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El Salvador lawmakers overturn mining ban

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Thomas Graham
Financial Times, London
Monday, December 23, 2024

El Salvador’s congress overturned a blanket ban on metal mining in a bid to find new sources of economic growth, handing a win to President Nayib Bukele despite criticism over the measure from environmental and religious groups.

The ban, which was the first of its kind in the world, was introduced in 2017 to protect the country's water resources. Bukele, who came to power in 2019, described it as "absurd."

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Gold-backed scholarship program awards $11,500 to nine students

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jp Cortez
Money Metals News Service, Eagle, Idaho
Friday, December 20, 2024

Nine bright young scholars earned $11,500 to put toward the cost of college through a scholarship program promoting the sound money cause.

The Sound Money Scholarship is an annual essay contest organized by Money Metals Exchange (the U.S. precious-metals dealer ranked "Best Overall") and the Sound Money Defense League, a national public policy group at the forefront of sound money legislative battles across the country since 2014.

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Lambourne and Powell: If China forces gold reset, ETF gold may be most vulnerable

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Robert Lambourne and Chris Powell
Sunday, December 22, 2024

Anyone who has read the reports published by GATA over the years will understand that owning physical gold and silver is the preferred way to hold monetary metals. 

No history of gold ownership in the United States would be complete without reference to Executive Order 6102, issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 and meant to confiscate gold owned by the public:

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Section: Daily Dispatches

12:16p ET Sunday, December 24, 2024

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Longstanding Western central bank policy of monetary metals price suppression has never been more vulnerable than it is today.

Governments and central banks around the world have been defecting from the policy this year, accumulating gold and silver instead of lending them.

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Miles Franklin's Andy Schectman interviews GoldMoney founder James Turk

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:23p ET Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldMoney founder and monetary metals advocate James Turk is Andy Schectman's guest this week on bullion dealer Miles Franklin's "Little by Little" program. They discuss Turk's long career in international banking and the monetary metals, as well the prospects for a return of constitutional money to the United States.

The program is 58 minutes long and can be viewed at YouTube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukq9k82zxQU

Alasdair Macleod: Massive Comex deliveries since Thanksgiving

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

It was a week of two halves for gold and silver prices: rising strongly until Thursday when prices were smashed. ...

A feature of this week’s [last week's] trading was levitated futures premiums over spot, particularly noticeable in silver, which before yesterday's price smash represented a premium over overnight rates of as much as 7% annualized for the active February contract. 

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