国际英语新闻：Peru discovers gold and silver beds
LIMA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Peruvian Energy and Mining Ministry (MEM) on Monday reported the discovery of large gold and silver beds in the north of the Peruvian Andes, in Cajamarca region, some 850 kilometers northeast to Lima, the country's capital.
According to a MEM statement the gold bed is of 1.34 million ounces and the silver one of 33.3 million ounces.
The statement was published in the context of the 7th International Congress of Exploration "ProExplo 2011" being hosted in Lima with the attendance of geologists from all the world and executives from companies specialized on the location of new beds.
The MEM said that the discovered gold bed could be of even 6 kilometers long and more than 400 meters deep.
This gold-silver bed is located between the two main gold beds already being exploited.
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