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Paulson cries foul as Detour Gold extends voting to halt a board coup

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'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.

Illegal gold rush destroying Amazon rainforest, study says

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By Anastasia Moloney
Reuters
Monday, December 10, 2018

BOGOTA, Colombia -- A rise in small-scale illegal gold mining is destroying swathes of the Amazon rainforest, according to research released today that maps the scale of the damage for the first time.

USAGold's December letter: Where are we now in the investor cycle?

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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

How obliging of South Africa's miners, unions, and government not to care about gold price suppression

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They'll deserve what they get, but the rest of the country won't.

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South African Gold Industry Enters Final Phase of Slow Death

By Felix Njini
Bloomberg News
Sunday, December 9, 2018

Ronan Manly: French central bank and JP Morgan team up to boost gold lending

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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.

India and United Arab Emirates to stop using U.S. dollars in trade

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India, UAE Sign Currency Swap Deal to Boost Trade Ties

By Fareed Rahman
From Gulf News, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tuesday, December 4, 2018

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- India and the UAE today signed a currency swap agreement to boost trade and investment ties between the two countries.

Detour Gold's battle with billionaire down to the wire -- and both sides may claim victory

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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.

BIS gold swaps fall in November but bank continues secret trading

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By Robert Lambourne
Saturday, December 8, 2018

November saw a continuation of significant trading in gold swaps by the Bank for International Settlements.

After falling in August and September, the BIS' purchases of gold via gold swaps soared in October, falling back by around 64 tonnes in November.

London metals trader told CFTC, Justice about JPM's market rigging 7 years ago

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1:20p ET Friday, December 7, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

London metals trader Andrew Maguire, interviewed today by King World News, says he alerted the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Justice Department seven years ago to the gold and silver market rigging done by a JPMorganChase trader who recently confessed in a plea bargain with the Justice Department.

Ireland's central bank says its gold transactions are too 'sensitive' to disclose

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Thanks to GoldCore's Mark O'Byrne for publicizing this.

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Central Bank silent over plans for Irish gold in UK

By John Mulligan
Irish Independent, Dublin
Friday, December 7, 2018

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