According to President Nayib Bukele, the nation sits atop a deposit of gold that could radically transform the small country's financial future.

In a speech earlier this week, Bukele said that the Central American nation is sitting on unmined gold worth as much as $3 trillion, which is roughly over 8,800% of its current GDP. “We’ve also found gallium, tantalum, tin and many other materials needed for the 4th and 5th industrial revolution,” Bukele said.

El Salvador's gang-busting strongman President Nayib Bukele has set out on a new mission: to kickstart his country's sputtering economy by inviting back the mining companies that were barred seven years ago.

El Salvador's gold reserves could be worth an astounding three trillion dollars - representing over 8,800% of the country's current GDP