RE: Controlling the amount of gold available for sale4 Nov 2020 08:51
If you look back through my posts then you will find an idea ... that took no one's interest at the time , about a way of maintaining the premium value of welsh gold (as jewellry end use) without having to either control rate of mining to control supply or tie up capital in storing mined bullion by the company.
The company has already suggested the production of bullion coin, so that private investors can own physical gold thence alleviating the need for the company to hold the bullion as tied up money.
The reality is that welsh gold, being elemental, is chemically no different from any other gold. However its use in jewellry and its connections give it a marketing appeal which gives it a hefty premium. The problem is , what is there to stop someone melting down a Kruggerrand and fraudulently "reminting" it as a "welsh gold bullion" ? I suggest using an open distributed ledger .... such as blockchain ... similar technology to cryptocurrency, to prove its provenance and therefore maintain its premium value. In fact, you could extend that to a new use as a para-crypto currency .... offering the convenience of crypto for cross border transaction but being backed with an intrinsic value as opposed to electronic monopoly money, so therefore more stable.