Daily Dispatches

Barry Sergeant: The illusion of gold mining profits

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-08-24 08:34 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:30a ET Monday, August 24, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

MineWeb's Barry Sergeant today reports in detail how rising gold prices have not yet resulted in much profit for mining companies. His report is headlined "The Illusion of Gold Mining Profits" and you can find it at MineWeb here:

http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page33?oid=87873&sn=Detail

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CMRE fall dinner meeting to hear Vieira, Tice, Williams

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-08-23 15:59 Section: Daily Dispatches

3:57p ET Sunday, August 23, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The fall dinner meeting of the Committee for Monetary Research and Education will be held in New York on Thursday, October 15, and will feature some speakers of special interest to GATA supporters, including:

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Adrian Douglas: 'Cash cost' hides unprofitability of gold mining

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-08-23 13:21 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Adrian Douglas
Sunday, August 23, 2009

There seems to be some confusion about the costs of mining gold.

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Adrian Douglas: Don't ease up yet on MorganChase, CFTC

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-08-22 18:03 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Adrian Douglas
Saturday, August 22, 2009

I have a couple of issues with Ted Butler's comments in his interview this week with Eric King of King World News (http://www.gata.org/node/7705).

First, I greatly admire Butler's analytical work in silver, which is well-researched and meticulous. I disagree with his opinions expressed in that interview.

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GATA presses Fed to give up its golden secrets

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-08-22 00:02 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:01a ET Saturday, August 22, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Yesterday GATA's Washington-area law firm, William J. Olson P.C. of Vienna, Virginia -- http://www.lawandfreedom.com/ -- filed with the Federal Reserve Board an administrative appeal of the Fed's most recent refusal to grant us access to the agency's records involving the U.S. gold reserve.