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	According to a newspaper report some years ago, the amount of gold mined worldwide up to 2006 was 158,000 tonnes, with an estimated 22,000 tonnes remaining in the earth.</div>
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	I&rsquo;m afraid your &ldquo;1 million tonnes of gold&rdquo; headline was just too far-fetched, unless it was a typo &ndash; not unheard of!</div>
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	John L Sheppard</div>
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	Bangkok</div>

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