Gold isn’t rare So why is it valuable

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Gold is arguably the most precious metal in the world, but how rare is it really? We went on our own gold panning expedition to find out. • Correction (6:08): While there was active gold mining around Butte, Montana, the Berkeley Pit mine pictured was primarily a copper mine. • Further reading: • “Gold Panning is Easy” guidebook: • https://www.betterworldbooks.com/sear... • Article on the cosmic origin of gold: • https://www.quantamagazine.org/did-ne... • Study on gold-rich asteroid bombardment: • https://www.nature.com/articles/natur... • Gold Council statistics on gold supply: • https://www.gold.org/about-gold/gold-... • Earthworks “No Dirty Gold” campaign: • https://www.earthworks.org/campaigns/... • International mining standards guidance: • https://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/mne/OECD... • Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2FqJZMl • Like Verge Science on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2hoSukO • Follow on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2Kr29B9 • Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/7ZeLvX • Read More: http://www.theverge.com • Community guidelines: http://bit.ly/2D0hlAv • Subscribe to Verge on YouTube for explainers, product reviews, technology news, and more: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs

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