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Whither the World Gold Council?

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:07a ET Monday, May 13, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

There's a good essay tonight at TheMiningWeb
speculating on the future of the World Gold
Council and the awkward departure of its
chief executive officer, Haruko Fukuda.

You can find the essay here:

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CBSMarketWatch''s Calandra finds GATA''s Murphy at the front in the gold war

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:15p ET Monday, May 13, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thom Calandra, editor of CBSMarketWatch.com,
today featured GATA Chairman Bill Murphy and his
proprietary Internet site, www.LeMetropoleCafe.com,
in his daily commentary. More than any other
journalist in the mass media, Calandra continues to
tell the world about gold. Please thank him and check
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More than one departure at Morgan Chase

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:02 CT Friday, May 10, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

An excerpt from www.TheMiningWeb.com.

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Gold hedging mastermind
contemplates retirement

By Tim Wood

PRINCETON, New Jersey -- The man credited
more than anyone else with spawning the gold

God bless Thom Calandra, who, almost alone in the financial media, gets it

Section: Daily Dispatches

WALLOPED DOLLAR TO ACCELERATE GOLD

By Thom Calandra
CBSMarketWatch.com
May 10, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The possession of gold,
Thomas Bailey Aldridge once said, has ruined fewer
men than the lack of it.

This column isn't about Aldridge, the American short-story
writer who quit school at age 13 to write for 19th-century
magazines. I just put it there so you can turn away from this

USA Today discovers the gold rush

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:22p ET Friday, May 10, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The story below, published today in USA Today,
was accompanied by a chart showing the phenomenal
year-to-date performance of a dozen gold mining
company stocks.

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

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Gold rush could signal trouble

By Matt Krantz
USA Today
May 10, 2002

Investors fed up with the gloomy stock market

Barrick increases the covering of its short position in gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

Barrick Gold Corp. press release

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Barrick To Simplify Premium Gold Sales Program

WILL FOCUS ON CORE SPOT-DEFERRED CONTRACTS
AS CALL POSITION IS REDUCED;
ALL AMOUNTS IN UNITED STATES DOLLARS

TORONTO, May 8, 2002 -- Barrick Gold Corp. announced today at
its annual meeting in Toronto that it is simplifying its Premium
Gold Sales Program. The company said it will not renew its gold

Morgan said leaving gold derivatives biz; Barrick comments on Gold Fields

Section: Daily Dispatches

3p Wednesday, May 8, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Here are a couple of today's dispatches of special
interest.

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

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To Members of www.LeMetropoleCafe.com:

Two sources in various parts of the world informed me
today that J.P. Morgan Chase is closing down its gold
derivative operations. It appears that GATA has run

More indications that Barrick seeks to cover through S.A. acquisition or merger

Section: Daily Dispatches

DERIVATIVES MAY BE THE REAL BOMB

By Thom Calandra
www.cbs.marketwatch.com
May 6, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Berkshire Hathaway's Buffett is
an insurance executive, so he's entitled to talk about risk from
nuclear bombs.

Why shouldn't he? Palestinian supporter Sultan Abul-Aynayn
not so long ago was quoted as saying, quot;If one hair on the head
of Yasser Arafat is harmed, the U.S. had better protect its

Many ways to own gold, or at least to think you do!

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:59p ET Monday, May 6, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Last week GATA Chairman Bill Murphy told his
subscribers at www.LeMetropoleCafe.com, in a
dispatch shared with GATA supporters, that
Barrick Gold had many agents in South Africa
seeking to arrange the acquisition of AngloGold.
Tonight TheMiningWeb's Tim Wood reports on
indications that a merger of Barrick, AngloGold,
and Gold Fields is in the works.

Morgan Chase gold derivative department loses control, threatens banking house

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Thom Calandra
CBS.MarketWatch.com
May 7, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Where is the QQQ
for gold?

Mining executives are probing demand for an
electronic proxy for gold, in theory similar
to the so-called Nasdaq 100 cubes (QQQ). With
gold-mining shares at three-year highs in
North America and other markets around the
world, individual interest in the metal is
rising.

Small-lot traders on New York's Comex, the

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