Gold is so rare, only 90,000 tons of it have been taken from the earth in recorded history.

Gold is so rare that the world pours more steel in an hour than it has poured gold since the beginning of time.

South Africa leads the world in gold production. Other countries leading world production are Russia, Canada, and the United States.

Gold is so heavy that one cubic foot of it weighs one half a ton.

A one ounce natural gold nugget is rarer than a 5 carat diamond.

Experts estimate that there are only 41,000 tons of gold left in the earth to mine.