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Russia's new shield against U.S. sanctions: A Siberian gold mine

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Thomas Grove
The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, February 7, 2019

SUKHOI LOG, Russia -- Beneath this plot of land in southeastern Siberia lie vast stores of gold, according to Russia's biggest gold producer, Polyus PJSC , and tapping them could provide the Russian central bank with a huge and nearly sanction-proof backstop for its currency.

Maduro sold 40% of Venezuela's gold last year amid cash crunch

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Patricia Laya and Alex Vasquez
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, February 6, 2019

President Nicolas Maduro blew through more than 40 percent of Venezuela's gold reserves last year in a desperate bid to fund government programs and pay millions to bondholders.

French magazine challenges Banque de France's gold lending plans

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:45p ET Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Politique magazine in Paris this week published a report by Edouard Freval about the Banque de France's new interest in lending and swapping gold through JPMorganChase & Co. even as credit and currency risks are rising and other central banks are acquiring the monetary metal to guard against those risks.

Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: Mr. Palladium punches back

Section: Daily Dispatches

11p ET Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Answer GATA's questions on gold market rigging, congressman tells CFTC

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Congressman Demands CFTC Explain Its Failure to Find Silver Market Manipulation Where Justice Department Did

From Money Metals News Service, Eagle, Idaho
Tuesday, February 5, 2019

https://www.moneymetals.com/news/2019/02/05/cftc-silver-market-manipulat...

Dave Kranzler: The Fed blinked and gold and silver are going higher

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:19p ET Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

New York Sun: Trump's ideal nominee for the Fed

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From The New York Sun
Monday, February 4, 2019

GoldSeek Radio's Chris Waltzek interviews GATA Chairman Bill Murphy

Section: Daily Dispatches

6p ET Sunday, February 3, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

A voice from inside the gold swap and price-rigging business

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:17a ET Sunday, February 3, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA consultant Robert Lambourne's report yesterday about the gold trading signified by the December financial statement of the Bank for International Settlements speculated that the bank's use of gold swaps might mean to recover gold for central banks that are inconveniently short in their official reserves:

Gold is one wealth fund's escape from geopolitics, credit risk

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Zulfugar Agayev
Bloomberg News
Sunday, February 3, 2019

For Azerbaijan's sovereign wealth fund, nothing beats the safety of gold in a world gripped by trade disputes and geopolitical risk.

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