And the gold, once it's extracted, can clearly be used for all sorts of things that it couldn't be used for when it was in the mountain; you can make jewelry out of it for example -- still can't patent the gold, it's still gold.
金は掘り出しさえすれば あらゆる用途に使えます 山の中にある時は 利用できませんが 掘り出せば 例えば宝飾品を作れます それでも特許は取れません 金は金なのです