As Dr Blundy points out, " pretty much all of the non-ferrous natural resources that we exploit come ultimately from ancient volcanoes."

正如布伦迪博士指出的那样，“几乎所有人类开发的有色自然资源最终都来自古代火山。”

Dr Blundy and his colleagues estimate, for example, that there might be as much as 1.4m tonnes of copper beneath New Zealand's White Island volcano, whereas the world's largest mines hold tens of millions of tonnes of it.

例如，布伦迪博士和他的同事们估计，在新西兰的怀特岛火山下可能蕴藏着多达140万吨的铜，而世界上最大的铜矿则蕴藏着数千万吨的铜。