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Short-term gold lease rates jump again

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:50a EDT Friday, October 8, 1999

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Here's another brilliant essay by Reginald H. Howe,
Harvard-trained lawyer, financial analyst, former
mining company manager, and good friend to GATA,
just posted at his web site, www.goldensextant.com.

It examines the hedging catastrophe at Cambior and
speculates on a way out of it -- a way that closely
resembles GATA's raison d'etre (if we all can parlez

Only way out of short squeeze is hundreds up

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:20a EDT Thursday, October 7, 1999

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The gold defaults have spread from Karachi to
Ghana and Canada, what with the collapse in
the last two days of a major gold producer,
Ashanti, and a medium producer, Cambior.

In a new dispatch tonight at his web site,
www.lemetropolecafe.com, GATA Chairman
Bill Murphy says that Ashanti's banker, the
whiz that persuaded the miner to sell forward

Short position bigger than even Hathaway says

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:50p EDT Thursday, October 7, 1999

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Here's another crucial essay by John Hathaway of
Tocqueville Asset Management, who, like GATA
Chairman Bill Murphy, has called the gold market
exactly for months now. You may remember
Hathaway's essay, quot;The Golden Pyramid,quot; which
forecast the collapse of the gold carry trade, and
his alert, on the Friday before the gold market

Chaos for anyone short or near a short

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:05a Friday, October 8, 1999

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy sent these comments
Thursday night to his subscribers at
www.lemetrpolecafe.com as a preface to the essay
by John Hathaway that I sent you a few minutes ago.
It's a reminder that GATA's forecasts from the spring
and summer are coming true.

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

Goldman Sachs tops list of Ashanti''s creditors

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:25a EDT Friday, October 8, 1999

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Here's a good article from Reuters about the chaos in
the gold mining industry arising from the excessive use
of hedging.

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

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Thursday, October 7, 4:49p EDT

GOLD MARKET AWAITS
INDUSTRY FALLOUT FROM PRICE SURGE

By Alden Bentley

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 (Reuters) -- The world gold industry

Cambior''s catastrophe and maybe a way out

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:35a EDT Friday, October 8, 1999

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

This Reuters story is interesting for its quoting the
Wall Street Journal's identification of Ashanti Gold's
creditors, who are now holding a very heavy bag of
debt. First on the list is Goldman Sachs.

Please post this as seems useful.

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

* * *

LONDON, Oct. 7 (Reuters) -- Gold prices bounced off the

World may send U.S. inflation back home

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:50a EDT Wednesday, October 6, 1999

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

It now has been edited, so I'm sending you here the
transcript of GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's interview
Tuesday with Alex Hogg on the South African radio
program quot;Moneyweb.quot;

GATA continues to take its message around the world
every day, and we're being heard by millions now.

Please post this as seems useful.

WorldNetDaily.com report features GATA

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:20p EDT Wednesday, October 6, 1999

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Herewith our friend Gordon R. Franke presents an essay,
quot;Cheating the Neighbors,quot; which elaborates on GATA Vice
Chairman and Treasurer John D. Meyer's recent essay on
the meaning of the European central banks' declaration
in support of gold. I think you'll enjoy and learn from it.

Please post this as seems useful.

The hedging horror unfolds

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:25p EDT Wednesday, October 6, 1999

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Yesterday GATA Chairman Bill Murphy was on nationwide
radio in South Africa. Today he was featured in a major
article at WorldNetDaily.com. Here it is. Please post it as
seems useful.

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

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GOLD MARKET MANIPULATION MESSAGE TAKES HOLD

By Jon E. Dougherty

GATA''s Murphy on South African radio

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:05a EDT Tuesday, October 5, 1999

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

This Bloomberg dispatch from Australia says the gold-
buying panic has begun. Please enjoy it, and post this
as seems useful.

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

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MAD BOTTLENECK IN AUSTRALIAN GOLD MARKET

Sydney, Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Gold rose 4 percent to a
two-year high in Asia as speculators, producers,

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