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Gold bars are displayed at South Africa's Rand Refinery in Germiston in this May 30, 2006 file picture. A blistering rally in gold prices has sparked a new gold rush in South Africa as mining firms seek to exploit a huge stash of underground gold hidden deeper than humans have ever dug before.The rocketing prices have transformed the aging gold industry of South Africa, the world's largest producer, from merely struggling to survive into splashing out hundreds of millions of dollars on expansion projects. For release with feature MINERALS SAFRICA DEEPMINES REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/Files (SOUTH AFRICA) FOTO: Siphiwe Sibeko Reuters Pictures

FILE PHOTO: An employee shows gold bullions at Degussa shop in Singapore June 16, 2017. Picture taken June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo FOTO: Edgar Su Reuters

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