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Section: Daily Dispatches

8:15p ET Wednesday, May 1, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's quot;Midasquot;
commentary tonight at www.LeMetropoleCafe.com
breaks what may prove to be the story of the
year in the gold world: Barrick Gold's plan
to acquire AngloGold.

quot;Midasquot; fits this in with AngloGold CEO
Bobby Godsell's promoting the gold price's
prospects even as AngloGold was beginning to

Press release on suit against Kinross by Berger Montague and Reg Howe

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:14p ET Monday, April 29, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

For many months GATA member Mark J.
Lundeen has been campaigning for us
throughout his home state, Minnesota, and,
partly as a result, a good article about
gold has just appeared in the Minneapolis
Star Tribune.

The story includes a comment from GATA's
friend Craig Smith of Swiss America Trading
Corp. in Arizona.

I'll append the story here. It shows that the

New book examines the war against gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

By BILL O'DRISCOLL
Reno (Nevada) Gazette-Journal
April 20, 2002

ELKO -- The economic aftershocks could be
ebbing in this epicenter of Nevada mining.
After several years of plummeting prices, the
gold market is showing signs of strength and
stability at $300 an ounce, up more than $25
since last fall.

quot;Twenty-five dollars makes a big difference.
It's job security for us,quot; said Bill Smith, a

After some prodding, a regional American newspaper cites gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:53p ET Monday, April 29, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Our great friend and gold's great friend
Ferdinand Lips has just written a book
about the international struggle we're
all engaged in. The book's title is
quot;Gold Wars: The Battle Against Sound
Money as Seen from a Swiss Perspective.quot;

Here's what Harry Schultz of the
International Harry Schultz Letter says
about it:

Howe leads class-action lawsuit against Kinross Gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Thom Calandra
CBS.MarketWatch.com
April 25, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO -- Gold's spot price approached $310
Thursday for the first time since Oct. 22, 1999, confirming
what observers say is a sustained rally for the precious
metal.

The metal's rise, up $4.20 to $308 an ounce, came as the
euro gained to almost 90 cents on the dollar and the yen
rose almost 1 percent against the greenback. The metal,

Bill Murphy''s ''Midas'' commentary for April 26, 2002

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:26p ET Sunday, April 28, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Having become, thanks to his litigation against the
Bank for International Settlements, an expert in
expropriative tender offers, GATA consultant Reg
Howe has joined GATA's law firm, Berger amp; Montague
of Philadelphia, in bringing a class-action lawsuit
against Kinross Gold over the mistreatment of the
preferred shareholders of Kinam Gold, a company

Financial Post story on new bullion fund cites GATA

Section: Daily Dispatches

'MIDAS' COMMENTARY FOR APRIL 26, 2002
For a free trial subscription, visit www.LeMetropoleCafe.com
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By BILL MURPHY
www.LeMetropoleCafe.com
Friday, April 26, 2002

Gold $311.40 up $3.70
Silver $4.63 up 5.3 cents

The gold trading action won't get any better
than it was Friday. Gold came in higher as the
touted $305 call position went out well in
the money in yesterday's European Option

In the heart of Nevada gold country, hope that times are changing

Section: Daily Dispatches

4p ET Sunday, April 28, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The story below from Canada's Financial Post,
about a new bullion investment fund, mentions
GATA's work.

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

* * *

Bullion fund holds equal weights
in gold, silver, and platinum

By Jonathan Chevreau
Financial Post (Canada)
April 25, 2002

More than two years after it was originally

Gold benefits from disgust with blue chip stocks

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Thom Calandra
CBS.MarketWatch.com
April 22, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- With gold playing hopscotch
around $300, some analysts expect more fireworks from the
precocious metal.

Gold's spot price Monday morning rose $2 to $304.10 an
ounce. Gold stock prices, meanwhile, seemed poised for
another leg up in their six-month rally. Gold stocks as
measured by the XAU miners' index and the Toronto Stock

Projections for gold price are improving

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:47p ET Sunday, April 21, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Michael Kosares, proprietor of Centennial
Precious Metals in Denver and of
www.USAGold.com on the Internet, made some
typically insightful observations on his
site's bulletin board the other day. For
starters, Mike explained again how central
bank gold sales are probably not adding metal
to the market as much as rescuing big bullion

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