[#3Fan]

Why should the world accept a system which empowers South AFrica or Russia merely because of metal deposits?

By the way, how much gold production is there in Russia and what is that in percentage terms of global production? I wasn't aware they were one of the superproducers.

[justshutupandtakeit]

I don't have the figures immediately available but Russia is one of the top three producers of gold ore. South Africa (2/3s), the USSR (14%) Canada (5.1%) were the top three a few yrs. ago. The U.S. was fourth.