PDAC Round-Up: The Low-Down on Gold Corrections, Canadian Regulators, Labor Shortages and Argentine Nationalization Rumors
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (3/7/12)
Worried about the next correction in the gold price? Don't be, said Martin Murenbeeld, chief economist for the Dundee Companies, during a presentation at 80th annual Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in Toronto. More >

'We Still Believe' in Rare Earth Metals: Terence van der Hout
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Critical Metals Report  (3/6/12)
Terence van der Hout, a research analyst with The Gold&Discovery Fund in the Netherlands and editor of Strategy Metals Bulletin, says takeovers are his sweet spot. While gold juniors are very quick to get from a discovery to a takeover, most rare earth explorers are still early-stage ventures. For these companies, as van der Hout tells The Critical Metals Report in this exclusive interview, he looks for opportunities in emerging technologies that could tip the scales. More >

Mining Market Funk Looks to Wane as PDAC Engenders Sustained Optimism
Source: Kip Keen, Mineweb  (3/6/12)
"Early 2012 markets have been relatively kind to miners and explorers after a particularly brutal second half in 2011. Will market funk return after this brief gasp of air? Here at the 2012 PDAC convention in Toronto you get the feeling there may be more oxygen in the tank." More >

Has the Correction Finally Begun?
Source: Toby Connor, Gold Scents  (3/6/12)
"I really doubt gold will put in a lasting bottom until the dollar's intermediate cycle tops. Barring a public announcement of QE3, that is unlikely to happen until sentiment reaches extremes again." More >

Playing the Gold, Silver Equities Selloff: Stephen Taylor
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (3/5/12)
The precious metals equities selloff at the end of 2011 was overdone, says Stephen Taylor, portfolio manager of The Taylor Fund and founder of Taylor Asset Management, in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report. Taylor remains bullish on gold, silver and base metals and is looking to some names that were walloped in the selloff to prosper in the next three years.
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Dollar and Oil Hold Clues About the Future
Source: J.W. Jones, Options Trading Signals  (3/5/12)
"While gold has pulled back sharply, the likely move lower in the coming weeks and months will offer a strong buying opportunity for investors that are patient." More >

Gold Below $1,690/oz Could Spark Fresh Selling
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (3/5/12)
"China has lowered its official growth target from 8% annual growth to 7.5%. China was the world's biggest gold buyer in the fourth quarter of last year." More >

Sentiment Hit Hard by Big Gold Selloff
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (3/5/12)
"That the gold market can be manipulated on Comex by big forward paper sales now seems to be obvious from the major dive suffered by gold last week, when the yellow metal initially fell over $60/oz in a matter of minutes and then got pushed down further before making a relatively minor recovery." More >

Special Report from the PDAC: Experts Separate Good from Bad and Worse Juniors
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (3/5/12)
Sunday is the quiet day at the PDAC, only 10,000 delegates or so. The convention doesn't officially open until Monday—but Sunday offered investors access to an impressive slate of newsletter writers and commodities pundits. More >

Volatility Bounces Bottom Awaiting Bad News or Selling to Strike!
Source: Chris Vermeulen, The Gold and Oil Guy  (3/4/12)
"When fear is just starting to ramp up gold tends to be a neutral or a little weak. But not long after investors start selling their shares of securities, we see money flow into the shiny yellow safe haven." More >

Silver Stocks Building for Breakout in 2012: Sean Rakhimov
Source: Zig Lambo of The Gold Report  (3/2/12)
Silver price volatility provides some exciting profit opportunities for investors who develop the right strategies to take advantage of the action. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Sean Rakhimov, publisher of the SilverStrategies.com website, talks about how the global forces of monetary policy and fear are expected to push investment demand for silver much higher and highlights some companies he expects to profit most from the coming silver boom. More >

