By Ian MacLeod,
Ottawa Citizen
June 2, 2009
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OTTAWA — A significant quantity of gold, silver and other precious metals is unaccounted for at the Royal Canadian Mint.
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External auditors are investigating a discrepancy between the mint's 2008 financial accounting of its precious metals holdings and the physical stockpile at the plant on Sussex Drive in Ottawa.
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The mystery raises possibilities from sloppy bookkeeping to a gold heist.
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