Goldman Sachs also cut its 2014 forecast to $1,450 an ounce from $1,750 an ounce.

Spot prices reached a low of $1,554.49 on Wednesday, their weakest since July. They slid 2.6 percent on Wednesday after Federal Reserve minutes suggested the bank may wind down its ultra-loose monetary policy sooner than expected.

In the last big precious-metals mania, silver also logged bigger one-day movements than gold, in this case 63.5% of the time. On average, silver gained or lost 1.41 percentage points more than gold.

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The gold mine is located in Bayannur in the west of Inner Mongolia, and was found by Inner Mongolia Pacific Mining, a subsidiary of China National Gold Group Corp.

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The program includes 8 gold coins, and 7 silver coins across a variety of sizes and shapes, with two primary designs.

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Sudan is looking for gold to make up for the budget deficit it incurred as a result of losing three quarters of its oil production due to the secession of South Sudan in July 2011.

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Gold's recent slump smoked out Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov from gold business as he said gold became less appealing to international investors.

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Speculative investors cut net longs in gold by 27,932 lots to 42,318 in the week to Feb. 19, the CFTC's Commitment of Traders report said.

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In three of the 367 tests, the gold was more pure than Treasury records indicated, according to the Treasury's inspector general.

The reverse designs present an artist's impression of the kangaroo road sign, which is frequently seen on Australian roads and highways to warns drivers to watch out for kangaroos.

United States mined 1,050 tons of silver with an estimated value of $1.01 billion last year, down from 1,120 tons in 2011.

- This Story was added February 2 13 6:47 EST