Top-notch analysis. Looking forward to more.
I see your point that an airport can be a great disguise for a DUMB. Lots of expected vehicle traffic coming and going, for cover. Large well-maintained roads that duck under overpasses and disappear from sight. Transportation hub for connection to surface and air transport.
There has been speculation that some of the so-called gold mines were actually just laundering gold that came from elsewhere…
Barrick is a very, very, very dirty enterprise that screwed their shareholders bigtime with a massive derivatives position that intentionally held down the price of gold for years. Speculation was that they were doing it with guarantees from, and on behalf of, a government.
I could go on and one about Barrick.
Years ago one commentator translated the word "Barrick", chosen to be the name of the company, as "Fuck You" in Hungarian. A little in-joke perhaps.