By Investing News Network Finland has very quietly become a world-class gold-mining country. The Nordic nation jumped to the top spot in the Fraser Institute’s 2017 ranking of investment attractiveness for mining jurisdictions, up from fifth place in 2016. While not historically considered a major gold miner, Finland has become the European Union’s top producer of gold over the last decade, with much of the gold-mining activity taking place in just the past couple of years.