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The South African basin that supplied half the world's gold

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Talk about a massive geographical monopoly. The Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa is basically the earth's greatest geological jackpot. Since its discovery in 1886, this single underground formation has produced over fifty percent of all the gold ever historically mined by humanity, single-handedly fueling the entire South African economy for over a century.

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