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Politics : Gold and Silver Stocks and Related Commentary

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To: Bruce Robbins who wrote (17906)9/1/2005 3:54:55 PM
From: E. Charters  Read Replies (1) of 18308
 
IMHO it is tough to say. The Burmese will not let foreigners near the mines anymore, saying they have to buy from nationals offsite. (why?) Since the mines were just about worked out in one area, there was a discovery in another area about that time, and the flow of stones continues. It seems fortuitous that there would be that many stones coming from such long-worked areas. INMO, the Burmese may be pulling a fast one. Lower quality natural gem stones do come from surrounding Asian states such as Thailand and Vietnam.

BTW, all Burmese rubies are cut off from US import by trade restrictions. This means they will have to funnel gems through another source. hmmmmmmmmmm ....

EC<:-}
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