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Cast gold bullion bars held in hand alongside a paper document listing their details
Buyer Guide
9 October 2026·6 min read

How to Buy Physical Gold in the USA: A Practical Guide to Bullion

A step-by-step guide for US buyers: choosing bullion, reading prices against spot, sales tax and IRA rules, imports, and how to vet a seller.

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Ten cast gold bullion bars laid out in two rows on black tissue paper
Buyer Guide
9 October 2026·6 min read

Buying Gold Bullion in the UK: VAT, Tax and What to Check

How UK buyers can buy gold bullion sensibly: the investment gold VAT exemption, capital gains tax, bars versus coins, storage and the checks that matter.

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Five cast gold bullion bars arranged on a sheet of white paper
Market Analysis
9 October 2026·6 min read

Investing in Gold in Canada: Should You Buy Gold?

A balanced guide to investing in gold in Canada: what gold can and cannot do, how bullion compares with ETFs and mining shares, and the Canadian tax and cost picture.

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Four cast gold bars balanced along a buyer’s hand and forearm
Buyer Guide
9 October 2026·6 min read

Buying Gold in France: Investment Gold, VAT and Tax Explained

What buyers in France should know: which gold is VAT-exempt, how sales are taxed, bars versus coins, storage, and how to check a seller.

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Canvas bags filled with gold casting grain used by jewellery workshops
Market Analysis
9 October 2026·6 min read

Gold Rate Today in Qatar: How 22K and 21K Prices per Gram Are Set

Where Qatar’s daily gold rate comes from: the spot price, the riyal exchange rate, purity by karat and the making charge added to jewellery.

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Heap of coarse raw gold dust and small grains on a white surface before refining
Market Analysis
9 October 2026·6 min read

Raw Gold Price in Dubai: How Nuggets, Dust and Doré Are Valued and Refined

How raw gold is priced and refined in Dubai: from spot price and AED conversion to assay, refining charges and the documents UAE refiners expect.

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Open paper parcel packed with small cast gold bars held by a trader
Market Analysis
9 October 2026·6 min read

Gold Price Today in Thailand: Baht Weight, 96.5% Gold and Price per Gram

How Thailand’s gold price works: the baht weight, the 96.5% standard, the Gold Traders Association reference and how to convert it to a price per gram.

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Pile of raw alluvial gold dust from Kenya on a white cloth before assay
Buyer Guide
8 October 2026·6 min read

Raw Gold Price Explained: How Nuggets & Dust Are Valued

Raw gold is priced from three numbers: the spot price, the gold content and the weight. Here is how nuggets and dust are valued, and why they usually trade below spot.

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Gold bullion bars being weighed on a precision laboratory scale before sale
Buyer Guide
8 October 2026·6 min read

How to Buy Physical Gold from Africa Safely: A Step-by-Step Guide

A practical, step-by-step guide to buying physical gold bars, nuggets or dust from Africa, from verifying the seller to shipping, insurance and storage.

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Five cast African gold bullion bars laid out on white paper
Market Analysis
8 October 2026·6 min read

Investing in Physical Gold: Should You Buy Gold Now?

Why investors hold gold, how physical bullion compares with ETFs and mining shares, what it really costs, and a calm way to think about timing.

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Handheld XRF analyser testing the purity of a gold bar, with more bars on the desk
Buyer Guide
8 October 2026·6 min read

How to Verify Gold Purity: Testing Methods Every Buyer Should Know

From handheld XRF to fire assay, here is how gold purity is tested, what each method can and cannot tell you, and how to read an assay certificate.

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Raw gold dust, natural gold nuggets and cast gold bars weighed in steel bowls on precision scales
Buyer Guide
8 October 2026·6 min read

Gold Bars vs Nuggets vs Dust: Which Form of Gold Should You Buy?

Bars, nuggets and dust are all gold, but they differ sharply in liquidity, pricing, purity and how hard they are to verify. Here is how to choose.

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Handful of natural alluvial gold nuggets recovered by artisanal miners in East Africa
Sustainability
8 October 2026·6 min read

Mercury-Free Gold Mining in Africa: What Ethical Gold Buyers Should Know

Mercury is still widely used in artisanal gold mining. Here is why it matters, what international law says, which alternatives exist and what buyers should ask.

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