Years ago GATA disclosed that the International Monetary Fund, the leading compiler of official
gold reserve data, allowed its member nations to count gold they had leased, gold that had left their vaults, as if it was still in their vaults.
Gold production from USGS, «Gold,» in Mineral Commodity Summaries (Reston, VA: U.S. Department of the Interior, 2005), pp. 72 — 73, 84 — 87; gold ore data calculated from New Jersey Mining Company Reserves & Resources, «Estimated Ore Reserves,» at www.newjerseymining.com, updated 31 December 2006; steel ore from Mandil et al.,
Gold production from USGS, «
Gold,» in Mineral Commodity Summaries (Reston, VA: U.S. Department of the Interior, 2005), pp. 72 — 73, 84 — 87; gold ore data calculated from New Jersey Mining Company Reserves & Resources, «Estimated Ore Reserves,» at www.newjerseymining.com, updated 31 December 2006; steel ore from Mandil et al.,
Gold,» in Mineral Commodity Summaries (Reston, VA: U.S. Department of the Interior, 2005), pp. 72 — 73, 84 — 87;
gold ore data calculated from New Jersey Mining Company Reserves & Resources, «Estimated Ore Reserves,» at www.newjerseymining.com, updated 31 December 2006; steel ore from Mandil et al.,
gold ore
data calculated from New Jersey Mining Company
Reserves & Resources, «Estimated Ore
Reserves,» at www.newjerseymining.com, updated 31 December 2006; steel ore from Mandil et al., op.