The International Monetary Fund buys gold from SA

Date: 30 Dec 1969
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The International Monetary Fund announces that it will agree to purchase gold from South Africa, subject to certain conditions. The price of $35 per oz. is agreed upon. Read more on the history of gold mining in SA.972).

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01Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, v. 4, p. 287.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). The International Monetary Fund buys gold from SA. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012135

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