{"id":1112317,"date":"2019-04-23T22:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T22:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=983952"},"modified":"2019-04-23T22:00:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T22:00:44","slug":"texas-building-gold-depository-with-100b-capacity-and-security-that-rivals-fort-knox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1112317","title":{"rendered":"Texas building gold depository with $100B capacity and security that rivals Fort Knox"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas lawmakers created a new storage option for miners when they signed off on building America\u2019s first state-backed gold depository in 2015.<\/p>\n

The Texas Bullion Depository, currently under construction and with the capacity to house physical gold valued in excess of $100 billion will be the most secure facility outside of Fort Knox, will have the full protection of the state of Texas, and is insured by Lloyds of London.<\/p>\n

Texas will have a lot of gold to protect \u2014 Governor Greg Abbott said when the project was announced last year that it would allow Texas to \u201crepatriate\u201d its gold from New York. The University of Texas\/Texas A&M Investment Management Company holds $1 billion worth of gold bullion at the HSBC Bank in New York City, the Texas Tribune reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis goes back to the precious metals storage industry here in the US. Most of the depositories are in the east coast. I say why don\u2019t we have more depositories in Texas? So, the legislature ultimately decided this was something that they wanted to do,\u201d Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar told MINING.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an opportunity for people to store precious metals in a variety of different options, another tool for those in the mining industry. This would also provide that additional oversight, that additional security, accountability, whether it is a short term or long term storage,\u201d Hegar said.<\/p>\n

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Texas Bullion Depository Rendering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Hegar\u2019s office selected Lone Star Tangible Assets, a firm that specializes in moving and storing precious metals, to construct and operate the depository with state oversight.<\/p>\n

Sean Forbes, chairman at Lone Star, is also managing director at the Texas Bullion Depository. Forbes said the new depository will provide benefits for the mining industry in terms of security, cost and mobility\u00a0\u2014 the cost of transportation via Brinks armored trucks is included in the service.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a sliding scale charge rate that is more than competitive with any other bank depository out there,\u201d Forbes said.<\/p>\n

According to Forbes, the depository is a solution for short- or long-term storage for mining companies that need a secure location to house treasury gold and other metals while holding for price changes or while waiting for the right buyer at the right price.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cMiners will get the whole treasury bars of gold, if the price of gold is going up they could do better, often that\u2019s a massive expense that they put into polymetallic rock than getting it into the treasury box so [it\u2019s for] folks that don\u2019t want an on-site risk or want a better than cost neutral alternative. You will get it insured, we will get it over here,\u201d Forbes added. \u00a0Then [there is] is obviously the security layer around the triple audit, no one else can claim to have that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Governor Greg Abbott said when the project was announced last year that it would allow Texas to “repatriate” its gold from New York. <\/p>\n

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