Daily Dispatches

1:43a ET Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The suppression of the gold price by central banks
will be among the topics at the Academy & Finance
conference on gold investing at the Forum Geneva
in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday, May 18.

Speakers will include GATA consultant Frank Veneroso
of Veneroso Associates; financial commentators Doug
Casey and Paul van Eeden; Tocqueville gold fund

9:11p ET Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Resource Investor and Reuters are reporting tonight that
final approval and launch of the Barclays silver exchange-
traded fund are imminent. The Reuters story is appended.

Resource Investor says that to back the fund, Barclays
has deposited 1.5 million ounces of silver with none
other than J.P. MorganChase Bank in London -- which

From AMEInfo, Dubai
Monday, April 24, 2006

http://www.ameinfo.com/83944.html

The Qatar Central Bank is exchanging dollars for euros on global
capital markets and could raise the percentage of its foreign
exchange reserves held in euros to 40 percent, a Qatar Central Bank
official told Dow Jones Newswires.

The news comes as many Gulf Cooperation Council countries are

A Penny for Your Thoughts,
and 1.4 Cents for a Penny

By Floyd Norris
The New York Times
Sunday, April 23, 2006

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/22/business/22charts.html?
_r=1&oref=slogin

What happens if a penny is worth more than 1 cent?

That is an issue the United States Mint could soon face if the price
of metals keeps rising. Already it costs the mint well more than a