Daily Dispatches

10:39a ET Saturday, May 15, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold and GATA are the subjects of a beautifully
illustrated six-page report in the June edition
of Smart Money magazine, which arrived on
newsstands this week.

The report is titled "Return of the Goldbugs,"
and while it dismisses the long-term prospects
for the gold price, it identifies conditions
contributing to gold's rise, anoints GATA

Gold seen consolidating above $372
despite Saudi remarks on sales

http://www.forbes.com/markets/newswire/2004/05/13/rtr1370108.html

LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) -- Gold dropped in Europe on
Thursday morning, with the market tracking the euro down,
but prices were expected to consolidate above $372 an
ounce as dealers tried to glean clues about the U.S.

5:27p ET Thursday, May 13, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Blanchard & Co., the New Orleans coin and
bullion dealer, announced today that it has
defeated a motion by Barrick Gold to add about
20 bullion banks and 75 gold producers as
defendants in Blanchard's gold price-fixing
lawsuit in federal court in New Orleans.

In a statement to its employees, Blanchard
said Barrick had based its motion on a claim

11:54p ET Monday, May 10, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Ted Butler's new commentary is in large part a reply to
Pan American Silver CEO Ross Beaty's analysis of
the silver market that was distributed here Sunday. Butler
concludes with these remarks about silver mining company
managements:

"Whether you believe management is doing the right thing
or the wrong thing in their approach to this manipulation