I guess I’m missing something here. Forget about lease agreements, and such. I just want to know how much gold is in Fort Knox and other depositories. In a free country that shouldn’t be a state secret.
I can’t see why that would be a difficult undertaking. As I mentioned earlier, all it would take is a few investigators, a clipboard, and a device to test the purity of the gold bars. Maybe randomly test one bar out of every ten.
Now let’s say the numbers don’t match. Then it’s time to bring in the experts, people who can trace paper trails to see where the missing gold went.
“I can’t see why that would be a difficult undertaking. As I mentioned earlier, all it would take is a few investigators, a clipboard, and a device to test the purity of the gold bars. Maybe randomly test one bar out of every ten.”
We estimate that a physical audit of the gold at the depository will take no less than 18 months to complete, with roughly 44,400 man-hours of work to be done.
We estimate that timeframe to require 20 personnel, 18 high-quality scales, 18 portable XRF scanners, 2 boring drills, 18 item carts, and appropriate additional lightin
https://www.jmbullion.com/investing-guide/facts/fort-knox-audit/