Eric Sprott Ruskie  UFC Capital  Yesterday, we published an
article about how the IMF wouldn't sell investor Eric Sprott any
of the remaining 191.3 tonnes of gold it had left.  We spoke
with Alistair Thomson of the IMF and he clearly explained his
reasonings behind not being able to sell Mr. Sprott gold.  Among
them:    • The IMF only goes through a specific broker.   • It
only sells gold to sovereigns.   • Thus, Sprott's desire to
purchase IMF gold did not comply with 'protocol'.  Of course we
want to hear all sides of the story, so today we spoke with Mr.
Eric Sprott himself on the matter.  Sprott says that around six
weeks ago while in the process of selling the gold trust ETF, he
approached the IMF about buying some of the gold they were
selling. And why not? If there's a buyer and seller, it's a
market. Sprott originally wanted to buy only a portion of the
available gold for sale but later decided it'd be interesting to
see what the IMF would do or say if he tried to buy the whole
lot of it.  Says Sprott