Huge gold-encrusted rocks uncovered in Australia

‘You might go your whole life and you'll never see anything like it’, says mining expert

Australia Gold Nugget
A previous nugget that was found in Australia
(Image credit: Getty images)

Miners in Western Australia believe they have discovered two huge gold-encrusted rocks that are each estimated to be worth millions of pounds.

One of the rock formations was found to contain more than 2,400 ounces of gold, according to the Canadian miner RNC Minerals.

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