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Ted Butler: CFTC's long silver investigation missed what the agency just fined

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4:48p ET Thursday, February 1, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Mark O'Byrne: Gold rigging won't end until China consents or press publicizes GATA

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4:33p ET Thursday, February 1, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold price suppression, GoldCore's Mark O'Byrne writes today, isn't likely to end until the People's Bank of China stops cooperating with it or until mainstream financial news organizations examine and report the documentation GATA has developed over the years.

Ronan Manly: LBMA promises transparency but never delivers

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4:23p ET Thursday, February 1, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold researcher Ronan Manly today examines the years-long racket of the London Bullion Market Association's promising greater transparency in the gold market while always failing to deliver. Manly's analysis is headlined "What's Happening (or Not) at the LBMA: Some Updates" and it's posted at Bullion Star here:

Russian banks increase gold purchases at record pace

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From Russia Today, Moscow
Thursday, February 1, 2018

The Russian government has purchased two-thirds of all the gold mined in country, buying it from local banks to add to reserves as the Kremlin sees the precious metal as a safe haven at a time of geopolitical turbulence.

Indian government plans to eliminate use of cryptocurrencies

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Of course India's government long has been trying to eliminate the use of gold as a store of wealth and hasn't succeeded yet.

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By Devidutta Tripathy and Nidhi Verma
Reuters
Thursday, February 1, 2018

Germany's gold repatriation leader elected chairman of Bundestag's budget committee

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Far-Right MP Elected Head of Germany's Powerful Budget Committee

By Guy Chazan
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

An MP for the far-right Alternative for Germany has been elected chairman of the German Bundestag's powerful budget committee, in a significant coup for the populist party.

South Korea doesn't plan to stop crypto trading

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By Dahee Kim and Cynthia Kim
Reuters
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's finance minister said the government has no plans to shut down cryptocurrency trading, welcome news for investors worried that authorities might go as far as China’s tough action in blocking virtual coin platforms.

Banks are in the clear if they rig markets as U.S. government's agents

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10:21a ET Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

A modern land rush? Trump move opens Utah to mining claims under 1872 law

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By Valerie Volcovici
Reuters
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw federal protections from millions of acres of Utah wilderness will reopen much of the iconic terrain to gold, silver, copper, and uranium land claims under a Wild West-era mining law, according to federal officials.

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