It is one of Europe’s largest and most-secure gold vaults — dubbed a mini Fort Knox — which lies at a secret location within London’s M25.
Equipped with an electrified roof, blast doors that can withstand rocket-propelled grenades and fingerprint sensors that can detect the flow of blood (to prevent the use of severed digits), the facility was opened by Barclays four years ago.
But this summer the keys to the vault, which can house up to $80bn of bullion, will pass to an overseas arm of a Chinese state-controlled bank, following a deal to acquire the site from the British bank. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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