Why Junior Gold Stocks Are Still the Place to Be: Edward Karr
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (8/6/12)
Edward Karr, CEO of Geneva-based RAMPartners, favors a disciplined, patient and steady approach to investing in junior gold mining companies. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Karr shares his thoughts on the European crisis, its effect on gold prices and some of his favorite junior gold mining companies. More >

Speculators Pile Into Gold Futures, Options
Source: Kitco News, Debbie Carlson  (8/6/12)
"For the week ended July 31, speculators in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's weekly commitment of traders report saw their net-long positions in gold rise significantly in both the legacy and disaggregated reports." More >

Gold and Silver Regaining Footing as Treasuries Make Bearish Reversal
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (8/6/12)
"The long-range upward trajectory of precious metals, particularly gold, is continuing higher and has considerably higher to go." More >

Five Ways to Invest in Gold
Source: MetroWest Daily News  (8/6/12)
"A recent survey shows that nearly half of U.S. investors don't believe they're knowledgeable enough about the precious metal to make a decision about adding gold to their portfolios. The World Gold Council highlights these five options to get investors started." More >

Likelihood 'Remains High' for Central Bank Stimulus
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (8/6/12)
"Precious metals prices held on to most of their gains from Friday's rally, which coincided with a stock market rally following better-than expected U.S. non-farm jobs data, as well as news that Spain may seek a bailout." More >

South Africa Tops Gold Grade List
Source: Christy Filen, Mineweb  (8/6/12)
"After more than a century of gold mining in the country, South Africa is featured in the number one spot in terms of gold grades, with Canada close on its heels, in a report drawn up by Natural Resource Holdings' Roy Sebag." More >

China Cracks Down on Illegal Rare Earth Mining, 50 Arrested
Source: Dorothy Kosich, Mineweb  (8/6/12)
"While China's Guangdong Province is allowed to mine only 2,000 mt of rare earth oxides annually, illegal mining production surpassed 40,000 mt last year." More >

EU and China Race to Greenland's Rare Earths Gold Rush
Source: AFP  (8/6/12)
"The E.U. commissioner approached Greenland for exploitation rights to rare earth metal ores in return for technological and environmental mining know-how—to find Chinese miners already working the ground." More >

Summer Slump in Silver Prices Closer to an End
Source: Carrington, Money Morning  (8/6/12)
"Silver prices have suffered this year as the white metal has lost its luster as a safe-haven investment, but the pullback has slowed and may be bottoming out." More >

Fed Hits 'Kill' Switch on Liquidity
Source: Clif Droke  (8/5/12)
"Gold, as the ultimate safe haven at both ends of the long-wave, will eventually prove its merit as a store of value in deflation. Before we arrive at that critical juncture, however, there will undoubtedly be phases of volatility along the way that temporarily obstruct gold's forward progress." More >

Precious Metals Short-Term Outlook Is Bullish
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (8/5/12)
"We believe that gold and gold stocks are primed to head higher in the coming weeks." More >

Frontier Markets Harbor High-Reward Investment Opportunities: Carlos Andres
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (8/3/12)
Select frontier markets, once eyed skeptically as fraught with danger, are now some of the most robust economies in the world. But the shares of companies exploring and producing in these markets often continue to lag based on long-held fears that are no longer valid. How does an investor decipher that fine line between real and perceived? Carlos Andres, the chief analyst and managing editor of the Frontier Research Report and the Global Resource Investor, makes his living informing retail investors about risks in the junior resource space. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Andres discusses how to capitalize on the narrowing gap between real and perceived risks in South America and beyond. More >

Gold to Rally Above $1,900/oz by Year-End: HSBC
Source: CNBC, Holly Ellyatt  (8/3/12)
"Gold could be one of the few assets to profit from the political and economic turbulence in the United States as the 'fiscal cliff' approaches." More >

