Cash-strapped Lebanon finds itself sitting on a gold mine, as precious metal prices surge
Published on: Thursday 05 February 2026
Tiny Lebanon sits on one of the largest gold reserves in the Middle East and its government is weighing whether to use that stockpile to restore a crippled economy while its citizens are looking at gold as a way to revive their battered finances
News source: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/cash-strapped-lebanon-finds-sitting-gold-mine-precious-129908247