A report by three environmental groups says national gold reserves are harmful both economically and environmentally. When governments lock up large gold reserves, they force new, often environmentally destructive mining to meet the market demand for the metal, says the 24-page study, Gold At What Price? The Need for a Public Debate on National Gold Reserves, by John E. Young. Contact the Mineral Policy Center at 202/887-1872, Project Underground at 510/705-8981 or the Western Organization of Resource Councils at (406/252-9672).

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Gold at What Price? The Need for a Public Debate on
National Gold Reserves

by Staff, High Country News
June 5, 2000

<h1>Gold at What Price? The Need for a Public Debate on<br /> National Gold Reserves</h1> <p class="byline">by Staff, High Country News <br />June 5, 2000</p> <p>A report by three environmental groups says national<br /> gold reserves are harmful both economically and environmentally.<br /> When governments lock up large gold reserves, they force new, often<br /> environmentally destructive mining to meet the market demand for<br /> the metal, says the 24-page study, <b>Gold At What Price? The<br /> Need for a Public Debate on National Gold Reserves</b>, by<br /> John E. Young. Contact the Mineral Policy Center at 202/887-1872,<br /> Project Underground at 510/705-8981 or the Western Organization of<br /> Resource Councils at<br /> (406/252-9672).</p> <div class="wp-block-group hcn-print-edition-box"> <p>This article appeared in the <a href="/?p=188089">print edition of the magazine</a> with the headline <span class="hcn-magtitle">Gold at What Price? The Need for a Public Debate on<br /> National Gold Reserves</span>.</p> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-180/gold-at-what-price-the-need-for-a-public-debate-onnational-gold-reserves/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info Country News&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;quality=100&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=105970&amp;amp;ga4=G-0NS3WVPPTN&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-180/gold-at-what-price-the-need-for-a-public-debate-onnational-gold-reserves/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/hcn.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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