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Evidence of gold and silver price rigging found in lease rate spikes

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:37p ET Wednesday, March 19, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Our friend Larry Parks, executive director of the
Foundation for the Advancement of Monetary Education,
invites GATA supporters to a luncheon talk by Edwin
Vieira, author of quot;Pieces of Eight: The Legal
History of the U.S. Monetary System,quot; in New York
City on next Tuesday, March 25. The invitation is
appended here.

James Turk''s new essay: ''This May Be the Low''

Section: Daily Dispatches

11p ET Wednesday, March 19, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Check out Alex Wallenwein's new essay at Gold-Eagle,
quot;Lease Rate Spikes Prove Gold and Silver Price Rigging.quot;
You can find it here:

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CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer

U.S. market rigging gets noticed in London Evening Standard

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:08p ET Monday, March 17, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

There's a lot of gold market commentary at CBSMarketWatch
today.

Thom Calandra speculates favorably on the gold price, as
forecast by the performance of various currencies:

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Gold miners are closing hedges faster than central banks are selling

Section: Daily Dispatches

Plunge protection and rallying shares

By Anthony Hilton
Evening Standard, London
March 18, 2003
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Stock markets rallied last week because it looked as if war
with Iraq was going to be postponed. Yesterday the markets
rallied because it looked like the war was about to begin.

Market manipulation is done openly in Asia and Europe but not in U.S.

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:09p ET Tuesday, March 19, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

MineWeb today reports on a study in Gold Hedging
Indicator, a quarterly publication, that has concluded
that gold mining companies reduced their gold
hedging in 2002 by more gold than was sold by
central banks. One analyst is quoted as calling this
a quot;seismic shift in the nature of gold mining
companiesquot; and an indication of future strength in

Two new gold market commentaries at CBSMarketWatch

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:21p ET Wednesday, March 12, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thom Calandra's commentary at CBSMarketWatch today
examines a proposed Federal Reserve regulation that
one expert says would allow banks to short commodities
without limit. Our own James Turk of GoldMoney and
the Freemarket Gold and Money Report is quoted too.
You can find Calandra's commentary here:

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Will Fed let banks short commodities without limit?

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:38p ET Friday, March 7, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

MineWeb has expanded on its report about Newmont's
overhedged Yandal mine and concludes that bullion
banks don't have many peremptory claims on gold-
mining companies like their claims against Yandal.
You can find the new report here:

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Thom Calandra''s ''Stockwatch'' column examines inflation threat

Section: Daily Dispatches

Offshore activities gave 'lifeblood' to Enron

FT.com (Financial Times)
Thursday March 6, 2:50 pm ET
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By Andrew Hill in New York

Offshore commodities transactions involving the US
banks JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup provided
quot;lifebloodquot; to Enron as the energy trader tried to

Bullion banks can''t nail us as they can Newmont, Barrick declares

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:57p ET Friday, March 7, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thom Calandra's quot;Stockwatchquot; column at CBSMarketWatch
today examines the growing likelihood of inflation
and quotes GATA Chairman Bill Murphy at length, as well
as Legg Mason Wood Walker analyst Barry Bannister and
Bob Bishop of Gold Mining Stock Report. You can find
Calandra's latest here:

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Troubled Newmont mine''s awful hedge terms may not be so common

Section: Daily Dispatches

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TORONTO, March 7 (CP) -- Barrick Gold Corp. reassured
investors Friday that it won't face a hedging disaster
similar to one unfolding at major competitor Newmont
Mining Corp.

A blowup for Newmont, the world's biggest producer, has
sparked fears investors will shy away from other producers

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