GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng gold mine, located south-west of Johannesburg in South Africa, is currently the deepest mine in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -The world’s deepest mine is in South Africa – the Mponeng gold mine in Gauteng province, which goes down 3.9km to the centre of the earth.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Mponeng gold mine located in the Gauteng province of South Africa, is the deepest operating mine in the world. It was the last underground operation by AngloGold Ashanti in South Africa.

Detailed explanation-4: -The deepest mine in the world is AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng gold mine, near Johannesburg in South Africa. By 2012, the operating depth had already reached 3.9-km below the surface, and later expansions have resulted in digging below the 4-km mark. In 2012, the mine produced 405, 000 oz of gold.

Detailed explanation-5: -Where is gold found in South Africa? The majority of the country’s gold resources are located in the Witwatersrand Basin, one of the world’s largest gold placer deposits. This underground geological formation surfacing in the Witwatersrand is a 56 kilometre-long north-facing escarpment running from east to west.