This just doesn't make any sense at all. 8,000 lbs of gold lying around -- guarded by farm workers -- loaded up -- no more info??
"This just doesn't make any sense at all. 8,000 lbs of gold lying around -- guarded by farm workers -- loaded up -- no more info??"Actually a bit over 8800 pounds of gold (4 metric tonnes), but it is gold ore, not refined gold.
Using the figure of 3.55 grams per tonne mentioned in Reply 30 by razorback-bert that would produce about 50 ounces of gold.
This article doesn't make sense to me either, but for different reasons. Most thievery in gold mines is done by a crime called "high grading" whereby a miner spots high grade ore and pilfers it and smuggles it out of the mine. High grading involves processing small quantities of ore, perhaps in the miner's home or garage. One high grading operating in northern Quebec took place in rented office space and above the local RCMP detachment and the roof of the building. The perpetrators were caught by RCMP constables smelling the odour produced by the miners' extraction process. The Horsemen who made the arrest thought it a huge joke.
Refining 8 tonnes of ore is a whole different order of magnitude.
I wonder if Zanu PF is putting out a story through their tame news outlet in order to distract from their own shenanigans.