Try as He Might, Mario Draghi Cannot Save the Euro
Source: Martin Hutchinson, Money Morning  (8/3/12)
"Eventually, the Eurozone will break up and drag the global economy right down with it. In the long run, that will mark the beginning of the recovery, but in the short run it will precipitate a banking and economic crisis that will make 2008 look like child's play." More >

Survey Majority Sees Higher Gold Prices Next Week
Source: Kitco  (8/3/12)
"Of the 21 survey participants, 12 see prices up, while 4 see prices down and 5 are neutral or see prices moving sideways. Market participants include bullion dealers, investment banks, futures traders, money managers and technical-chart analysts." More >

Is Gold Mining Healthy?
Source: Scott Hamilton, Zeal Intelligence  (8/3/12)
"In 2011, gold-mine production came in at an all-time record high. And in 2012 experts anticipate production to be even higher. But is the gold-mining industry truly healthy?" More >

To Achieve a Successful Gold Standard, You Don't Need Gold Coins
Source: Forbes, Nathan Lewis  (8/2/12)
"When most people think of 'gold-based currencies,' they think of gold coins. But, actually, gold coins themselves are probably the least important part." More >

In Junior-IPO-Land, Money Favors Old Hands
Source: Kip Keen, Mineweb  (8/2/12)
"What the shape of June and July IPOs illustrate more than anything else is that pedigree counts now more than ever." More >

What Happens to Greece's Gold when Greece Exits the Eurozone?
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (8/2/12)
"When Greece required a generous bailout from EU creditors, we were led to believe that part of the collateral, to be forfeited on default, was the 111 tonnes of gold owned by Greece. It is this gold that is in danger of being lost to the nation now." More >

Make Money in Gold with Prospect-Generator and Royalty Companies: Adrian Day
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (8/1/12)
Adrian Day, principal of Adrian Day Asset Management, which manages portfolios for high-net-worth clients, believes that it is time for the gold pendulum to swing away from the excessive pessimism in the market and finds that now is an exceptional time to buy gold equities. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Day explains why gold is ready to rebound and why prospect-generator and royalty companies are king. More >

What Moves Gold Stocks?: Jocelyn August
Source: George S. Mack of The Gold Report   (8/1/12)
Gold and precious metals stocks are certainly affected by the price of the underlying commodity, but the most important catalysts that move prices revolve around resource assessments and production schedules. Sagient Research Senior Analyst Jocelyn August watches her companies like a hawk and records detailed data on how stocks move when certain events are made public. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, August shares her thoughts about a select group of stocks and what events might move these shares over the next quarter. More >

Gold Tied to Central Bank Moves
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (8/1/12)
"'Investors [are] continuing to favor the U.S. dollar over bullion as the key safe-haven trade,' says a note from ANZ Bank." More >

Rare Earths and Graphite—The Critical Factors for Success: Gareth Hatch
Source: JT Long of The Critical Metals Report  (7/31/12)
Comparisons are useful in evaluating a company, but in the rare earth market, it's not as simple as a spreadsheet. With so many variables in the mix, no two projects are exactly alike, and each has its relative strengths and weaknesses. But out of hundreds of juniors digging for rare earths and graphite, how can investors evaluate who is likely to be among the handful to finally sell their minerals to end users? In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Technology Metals Research Founding Principal Gareth Hatch examines the supply chain to identify advanced companies with good odds for success. He also shares some telling metrics that help show how companies measure up to their peers. More >

Have You Overlooked This Piece of the US Economic Puzzle?
Source: David Galland, Casey Research  (7/31/12)
"In some ways, gaining an understanding of the U.S. economy and its current trajectory is as simple as recognizing a few fundamental facts." More >

World's Gold Deposits Are Drying Up
Source: Mining.com, Michael Allan McCrae  (7/31/12)
"Of the 439 mines or deposits over 1 Moz, only 189 are in production and have an owner with over $1.8B market capitalization. The remainder are owned by juniors, private companies or government-sponsored enterprises." More >