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China cuts U.S. Treasury holdings to 2-year low amid trade war

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Sarah McGregor and Katherine Greifeld
Bloomberg News
Monday, June 17, 2019

China cut its U.S. Treasury holdings to the lowest in almost two years as the months-long trade conflict dragged on between the worlds two largest economies.

The nation's holdings of notes, bills, and bonds declined by $7.5 billion in April to $1.11 trillion, according to Treasury Department data released today in Washington.

The latest numbers were collected before tensions between Washington and Beijing escalated to a new level in May, when trade talks collapsed and President Donald Trump raised tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods and announced more increases to come. ...

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-17/china-cuts-u-s-treasu...


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Crystal Lake Mining's Discovery Team Outlines
Chachi Corridor Copper-Gold Target At Newmont Lake Project


Company Announcement
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada -- Crystal Lake Mining Corp, (TSXV: CLM; OTC: SIOCF; FSE: SOG-FF) announces that a large copper-gold porphyry target area, with high-grade gold potential, has been outlined on the eastern side of the company's Newmont Lake Project in northwest British Columbia's Eskay Camp.

The northeast trending Chachi Corridor along the McLymont fault system has a current strike length of greater than 8 kilometers by 3 kilometers wide as defined by an extensive review of historic data including rocks, soils, and geophysics. The entire corridor, which features astonishing glacial retreat, is notably underexplored and will be one of several primary areas of focus for the 2019 summer exploration program, now underway.

The Chachi Corridor begins approximately 6 kilometers northeast of the historic Northwest Gold zone and 20 kilometers northeast of Crystal Lake's recent drilling discovery at Burgundy Ridge, underscoring both the scale and potential of the entire 430-square-kilometer Newmont Lake Project located in the heart of the Golden Triangle. ...

For the remainder of the announcement:

https://crystallakemining.com/crystal-lake-minings-discovery-team-outlin...



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