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This European nation has the fourth-largest gold reserves in the world, after the United States, Germany, and Italy. However, since France has no gold mines, it produces no gold of its own.

A Chilean court has suspended construction of what would be one of the world's biggest gold mines on Wednesday, accepting a complaint filed by indigenous groups on environmental grounds.