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Gold in Victoria
• Total all-time gold mined globally: ~190,000 tonnes*
• Victoria’s recorded gold production (1851-): ≥2,600 tonnes+
• ~1.5% of world gold production, from 0.15% of global land area
• Victoria’s goldfields occupy just 0.03% of global land area
Victoria’s goldfield geology has
already produced: 2 Orders of
Magnitude (100x) more gold / area
than the global continental average
(at least!)
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