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RE:$3B of paper gold dumped.
GATA on the massive dump.
Who smashed gold this afternoon? Let's 'round up the usual suspects'


Submitted by cpowell on 12:39AM ET Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Section: Daily Dispatches
7:52p ET Monday, February 24, 2020

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Somebody seems to have dumped a lot of gold derivatives on the market this afternoon, and Zero Hedge estimates it at $3 billion worth and attributes it to the Bank for International Settlements:

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/gold-suddenly-hammered-multi-billi...

There may not yet be any public evidence tying this particular attack to the BIS, but whoever did it plainly meant to drive the price down rather than to take profits on a long position, since you don't take profits by driving the price down all at once but by selling gradually enough not to crash the price.

And the BIS can't help being one of "the usual suspects" given its many acknowledged interventions throughout history.
For example, in 2005 William R. White, the director of the BIS monetary and economic department, told a BIS conference in Basel, Switzerland, that a primary purpose of international central bank cooperation is "the provision of international credits and joint efforts to influence asset prices (especially gold and foreign exchange) in circumstances where this might be thought useful":

http://www.gata.org/node/4279

The BIS actually advertises to potential central bank members that its services include secret interventions in the gold market. Here's a PowerPoint presentation the bank made to prospective central bank members at BIS headquarters in June 2008:

http://www.gata.org/node/11012

Indeed, according to its 2013 annual report, the BIS functions largely as a gold banking and gold market intervention service for its member central banks. On Page 110 of that report the BIS says: "The bank transacts foreign exchange and gold on behalf of its customers, thereby providing access to a large liquidity base in the context of, for example, regular rebalancing of reserve portfolios or major changes in reserve currency allocations. The foreign exchange services of the bank encompass spot transactions in major currencies and Special Drawing Rights (SDR) as well as swaps, outright forwards, options, and dual currency deposits (DCDs). In addition, the bank provides gold services such as buying and selling, sight accounts, fixed-term deposits, earmarked accounts, upgrading and refining, and location exchanges." See:

http://www.gata.org/node/12717

Secret gold market interventions by the BIS have been going on for a long time. A long article in Harper's magazine in 1983, based on a seemingly unprecedented interview with BIS officials, disclosed that the BIS was constantly intervening in the gold market in secret:

http://www.gata.org/node/8773

GATA consultant Robert Lambourne, probably the only student of the BIS outside central banking itself, documents the bank's monthly interventions in the gold market by interpreting the footnotes in the bank's monthly report. Lambourne's most recent dispatch, analyzing the bank's monthly report issued January 31, disclosed that the bank's interventions in the gold market had reached their highest point in nearly a year:

http://gata.org/node/19824

Three years ago GATA asked the BIS to explain its interventions in the gold market -- their underlying objectives and their real parties in interest. Of course the bank refused to account for itself:

http://www.gata.org/node/17793

But the BIS doesn't necessarily rig markets for its own advantage. Rather it acts for its members, which include most central banks, to which the BIS gives cover for market interventions.

It would be nice if mainstream financial news organizations made even a nominal effort to preserve their professional dignity by asking the BIS to account for and explain its interventions and by reporting that the bankwon't explain.

But maybe such journalism is no longer necessary. For can there by anyone who follows the gold market who doesn't know by now where the out-of-the-blue smashdowns in the monetary metals come from?

And can anyone who follows the gold market not have noticed that these smashdowns have been losing effect since last June?

Really, if people who follow the gold market can't figure out the purpose and general origin of today's attack and can't understand that an attack this brazen signifies profound weakness and possibly depletion of the real metal central banks are prepared to lose to defend their currencies against the once and future international reserve currency -- well, any such people should apply for jobs at the Financial Times or Kitco.com.

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
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Kirkland Lake Gold Amends Normal Course Issuer Bid and Implements Automatic Share Purchase Plan
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TORONTO, Feb. 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. (?Kirkland Lake Gold” or the “Company”) (TSX:KL) (NYSE:KL) (ASX:KLA) today announced that in connection with the Company’s previously announced normal course issuer bid (“NCIB”) to purchase up to 20,898,692 of its common shares (the “Shares”), it has entered into an automatic share purchase plan (“ASPP”) with its designated broker.
The ASPP is intended to allow for the purchase of Shares under the NCIB at times when the Company may not ordinarily be permitted to purchase Shares due to regulatory restrictions and customary self-imposed blackout periods.

Pursuant to the ASPP, the designated broker may purchase up to 7,000,000 Shares until the expiry of the NCIB on May 28, 2020.
Such purchases will be determined by the broker at its sole discretion based on the purchasing parameters set out by the Company in accordance with the rules of the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”), applicable securities laws and the terms of the ASPP.
The ASPP has been pre-cleared by the TSX and will be effective as of February 21, 2020.
The ASPP will terminate on the earlier of the date on which: (i) the NCIB expires; (ii) the maximum number of Shares have been purchased under the ASPP; and (iii) the Company terminates the ASPP in accordance with its terms.

Outside of the ASPP, Shares may continue to be purchased under the NCIB based on management’s discretion, in compliance with the rules of the TSX and applicable securities laws.
The NCIB commenced on May 29, 2019 and expires on May 28, 2020.
The Company expects to renew the NCIB upon expiry.
All purchases made under the ASPP will be included in the number of Shares available for purchase under the NCIB.

About Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd.

Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. is a growing gold producer operating in Canada and Australia that produced 974,615 ounces in 2019, with target production for 2020 of 1,470,000 – 1,540,000 ounces.
The production profile of the Company is anchored by three high-quality operations, including the Macassa Mine and Detour Lake Mine, both located in Northern Ontario, and the Fosterville Mine located in the state of Victoria, Australia.
Kirkland Lake Gold's solid base of quality assets is complemented by district scale exploration potential, supported by a strong financial position with extensive management expertise.

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