Volcanoes can wreak devastation when they erupt, but they're also a valuable natural resource: the liquids that bubble up from magma are often rich in important metals.

Volcanoes can wreak devastation when they erupt, but they're also a valuable natural resource: the liquids that bubble up from magma are often rich in important metals.

An active volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat may be hiding a valuable metal-rich reservoir several kilometres beneath the surface. Scientists studying ‘Soufrière Hills…