ROYAL CANADIAN MINT PAYS TRIBUTE TO CANADA'S MINING HERITAGE BY LAUNCHING KLONDIKE-THEMED GOLD BULLION COIN AT PDAC 2022 – Padovanews padovanews.it - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from padovanews.it Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
OTTAWA, ON, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ The Klondike Gold Rush, a turning point in Canadian mining history, and the prospecting methods used to find gold first discovered in Yukon's famed Bonanza creek in 1896, are being remembered on a new Royal Canadian Mint 99.999% (5-9s) pure gold bullion coin. This new issue, illustrating the operation of a traditional sluice box, is the second coin in a series of 1 oz. 5-9s pure gold coins commemorating "the last great gold rush" that forever transformed Canada, Yukon and the lives of the Indigenous people who have inhabited the land for millennia. This bullion coin, made of the world's purest gold, was launched today in Toronto, Ontario, at PDAC 2022, the world's premier mineral exploration and mining conference hosted by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. It is on display at the Royal Canadian Mint booth and will soon be available through the Mint's network of official bullion distributors. The reve