The founder of Dent Research relies strongly on demographic statistics and trends to predict a crash starting in early 2014 and lasting into 2015 or 2016, which will make 2008 look like a mere tumble

Senior research analyst at Euro Pacific Capita warns about the perils of "pawnshop lending"—predatory lending scenarios that many junior miners find themselves in as a result of the current commodity price climate.

For over a decade, mining companies have relied on a rising gold price to reward their decisions, regardless of whether they were good decisions. Those days are over.

Companies with free cash flow top his list, but high-leverage, midtier producers with great management teams can satisfy investors with more appetite for risk, says Lostritto in this interview with The Gold Report.

As the large zinc mines shut down, the juniors are stepping forward to meet growing demand for the industrial staple.

Paul Harris sees a lot of untapped value in Colombia, a land that hasn't seen the arrival of modern mining due to a government sluggish to implement speedy approval processes.

Mining success is not measured in ounces and dollars but instead by healthy margins.

For this special year-end feature, we asked some of your favorite thought leaders about the tools they use to spot trends and make those important buy-sell decisions.

Forget about the gold price. Forget about the copper, zinc and nickel price. Start searching out companies that can weather another few years of recovery, because it's unlikely mining companies will get any price relief soon.

Quality will win out, says Levi Spry, senior resources analyst at GMP Securities Australia.

The best time to buy gold is when the market hates it, especially when it comes to junior explorers with market caps under $1 billion.

It's no surprise that Stephan Bogner advises investors to hold physical metals outside the banking system, but he also advocates mining companies keeping gold on their balance sheets and forming a cartel.