The Charges Against Big Nickel
Source: Richard (Rick) Mills, Ahead of the Herd  (6/10/11)
"Pure nickel explorers aren't common. Are any on your radar screen?" More >

Gold Stocks: Underowned and Oversold
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (6/10/11)
"Gold is quietly strengthening against oil, industrial metals and the S&P500." More >

China's Economic Slowdown May Hit Chile's Mining Sector
Source: Scrap Monster  (6/10/11)
"China's increasingly restrictive monetary policy may restrict copper demand." More >

Rare Metals Could Be Less Rare in AK
Source: Alaska Dispatch, Patti Epler  (6/10/11)
". . .with a little help from the feds." More >

Bernanke—It's Complicated!
Source: Axel Merk   (6/9/11)
"Sprinkling more money on the problem may be the Fed's weapon of choice soon." More >

Utah Measure Eliminates Tax
Source: Numismatic News  (6/9/11)
". . .it's not a 'gold standard.'" More >

Is Silver the New Gold?
Source: Investopedia, Tim Begany  (6/9/11)
"With the economy at a crossroad, silver may be the better investment." More >

Baby, You Cannot Drive My $220K Car
Source: Resource Investor, Jon Nadler  (6/9/11)
"Platinum and palladium continue to march toward higher price ground." More >

Hold PMs into a Market Selloff
Source: GoldSeek, Peter Cooper  (6/9/11)
"A buy-and-hold strategy makes more investment fortunes than manic trading." More >

Can Copper Withstand Ailing U.S. Economy?
Source: Copper Investing News, Leia Toovey  (6/9/11)
"Copper report forecasts worldwide demand at 24.82 Mt. by 2015." More >

Gold Targets Popular with Aussie Cofunded Drill Program
Source: Ministerial Media Statements, Norman Moore  (6/9/11)
"Australia's drill program provides up to 50% of drilling costs." More >

Gold Buying in India Dries Up with Monsoons
Source: The Economic Times  (6/9/11)
"Farmers, the traditional buyers, rushed in to buy equipment on early summer monsoon rains." More >

Global Mining Growth Drains SA's Pool of Engineers
Source: Mining Weekly, Loni Prinsloo  (6/9/11)
"Mining giants are swiping up South Africa's well-trained engineers." More >

Rising REE Prices Hit Downstream Industries
Source: Business China  (6/9/11)
"In China, the price of dysprosium is now changing every two days." More >

$460K Gold Nugget's Authenticity Questioned
Source: Ballarat Courier, Tom McIlroy  (6/8/11)
"Auctioneer confirms he now believes the nugget was not found locally." More >

Jason Mann: Silver and Gold Exposure Advised
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (6/8/11)
Finding great values in precious metals, Freestone Capital Senior Analyst Jason Mann explains why roughly one-third of the firm's $2.1B assets under management is invested in non-traditional assets in this Gold Report exclusive. More >

Gold and the Collapsing Dollar
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (6/8/11)
"Is the UN Economic Division incompetent?" More >

Our Economic Future: From Best to Worst Case
Source: Doug Casey, Casey Research   (6/8/11)
"The essential advice remains the same: Own gold and silver." More >

NA Miners Seek Dialogue with Peru's Humala
Source: Reuters  (6/8/11)
"Juniors in Peru urge President-Elect Humala to engage with mining industry." More >

John Embry: Big Summer for Gold
Source: Mineweb  (6/8/11)
"Gold tends to take a breather during the summer, but this year should be different." More >

U.S. Dodd-Frank Law 'Stigmatizing' Africa's Gold?
Source: Mining Weekly, Martin Creamer  (6/8/11)
"DRC's tragedies of war can't be ignored, but law not intended to hurt miners." More >

Gold, Silver Prices Bust on Bernanke
Source: The Street, Alix Steel  (6/8/11)
"Bernanke's speech was a mixed bag for gold prices." More >

Tanzania Considers "Super Tax"
Source: Reuters  (6/8/11)
"Tanzania mulls super-profit minerals tax to fund its development plan." More >

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Critical Metals Myths, Markets and Geopolitics
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Critical Metals Report   (6/7/11)
William Stanley Jevons was a 19th century British economist who said, "The more efficient use you make of a scarce material, the greater the total demand will eventually be." Investors in critical metals projects all over the world hope Jevons' theory, known as Jevons Paradox, will eventually ring true. Read more in this Critical Metals Report exclusive.
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