Daily Dispatches

10:30p EST Tuesday, February 15, 2000

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Here's some news and comment about Ashanti
Goldfields and its reported deal late today (Eastern
U.S. time) with its creditors and minority shareholders,
including the government of Ghana.

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

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ASHANTI DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS,
AND CREDITORS REPORTED IN DEAL

9:15p EST Monday, February 14, 2000

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Reginald H. Howe once again has proved himself a world-
class financial analyst and a compelling writer and
investigative reporter with the following essay, quot;The
New Dimension: Running for Cover.quot; Howe has examined
the gold calls recently purchased by the bigger gold
hedger, Barrick Gold, and concludes that they probably

2p EST Saturday, February 12, 2000

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Here is some great news.

Barry Riley, columnist for The Financial Times, today
wrote at length about the manipulation of the price of
gold and about GATA. While perhaps Riley is not as
agitated about it all as members of GATA are -- we
understand that this takes practice! -- he accepts the
probability that the U.S. government has been

12:10p EST Sunday, February 13, 2000

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

I thought I would try to pre-empt the inevitable media
inquiries by issuing a statement on behalf of the Gold
Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. that the unidentified
man cited last night in the following Reuters story
about the International Monetary Fund was NOT
GATA Chairman Bill Murphy, who was home in
Dallas all weekend and remains committed to a much