http://finance.yahoo.com/news/freeport-mcmoran-announces-resumption-exports-142800168.html
Maya @ 9:43. A mystery question for you.
Why would they have sleeper cars on a train like that going through MadMike’s territory? Who would ever want to sleep when you are getting a ride through beautiful scenery like that. Have a good day.
@ Buygold – RE: “I wonder if they stack some heavy fees to withdraw?”
I don’t know, but will try to call them – today with luck, more likely Monday.
I will post what I find out.
@Farmboy
Copy that. When I first read it I thought it was an interesting story and saved it. I do have others. I was without Word for a long time due to a new computer, but Mrs Copper bought a program and I now have it back.
I wonder when we’re going to start shipping weapons to the Syrians? (only half in jest)
Syria conflict: Isis ‘overruns’ Raqqa military base
Fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) say they have overrun a large Syrian military base on the outskirts of the city of Raqqa.
The Islamist fighters have released images of captured soldiers being beheaded after the battle for the base.
The Syrian army did not confirm that the base had fallen, but said it was organising a counter-attack.
Isis already controls much of Raqqa province, and recently seized a swathe of territory in neighbouring Iraq.
The group, which has changed its name to Islamic State, describes the territory under its control in Iraq and Syria as a caliphate.
The Raqqa base, manned by Division 17 of the Syrian army, is said to have been captured overnight after coming under siege from Isis fighters.
@ Ipso Facto 10.35
Thanks Ipso facto 🙂
Will try to come here more often…
Geronimo
Welcome to the Oasis!
Goodmorning everybody
New site for all the gold folks?
Glad I found it….
drb2
OUNZ shares trade 1/100th of an oz. at $12.93 ea. Looks to be a slight discount. I wonder if they stack some heavy fees to withdraw?
from GATA email
U.S. gold ETF delivers first physical bullion coins; holdings grow
NEW YORK, July 23 (Reuters) – Merk Gold Trust, a bullion-backed exchange-traded fund which allows its shares to be redeemed for physical gold, said on Wednesday it has made its first delivery in dozens of U.S. gold coins to an investor.
The ETF, launched by Palo Alto, California-based Merk Funds in May to offer a liquid trading product with the benefits of physical gold bullion, has accumulated 40,000 ounces in two months even in a bearish gold market.
The fund, trading on the NYSE Arca platform with the ticker OUNZ, owns less than 1 percent of gold held by SPDR Gold Shares , the world’s biggest gold ETF. However, many participants are warming to the idea that the product could bridge the gap between the physical and paper gold markets.
A record two-day $225 drop in gold prices in April 2013 has boosted interest in physical gold and silver coin and bars, even as institutional investors continued to sell gold ETFs on a lack of inflation and as the Federal Reserve is set to unwind its bond-buying stimulus.
Merk Funds, which offers currency mutual funds to hedge against any depreciation of the dollar caused by unsound U.S. monetary policies, said the individual investor submitted 5,406 shares of OUNZ and requested the delivery of 54 American Buffalo 24-carat gold coins last week. The gold coins was delivered on Tuesday, Merk said.
The company did not provide any further details.
The ETF can also deliver gold in 400-ounce London bars, American Eagle 18-carat gold coins, and other one-ounce coin and bars. Processing fees can go as high as $7,000 or 7 percent of the transaction, but they drop as the size of physical deliveries increases.
Merk Funds President Axel Merk said the ETF received a U.S. patent for its efficient commodity delivery process which can handle numerous requests by retail investors.
SPDR Gold Trust investors who wish to redeem their shares in gold can liaise with the ETF’s authorized participants, making physical delivery requests by small retail investors very difficult, if not impossible. (Reporting by Frank Tang; Editing by Richard Chang)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/23/gold-etf-delivery-idUSL2N0PY24B20140723
Fun fact
Honduras has the highest murder rate in the world.
Absolutely unbelievable!
Hoping to stem the recent surge of migrants at the Southwest border, the Obama administration is considering whether to allow hundreds of minors and young adults from Honduras into the United States without making the dangerous trek through Mexico, according to a draft of the proposal.
