Gold bulletin Volume 44, Number 2

Gold Bulletin is a premier scientific journal, focused on gold science, technology and its applications and is published quarterly. It dates back to the year 1968. The first issue, published in January 1968 by the Chamber of Mines of South Africa, consisted entirely of a selection of literature and patent abstracts. It was introduced with these words:�
�Technological research in various countries has shown that, despite the relative cost of gold, it has certain unique properties which can be put to use in numerous fields.
In an effort to assist and stimulate developments in this direction, the Chamber of Mines of South Africa is issuing a quarterly bulletin of selected abstracts from the technical literature on gold