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Gold soars to all-time high as dollar dive adds fuel to record run

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But take a look at silver, if you can find it way up there.

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By Brijesh Patel
Reuters
Sunday, July 26, 2020

Gold prices jumped to record highs on Monday as an intensifying U.S.-China row hammered the dollar and cemented expectations that central banks would continue pumping out stimulus to ease the economic pain from a worsening coronavirus pandemic.

John Authers: A mighty short squeeze may be building in gold

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Bloomberg News at last discovers the risk of too much imaginary gold.

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By John Authers
Bloomberg News
Monday, July 27, 2020

We're beating the bad guys, so will you help?

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12:55p ET Sunday, July 26, 2020

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

While the bad guys -- the government-underwritten riggers of the gold market -- are not going away quietly, they're on the run now, in large part because other governments and investors generally have come to understand the dishonest mechanisms and oppressive purposes of the Western fractional-reserve gold banking system.

Ed Steer's Saturday letter posted at SilverSeek

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12:39p ET Sunday, July 26, 2020

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The Saturday edition of GATA board member Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest letter is posted in the clear at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, here:

https://silverseek.com/article/record-4425-million-oz-silver-added-all-e...

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer

China's move to buy Arctic gold mine draws fire in Canada

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By Vipal Monga
The Wall Street Journal
Sunday, July 26, 2020

TORONTO -- The purchase of a gold mine in the Canadian Arctic by a state-run Chinese company is triggering alarms in Canada over China's expanding presence in a region that is growing in strategic importance for its shipping lanes and resources.

Sprott describes his metal investment strategy, calls silver 'the big play'

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8:41p ET Saturday, July 25, 2020

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In his weekly interview with Craig Hemke of the TF Metals Report for Sprott Money, mining entrepreneur Eric Sprott covers some fascinating ground.

Among his observations:

-- The monetary metals mining shares underperformed metals prices this week, perhaps because the general equities market did not do so well.

We're beating the bad guys, so will you help us?

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9:19p ET Friday, July 24, 2020

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

While the bad guys -- the government-underwritten riggers of the gold market -- are not going away quietly, they're on the run now, in large part because other governments and investors generally have come to understand the dishonest mechanisms and oppressive purposes of the Western fractional-reserve gold banking system.

Trump administration says massive Alaska gold mine won't cause major harm

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By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis
The Washington Post
Friday, July 24, 2020

Trump administration officials will conclude today that a proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska -- which would be North America's largest -- would not pose serious environmental risks, a sharp reversal from a finding by the Obama administration that it would permanently harm the region's prized sockeye salmon.

'Pet rock' humiliated him but he's still skeptical about gold

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A Golden Rule from a Golden Fool

By Jason Zweig
The Wall Street Journal
Friday, July 24, 2020

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-golden-rule-from-a-golden-fool-11595599207

Almost five years ago to the day, a market commentator with a prominent platform called gold "a pet rock." Since then gold has risen nearly 70%, hitting an all-time high this week.

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