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Where Do We Find Gold Around The World?

Not surprisingly gold, in its raw form, is found in many countries and generally all over the world. Many rich alluvial deposits of gold have been discovered in locations all across the world map.

From the very famous gold mines of South Africa all the way to the Black Hills of America and further, deposits are not all that uncommon in very differing region types. They are, however, generally considered to be a rare commodity overall.
While many, many locations across the globe are known for having a few gold deposits, the considered, massive, finds are actually very few and often far between. Still it has been seen that a few of the most former known gold mines were founded and operated by the ancient Egyptians and found scattered within the ancient Egyptian Nile Valley.

Out of these ancient mines came the help that produced some of the most time honoured, long lasting works of art known to modern man. The many riches of the pharaohs’ tombs an be seen to be heavily gilded in lavish amounts of gold and some have been found to be surprisingly solid gold in nature.

It could be considered that from this old ancient culture, a worldwide interest in gold had started to develop and grow.

The most amount of gold bullion found during the past 120 years or so has had it’s source from the Witwatersrand basin in South Africa. This place is also well known as “The Rand”, because it has been a great source of probably around 40% of all the gold found during this 120 year time period.

Gold around the world

Gold around the world

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Sunday, October 11th, 2009 Bullion, Gold, Investing, Stock Trading 2 Comments