Ron, your reply was excellent, and to me Bill Murphy should follow thru in the spirit that he created the Le Metropole Cafe and place your post, in its full, as a rebuttal to Mida's.
<<Do I need to say any more? Bill Murphy ( Midas )>>
Bill, to me this would be a very good time for you to allocate some of your resources to this thread and engage Ron in a couple posts & replies so that others can get a sense of what is and is not an issue.
On of my recent echo's of the GATA view has a copy of what you see on the home page of Le Metropole Cafe, and to my memory, so far only one "other side" view was presented.
Bill Murphy should not need the person on the other side of the cafe's table to be already knowned in the public as one who has gained respect in the media, but only to show with the type of intelligents that you have delivered in you reply.
As for if GATA's voice does or does not influence Barrick's health as a company, to me is not the issue, but the truth, and that can be obtained by a shareholder as yourself, even if its day trading.
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