Looks like my gold miners will get hit today.
Don't know enough about what he is discussing in your link there JBmurc. Manipulation of the gold price is a bit of a conspiracy theory isn't it.
I thought that as the US$ gets stronger, gold gets weaker as investors rush to the us$, much like a lot of other currencies around the world at the moment.
That being said although I haven't actually monitored it very closely. The gold mining company share prices seem to have held up pretty well considering golds current slide.