Private banks rethinking gold Sep 29 2008 12:15

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Kyoto - Private banks could be the next big buyers in the global gold market, helping drive prices higher as they consider restocking bullion bars that were sold off in calmer times, the top HSBC gold trader said on Monday.

Jeremy Charles, chairperson of the London Bullion Market Association and global head of precious metals trade at HSBC Bank, also said he expected central banks around the world to put the brakes on their plans to sell down gold reserves as they see other assets deteriorate, lending further support to prices.

“I think the institutional investors and private banks in particular will all be reconsidering their strategy. My belief is they are likely to want to own some gold again,” he said on the sidelines of the LBMA’s annual conference. The current generation of private

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Elray Resources is an up and coming young company that is beginning to make its mark throughout the world. A technically driven gold and precious mineral exploration company, Elray is breaking ground with the Senator Project.

The Senator Project, also known as the Senator Mine Project, is an endeavor located in a mineral-rich region of Cambodia. Through the Senator Mine Project, Elray will have the ability to capitalize on the gold market.

The Senator Mine Project is a strong exploration target with the reported underground working, map reference by the French mapping and reporting of the 1970s and observed mineral and waste materials on the surface. The project has a reported 105 meters long adit following an average 1.5-meter wide multi-metallic massive sulfide vein with recoverable gold. The initial target appears to be a multi-metallic quartz vein system up to about a reportedly 1.5 meters width.

While the stock market has hit some

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THE PRICE OF SPOT GOLD bounced 1.6% from an overnight low of $860 on Wednesday, steadying at $876 an ounce as Western stock markets ticked higher despite a raft of miserable Eurozone data. Crude oil rose back above $100 per barrel, while long-dated government bonds continued to rise in price, pushing yields still further below the rate of inflation. The Dollar slipped from two-week highs on the currency markets. "European economic woes should sustain the greenback's safe-haven appeal today," believes Manqoba Madinane at Standard Bank in Johannesburg , "despite downside correction warnings from technical momentum indicators, and this could impact precious metals. "Several other warnings of downside risk for precious metals have emerged," he adds, noting that CDX investment grade credit spreads have narrowed, "indicating receding financial market system risk." Tuesday saw inter-bank lending rates leap yet again, however, with the cost of raising ...