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The U.S. Mint's lame excuse for rationing gold and silver coins
9:14p ET Monday, July 26, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
MineWeb's Dorothy Kosich reports on growing controversy over the U.S. Mint's claimed inability to get enough gold and silver coin blanks from its usual suppliers to meet the public's demand for U.S. gold and silver eagle coins. Kosich's report is headlined "Bullion, Coin Dealers Call for Investigation of U.S. Coin Blanks Supply" and you can find it here:
http://www.mineweb.co.za/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page72068?oid=108615&sn...
But newsletter writer Bix Weir argues that the Mint's explanation is ridiculous, that the Mint could manufacture all the necessary blanks itself and fulfill public demand for gold and silver coins instead of rationing those coins if it was willing to pay for the necessary gold and silver. Weir's commentary is headlined "The U.S. Mint Fraud" and you can find it at his Internet site here:
http://www.roadtoroota.com/public/330.cfm
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
Sona Resources Expects Positive Cash Flow from Blackdome,
Plans Aggressive Exploration of Elizabeth Gold Property
On May 18, 2010, Sona Resources Corp. (TSXV: SYS, Frankfurt: QS7) announced the release of a preliminary economic assessment for gold production at its flagship Blackdome and Elizabeth properties in British Columbia.
Sona Executive Chairman Nick Ferris says: "We view this as a baseline scenario for gold production. The project is highly sensitive to the price of gold. A conservative valuation of gold at $1,093 per ounce would result in a pre-tax cash flow of $54 million. The assessment indicates that underground mining at the two sites would recover 183,600 ounces of gold and 62,500 ounces of silver. Permitting and infrastructure are already in place for processing ore at the Blackdome mill, with a 200-tonne per day throughput over an eight-year mine life. Our near-term goal is to continue aggressive exploration at Elizabeth and develop a million-plus-ounce gold resource, commencing production in 2013."
For complete information on Sona Resources Corp. please visit: www.SonaResources.com
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Prophecy to Become Coal Producer This Year
with 1.5 Billion Tonnes of Resource
Prophecy Resource Corp. (TSX.V: PCY) announced on May 11 that it has entered into a mine services agreement with Leighton Asia Ltd. to begin coal production this year. Production will begin with a 250,000-tonne starter pit as planned in August, with production advancing to 2 million tonnes per year in 2011. Prophecy is fully funded to production and its management team includes John Morganti, Arnold Armstrong, and Rob McEwen.
For Prophecy's complete press release about its production plans, please visit:
http://www.prophecyresource.com/news_2010_may11.php
