Daily Dispatches

10:57a ET Monday, September 1, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

There's a big gold industry conference in
Shanghai, and Barrick Gold's chief financial
officer, Jamie Sokalsky, is spreading GATA's
message there.

At least it seems so from the Reuters dispatch
from the conference, which has an interview
with Sokalsky that is appended.

Sokalsky says:

* Barrick's gold price forecast is higher even

'Less Gold to be Sold Than Planned'

IAfrica.com
Saturday, September 4, 2004

http://business.iafrica.com/news/345466.htm

European central banks may sell as little as 250
tons of gold per annum, instead of the maximum
of 500 tons per annum, as per the second
European Central Bank agreement, from 2004
through to 2009, London-based UBS analyst

8p ET Thursday, September 2, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The World Gold Council purports to be the
representative of the gold community but until
today it had had virtually nothing to say for three
months -- not a word about Sprott Asset
Management's report confirming the manipulation
of the gold price, not a word about the collapse of
Sons of Gwalia because of excessive hedging, not

8:43p ET Tuesday, August 31, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Here's still another news story about the
supposedly imminent start of the World
Gold Council's U.S. bullion fund, which
has been imminent for a year and a half
now.

Note particularly the assertion that the
World Gold Council said it is forbidden to
comment. Since when has the World Gold
Council commented on ANYTHING relevant to