Gold discovery rate may have gone down, but you haven't considered current tenements that have not been developed yet. I can guarantee you there will be no shortage or rather slowdown in production in gold as the price increases, green fields , Tropicana , and newmonts new pegged ground on Hampton station, new finds in the Pilbara also. Green fields is one of the largest discoveries of this century. Focus is in care and maintenance until price increase. And thats just in WA.
