🚨 Yes — China announced an underwater gold discovery and official data is coming out right now! But we need to separate hard reality from viral exaggeration. Here is exactly what is true 👇

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🟨 🪙 WHAT IS REAL — CONFIRMED BY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA

📍 China has reported the discovery of a gold deposit underwater near the coast of Laizhou, in Shandong province, in the East China Sea. The news was reported by international media.

📊 The proven reserves in the Laizhou area have been officially raised to more than ~3,900 tons, which represents approximately 26% of the declared gold reserves in China, according to a statement from the local government.

🌏 It is considered the largest underwater deposit in Asia discovered so far, although no exact size of the underwater deposit has been given.

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⚠️ WHAT IS NOT EXACTLY VERIFIED (and what viral versions exaggerate)

❌ No total official economic value has been published nor has it been said that this gold “makes China the largest producer/exporter in the world.” The real information does not mention market figures or complete estimated monetary value.

❌ There is no official report detailing exactly how much gold is underwater, only that the discovery has increased reserves in that region. The figures circulating on networks like “X tons underwater” are unconfirmed estimates by the authorities.

❌ This does not automatically turn China into “the largest gold exporter in the world” immediately. China was already one of the largest producers, but exporting more depends on future mining, permits, investment, and the global market, not on a single discovery.

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📊 Brutal and direct summary:

✅ TRUTH:

✔️ China officially announced an underwater gold discovery near Laizhou that boosts reserves in that area above ~3,900 t.

✔️ This is considered the largest underwater gold deposit reported in Asia.