Company Notes

March 2005 by Staff

GATA Update

February 2001
As we reported in the January 2001 issue of ICMJ, the Gold Anti-Trust Action (GATA) Committee has been investigating whether or not the US Government, in concert with several bullion banks and the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), has been manipulating the price of gold.

Drywashing Rules Clarified

May 2002
Carson Culp, Assistant Director of Minerals, Realty and Resource Protection for BLM, sent out an internal memorandum to all state BLM directors to clarify rules pertaining to gas-powered drywashers.

Platinum Placers and Nuggets

April 2007
Sometimes a placer miner will find small bits and nuggets of metal associated with gold and other heavy minerals in his concentrates, which exhibits a silver-gray color rather than the normal tones of gold.

Jadeite in California

April 2015
...two jadeite locations in California have been thoroughly researched by geologists. There are no doubt others that lie in wait.

China Will Put Rio Tinto Employees on Trial

March 2010
The Australian government confirmed it was notified that a Shanghai court will try the four Rio employees including an Australian national.

Melman on Gold & Silver

January 2001
One of the consequences of the weakening economy and the sharp declines in NASDAQ securities was a sudden weakening of the US Dollar (see chart of D-Mark). As investors began to pull their funds out of the US and return the funds to their native lands, this resulted in sales of the dollar, reducing it in value.

History of Mining—Bradshaw Mountains, AZ (Part I)

November 2000
The Bradshaw Mountains, southeast of the old territorial capital city of Prescott, contain traces of many old mines and the railroads that were built to serve them.

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