If approved, the plan would direct the government to screen thousands of children and youths in Honduras to see if they can enter the United States as refugees or on emergency humanitarian grounds. It would be the first American refugee effort in a nation reachable by land to the United States, the White House said, putting the violence in Honduras on the level of humanitarian emergencies in Haiti and Vietnam, where such programs have been conducted in the past amid war and major crises.
Silver Train
For Wanka, by request.
Silver Train to the High ground…. Au Canada’
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=490969
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=490968
Freeport, Indonesia sign deal, paving way for copper exports to resume
JAKARTA, July 25 (Reuters) – Freeport-McMoRan Inc and the Indonesian government reached a deal over a contract dispute that is expected to pave the way for a resumption of copper exports after a six-month halt, a company executive said on Friday.
After signing the memorandum of understanding, Freeport Indonesia CEO Rozik Soetjipto told reporters he hoped copper concentrate exports could resume as early as August.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/freeport-indonesia-sign-deal-paving-104832130.html
Getting small …. smaller … smaller … I never even heard of the CSE before
Evolving Gold to List on CSE
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – Jul 25, 2014) – Evolving Gold Corp. (EVG.TO)(EVG.TO)(EV7.F)(EVOGF) (the “Company”) announces it has received conditional approval from CSE and that the Company is moving its listing from the TSX Exchange to the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE, formerly the CNSX). The common shares will begin trading July 25, 2014 under the symbol “EVG.CSE” and will subsequently delist from the TSX Exchange at date to be announced.
Good Morning Ms Moggy and Fellow Goldhearts
Moggy, I do believe I recognize that little paw sneaking up between the cracks. Sneaky things those cats. lol
Thanks for the coffee ! Off to pick a few blackberries and play in the garden while the morning temperatures suit me best.
Mr Cooper, That post from 2005 was pretty depressing. Seems my spelling and correct use of the English language has shown no improvement in almost ten years. And my adventures are not so exciting anymore. The blackberry patch seems to be about as far as I get from home these days.
Every now and then I do think about those fellas from long ago. I hope they made their fortunes in the jungle of a war torn country. Had to admire their independence and courage in what they were doing even if I did not understand it much at the time. Reckon there is some sort of kindred spirit amongst adventures of all kinds.
Did the heart good to see the gals of the Oasis kicking up their heels a little yesterday and posting. Even that pesky ole Augal. Yep, good to see all of them.
Well, somebody go throw some ice water on Mad Mike and get him moving. Check back in later, Farmboy
Don Wolanchuk on the stock mkt=
the epicenter of primary wave 3 up is a once in a lifetime event that most will miss and the fear of heights and the attendant noze bleeds will be indemic
J.P.Morgue
“According to its financial filings, as of December 31, 2013, JPMorgan held $17.9 billion in Bank-Owned Life Insurance (BOLI) assets, a dark corner of the insurance market that allows banks to take out life insurance policies on their workers, secretly pocket the death benefits, and receive generous tax perks subsidized by the U.S. taxpayer. According to experts, JPMorgan could potentially hold upwards of $179 billion of life insurance in force on its current and former workers, based on the size of its BOLI assets.”
Nice place to work ! You are worth more Dead than alive, if you don’t produce BIG returns …Take big risks to make the Bank Big Profits and if you Fail ,You are worth more DEAD than Alive.The “suicide” rate at JP Morgue is multiples higher than other Banks ..Hmmmmm makes you wonder !Is Jamie next?
While we wait for the next drubbing Wanka
has posted a link to Wall st on Parade
http://wallstreetonparade.com/
Which is full of mind blowing stories of how out of control corrupt Fall st has become, ( London is as bad or worse). We know how bad the rigging is in the PM’s, but a few minutes reading there shows they have lost any linkage to real life at all.
The only solution would be to jail them all, as it seems they will bend/break any rule to make more money. I knew it was bad…but not that bad.
1270 is the low for Gold
after the OE, GDP#. FOMC, and BSBLS! So says the Turd or thereabouts. Then we are off to the moon-I say.



