The inquiry was suspended after just over two days of evidence last month because of ‘regulation breaches’.

Stormont departments were criticised by the chair of the inquiry as it halted on Wednesday

The assurance was given by mining company Dalradian during the first day of the inquiry in Co Tyrone.

An application has been made to mine for gold in the Sperrin mountains in Co Tyrone.

Some 18kg of gold bars and coins, valued at €1,375,218 million, were discovered in a vault south of Dublin.

The arrest followed a Garda operation in Dublin.

A team of scientists led by the Queen’s University Belfast uncovered how precious metal gold reacts to extreme temperatures.

Shane Lowry will play his third round at the US Masters on Sunday

Gold and fellow joint-chairman David Sullivan took over ownership of the Hammers in 2010

The price of gold has surged to a record 1,926. 20 US dollars (£1,502. 44) per ounce as investors moved money into an asset seen as a safe haven amid jitters about US-Chinese tensions and the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.