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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 638533, member: 11521&quot;]Last October a routine audit indicated that 17,514 ounces of gold (and a lesser amount of silver) was unaccounted for at the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa. For the past 9 months the RCM has tried to determine if they made an accounting mistake or if they have indeed lost $15 million in gold or been the victim of a major theft. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/07/01/Major-heist-at-Canadian-mint-suspected/UPI-28741246494323/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/07/01/Major-heist-at-Canadian-mint-suspected/UPI-28741246494323/" rel="nofollow">Major heist at Canadian mint suspected</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>After a 9-month review accounting, bookkeeping and internal errors have been ruled out. Speculation is now focused on theft and how 17,500 of gold could have been stolen from a high-security facility like the RCM.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1784168" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1784168" rel="nofollow">Thieves might have smuggled mint gold in acid</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>OK, so math is not the reporter&#039;s strongest subject. (17,514 ounces of gold is not equivilant to 44,000-ounce gold bars (whatever that is)). </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But the questions remain - Did the 17,514 ounces of gold exist and, if so, how did it disappear? If the gold was stolen how was it stolen?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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