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Dungeons of gold: Sex, booze, and barbecue in underground mine cities
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2017-05-22 07:27 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Graeme Hosken and Jan Bornman
The Times, Johannesburg, South Africa
Monday, May 22, 2017
Millions of rands in sex, food, and alcohol are being traded in secret underground cities linked to illegal mining activities in small towns such as Welkom in the Free State.
Join GATA at the International Metal Writers Conference in Vancouver next weekend
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2017-05-21 19:04 Section: Daily Dispatches7p ET Tuesday, May, 21, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA will participate in Cambridge House's International Metal Writers Conference in Vancouver next Sunday and Monday, May 28 and 29.
Stephen Leeb: How China plans to send the price of gold soaring
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2017-05-21 18:52 Section: Daily Dispatches6:53p ET Sunday, May 21, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Zimbabwe plans 'use it or lose it' mine-permit program for gold
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2017-05-19 21:26 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Godfrey Marawanyika and Brian Latham
Bloomberg News
Friday, May 19, 2017
Zimbabwe may confiscate unused mining licenses from companies and liberalize gold trading as ways to boost output.
From Yukon to Patagonia, gold explorers stir after sleep
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2017-05-19 21:22 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Danielle Bochove
Bloomberg News
Thursday, May 18, 2017
From Canada's Yukon to southern Patagonia, outbreaks of gold-rush fever are popping up as bullion markets stage a tentative recovery.
Gold market rigging sneaks into Bloomberg profile of mining entrepreneur Giustra
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2017-05-19 21:12 Section: Daily DispatchesWill the reporter and her editor keep their jobs? Will Giustra himself avoid ridicule and ostracism?
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Billion-Dollar Gold Dream Lures Mining Maverick Out of Hiatus
By Natalie Obiko Pearson
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-17/mining-maverick-lured...
Silver is gold cartel's 'kryptonite,' GATA chairman tells Daily Coin
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2017-05-18 14:40 Section: Daily Dispatches2:40p ET Thursday, May 18, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Ronan Manly: An update on SGE vault withdrawals and price premiums
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-05-17 22:21 Section: Daily Dispatches10:26p ET Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
In KWN interview, Turk muses about short squeeze in gold
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-05-17 20:05 Section: Daily Dispatches8:07p ET Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Why Indian government's schemes to kill gold have failed
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-05-17 19:48 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Shishir Asthana
MoneyControl.com, Mumbai, India
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
One area where this government doesn’t seem to want to learn from its mistakes is gold schemes. Its fixation with launching these schemes despite repeated failures makes one wonder if it is pride that stands in the way of accepting that these have been duds.