Berek Sawut, a herdsman in China’ss remote far west region of Xinjiang, found the 7.85kg nugget.
If it is at least 80% pure the nugget is estimated to be worth 1.6m yuan ($255 000 or then R2.9m)
The report by Xinhua news agency on Thursday reported that the gold rock is “random-shaped” and about 23 cm long, 18 cm at its widest and 8cm thick.
It is not clear if he would be able to keep it, let us hope he can as he clearly deserves it the lucky bugger!
The Guardian reported;
The discovery was made in the far western region of Xinjiang, a vast and diverse area bordering Central Asia and abundant in natural resources and striking scenery, with an ethnically diverse population including the Kazakhs, Uighurs and Han, China’s majority.
The nugget was found in Qinghe county, part of Altay prefecture, the report said, adding that Altay means gold in Mongolian.
