Adam Low of Raymond James believes that the outlook is excellent for zinc, good for copper and neutral for iron ore.

The market has pulverized the price of top-notch mining stocks to the same level as the struggling names. So, which would you buy?

The fact that everyone hated gold in December is a good reason for rational people to love it now.

Killian Charles, a mining analyst with Industrial Alliance Securities in Montreal, was tired of hearing how gold companies were doomed to failure because of the listless gold price. So, he started "auditioning" companies for Gold Idol.

If now is the time to accumulate deeply discounted companies with strong fundamentals in advance of a hot junior market in 2015, how can an investor tell if a company is a black hole or a shining star?

Many junior miners have an ace up the sleeve, and that is commodity price leverage.

About one-third of gold comes from Africa.

Adrian Day likes to think long term, and historical trends persuade him that the bull market in gold should continue for years to come.

Lawrence Roulston has little patience for investors without the nerves to hold onto a good thing during tough times. Gold has been the main embodiment of value for thousands of years so why should tomorrow be different?

It may take a couple of resource war-addled years for gold and silver prices to move back to profitable levels, but the right companies could make money all the way up.

Lemieux believes that with the wheat separated from the chaff over the past tumultuous year, the truly strong companies have emerged. But you may be surprised by the jurisdictions he predicts will come to life in 2014.

As the Fed runs low on ammunition to further suppress the gold price, Ian Gordon, founder and chairman of the Longwave Group, is extremely bullish on gold.