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Once booming, Nevada gold output falls to 1988 level

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By Sean Whaley
Las Vegas (Nevada) Review-Journal
Saturday, September 12, 2015

CARSON CITY, Nevada -- Gold production in Nevada fell to less than 5 million ounces in 2014, the first time since 1988 that output of the precious metal has dipped so low.

Eric Sprott discusses contrarian investing and metals price suppression

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10:30a ET Saturday, September 12, 2015

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Alasdair Macleod: Equity markets and credit contraction

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10:12a ET Saturday, September 12, 2015

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Founder of Bitcoin exchange MtGox charged with embezzlement

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From Agence France-Presse
via The Telegraph, London
Friday, September 11, 2015

Japanese prosecutors have charged the head of collapsed Bitcoin exchange MtGox with embezzlement, amid fraud allegations over the disappearance of hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of the virtual currency.

Mounties allege inside theft at Royal Canadian Mint

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By Kelly Eagan
Ottawa Citizen
Friday, September 11, 2015

On Sept. 16, in Courtroom No. 5, an Ottawa man is to appear on charges with a Hollywood ring: smuggling gold from the fortress-like Royal Canadian Mint.

Big banks in $1.87 billion swaps price-fixing settlement

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By Jonathan Stempel
Reuters
Friday, September 11, 2015

NEW YORK -- Twelve major banks have reached a $1.865 billion settlement to resolve investor claims that they conspired to fix prices and restrain competition in the roughly $16 trillion market for credit default swaps, a lawyer for the investors said today.

Citi shared central bank trading info with clients, former trader says

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By Jamie McGeever
Reuters
Thursday, September 10, 2015

LONDON -- Citigroup sent details of its central bank customers' trading activity to another client and handed out details of its foreign exchange order book to customers in electronic chat rooms, a former foreign exchange trader said in a witness statement to a London court today.

Bron Suchecki: Indian government's gold bond plan aims to depress gold price

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6:50p ET Thursday, September 10, 2015

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Shanghai Gold Exchange expands trading collateral to help volume

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From Bloomberg News
Thursday, September 10, 2015

The Shanghai Gold Exchange, the world's largest physical bullion marketplace, plans to expand trading collateral to precious metals, foreign exchange, and securities from local currency now, according to statements posted on its website Thursday. The move is designed to "boost market services," it said.

Koos Jansen: It's virtually impossible to get physical gold in London

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9:46a ET Thursday, September 10, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold researcher and GATA consultant Koos Jansen today notes indications that gold and silver supplies are tight. His commentary is headlined "It's Virtually Impossible to Get Physical Gold in London" and it's posted at Bullion Star here:

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