(ISNS) -- Termites are unearthing gold in
Australia, and scientists suggest their nests could reveal where miners might
strike it rich.
Mineral
resources currently account for roughly one-third of Australia's exports. One
promising site for gold down under is the Moolart Well deposit in the Western
Australian Goldfields region, but gold remains difficult to find there even
after nearly 150 years of mining.
"The
problem that we face in mining exploration is that a layer of eroded material
is covering the gold, effectively hiding it," said researcher Aaron
Stewart, an entomologist at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organization.
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