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 Volcano’ have found evidence of a fluid-filled zone at roughly 2–3 kilometres depth that could contain a salty liquid carrying 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.

Nuevas técnicas de imagen sísmica permitieron detectar en el Caribe un reservorio subterráneo y revelar que estos sistemas pueden originar cobre, zinc, plomo e incluso oro