Spot gold was up 0.2 per cent at US$2,848.69 per ounce, as of 0253 GMT, after hitting a record high of US$2,853.97 earlier in the session. US gold futures gained 0.2 per cent to US$2,879.70.
But the warnings have not been enough to deter a growing number of Chinese nationals attracted by the war-torn region's massive deposits of gold, tin, tungsten, coltan, tantalum and other minerals ...