Daily Dispatches

'This Is What Despots and Dictators Do': Paulson Cries Foul as Detour Gold Extends Voting to Halt a Board Coup

By Gabriel Friedman
National Post, Toronto
Monday, December 10, 2018

Detour Gold Corp.'s management was left scrambling to fight off a board coup on Monday, after a crucial initial vote showed shareholders wanted to oust at least five out of its nine directors.

3:54p ET Monday, December 10, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

USAGold's December News & Views letter records what seems to be the changing of tides in the market away from stocks and bonds and toward the long-unloved monetary metals. The letter is headlined "Where Are We Now In the Investor Cycle?" and it's posted here:

http://www.usagold.com/publications/NewsViewsDEc2018.html

5:04p ET Sunday, December 9, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Bullion Star gold analyst Ronan Manly today examines the Banque de France's (relatively) new partnership with JPMorganChase in gold swapping and lending -- that is, the gold market-rigging business -- noting connections with other central banks and the strict secrecy in which their gold business is conducted.

By Gabriel Friedman
National Post, Toronto
Friday, December 7, 2018

U.S. hedge fund billionaire John Paulson’s battle to oust the entire board of directors at Toronto-based Detour Gold Corp. and replace them with his own hand-picked group officially ends when final ballots are counted on Tuesday, but he may already claim some victory.

And perhaps Detour will too.