ICBC responds to suspicions of impurities in two sold gold bars: The situation is not true, the suspected impurities should be external attachments on the gold bars after they were sold.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has made a formal response to the situation of a customer who purchased gold bars at the bank and discovered suspected impurities according to online rumors. On the evening of May 9th, a reporter from The Paper News learned from the Jiading Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Shanghai that recently, a customer purchased two gold bars at the Nangang branch under the jurisdiction of this branch. On May 7th, it was rumored online that suspected impurities were found during the cutting and processing of the above-mentioned gold bars. After verification, this situation is not true. "After testing, the testing reports of the two gold bars both state 'Test conclusion: gold content is 99.99%', and there are no quality issues. The suspected impurities have been removed by the above-mentioned quality inspection agency in a professional manner, and they should be external attachments to the gold bars sold. The above conclusions have been accepted by the customer," said the Jiading Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Shanghai.