May 13, 2012

Gold and base metal plays: Jerome Hass and Jimmy Chu

Toronto-based hedge fund managers Jerome Hass and Jimmy Chu of Lightwater Partners discuss their strategic approach to taking long positions on gold, zinc and tungsten opportunities around the world.

May 13, 2012

Lead poisoning epidemic due to artisanal mining

Gold bearing deposits in Zamfara contain high concentrations of lead.

May 13, 2012

Gold takes it on the chin…what’s next?

There was a strong reaction last week to the elevated debt crisis in Europe, with commodities and equities being indiscriminately sold. Gold fell 3 percent this week, losing its safe…

May 13, 2012

Money slow down

Many have called for very high levels of inflation possibly leading to hyperinflation.

May 13, 2012

Gold is not a growth industry—it can just pay investors big: John Hathaway

John Hathaway is and will remain bullish on gold, the advice he most often gives mining companies and the investing advice that has stayed with him for almost 50 years.

May 13, 2012

Germany’s mixed signals

Last week's media headlines focused on how the election results in France and Greece reflected a wave of rising public resistance across Europe to the austerity programs being championed by…

May 13, 2012

Gold $12,000 and Silver $1,000 twenty years from now

Should both Gold & Silver Bulls & Bears take a long winter sleep? Maybe When we look at Silver prices from 1985 to today (Green line in the chart below)…

May 13, 2012

Eurozone worries sink commodities in a sea of red

At the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX), commodities reeled under renewed Eurozone worries for the week May 07- May 11, 2012. Only natural gas gained, and that too an…

May 13, 2012

China posts 10 pct rise in Q1 gold output

(MENAFN) China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that during the first quarter, the country's production of gold rose 10 percent from a year earlier, reported Xinhua News.The ministry…

May 11, 2012

You’re diluted! White Tiger plans massive new share issue without seeking shareholder approval

White Tiger is applying to the Toronto Stock Exchange for exemption under the exchange's "financial hardship" provisions.