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Russia is plundering Sudan's gold to boost war effort in Ukraine

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis, Tamara Qiblawi, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Mohammed Abo Al Gheit, and Darya Tarasova

Video by Alex Platt and Mark Baron

Graphics by Sarah-Grace Mankarious, Marco Chacón, Natalie Croker, and Henrik Pettersson

CNN, Atlanta
Friday, July 29, 2022

KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Days after Moscow launched its bloody war on Ukraine, a Russian cargo plane stood on a Khartoum runway, a strip of tarmac surrounded by red-orange sand. The aircraft's manifest stated it was loaded with cookies. 

Sudan rarely, if ever, exports cookies.

USAGold's August 'News & Views': Dare to be different

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:13p ET Friday, July 29, 2022

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

USAGold's "News & Views" letter for August came out today, with its usual variety of short insights, aptly headlined "Dare to Be Different."

It sure has taken some daring to hang around this sector lately. 

The August edition is posted in the clear at USAGold here:

https://www.usagold.com/nv1044aug2022/

First global gold exchange in India aims to create regional bullion hub

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ranjeetha Pakiam Swansy Afonso 
Bloomberg News
via Business Standard, New Delhi
Friday, July 29, 2022

India's first global gold exchange aims to create a regional bullion hub that will allow more jewelers to import the precious metal.

London's High Court rules against Venezuela's Maduro in $1 billion gold case

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Marc Jones
Reuters
Friday, July 29, 2022

LONDON -- London's High Court has rejected President Nicolas Maduro's latest efforts to gain control of more than $1 billion of Venezuela's gold reserves stored in the Bank of England's underground vaults in London.

The court ruled today that previous decisions by the Maduro-backed Venezuelan Supreme Court aimed at reducing opposition leader Juan Guaido's say over the gold should be disregarded.

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JPMorgan's gold 'boss' led plot to spoof prices, jury told

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Joe Deaux and Tom Schoenberg
Bloomberg News
Thursday, July 28, 2022

Michael Nowak was "the boss" of a plot at JPMorgan Chase & Co. to manipulate gold and silver prices and worked with the top trader and salesman on the bank's precious metals desk to "spoof" markets with bogus buy and sell orders, a federal prosecutor told jurors in Chicago.

Gold yet may awaken the rich countries insisting on being poor

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:27a ET Friday, July 29, 2022

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

You may recall that your secretary/treasurer long has lamented "the rich countries insisting on being poor," the still-developing countries with large gold resources and even large gold production that nevertheless have declined to incorporate the metal into their monetary systems but instead have remained the slaves of the developed world and its more sophisticated -- and exploitive -- monetary systems.

When buying gold or silver, support the dealers who support GATA

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:01p ET Thursday, July 28, 2022

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Being the only forms of money without counterparty risk, at least when held directly by their owners, gold and silver are often seen as the foundation of a sound investment portfolio. 

The New Orleans conference is back in a big way, so join GATA there

Section: Daily Dispatches

GATA will be participating in the conference and will receive a generous commission if you register to attend by using the link at the bottom of this dispatch.

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By Brien Lundin
Editor, Gold Newsletter
CEO, New Orleans Investment Conference
Wednesday, July 20, 2022

https://goldnewsletter.com/

As a serious investor, you’re well aware of the unique challenges presented by today’s markets.

Alasdair Macleod: Challenges for the new prime minister

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Thursday, July 28, 2022

Britain's next prime minister must address two overriding problems: London is at the centre of an evolving financial and currency crisis brought forward by a change in interest rate trends; and the reality of emerging Asian superpowers must be accommodated instead of attacked.

Gold trading begins on Nigerian exchange ahead of official launch

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Emele Onu and Anthony Osae-Brown
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

A newly licensed Nigerian commodities exchange started trading in gold ahead of its official launch this week, the first time the metal will be offered on a bourse in the West African nation. 

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