World’s Biggest Gold Rock Found in Ghana Sparks A National Uprising

Описание: It was just last week we talked about a new mineral called tantalum that was discovered in Ghana. And now, a viral video on social media just revealed the world’s largest gold rock, discovered by a group of teenagers in Ghana. While it has not yet been confirmed by the gold authorities in Ghana, but if it’s eventually confirmed, it would without doubt be in the running for some kind of record.

From the video, the men, some of whom look to be in their teens, appear absolutely stoked with their find.
The footage shows them posing with the nugget with huge grins on their faces. Now, if this news is true, it wouldn’t be surprising after all Ghana is the largest producer of Gold in Africa and the sixth producer of gold in the world. The country is blessed with so much gold to the extent that there is an old saying which says “There is no land in Ghana which doesn’t have gold, even in the topsoil. Ghana is Gold. The abundance of gold is the reason why Ghana was called the Gold Coast during the colonial period. As a result, gold mining has become one of the major occupations in Ghana. Local individuals as well as local companies have taken this occupation seriously.


Now, since the video came out, the majority of viewers are over-the-moon for them, however, others have expressed serious concern. According to them, these men are part of the group of unlicensed and ‘illegal’ miners. This simply means that they might not have had a license to dig for the gold in the first place.