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Physicist claims China's mysterious desert grids most likely mining related

Marc Howe | November 04, 2012 | 1:30 am Base Metals China Europe Nickel 

An immense chessboard-like grid which mysteriously appeared in the deserts of China's Xinjiang province several years ago could be the result of exploratory surveys for nickel. NBC reports that the grid was first noticed by foreign observers in 2010 when...

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