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Miners will need $3,000 gold price to be profitable, WGC head says

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
Monday, May 14, 2012

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/15/peru-mining-wgc-idUSL1E8GF0AR2...

Sharp increases in mining costs mean gold will need to reach $3,000 an ounce in five years for the industry to stay profitable, World Gold Council chief executive Aram Shishmanian said on Monday.

Commodity Online withdraws IMF gold purchase report

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:30a ET Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Commodity Online has withdrawn its report, dispatched to you yesterday (http://www.gata.org/node/11357), that the International Monetary Fund plans to buy $2 billion in gold. "Instead," Commodity Online says, "the IMF has stated only that it plans to increase its reserves." Commodity Online's correction is posted here:

Inflation will always be chosen over austerity, Leeb tells King World News

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:45p ET Monday, May 14, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Andrew Hepburn: Charlie Munger vs. gold, history, and himself

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3:25p ET Monday, May 14, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

German Parliament wants accounting of gold reserves; Bundesbank resisting

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German Bundestag Examines Assesment of Gold Reserves

From Reuters
via Die Welt, Berlin
Monday, May 14, 2012

http://www.welt.de/finanzen/article106305876/Bundestag-prueft-Bewertung-...

Translation by Lars Schall

Pat Heller: U.S. govt. agency is specifically authorized to rig gold market

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:50p ET Monday, May 14, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The new commentary at Coin Week by Patrick A. Heller of Liberty Coin Service in Lansing, Michigan, is a reminder that the U.S. government has a secretive financial agency, the Exchange Stabilization Fund, specifically authorized by statute to manipulate the gold market in the name of regulating the value of the dollar.

JPM's derivatives blowup vindicates Sinclair, Embry tells King World News

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:45p ET Monday, May 14, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

MineWeb: Indian government aims to 'throttle' gold demand

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:22a ET Monday, May 14, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

MineWeb's Shivom Seth reports that the Indian government is considering issuance of gold bonds to strengthen the rupee and "throttle" gold imports. The MineWeb story says:

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