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For much of the mining industry, the next tonne is becoming harder to reach. Some of the world's largest producers are sinking shafts and building block caves to access ore a kilometer or more underground, committing years and billions of dollars before those investments reach full production.A different class of deposit runs the other way. In tropical settings, prolonged weathering can break granite down into clay and concentrate certain metals in material beginning at surface. The first drill sample does not come from hundreds of meters underground. It starts at zero.What Depth ...

For much of the mining industry, the next tonne is becoming harder to reach. Some of the world's largest producers are sinking shafts and building block caves to access ore a kilometer or more underground, committing years and billions of dollars before those investments reach full production.A different class of deposit runs the other way. In tropical settings, prolonged weathering can break granite down into clay and concentrate certain metals in material beginning at surface. The first drill sample does not come from hundreds of meters underground. It starts at zero.What Depth ...