xiang Yang Hong 10.