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It took 19 years to drill 12,262 meters deep. The crust is 30 miles or 50 kilometers deep.

Doing the math:


12,262 meters/19 years = 645.37 meters/year

50 km = 50,000 meters

50,000 meters/645.47 meters/year = 77.47 years


This is assuming technology remains at the current level of mining and drilling.

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