Daily Dispatches

Barrick's Munk flies to defence of hedging

By Keith Damsell
www.miningweb.com
May 17, 2000

Peter Munk, chairman of Barrick Gold Corporation, gave an emotional defence
of the company's hedging strategy on May 16, a forward-selling gold program
that has generated profit and controversy for the Toronto mining giant.

quot;Don't let yourself be taken in by confusion and propaganda,quot; Munk told

WAR!
Clinton Administration Launches
Counteroffensive Against GATA

By Bill Murphy, Chairman
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
May 17, 2000

As a result of the quot;enveloping hornquot; battle tactic
employed by the Gold Anti-Trust Committee, all heck is
breaking loose.

To begin with, I received this email early this morning
from a member of www.LeMetropoleCafe.com:

quot;Bill, apparently this article was in the news, then it

5p EDT Tuesday, May 16, 2000

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

You may enjoy this commentary from Bill Buckler's
Privateer Market Letter, which, apart from being
insightful, mentions GATA toward the end.

Buckler asks whether GATA last week told Congress
that it should give up on the dollar and return the United
States to a gold standard. We didn't. We think the
dollar has its place as much as gold does. But we

11:15p EDT Friday, May 12, 2000

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

On Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. the Gold Anti-Trust Action
Committee -- consisting of Chris Powell, Reginald Howe,
Frank Veneroso, a state senator, and myself -- met with
one of the most powerful officials in Washington. It
was supposed to be only a 15-minute meeting. It lasted
45 minutes.

Toward the end of the meeting we were excused from the