WHY GOLD IS NOT A CRITICAL METAL AND A STRATEGIC METAL?

Why do countries have a "Strategic gold reserve", 
but gold is a "Non-strategic metal"? 
Paradox?

Wikipedia

USGS (U.S. Geological Survey)

Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy
and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

 
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

The World Bank and ICMM (The International Council on Mining and Metals)

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya