@alexchiniborch: Gold supply is not a tap that can be opened after a change in price or demand. Before a new mine can produce material for refining, a deposit must move through discovery, exploration, studies, permitting, development, construction and commissioning. The World Gold Council describes a typical 10-20 year interval between discovery and production; an S&P Global study of producing gold mines found an average 15.2 years, with a 6-32 year observed range. Those figures describe a process, not a universal promise: location, regulation, geology and infrastructure all affect the route. That distinction matters. Building a plant is not the same as mining. First pour comes after work that cannot simply be compressed into a market cycle. Recycling can respond sooner to price and economic shocks, but it is not instantaneous or unlimited. For investors and operators, the useful lesson is structural: newly mined supply is slow-moving, while the value of planning is measured in years. Reply SUPPLY for the full lifecycle perspective. Not financial advice. Metals carry risk. #Gold #GoldSupply #Mining #GoldMining #Bullion #PhysicalGold #GoldMarket #CommodityMarkets #Metals #PreciousMetals #MiningIndustry #ResourceDevelopment #Exploration #Refining #GoldRecycling #SupplyChains #MarketStructure #InstitutionalGold #AllucaGold #DubaiGold

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