PHOTOS: Black market gold

But this particular message sent from a nondescript gmail account that started with "Dear gold business hello" and the accompanying photos caught our eye.

On offer was "perennial supply of gold ore" from Africa purportedly of "superior quality" but with no purity rating at "PRICE $42000 PER KG _". The ruling price for gold on Monday was closer to $55,000 per kilogram of gold. Like South America and parts of Asia, artisanal mining is a huge industry in Africa, but that's still a lot of gold to have gathered in one place.

What do you think about this deal? Or is all that glisters not gold?

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