Elon Musk intends to check the Fort Knox, in which there are about half of the gold reserves gathered by the United States – on Tuesday the NBC portal said, according to which the head of Tesla is not sure if 4581 tons of ore is still in the American base.
In recent days, Musk has posted posts on social media several times, in which he announced that he wanted to “make sure” that gold did not disappear from the American base. “This gold belongs to the Americans. We want to know if it is still there,” he wrote.
Gold stored in Fort Knox can be worth up to $ 426.3 billion.
During the previous term Donald Trump The then secretary of the treasury Steven Mnuchin visited Fort Knox, although he did not conduct an audit. The documents on the United States Mint's website show that the minister may allow a visit to the treasury, “when rumors persistently remain that gold has been removed from treasures.”
Previous visit of the Congress delegation USA The first groups of journalists took place there in 1974. At that time, the last partial resource audit was carried out.
Musk wants to visit Fort Knox
The weekly “Newsweek” noticed that Musk is not the only person wondering whether American gold resources have not been violated. Politicians directed laws to the Chamber of representatives to introduce regular audits of American gold reserves.
During the interrogation before the Commission for Financial Services in 2011, the then member of the Chamber of Representatives Ron Paul noticed that there were rumors, that the gold was secretly taken from Fort Knox and sold, and some maintain that the bars stored there are actually a gold -plated tungsten.
“Newsweek” pointed out that some bars have been in Fort Knox for 100 or more. “They may contain only 97 percent of pure gold, and their shape and size may be irregular. (…) For some it may be a surprise” – he supplemented.
Gold reserves in the worldPAP/Mateusz Krymski
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