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More from GATA at Indaba 2001 conference

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Stewart Bailey
South Africa Business Report
www.businessreport.co.za
February 7, 2001

Cape Town -- The main feature of the opening day of the African
Mining Indaba yesterday was continued speculation that Gold Fields,
the country's second-largest gold producer, was to be the target of a
hostile takeover bid by rivals AngloGold and Barrick.

Mining analysts and corporate financiers from across the globe were

Full-page GATA ad tells South Africa it can prosper

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:59p ET Monday, February 5, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thanks to GATA member J.M. for calling my attention
to the following Reuters story today about one of
the lawsuits against the Bank for International
Settlements. GATA and Reg Howe aren't the only ones
to think that something is wrong here. Some very big
people do too.

An hour ago I spoke with GATA Chairman Bill Murphy,

Transcript of Murphy radio interview in South Africa

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:20p ET Sunday, February 4, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Yesterday's Durban Independent reported that GATA has
been endorsed by South Africa's National Union of
Mineworkers. This is one of the crucial steps toward
getting that country behind the gold cause and the
cause of free markets, and one of the things GATA
Chairman Bill Murphy went to South Africa to
accomplish. If South Africa can be persuaded to stand

Corrected link to Murphy radio interview transcript

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:40p ET Monday, February 5, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

You can read the transcript of GATA Chairman Bill
Murphy's national radio interview in South Africa here:

a href=http://m1.mny.co.za/BusToday.nsf/Current/C2256906002F5211C22569E70055Bht...
75B?OpenDocument

If that link is too long for your browser, go to the

First Eagle continues lawsuit against BIS

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:17p ET Monday, February 5, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Please try this corrected link to GATA
Chairman Bill Murphy's national radio
interview in South Africa:

a href=http://www.moneyweb.co.za/http://www.moneyweb.co.za//a

Sorry for the inconvenience.

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer

South African mineworkers union endorses GATA

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:52p ET Saturday, February 3, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thanks to GATA member A.W. for translating from
German this great article just published in the
Swiss financial magazine Cash.

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

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WHO HAS THEIR GOLDFINGERS IN THE PIE?

The gold price has fallen for years. A conspiracy
theory accuses world central and fat-cat banks of

Swiss financial magazine Cash covers GATA lawsuit

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:40p ET Friday, February 2, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy continued today his
meetings with business leaders in South Africa,
attending a conference with the Chamber of
Commerce in Johannesburg and dining on, among
other things, crocodile and ostrich. Murphy as
to travel to Cape Town tonight and will attend
the Indaba mining industry conference next week.

Harry Clawar''s latest on gold price suppression

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Edward West
South Africa Business Report
www.busrep.co.za
February 02 2001

Cape Town - De Beers' share price rocketed 17,37 percent, or R44,40,
to close at a new 12-month high of R300 yesterday on the surprise
news that Anglo American had made a takeover bid for the diamond
group.

The proposed deal could unlock potential in De Beers and dismantle a
complicated series of cross-holdings with Anglo American, the mining

Publicity and contacts grow on South Africa tour

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:05a ET Friday, February 2, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Harry Clawar, who has been documenting the
strange suppression of the gold price in
the New York market, continues with his
crucial work in a new essay at Gold-Eagle:

a href=http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_01/clawar020201.htmlhttp://www.gold...

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer

Gold Fields confirms approach by AngloGold

Section: Daily Dispatches

10p ET Wednesday, January 31, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In the last week GATA has received a couple
of contributions by bank wire, one from
Britain and one from Switzerland. We never
get a full name and address on such
contributions even as we would like to
acknowledge them formally, so if the donors
would contact me at GATAComm@aol.com, I'd
appreciate it.

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer

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