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Harmony and union form task force over potential job losses

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... perhaps as a rationalization for the
imminent exhaustion of central bank reserves.

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Going, going, gold

Financial Times
Friday, April 16, 2004

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The barbarous relic, as Keynes called it, is crumbling to

Jay Taylor: Rothschild is probably dropping gold LENDING, not gold itself

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By Hilton Shone
Sunday Times, South Africa
Sunday, April 18, 2004

http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/2004/04/18/business/companies/comp01.asp

In an unprecedented move, Harmony Gold and three
major unions on Friday agreed to set up a joint task
force to examine the closure of up to six shafts at the
country's third-biggest gold miner.

Major miners return to exploring as acquisitions become expensive

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2:54p ET Sunday, April 18, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The bulk of the latest issue of Jay Taylor's Gold
& Technology Stocks newsletter has just been
posted at Gold-Eagle and is urgent reading for its
commentary on the Rothschild firm's withdrawal
from the gold market -- as in the gold LENDING
market. You can find Taylor's commentary here:

http://www.gold-eagle.com/gold_digest_04/taylor041804.html

Special Sunday ''Midas'' at LeMetropole Cafe posted in clear at GoldSeek

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By Matt Chambers
Bloomberg News Service
Sunday, April 18, 2004

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MELBOURNE, Australia -- Newmont Mining Corp., the world's
biggest gold miner, and its competitors spent $27 billion on
acquisitions in the past six years. Now they're turning to
exploration after soaring share prices made potential targets

Back up the truck for gold and silver now

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:38p ET Thursday, April 15, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Once again Michael Kosares, proprietor of Centennial
Precious Metals in Denver and its essential Internet
site, www.USAGold.com, has casually tossed off the
most timely and insightful commentary -- this time
about the withdrawal of the Rothschild firm from the
London gold market. Kosares writes:

"People talk about paradigm shifts all the time and

Bundesbank president quits on eve of new disclosure about gifts

Section: Daily Dispatches

11a ET Friday, April 16, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldMoney founder James Turk has turned his "Founder's
Commentary" spot over to market analyst and writer Doug
Casey for a new essay titled "Six Reasons to Back Up
the Truck for Gold and Silver Now." You can find it in
the "Founder's Commentary" box at the top left of the
GoldMoney home page here:

Financial Times editorial prays for the demise of gold ...

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By David Crossland
Reuters
Friday, April 16, 2004

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=EKN45ND1V0O4YCRBAE
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BERLIN -- Bundesbank President Ernst Welteke resigned
in a dispute with the government on Friday after two
weeks of intense pressure to quit for letting a top

Gold and silver had to be smashed before CPI number came out

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8:48p ET Wednesday, April 14, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Sprott Asset Management President and Chief Investment
Strategist John Embry, perhaps the investment world's
most eloquent advocate of precious metals, will appear
on Canada's Report on Business Television's "Market Call"
program with Jim O'Connell at 12:20p ET Thursday. While
the program can be seen live only by those with cable TV

Even Bank of France now allows speculation that it might sell a little gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:03p Wednesday, April 14, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Here are excerpts from some of today's important commentaries
about the volatility in gold and silver.

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

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The Price of Gold Bottoms

By Jim Sinclair

http://www.jsmineset.com/home.asp

Here is the back-of-the-envelope version of today's events,

Strike a blow by exploiting bargain prices for real metal

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Another sign that the central banks must be
REALLY worried about the vulnerability of
the shorts....

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Gold glisters a little less brightly
for France's new finance minister

By Jo Johnson in Paris
and Kevin Morrison in London
Financial Times

Thursday, April 15, 2004

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