When gold runs out

Beeld van de goudmijn Fekola in Mali.
Beeld van de goudmijn Fekola in Mali, geëxploiteerd door B2Gold. Foto: B2Gold
At the current rate of production, known gold reserves will be exhausted in roughly twenty years. Finding new sources will only become more expensive, but in the meantime, mining company stocks are performing exceptionally well. The gold miners index on Wall Street gained more than 40 percent over the past twelve months.
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