That’s the cool thing about gold, unless it’s shot into space every iota of it is still here somewhere. Some of it is found daily.
As the toldinstone guy noted, two-thirds of all the gold ever mined has happened since about mid-20th century, and about half of it since I was born. Once a gold-laden asteroid is found and processed, gold will be nearly as cheap as aluminum.
“That’s the cool thing about gold, unless it’s shot into space every iota of it is still here somewhere. Some of it is found daily.”
Except for the gold we had created.