No visitors are permitted inside the storage facility, according to the United States Mint, the “nation’s sole manufacturer of legal tender coinage”.
According to the agency’s website, the U.S. Bullion Depository, located in Fort Knox, Kentucky, holds the nation’s holdings of precious metal bullion.
Fort Knox now houses 147.3 million ounces of gold, over half of the Treasury’s hoarded gold, and the treasures of other federal agencies. In 1937, the first piece of gold arrived at the installation.
The possible audit of Fort Knox coincides with DOGE’s ongoing audits of federal institutions, including the Internal Revenue.
Service and Social Security Administration. Musk is the head of the advisory group appointed by President Donald Trump to purge government waste, fraud, and abuse.
