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Yvonne Blaszczyk succeeds Nick Barisheff as CEO of bullion investment house BMG Group

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Company Announcement
Friday, September 15, 2023

MARKHAM, Ontario, Canada -- The Board of Directors of BMG Group Inc. announces the appointment of Yvonne Blaszczyk as interim president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. The board also announces that Nick Barisheff, the founder, president, CEO of BMG Group Inc., has had to relinquish his role for personal reasons.

Remembering monetary metals dealer Larry LaBorde

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:13p ET Friday, September 15, 2023

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Larry LaBorde, who died a year ago after a long career as a U.S.-based dealer in the monetary metals and writer about financial affairs, is remembered today by his son, Christopher, with a eulogy that is not just a touching tribute to his father but a wonderful essay about life and its lessons, lessons everyone might want to learn.

The eulogy is headlined "The Silver Lining Lessons from the Loss of My Father, Larry LaBorde" and it's posted at SilverSeek here:

First Majestic opens its own mint, aims to sell all silver mine production to physical market

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First Majestic Announces the Opening of a Minting Facility

Company Announcement
Thursday, September 14, 2023

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada -- First Majestic Silver Corp. is pleased to announce the launch of its 100%-owned and operated minting facility, First Mint LLC. 

Alasdair Macleod: Currency wars vs. gold standards

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Alasdair Macleod
Head of Research, GoldMoney, Toronto
via Schiff Gold, White Plains, New York
Thursday, September 14, 1012

Russia and the Saudis are driving up oil and diesel prices. But these moves are likely to undermine the rouble more than they undermine the dollar, euro, and other major currencies. 

Therefore, higher energy prices will rebound on the Russians this winter: If they shiver in Germany, they will freeze in Russia. If the dollar is king of the fiats, the rouble is just a lowly serf.

Pam and Russ Martens: Another FDIC-insured bank teeters, its stock price down 96% in a year

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By Pam and Russ Martens
Wall Street on Parade
Thursday, September 14, 2023

There may be a lesson here: don’t put the word “Republic” in the name of your bank; don’t hold a lot of uninsured deposits; and don’t have wads of unrealized losses on your investment securities.

If those lessons sound familiar, it’s because they played out in stunning fashion earlier this year when the second, third and fourth largest bank failures in U.S. history occurred. ...

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Ed Steer: A surprising and ugly commitment-of-traders report, but. ...

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:o5p ET Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

The weekend edition of Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest, published by GATA board member Ed Steer, is headlined "A Surprising and Ugly Commitment-of-Traders Report, But. ..." and it's posted in the clear at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, here:

https://silverseek.com/article/surprising-and-ugly-cot-report

South Africa's top gold miner weighs CEO succession amid tilt to copper

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Felix Njini
Reuters
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Harmony Gold Mining boss Peter Steenkamp plans to retire at the end of next year as South Africa's biggest gold producer by volume seeks new growth opportunities mining copper.

Steenkamp, who turns 64 in November, has been at the helm at Harmony since returning in 2016. In 2022, the company extended the veteran gold mining executive's tenure by two years.

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For a pittance, miners can work public land but there's a push to make them pay

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By Lisa Friedman
The New York Times
Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Since Ulysses S. Grant was in the White House, any company that mines gold or other metals from public land has been able to haul it away without paying a dime in royalties to the federal government.

Monetary metals advocate and USAGold founder Michael Kosares dies

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:21p ET Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Monetary metals investors and believers in free and transparent markets and limited and accountable government have lost a devoted advocate: Michael J. Kosares.

Kosares, founder of the USAGold coin and bullion dealership in Colorado and author of many financial commentaries cited by GATA, died last week at age 75 after fighting cancer for six years.

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GATA Chairman Murphy interviewed by GoldSeek Radio's Chris Waltzek

Section: Daily Dispatches

7p ET Monday, September 11, 2023

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy, interviewed by GoldSeek Radio's Chris Waltzek, describes how monetary metals prices are manipulated even as the metals have great value relative to other asset classes.

The interview is 12 minutes long and can be heard at GoldSeek here:

https://goldseek.com/article/goldseek-radio-nugget-bill-murphy-gold-and-silver-are-cheap-relative-value

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