Maybe, just maybe, their French gold is long gone and the Frenchy-French need some time to come up with new supply to pay them back? ( <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/12/22/ozabs-mali-gold-idAFJOE5BL01520091222)">http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/12/22/ozabs-mali-gold-idAFJOE5BL01520091222)</a> Maybe the English gold has all been shipped to China and other points East, where it has been resmelted into kilo bars with official Chinese insignia? ( http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/b