Futures Traders Could Provide Springboard for Sharp Rise in Gold Price
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (1/14/13)
"Wholesale gold bullion prices hovered just below $1,670/ounce Monday morning in London, having regained some ground after Friday's losses." More >

Copper Reserves Could Run Out in 25 Years
Source: Harlan Kessler, Seeking Alpha  (1/14/13)
"There are a number of ways to play the potential supply and demand imbalance for copper." More >

How to Invest Like a Merchant Bank in High-Risk Resources: Rick Winters
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (1/11/13)
It is difficult for retail investors to sift the wheat from the chaff in the junior miner sector. In this interview with The Gold Report, Rick Winters reveals how RMB Resources, a resource merchant bank, figures out what projects to invest in and those to pass over and talks about some of the companies that made the cut. More >

Crash Course: Mining Equity Financing
Source: Visual Capitalistm  (1/11/13)
"Mining exploration companies use large amounts of capital to find discoveries, define a resource and advance to production." More >

Gold as a Weapon in the Currency War: Chris Mancini
Source: Sally Lowder of The Gold Report  (1/9/13)
There is a war raging behind the scenes among the world's currencies. Chris Mancini, an analyst with the $400-million Gabelli Gold Fund, believes that gold will emerge the victor. In this interview with The Gold Report, Mancini makes his case for why gold is a currency and not just a relic, and why his fund doesn't own bullion. He also shares names of companies operating around the world that offer great upside potential. More >

CPM Platinum Market Analysis and Forecast for 2013
Source: Alec Gimurtu of The Metals Report  (1/8/13)
Violent strikes and supply disruptions in South Africa put platinum in the headlines last year, and the metal spent 2012 selling at a discount to gold. Is a platinum discount the new normal? How will the market shift in the labor strike fallout? And will mining asteroids transform supply fundamentals? CPM Group Platinum Analyst Erica Rannestad met with The Metals Report to share her price and cost forecasts for 2013 and discuss the supply and demand trends to watch this year. More >

US Gold Eagle Sales Start Year Up by One-Third
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (1/8/13)
"Opening day orders for 2013 Gold Eagle coins have been one third higher than last year while the opening day of sales of Silver Eagle coins are believed to have come in at a new record for one day sales." More >

Mark Lackey Homes in on Golden Mining Opportunities in West Africa
Source: Zig Lambo of The Gold Report  (1/7/13)
Gold has been produced in Africa for thousands of years in places like Ghana and neighboring countries whose names have changed over the centuries. One thing that has not changed is that there's still a huge amount of gold to be found and mined in West Africa. That's what Mark Lackey likes about the area and in this interview with The Gold Report, he talks about companies that are or will be producing significant amounts of the world's prized metal. More >

Nickel: Where Form Meets Function
Source: Visual Capitalistm  (1/7/13)
"While best known for its use in the five-cent coin, nickel has far more strategic uses." More >

Brent Cook: How to Turn Rock into Money
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (1/4/13)
What if the shockingly low valuations of some junior mining companies are really all they're worth? As the market shakes off years of exuberance, Brent Cook, co-editor of the Exploration Insights newsletter, searches for the truly undervalued—finds as rare as gold itself. In this interview with The Gold Report, Cook talks about high-margin deposits that the rest of the market can't see. More >

Are You a Base Metal Growth Bull or a Gold Gloom-and-Doomer?
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (1/2/13)
Gold bugs say the global economy could collapse any day now. But what about investors who see continued growth in emerging economies and a steady, if slow, U.S. recovery? Look to base metals, recommends Haywood Analyst Stefan Ioannou. He expects price runs for 2013–2015, especially for zinc, which is facing a serious supply squeeze. Do your homework now to get positioned as soon as the uptick begins. Ioannou shares his favorites in this Gold Report interview. More >

Gold and Silver Gain Along with Stocks
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (1/2/13)
"Spot market gold prices started the year by touching a two-week high above $1,680/oz Wednesday morning, as European stock markets also gained following news of a deal in Washington to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff." More >

Is Gold Becoming More Convenient?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (1/2/13)
"For thousands of years, gold has satisfied the three common requirements of money." More >

Tips for a Prosperous 2013:
The Best Investing Advice Ever
Source: Karen Roche of The Gold Report  (12/31/12)
The Gold Report shares investing ideas from some of the smartest people in the precious metals mining sector—analysts, money managers and newsletter writers including Rick Rule, James Dines, Doug Casey and Porter Stansberry. That was founder Gordon Holmes' vision in 2003 when he started the publication after receiving these words of wisdom from GoldMoney Chairman James Turk: "Buy gold." As the former publisher of Buyside magazine, Holmes set out to create a publication that would interview a wide array of experts and feature in-depth stories about macro-trends and individual investing ideas, but let the readers make their own decisions. In 2008, Karen Roche joined the team as president and grew the parent company, Streetwise Reports, to four newsletters, including The Critical Metals Report, The Energy Report and The Life Sciences Report.