Gold Far From Bubble Phase: Marc Faber
Source: Karen Roche of The Gold Report  (3/2/12)
With more than 40 years as an economist to his credit and claiming gold as the "biggest position in my life," Gloom Boom & Doom Report Publisher Marc Faber assures us that gold is nowhere near a bubble phase, but cautions that corrections of 40% are not unusual in a bull market. At the end of March, Faber will share his secrets for surviving corrections at the World MoneyShow in Vancouver. In advance of that appearance, he sat down with The Gold Report for this exclusive interview where he discusses his bias for portfolio diversification in terms of geographies as well as asset classes. More >

Gold Down on Greek Uncertainty
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (3/2/12)
The gold price fell to $1,708/oz Friday in London as stock and commodity markets also fell slightly amid ongoing uncertainty over the Greek bailout deal. More >

Will the Gold and Silver Smackdown Deter Investors?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (3/2/12)
"Although gold and silver receive more than their fair share of selling pressure, they continue to remain the best option to preserve wealth." More >

Will It Ever Correct?
Source: Toby Connor, Gold Scents  (3/1/12)
"Analysts have been trying to pick a top in this market for weeks. All the while I've been begging investors not to sell short." More >

Platinum Closing the Gap on Gold
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (3/1/12)
"Platinum appears to be rapidly overhauling gold as its fundamentals improve as industry picks up coupled with African mine troubles and it looks set to re-establish its price premium in the very near future." More >

A Visit to Tasman Metals' Norra Kärr Project
Source: Gareth Hatch, Resource Investor  (3/1/12)
"If successful, this project would be a new approach to the problem of balance—namely the fact that in order to get at the 'good stuff,' such as the CREOs, you also need to deal with a potential surplus of non-CREOs." More >

Quality Gold Juniors Poised to Soar: Lawrence Roulston
Source: Zig Lambo of The Gold Report   (2/29/12)
After a tough 2011, the junior resource market is turning and things are definitely looking up, Resource Opportunities Publisher Lawrence Roulston tells us in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report. The mood of investors in the resource sector has turned positive, and based on the sentiment and interest shown at recent investment conferences, the smart money is looking for deals that have real upside potential. Roulston tells us about several he feels are poised for significant action as the market heats up. More >

One Financial Advisor's Secrets for Making and Protecting Gains: Danielle Park
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report   (2/29/12)
Never one to follow the conventional wisdom, author Danielle Park, president and portfolio manager with Venable Park Investment Counselors, sees more dark days ahead before the market moves into an inevitable secular bull phase. At the end of March, this investing pragmatist will share her secrets for protecting wealth at the World MoneyShow in Vancouver. In advance of that appearance, she sat down with The Gold Report for this exclusive interview. More >

Gold Falls 3% Following Bernanke Comments
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (2/29/12)
"Wholesale market gold bullion prices dropped 3.2% to $1,727/oz in less than an hour Wednesday afternoon in London, after U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke appeared before Congress." More >

Precious Metal ETFs Slump on Bernanke Testimony
Source: Eric Dutram, Zacks Investment Research  (2/29/12)
"In this latest round of comments to the House Financial Services Committee, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke seemed to suggest that recent trends in the unemployment rate were positive for the economy and that more stimulus might not be necessary at this time." More >

Bernanke's Attempt to Stem the Rising Tide of Gold and Silver
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (2/29/12)
"We can be told that stimulus is passe but the reality is it will continue to be done before our very eyes." More >

Iran Embraces Gold as Real Money
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (2/29/12)
"Mahmoud Bahmani, the governor of Iran's central bank, said the country is ready to receive payment for oil supplies in gold without hesitation. Furthermore, Iran recently used to gold in order to import food, since other financial assets were frozen." More >

Is Gold Backwardation Now Permanent?
Source: Keith Weiner, Casey Research  (2/29/12)
"Backwardation is typically a signal of a shortage in a commodity. Anyone holding the commodity could make a risk-free profit by delivering it and getting it back later." More >

South Korean Rare Earth Imports Hit Two-Year Low
Source: Dorothy Kosich, Mineweb  (2/29/12)
"South Korean manufacturers have been reducing their dependence on high-priced Chinese rare earth imports and have replaced them with lower-cost Japanese shipments." More >