Precious metals have broad applications in the medical field, well beyond the dental uses most people associate with them.

Palladium is close to becoming the most “precious” of precious metals

For the first time in 17 years commercial participants in gold futures flipped their COMEX positioning to net long.

Over the past six months, platinum’s price has continued its multi-year decline, falling below $800 – close to its lowest level in a decade.

The turbulence which riled U.S. equities in early February spread to short-term credit markets during March.

For the month of February, gold equities declined 10.10%, while gold bullion fell a modest 2.08%, as measured by GLD.

November has traditionally been relatively uneventful for the gold complex. For this reason, we entered the month with a bias in our active gold strategies.

Sprott will indirectly acquire Central Fund’s existing administration agreement from The Central Group Alberta for an aggregate purchase price of C$100 million.

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The typical approach to bearish gold analysis is to attribute hypothetical fears to gold investors, and then point out these concerns have failed to materialize. Sprott believes the investment thesis for gold is a bit more complex than simplistic motivations commonly cited in financial press.

“We have all had the experience of seeing goods on sale and procrastinating, and later on seeing them priced much higher. You think to yourself ‘I really wish I’d participated.’ Those are the kinds of times that get referred to as ‘the good old days.’”

First, West Africa has the right geology for gold deposits – that’s the main reason. The second reason is that it’s a relatively politically stable part of Africa.