They would announce this in advance??? Sounds like a rumor to me (stupid gold people!).
“They would announce this in advance???”
I was thinking the same thing. If they want to sell at decent prices, giving the world advance notice is self defeating at least, and dereliction of duty at worst.
UNLESS, this is their part of a larger plan to absorb the Chinese selling of USTreasuries while at the same time tanking the stock market. A ‘twofer’ for 0bama and his cronies.