Daily Dispatches

12:26a ET Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

"Every profession," George Bernard Shaw
remarked, "is a conspiracy against the
laity." And it seems that every meeting
of central bankers is a conspiracy
against the currency markets.

Gold and silver prices are routinely
listed with currency prices because the
precious metals are supra-national
currencies. So if central bankers often

By David McKay
MiningMx.com
Tuesday, March 22, 2005

DRDGOLD has today applied to liquidate its operating
shafts in South Africa's North West province (Blyvoor
and Harties) in a step that saves the group from
bankruptcy but cedes a third of its 15 million in gold
reserves.

The decision is likely to stir the ire of unions, as
some 5,600 jobs have been placed in jeopardy.

The application to liquidate the mines also opens the

New Report on Gold Market
By Veneroso Vindicates GATA

GATA press release via Business Wire
Monday, March 21, 2005

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?
ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050321005333&newsLang=en

Frank Veneroso, perhaps the world's foremost gold market analyst,
has written a new study of the market that the Gold Anti-Trust

By The Associated Press
Friday, March 18, 2005

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050318/fed_citigroup_2.html

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve has barred Citigroup Inc., the
largest U.S. financial institution, from making major new
acquisitions until it corrects regulatory problems that have gotten
it into trouble with authorities in several countries.