September 16, 2014

Escondida surprise lights fire under copper price

News of labour action at world's largest copper mine sends red metal 2.6% higher.

September 16, 2014

Turquoise Hill tax break revives Oyu Tolgoi expansion

Work on feasibility study for $6bn underground expansion of massive Mongolian copper-gold mine can resume after confirmation tax dispute is settled for $100m less.

September 16, 2014

Anger and confusion after worst disaster in Canadian mining history darkens B.C. town

Since that cataclysmic event a cloud has hung over little Likely, a village of perhaps 350 huddled at the top of Quesnel Lake, 600 kilometres north of Vancouver.

September 15, 2014

Brien Lundin says don’t miss this buying opportunity

Founder of Jefferson Financial, producer of the New Orleans Investment Conference and Gold Newsletter, believes at least a small amount of the massive liquidity produced by loose monetary policy in…

September 15, 2014

Junior miners breaking out higher forecasting gold and silver bottom?

The junior miners are usually a leading indicator. Is this outperformance forecasting an inflection point for the precious metals?

September 15, 2014

Newstrike surges after strong Mexico PEA

Capex of $164m for 116,000oz gold, 239,000oz silver over a 8.2 year life for Ana Paul mine in Guerrero gold belt, Mexico.

September 14, 2014

$8bn mining private equity needs to be spent. And soon

Countercyclical investors sitting on $8 billion unspent funds have been waiting for clear signs of a market bottom. The wait may well be over.

September 14, 2014

Pain for gold, silver price as hedge fund slash bullish bets

With gold near 2014 lows and silver not far off levels last seen in 2010, speculators are positioning themselves for another week of falls.

September 12, 2014

Heavy precious metal shorting is bullish

The ironic thing is that futures speculators fantastic Q2 2013 gold-downside bet hasn’t worked very well since then.

September 11, 2014

VIDEO: This is why Wall Street hates gold according to Peter Schiff

Famed investor Peter Schiff answers some of the more challenging questions he has received from clients and subscribers.