Main Content
1990 - 2002 AD
1990 A.D.
The U.S. becomes the world's second largest gold producing nation.
1992 A.D.
The World Gold Council introduces the Gold Mark as an standard international identification mark for gold jewellery.
1993 A.D.
The restrictions on value added tax on financial gold is lifted by the German government which stimulates the demand by private investors for gold.
India and Turkey liberalise their gold markets.
1994 A.D.
The Russian Gold Market is formally established.
1996 A.D.
The Mars Global Surveyor is launched with an on-board gold-coated parabolic telescope mirror. The telescope was designed to generate a detailed map of the surface of Mars over a two year period. Over the course of its mission the Surveyor returned an unprecedented amount of data regarding Mars' surface, features, atmosphere and magnetic properties.
1997 A.D.
The Tax Payers Relief Act is passed by Congress. The act allowed U.S. individual retirement account holders to buy gold.
1999 A.D.
The Euro is launched. The Euro is a pan-European currency and is backed by the European Central Bank holding 15% of its reserves in gold.
The Euro is now the official currency of 16 of the 27 member states of the European Union (EU). The Euro is the second largest reserve currency and the second most traded currency in the world. The US dollar being the first.
2000 A.D.
Detailed images of Neptune and Uranus are captured by astronomers at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii using a giant gold coated mirrors.
2002 A.D.
The Gold Insitute's Board of Directors vote to dissolve the association and merge its role with that of the National Mining Association.