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15 G E O P R E S S No. 314 (4053) August 1940 GOLDING INVESTMENT l939. According to a thawing recently published by the League of Nations, the world's gold production in 1939 was = 1.2l5,000 kg. The most important gold producing countries were (as a percentage of world production): 9. Mexico 2.2 .South African Union(brit.) 32.8 l0. South Rhodesia(brith.) 2.0 2. Canada 11 13.0 11.9 ll. Gold Coast 11 2.0 3.Soviet Union 11.8 12.Belgian Congo 1.5 4.United States of America 4.2 13. Colombia 1.5 5.Australia 6.Korea (jap.) 2.7 14. India (brit.) 1.1 7.Philippines (Ver.St.v.America) 2.6 15. Chile 0.8 8.Japan 2.4 (GEOPRESS.)