Daily Dispatches

Ted Butler: The rarest metal now may be silver

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2005-01-04 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jonathan Fuerbringer
The New York Times
Monday, January 3, 2005

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/03/business/03currency.html

If the pessimistic pundits are right, the battered dollar
could set records this year.

With a decline of more than 6.2 percent, the dollar
would be the weakest it has been against the euro

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Treasury Department says it has no authority to confiscate gold

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2005-01-04 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

7:43p ET Tuesday, January 4, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

You'll want to read silver market analyst Ted Butler's
new commentary, "Friedman's Theory," which analyzes
U.S. Geological Survey data to conclude that, in terms
of quantity remaining to be mined, silver may have
become the rarest metal. You can find it at the top
left of the Investment Rarities home page here:

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Noranda continues acquisition talks with China''s Minmetals

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2005-01-04 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:12p ET Tuesday, January 4, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In a letter released today in response to an inquiry
from GATA, the U.S. Treasury Department declared that
it has no statutory authority to confiscate gold.

GATA made the inquiry last fall through the office of
U.S. Rep. John B. Larson, Democrat of Connecticut,
co-sponsor with U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, Republican of
Texas, of legislation to require the Treasury

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Peter Brimelow: 2004 ends quietly, except for gold

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2005-01-03 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold May Rise in First Week of 2005
on Dollar Weakness, Survey is Told

By Laura Humble
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, January 3, 2005

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=nifea&&sid=aXcIL5gXYL6k

LONDON -- Gold prices may rise in the first week
of 2005 after the dollar's drop to a record against

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The drubbing of the dollar: dangerous or therapeutic?

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2005-01-03 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Peter Brimelow
CBSMarketWatch.com
Monday, January 3, 2005

http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B60A812F7%2D6058%
2D4182%2D9F78%2D19B0745BFE73%7D&siteid=mktw&dist=

NEW YORK -- U.S. stock exchange operators might have
wondered why they were being dragged into work at all
last week.

As Profitable Investing's Richard Band noted Thursday in

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Barry Downs and Bill Matlack on the foreign exchange market

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2005-01-02 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

By The Associated Press
Friday, December 31, 2004

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/041231/newmont_indonesia_4.html

DENVER -- Newmont Mining Corp. wants to bar
shareholders from voting on a proposal that would
require a company review of waste disposal
programs in Indonesia, where it is accused of
poisoning villagers.

Attorneys for the Denver-based company, the

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An interview with Hecla Mining CEO Phil Baker

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2005-01-02 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:38a ET Sunday, January 2, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Barry Downs and Bill Matlack, brokers with Aegis Capital
Corp. in New York, have some telling observations about
the foreign exchange market, the dollar, and competitive
devaluations in their essay "With Paper Money, Confidence
is 'Suspicion Asleep'" at Gold-Eagle here:

http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_04/matlack123104.html

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Traders in Bloomberg survey mull gold''s week ahead

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2005-01-02 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

11a ET Sunday, January 2, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

MineWeb's Dorothy Kosich has an excellent interview
with Hecla Mining's president and CEO, Phil Baker,
about the future of that venerable company and of
silver itself. You can find it here:

http://www.mineweb.net/sections/whats_new/401133.htm

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer