Vast gold deposit found in Inner Mongolia   

内蒙古新增一处特大金矿床 储量68.4吨

记者26日从内蒙古国土资源厅获悉，由内蒙古自治区地质勘查基金投资，武警黄金二支队承担的包头市哈达门沟金矿及外围普查整装勘查项目近日取得重要突破，新增金金属资源储量达68.4吨，为内蒙古新增一处特大型金矿床。

Baotou (CNS) -- A major gold deposit has been discovered in west Baotou's Hadamen Ditch in north China's Inner Mongolia, the autonomous region's Department of Land and Resources said Tuesday.

The deposit is expected to have a gold reserve of 68.4 tons.

The exploration is sponsored by the region's geological survey fund. More than 100 million yuan has been invested in the project.

Hundreds of officers and soldiers from a division of the Armed Police Force were dispatched to explore the gold mine and survey production.

Hadamen Ditch is one of China's important gold deposit areas. It was discovered in the 1980s, but until recently survey work has been slow due to lack of funding.