Metals’ plunge is just paper illusion, not real metal, von Greyerz says

GATA

1:37p ET Thursday, December 29, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Interviewed today by King World News, fund manager Egon von Greyerz today affects calm in the face of the plunge in gold and silver prices, asserting that the plunge is just a manipulation of a thin paper market and that little real metal is being sold. Von Greyerz predicts a spectacular new year for the metals. An excerpt from the interview is posted at the King World News blog here:

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2011/12/29_V…

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

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