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South African patriots, where are you?

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:19p Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Some recommended reading on Thanksgiving Eve in the
United States.....

Two reports from the San Francisco precious metals
conference. First is CBSMarketWatch Editor Thom
Calandra's, headlined quot;The Hunt for Mega Returns.quot;
You can find it here:

a href=http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?http://cbs.marketwatch.com/new...

NY Times notices gold twice in a year!

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:19p Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Here's a great letter just sent to the South
African newspaper Business Day by Durban
Roodeport Deep CEO Mark Wellesley-Wood. It
raises an issue that has confounded GATA from
the beginning: Why does a developing country
like South Africa submit to international
financial arrangements that force it into
poverty and exploitation by foreign powers

Gold''s shorts have made a bad mistake, Sinclair argues

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold Rush May Continue, but With Tempered Expectations

By Jonathan Fuerbringer
The New York Times
Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Gold does not have to break $400 an ounce to prove that
it is in a bull market. That has been clear for some time,
as the price has surged 52 percent since gold hit bottom
in April of 2001.

But $400 has to be breeched, and maintained, to prove
that the rally, which many American investors have

Knowledge of market rigging has been turned against gold''s attackers

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:15p ET Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Jim Sinclair has several commentaries on today's action
in the gold market, including an especially important one,
quot;New York Fumes, $401 Looms.quot;

The shorts, Sinclair says, have made the mistake of
letting the market see their goal post and have thereby
made it a target for the great golden bull.

You can find Sinclair's commentaries here:

More speculation on Barrick, and lots of news from the San Francisco conference

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:53p ET Monday, November 24, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Tonight's recommended reading is Jim Sinclair's latest
analysis of the Barrick situation, quot;Did Toronto's Globe amp;
Mail Explain Friday's Gold Market?quot; Sinclair concludes
that bankers pulled the plug on Barrick's hedge book.
You can find the essay here:

a href=http://www.jsmineset.com/http://www.jsmineset.com//a

Peter Brimelow commentary on ''Gold''s Slow Rush at $400''

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:10p ET Sunday, November 23, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

As you're waiting for the gold market's reaction to
the upheaval at Barrick Gold, you might want to
check out a report at CBSMarketWatch, quot;Gauging
the Commodity Price Gains,quot; which quotes Gold
Newsletter editor and New Orleans Investment
Conference organizer Brien Lundin. You can find
it here:

a href=http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BDE4F1138%2D2DF9%http:/...

MineWeb reports on Barrick''s reversal on hedging

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:10a ET Monday, November 24, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

CBSMarketWatch's Peter Brimelow analyzes quot;Gold's
Slow Rush at $400,quot; takes a well-deserved swipe at
Robert Prechter of the Elliott Wave cult, and wonders
about the upheaval at Barrick Gold. You can find it
here:

a href=http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=http://cbs.marketwatch.co...

Sinclair says bankers pulled plug on Barrick; 3 Calandra interviews at SF show

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:14a ET Monday, November 25, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Here's MineWeb's report on Barrick's reversal on
hedging:

a href=http://www.mips1.net/mge03.nsf/Current/80256DE3003FD13342256DE8001328Bht...
0?OpenDocument

Or try this abbreviated link:

a href=http://ls.shapebyforce.com/sbf/350http://ls.shapebyforce.com/sbf/350/a

What does Barrick''s abrupt reversal on hedging really mean?

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:29a ET Saturday, November 22, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA isn't in the investment advice business, but maybe
we can be forgiven for alerting our supporters to
commentary likely to make them less agitated or neurotic
about gold. In that spirit the new commentary of Robert
Bishop, editor of Gold Mining Stock Report, just posted
at Kitco, is highly recommended. Bishop's commentary

Approaching the breakout point, GoldMoney''s Turk writes

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:30p ET Sunday, November 23, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Jim Sinclair has posted quot;A Review of Last Week's Gold
Market,quot; which is largely an expert speculation about
why Barrick Gold last week reversed its position on
hedging so abrupty and why Goldman Sachs and others
were desperate to cap gold below $400. Sinclair argues
essentially that gold derivatives have hit the

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