Jim
Sinclair
is
primarily
a
precious
metals
specialist
and
a
commodities
and
foreign
currency
trader.
He
founded
the
Sinclair
Group
of
Companies
(1977),
which
offered
full
brokerage
services
in
stocks,
bonds,
and
other
investment
vehicles.
The
companies,
which
operated
branches
in
New
York
,
Kansas
City,
Toronto
,
Chicago
,
London
and
Geneva
,
were
sold
in
1983.
From
1981
to
1984,
Mr.
Sinclair
served
as
a
Precious
Metals
Advisor
to
Hunt
Oil
and
the
Hunt
family
for
the
liquidation
of
their
silver
position
as
a
prerequisite
for
the
$1
billion
loan
arranged
by
the
Chairman
of
the
Federal
Reserve,
Paul
Volker.
He
was
also
a
General
Partner
and
Member
of
the
Executive
Committee
of
two
New
York
Stock
Exchange
firms
and
President
of
Sinclair
Global
Clearing
Corporation
(commodity
clearing
firm)
and
Global
Arbitrage
(derivative
dealer
in
metals
and
currencies).
In
April
2002,
shareholders
of
Tanzanian
Royalty
Exploration
(formerly
Tan
Range
Exploration)
approved
the
acquisition
of
Tanzania
American
International,
a
company
controlled
by
the
Sinclair
family,
for
shares
in
Tan
Range.
Following
this
transaction,
Mr.
Sinclair
became
Chairman
of
Tan
Range
and
now
leads
its
efforts
to
become
a
gold
royalty
company.
He
has
authored
numerous
magazine
articles
and
three
books
dealing
with
a
variety
of
investment
subjects,
including
precious
metals,
trading
strategies
and
geopolitical
events,
and
their
relationship
to
world
economics
and
the
markets.
He
is
a
frequent
and
enormously
popular
speaker
at
gold
investment
conferences
and
his
commentary
on
gold
and
other
financial
issues
garners
extensive
media
coverage
at
home
and
abroad.
In
January
2003,
Mr.
Sinclair
launched,
"Jim
Sinclairs
MineSet,"
which
now
hosts
his
gold
commentary
and
is
intended
as
a
free
service
to
the
gold
community.
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