Kazakhstan Gold Reserves Power Past United Kingdom’s

The National Bank of Kazakhstan Gold Reserves Top 314 Tons.

Total Kazakhstan gold reserves stood at 314.456 tons at the end of April 2018.

Kazakhstan gold reserves are now 4.1 tons higher than the 310.3 tons held by the United Kingdom.

Gold constituted 42.5% of Kazakhstan’s overall official reserve assets as of April 30, 2018.

Kazakhstan added 4.354487 tons (140,00 ounces) of gold to reserves in April.

Kazakhstan added approximately 36 tons of gold (approximately 1,163,000 ounces) to reserves in 2016.

Kazakhstan added 40 tons of gold (approximately 1,286,000 ounces) in 2017.

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The National Bank of Kazakhstan added 140,000 ounces of gold to her reserves in April, bringing her total to 314.456 tons. Kazakhstan’s gold addition in April places it in fifteenth place ahead of the United Kingdom among gold holding nations. According to the World Gold Council the United Kingdom holds 310.3 tons of gold. The United Kingdom sold a significant portion of its gold reserves in the early 2000’s.

According to the International Monetary Fund the GDP of the United Kingdom was $2.5 trillion in 2017, while the GDP of Kazakhstan was $160 billion. Kazakhstan’s Gold was worth $13.316 billion as of April 30, 2018.

Along with the Central Bank of Russia and The People’s Bank of China, the National Bank of Kazakhstan is one of the few central banks, along with the Central Banks of Russia and Turkey that have been adding gold to reserves over the past few years.

The Central Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic is also adding gold, albeit in smaller amounts. In February 2017, The Kyrgyz Central Bank Governor Tolkunbek Abdygulov while adding gold to the central banks coffers, also urged its citizens to buy gold. At the time the Central Bank of Kyrgyzstan had about five tons of gold. As of the end of May 2018, its gold reserves had swollen to eight tons.

As of April 2018, the Central Bank of Kazakhstan has added gold to her reserves 67 months in a row!

Kazakhstan gold reserves 2015 - 2018 April

The National Bank of Kazakhstan added 140,000 ounces of gold to her reserves in April 2018.

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Gold as a Percentage of Kazakhstan’s Foreign Reserves

The National Bank of Kazakhstan’s foreign reserves were $31.339 billion at the end of April up from $30.648 billion in March, up from $30.993 at the end of February 2018, but down from $31.348 at the end of January 2018.

The 10.11 million ounces (314.456 metric tons) of gold on the National Bank of Kazakhstan’s balance sheet as of the end of April 2018 were worth $13.316 billion or approximately 42.5% of overall reserves.

In contrast, gold as a percentage of overall reserves at the end of May 2018 was approximately 17.6% at the Russian Central Bank and approximately 2% at the People’s Bank of China.

According to the USGS, Kazakhstan has increased it gold production from about 22 tons of gold a year in 2008 to about 77 tons in 2017. As Russia converts its roubles into domestically mined gold, Kazakhstan is converting its Kazakhstani tenge into gold.

Gold reserves by country top 11-20 june 2018

As of the end of March 2018, the Central Bank of Kazakhstan was the 17th largest gold holding nation,about three tons behind the United Kingdom.

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Kazakh gold holdings sources – World Gold Council, National Bank of Kazakhstan

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