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Hugo Salinas Price: The gold gambling casino

Section: Daily Dispatches

11a ET Saturday, March 2, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Hugo Salinas Price, president of the Mexican Civic Association for Silver, writes this week that governments manipulate the gold market so much that speculators are unlikely ever to make a profit from buying and selling assets that constitute only "paper" gold.

Ronan Manly: Australian central bank feeds legislators disinformation about gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:43p ET Friday, March 1, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Bullion Star gold analyst Ronan Manly tonight details how this week's exchange between Australian legislators and central bankers about the country's gold reserves was almost completely disinformation, inaccurate and misleading, never really getting to the point about what really has been done with the country's gold.

Barrick chief Bristow rules out higher offer for Newmont

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Henny Sanderson
Financial Times, London
Friday, March 1, 2019

Barrick Gold's boss Mark Bristow has ruled out increasing his offer for arch-rival Newmont Mining.

Mr. Bristow told the Financial Times that the $18 billion nil-premium, all-stock offer for Newmont was "logical" and would combine multiple world-class gold mines into one company.

GATA Chairman Murphy, TF Metals Report's Hemke interviewed on palladium, silver

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:17p ET Thursday, February 28, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Parliament leaders want Romanian gold reserves brought home

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ioana Erdei
Business Review, Bucharest, Romania
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

BUCHAREST, Romania -- Chamber of Deputies President Liviu Dragnea and Socia Democratic Party Sen. Serban Nicolae have proposed a bill to force the National Bank to store 95 percent of Romania's gold reserves in the country.

BMG Group's Nick Barisheff: Canadian regulators discourage investment in gold mutual funds

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:30p ET Thursday, February 28, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Nick Barisheff of bullion dealer and metals fund manager BMG Group in Canada writes that the country's securities regulators have issued rules --

http://www.osc.gov.on.ca/en/SecuritiesLaw_ni_20161208_81-101-81-102_csa-...

Venezuelan regime took 8 tons of gold from central bank last week, Reuters says

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Corina Pons and Mayela Armas
Reuters
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

CARACAS, Venezuela -- At least 8 tons of gold were removed from the Venezuelan central bank's vaults last week, an opposition legislator and three government sources told Reuters, in the latest sign of President Nicolas Maduro's desperation to raise hard currency amid tightening sanctions.

Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: Gold and silver 2019 status report

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:55p ET Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

If gold doesn't correlate as it should, how about inquiring why?

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:22a ET Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Financial letter writer Mark Hulbert never offers a good word about gold, which is fine, but then never offers a relevant one either. This practice has turned him into a mere propagandist.

In his essay today at MarketWatch, headlined "Why Gold Won't Save Your Portfolio from Inflation's Bite" --

Newmont CEO calls Barrick move 'desperate'

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ed Hammond
Bloomberg News
Sunday, February 24, 2019

The chief executive officer of Newmont Mining Corp. labeled a potential takeover attempt by rival gold miner Barrick Gold Corp. as a "desperate" and "bizarre" move aimed at complicating his company's pending deal to acquire Goldcorp Inc.

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