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Gold mining in Sudan is often linked to illicit financing and regional instability. While gold and crypto are sometimes seen as alternative stores of value, this event is too localized to impact global markets. It does, however, add to a growing list of geopolitical risks that could drive safe-haven demand over time.

Airstrikes killed at least 72 workers at a gold mine on the Sudan-Egypt border, according to a Sudanese rights group that accused Egypt's air force.