Indian Gold Book:Indian Gold Book - Gold Bars Worldwide
Indian Gold Book:Indian Gold Book - Gold Bars Worldwide
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ABOUT GRENDON INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PTY LTD<br />
Grendon International Research Pty Ltd (GIR) is a small marketing consultancy, research and promotional company<br />
that focuses on the gold industry.<br />
GIR was established in 1989 by Nigel Desebrock. It has undertaken international, regional and national consultancy<br />
projects for mining companies, refiners, mints, bullion dealers and the World <strong>Gold</strong> Council. It covers the gold investment,<br />
jewellery, industrial and refining sectors.<br />
Apart from consultancy, GIR has also compiled and published three widely acclaimed industry reference books, the outcome<br />
of fieldtrips to more than 30 countries.<br />
• The Industry Catalogue of <strong>Gold</strong> Bullion Coins (380 pages, 1999)<br />
• The Industry Catalogue of <strong>Gold</strong> <strong>Bars</strong> <strong>Worldwide</strong> (344 pages, 1998)<br />
• <strong>Gold</strong> Refiners & <strong>Bars</strong> <strong>Worldwide</strong> (476 pages, 1991)<br />
In 1993, GIR (Curator) established The Industry Collection of <strong>Gold</strong> <strong>Bars</strong> <strong>Worldwide</strong> with the support of N.M. Rothschild<br />
& Sons (Australia) Ltd (Custodian & Owner) and the World <strong>Gold</strong> Council (Sponsor). Apart from acting as an information and<br />
photographic resource for the industry, major exhibitions have been staged in Europe, North and South America, South East<br />
Asia and the Middle East. They tell the story of gold from gold-bearing ore – through gold bars – to the end uses of gold.<br />
The collection, the largest in the world, contains more than 700 standard, innovative and unusual bars (1000 g and less)<br />
from 29 countries.<br />
Nigel Desebrock was educated in South Africa and, on a Rhodes scholarship, at Oxford University. His practical marketing<br />
experience includes six years with Bass Ltd, Europe’s largest brewery group at the time, six years with International <strong>Gold</strong><br />
Corporation (the marketing arm of the Chamber of Mines of South Africa) in London and Johannesburg where he became<br />
Manager, Investment Division (<strong>Worldwide</strong>), and three years with <strong>Gold</strong> Corporation (which included the Perth Mint and<br />
Australian <strong>Gold</strong> Refineries) where he became Managing Director, <strong>Gold</strong>Corp Australia.<br />
He is an occasional speaker at international gold conferences, most recently at the LBMA Precious Metals Conference in<br />
Istanbul (2001) and at the Australian <strong>Gold</strong> Conference in Melbourne (2002) where he delivered papers on private gold<br />
investment worldwide that took into account “investment jewellery” in countries such as India.<br />
GIR is an associate member of the Australian <strong>Gold</strong> Council.<br />
Grendon International Research Pty Ltd<br />
33 Alexandra Road, East Fremantle, WA 6158, Australia<br />
Tel: 61-8-9319 2171<br />
Fax: 61-8-9319 2154<br />
email: grendon@global.net.au<br />
website: www.grendon.com.au<br />
GRENDON<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
RESEARCH<br />
GOLD<br />
MARKETING<br />
CONSULTANT<br />
GIR’s reference books can be ordered directly from GIR<br />
or off the GIR website: www.grendon.com.au<br />
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