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GoldCore's Skoyles notes that gold's price isn't 'natural' anymore
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2025-11-27 19:56 Section: Daily DispatchesIt hasn't been "natural" for decades. What's new is that many governments and central banks recently have changed sides on gold.
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Silver quietly outperforms gold for precious metal podium
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2025-11-27 09:31 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Clyde Russell
Reuters
Thursday, November 27, 2025
Silver may be viewed as something of a bridesmaid to gold in precious metal markets, seemingly overshadowed by its more talked-about rival.
But silver is quietly outperforming gold in generating returns to investors and perhaps has a more compelling long-term outlook given a structural supply deficit and surging demand from renewable technologies such as solar panels.
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Wyoming, Idaho, and Missouri top the 2026 Sound Money Index
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2025-11-26 19:05 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom the Sound Money Defense League
via Money Metals News Service, Eagle, Idaho
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
The 2026 Sound Money Index, released today, reveals that Wyoming, Idaho, and Missouri are now the most pro-sound money states in the United States.
It's getting around: China is acquiring much more gold than it reports
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2025-11-25 18:29 Section: Daily DispatchesChina's Secret Gold Purchases Boost Price by 40%
By Inma Bonet and Guillermo Abril
El Pais, Madrid
Monday, November 24, 2025
The price of gold is hitting record highs, and according to market experts, China is one of the main unseen players behind this unstoppable surge -- for some, the most prominent.
Gold increasingly is becoming money in India, or at least collateral
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2025-11-25 09:45 Section: Daily DispatchesGold Loan Boom: 3,000 New Branches to Open in India in 12 Months
By Atmadip Ray
The Times of India, Mumbai
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
KOLKATA -- India's gold loan market is set for a big boost with non-bank lenders planning to add about 3,000 branches in the next 12 months or so exclusively for lending against jewelery.
The market, dominated by state-owned banks, swelled 36% year-on-year to Rs 14.5 lakh crore at the end of September.
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Barrick will pay Mali $430 million to settle gold mine dispute
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2025-11-25 09:09 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Katarina Hoije and William Clowes
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Barrick Mining Corp. has agreed to a 244 billion CFA francs ($430 million) settlement with Mali, as part of a deal to end a two-year dispute that shuttered one of the company's most important gold operations, according to people familiar with the matter.
Barrick and Mali settle gold mine dispute
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2025-11-24 14:47 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Divya Rajagopal and Portia Crowe
Reuters
Monday, November 24, 2025
Barrick Mining said today it had reached an agreement with Mali's government to resolve all their disputes over the Loulo-Gounkoto gold mining complex after two years, sending shares in the Toronto-listed company to a record high.
Reuters reported on Friday that Barrick and Mali had in principle agreed to resolve the dispute.
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From gold giant to boardroom bust: Barrick weighs breakup
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2025-11-23 09:52 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Leslie Hook, Alan Livsey, and Humza Jilani
Financial Times, London
Sunday, November 23, 2025
When John Thornton and Mark Bristow sealed the merger of Barrick Gold and Randgold Resources in 2018, creating then the world’s biggest gold miner, it was seen as one of the smartest deals in the sector.
Nearly seven years later, after a series of mis-steps at Barrick, the $64 billion company is under mounting pressure to restructure or split up, in effect unwinding the deal.
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Barrick Mining and Mali agree in principle to resolve dispute over gold mine
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2025-11-22 10:04 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Divya Rajagopal and Portia Crowe
Reuters
Friday, November 21, 2025
Barrick Mining and Mali's government have reached an oral agreement in principle to resolve their dispute over the Loulo-Gounkoto gold mining complex, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters today.
No agreement has yet been signed, the sources said.
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China warns that its citizens risk becoming 'mining slaves' in African gold rush
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2025-11-21 16:40 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Xiuhao Chen and Joe Cash
Reuters
Thursday, November 20, 2025
BEIJING -- China's embassy in the Central African Republic has warned that its citizens risk becoming "mining slaves" in the politically unstable nation's gold trade, as Chinese workers look to sub-Saharan Africa as jobs in the Asian giant's gig economy dry up.
Chinese nationals have been killed or kidnapped by armed groups and even their supposed business partners, while others were scammed out of large sums of money and deported for illegally mining, the embassy said in a statement today.
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