March 20, 2015
Maguire Refining was recently made aware of a counterfeit 1 Troy Oz gold bar found by another refiner based in New York. This bar was reported to The IPMI (International Precious Metals Institute) earlier this month who notified Maguire Refining and their other members.
The bar in question looks like a legitimate bar produced by the Royal Canadian Mint, however , XRF analysis (X-Ray Florescence Spectroscopy) by the refiner who discovered it led them to determine there is “not any appreciable gold in the actual bar”.