Scientists have identified a vast reserve of hidden gold deep beneath the Pacific Ocean. This "invisible gold" is locked inside pyrite and requires advanced techniques to detect. The discovery occurred in an active underwater volcanic region off the coast of Japan. This finding renews interest in deep-sea mining while also raising environmental concerns. Commercial extraction remains uncertain due to technical and economic challenges.

Far below the surface of the Pacific, a volcanic landscape south of Japan has revealed an extraordinary concentration of hidden gold unlike anything documented before. The…

Scientists have identified a vast reserve of hidden gold deep beneath the Pacific Ocean. This "invisible gold" is locked inside pyrite and requires advanced techniques to detect.…