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Politics : Dutch Central Bank Sale Announcement Imminent? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: long-gone who wrote (10560)2/27/2001 5:05:53 PM
From: Alan Whirlwind  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 81068
 
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Long or anyone. Please explain to me how the BOE could be short of the gold they are supposed to auction. Did I miss something?
Might I quote from a tintilating addendum to the BOE article...

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"...proven and probable gold reserves are about 400 million ounces worldwide of which about half is in South Africa...That looks like a reserve life of three or four years if the gold price stays here..."