The Gold Tree - Forms of gold investment, uses and sources of gold

The Gold Tree Where gold comes from and where it goes Forms of gold investment ABOVE GROUND STOCKS 51% Jewellery 18% Investment Gold is used in four different fields 12% Technology 2% unaccounted for 17% Central Banks TRUCTURED PRODUCTS OPTIONS CLOSED-END FUNDS DERIVATIVES GOLD STORED AT HOME FUTURES SECURITIES COLD GOLD BACKE SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES JUNIOR PRODUCER MINING STOCKS PHYSICAL MAJOR PRODUCER BULLION GOLD/COINS GOLD MINING ETF GOLD MINING COMPANIES VAULTED GOLD INVESTMENT FUNDS MINING MUTUA, FUNDS 18% 1,650 tonnes of gold ALL THE GOLD MINED IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND 166,600t INVESTMENT are recycled annually 12% TECHNOLOGY 51% JEWELLERY 17% CENTRAL BANKS 2,500 tonnes of gold are mined annually 1,200 IDENTIFIED UNDERGROUND RESERVES: APPROXIMATELY OCEANIA 302 7.300 PAPUA NEW GUINEA AFRICA 445 t Australia 9% AUSTRALIA Papua New Guinea 3% New Zealand 1% 50,000 t S.Africa 8%| Ghana 4% 400 NORTH AMERICA 387 t Mali 2% GHANA Tanzania 2% 6.000 Guinea 1% SOUTH SOUTH AFRICA AMERICA 422 t | United States 9% ASIA Canada 4% Mexico 2% Guatemala 0.3% Nicaragua 0.1% 640t 2,400 1,900 1,400 China 13% BRAZIL 3,000 Indonesia 5% Uzbekistan 4% Philippines 2% Кугgуzstan 1% MEXICO CHINA | 2.000 UNITED STATES 990 3,000 PERU EUROPE 250 t CANADA INDONESIA 3,400 Peru 7% - Brazil 2% 1,700 UZBEKISTAN CHILE Colombia 2% Argentina 2% Chile 2% Russia 8% Kazakhstan 1% 5,000 Turkey 0.5% Identified underground Annual supply from mining Finland 0.3% AUSSIA reserves Sweden 0.2% Sources: U.S. Geological Survey, GFMS, World Gold Council, Trustable Gold TRUSTABLE GOLD.com compare gold investments OPEN-ENDED FUNDS EXCHANGE TRAD ORNAMENTAL BARS EXCHANGE TRADED COMMODITIES URACKE NUMISMATIC COINS COLLECTORS' g USES OF GOLD INDEX TRACKERS EXPLORER GOLD CURITIES DEVELOPER SOURCES OF GOLD