First published by Money Metals here: https://www.moneymetals.com/news/2018/07/11/two-largest-gold-producing-countries-in-history-001573

How much gold did the two largest mining countries produce in history? Well, let’s just say that precious metals investors would be quite surprised to learn that the total cumulative gold production from the two leading countries is well over two billion ounces. That is one heck of a lot of gold once we consider that only six billion oz of gold has been mined in recorded history. Here are a few clues on the top two gold producing countries.