To: d:oug who wrote (85422 ) 5/16/2002 7:01:29 AM From: d:oug Respond to of 116815 Yes Virginia, Planet Earth is Flat, the Sun does have a rotation with Planet Earth as planetary center with the United States ever increasing its Black Hole pull of all nations fiat currencies and physical gold dependent upon Fed GreenEggsHamSpam. orlemetropolecafe.com The Kiki Table Potpourri Topic du Jour STRAIGHT TALK ON MINING No. 17 May 15, 2002. Let’s Get Physical! :: Every few days or so I get a question... :: ... on the “FAQ page” on the US Mint website. :: Q.:“Why is the United States minting bullion coins?” :: A.: “As mandated by Congress (31 U.S.C. section 5112), the United States mints bullion coins to give gold, platinum and silver purchasers the world over the opportunity to buy American coins backed by the United States Government”. :: What a joke!!! BACKED by the US Government?! Since when has gold needed to be backed by anyone?? Or, are they cheekily suggesting that because a 1 oz gold Eagle is stamped “Fifty Dollars” that if the POG should suddenly and cataclysmically plunge to $20 per ounce they will courageously and unselfishly guarantee you’ll get a green piece of paper with President Grant’s picture in return for it? Elsewhere on their website they say, “The legal tender, or face value is largely symbolic”. Those who are worried about gold confiscation, and being paid $42-and-change per oz. may be comforted to know that the Department of the Treasury acknowledges that their own bullion coins have an internationally market-determined price. So, that’s... :: ... the hard quartz and had contaminated the samples. :: Experienced geologists can... One final note, had the management of Bre-X demanded that a certain number of drill samples be routinely submitted to... the fraud never would have worked. You can salt samples with... but because of the phenomenon of ... darned near impossible to doctor the chemistry of the rock itself in any believable way. May 15, 2002. Keith M. Barron, Ph.D. kmbarron@compuserve.com © 2001, 2002 Progress is being made on our website at straighttalkonmining.com There’s a little guy with a shovel on the page and a label “under construction”. (We think he’s mining). If you’d like to... :: Straight Talk on Mining is provided for information purposes only. Nothing herein is to be construed as a recommendation to buy or to sell any particular security or financial instrument. Nothing herein is to be construed as a recommendation to engage in any particular investment strategy or trading strategy. Straight Talk on Mining Ltd. is not a financial services company nor is it affiliated with any financial service company in any jurisdiction. The author/publisher, Dr. Keith M. Barron, is not a qualified financial advisor and is not acting as such...