Government, miners sign GANRAP agreement to support gold-based reserve accumulation
Reported by MyJoyOnline: “Government, miners sign GANRAP agreement to support gold-based reserve accumulation”. Gold settled at $4,420 an ounce on August 13, 2026 — $142.12 per gram, -1.05% on the day.
Official-sector buying or selling changes physical demand and long-term market expectations. Persistent purchases can support the market, but do not guarantee an immediate price increase. Thirty sessions later gold traded at $4,321 an ounce, -2.24% versus the date of the report. That is an observation about the market, not a consequence of one headline.
- official reserves
- physical demand
- currency confidence
- long-term expectations
- next reserve disclosure
- net purchase volume
- geographic breadth
This World Gold brief is based on the headline and available metadata. We do not reproduce the publisher's article or add unverified details. The price on the date of the report is our own data: the daily COMEX futures settlement, converted to grams at 31.1035 g per troy ounce.