Gold - part two

Published: Aug. 19, 2009, 10:11 a.m.

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Nick Rankin descends into the deepest goldmine in the world \\u2013 Tau Tona in South Africa for part two of this series. Five thousand miners extract gold up to four kilometres under the surface but for every tonne of ore they take out, there is only 8 grams of gold to be found. Nick talks to miners about their lives underground and learns about the real price of gold.

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