In 18 carats, there's 75 per cent gold.

What percentage of gold is 14 carat?

_____ per cent

What percentage of gold is 9 carat?

______ per cent

Why are other metals mixed with gold (alloyed)?

B

China has become the world's fourth largest gold producer.

Shandong province and Hebei province have been mining for thousands of years. Over the past few years the Chinese have deregulated gold exploration and mining activities.

how are your GOLD shares going?

Find stock market information in today's South China Morning Post

1. There are only two Chinese gold companies listed in Hong Kong at present - Zijin Mining Group, which operates gold mines in Fujian , and Lingbao Gold, which operates mines in ____________, _________________ & ________________.

In what section and on which page of the newspaper are the gold prices today?

___________sectionpage _____________

Price of gold today? US$ = HK$ _______________

C Hong Kong Gold Coins

Hong Kong has had its own coins since 1863. Its first gold coins were issued in 1975. The first was a HK$1,000 coin issued for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II.

From 1976 to 1987, a series of HK$1,000 coins, each with a different design of the Chinese lunar calendar, was issued.

Lots of people like to collect coins from around the world and they can be very valuable.

What is the scientific study of coins and money called?

_____________________________________

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D In the Ancient World

Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome left a rich legacy of golden treasures, but after the fall of the Roman Empire, little gold was produced for almost 1,000 years.

Tutankhamun - the most famous piece of gold

(pictured right)

Find other famous gold objects from antiquity.

Find out what other interesting items were in the tomb.

DID YOU KNOW?

Alluvial gold deposits are formed when rocks containing gold veins have been exposed on the surface and are eroding away. This gold washes down into creeks. Some gold becomes trapped in hollows or the river bed.

Write synonyms for the golden words: purity ________________

treasures ____________ antiquity _____________coins ____________

Answers:

A - 14 carat = 58 per cent gold

9 carat = 37.5 per cent gold

To give the gold strength and colour

B - Henan, Xinjiang, Jiangxi

C - Numismatics

D - (suggested answers) cleanliness, riches, relic, money