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A troy ounce bar of gold is worth a hefty sum of money, but the same amount of this mineral is worth over a hundred million times more.

The World Gold Council, a market development organization backed by the gold industry, found that for 2022, demand for gold reached an 11-year high of 4,471 tonnes.