To celebrate the New Year, Roche asked some of our most popular interviewees to share The Best Investing Advice They Ever Heard. Most of it falls into a few basic areas we already know: "Buy low and sell high before the cycles start all over again." Some is contradictory: "Be cautious, but take risks." Some made us laugh out loud. Consider it our New Year's gift to you as we all get ready for an exciting 2013 in the world of junior mining investing.

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Brien Lundin: Pick Up Junior Gold Mining Bargains Now
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (12/28/12)
The past year was a very tough one for the junior gold mining sector. In this interview with The Gold Report, Brien Lundin, CEO of Jefferson Financial, says that the past year has, in fact, put many gold mining companies on the bargain basement shelf. He shares some advice on end-of-year portfolio repositions and talks about some of his favorite stocks that he believes are poised for a rebound in 2013. More >

Your 2013 Guide to Investing in Gold
Source: William Patalon III, Money Morning  (12/28/12)
"Gold bullion, gold stocks or no gold at all?" More >

Bakken Oil Production: Can the Giant Oil Formation Reach 1 Million Barrels a Day?
Source: Keith Schaefer, Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin  (12/28/12)
"If so, it would join an elite group of oil fields able to produce at that rate." More >

Leonard Melman Finds the Fiscal Cliff a Boon for Precious Metals
Source: Peter Byrne of The Gold Report  (12/26/12)
Surveying reality from his perch on Vancouver Island, Leonard Melman is a veritable sage in the world of metal mining analysis. In an interview with The Gold Report, the economic philosopher is troubled about the direction of the global economy. However, there are a few bright spots for eagle-eyed junior metal investors, he reports, and names some of his favorite picks. More >

Streetwise Philanthropy Really Moves People
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report  (12/24/12)

Corporate Social Responsibility has been an integral part of the mining industry for decades. Now Gordon Holmes, an avid junior mining investor and founder of Streetwise Reports/The Gold Report and Lookout Ridge Winery in California, is making it easy for companies to reach out to the most vulnerable around the world by giving the gift of mobility.

Holmes' Lookout Ridge Foundation, working with the team at Streetwise Reports and Ken Behring's Wheelchair Foundation, has delivered more than 10,000 wheelchairs in China, Mexico, Ghana, Mali and Bolivia. Holmes witnessed the needs in the countries he visited on mine tours and it inspired him to enhance his efforts to deliver relief to those who need it most.

Gold Regains Some Ground
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (12/24/12)
"On the final day before Christmas, gold prices edged higher Monday morning, climbing to $1,665/oz and recovering some of the ground lost last week. More >

Rohit Savant Expects the Gold Bull Market to Pause in 2013
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (12/21/12)
Many gold analysts are forecasting much higher gold prices in 2013. In this interview with The Gold Report, Rohit Savant, senior commodity analyst at the CPM Group, says he believes all of the positive gold fundamentals, such as global turmoil, are already factored into the gold price. So, in 2013, he sees the trend being flat to down a bit. He also discusses what roles India, China and central banks play in the gold price. More >

Precious Metals Decouple from Stock Market
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (12/21/12)
"Going forward, we have the setup for an amazing contrarian opportunity." More >

Why the Gold Price MUST Go Higher
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (12/21/12)
"There are always plenty of opinions about gold. And right now they're clearly making the market. Just not in the way you would think." More >

Confiscation of Gold – Then What? (Part 2/4)
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (12/20/12)
"Is there really a danger of gold being confiscated? We believe that there is." More >

Byron King: How to Up Your Investing IQ with Gold
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (12/19/12)
Have you ever actually held a bar of gold in your hands? Byron King, editor of the Outstanding Investments and Energy & Scarcity Investor newsletters, suggests that you do. But becoming a smart investor shouldn't just be about physical gold, King says. He also encourages investors to use investments in gold mining juniors to increase their exposure to precious metals. Read on in this Gold Report interview to find out about the handful of companies he's expecting to shake up the market in 2013. More >