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Ronan Manly: The sage of Venezuela's 31 tonnes of gold at the Bank of England continues

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:30p ET Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Bullion Star's Ronan Manly tonight reviews the long-running case of the competing claims to the Venezuelan gold reserves held at the Bank of England, concluding that if the government of the United Kingdom refuses to return the gold to the regime that actually runs Venezuela, no matter how corrupt and totalitarian it is, the Bank of England may be finished as an international custodian of gold reserves.

Brandon White: Gold confiscation -- the juice isn't worth the squeeze

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:59p ET Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold confiscation by governments in the United States, Canada, and other Western countries isn't likely, GATA's old friend the gold industry veteran Brandon White writes this week, because the public owns too little of the monetary metal to make confiscation profitable. 

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Good Mining Exploration Resumes Search
for Gold at Golden Target Project in Ontario

Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: Comex option expiration price control

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Craig Hemke
Sprott Money, Toronto
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Some of you will question why it's valuable to document the obvious price-rigging by The Banks. The answer? Because remarkably there are still "analysts," many of whom the precious metals community holds in high regard, who claim that the pricing mechanism is fair, honest, and free of price manipulation.

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Romania's Roman gold mines get UNESCO heritage status

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Stephen McGrath
Associated Press
Monday, July 26, 2021

BUCHAREST, Romania -- Ancient Roman mining galleries in a mountainous Romanian region that has been at the center of a long, fierce battle between a Canadian mining company and environmentalists were added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list today.

Rosia Montana, located in western Romania, is home to Europe's largest gold deposits. Gabriel Resources, a Canadian mining company that gained concession rights in 1999, planned to extract the gold and silver over a 16-year period.

Egyptian billionaire Sawiris establishes $1.4 billion gold mining vehicle

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Henry Sanderson
Financial Times, London
Monday, June 26, 2021

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris has set up a $1.4 billion fund to hold his gold mining investments and pursue new opportunities in the sector, which he says is need of consolidation.

The Luxembourg-based La Mancha Fund will be a "deep value, long-only fund" dedicated to gold mining and open to new investors, Sawiris said. The fund will also invest in battery metals needed for electric cars.

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China's net gold imports via Hong Kong rebound in June

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Brijesh Patel
Reuters
Monday, July 26, 2021

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-gold-imports/chinas-net-gold-imports-via-hong-kong-rebound-in-june-idUSKBN2EW17J

China’s net gold imports via Hong Kong jumped nearly 42% in June after a slump in May, Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department data showed today.

Biden's crime chief had red flags on financial disclosure form but Senate ignored them

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Pam and Russ Martens
Wall Street on Parade
Monday, July 26, 2021

What happened on July 20 with the 56-44 vote in the Senate to confirm Kenneth Polite (pronounced Po-leet) to head the most powerful criminal law enforcement office in the United States, the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, is a cautionary tale that should concern every American. 

First Majestic CEO Neumeyer explains the only way of beating price suppression

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:50p ET Sunday, July 25, 2021

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In an interview with Daniela Cambone of Stansberry Research, First Majestic Silver CEO Keith Neumeyer says the only way to beat silver price suppression is for investors to buy physical silver and remove it from the banking system or for government regulators to move against the investment banks that create and sell infinite amounts of "paper" silver.

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Bullion Star infographic: Paper silver vs. physical silver

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Bullion Star, Singapore
Friday, July 23, 2021

In the current global financial system, the international silver price is derived from trading of vast volumes of ‘paper silver’ that dwarf both physical silver exchange inventories and new physical silver supply.

Pam and Russ Martens: More felonies earn Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon a $50 million bonus

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Pam and Russ Martens
Wall Street on Parade
Friday, July 23, 2021

The unthinkable is happening with alarming regularity at the Frankenbank JPMorgan Chase. 

Over the last seven years, with Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon at the helm, JPMorgan Chase has managed to do what no other federally-insured American bank has managed to do in the history of banking in the United States. 

The bank has admitted to five separate felony counts brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, while regulators took no action to remove the Board of Directors or Jamie Dimon.

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