For the purpose of statistical data, financial companies or those involved in the study of gold as a security, gold metal already mined, converted into bullion and then transferred to a vault is considered as a reserve. Unfortunately, the gold mined in Africa does not stay on the continent and does not form part of the reserves of those countries; on the contrary, almost everything that is mined there is resold or taken by Chinese, European or American companies.
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