In this interview with The Gold Report, Mark Lackey talks about companies that are or will be producing significant amounts of the world's prized metal.

What if the shockingly low valuations of some junior mining companies are really all they're worth?

Gold bugs say the global economy could collapse any day now.

The past year was a very tough one for the junior gold mining sector.

In an interview with The Gold Report, the economic philosopher, Leonard Melman, is troubled about the direction of the global economy.

Many gold analysts are forecasting much higher gold prices in 2013. In this interview Rohit Savant, senior commodity analyst at the CPM Group, says he believes all of the positive gold fundamentals, such as global turmoil, are already factored into the gold price.

Byron King encourages investors to use investments in gold mining juniors to increase their exposure to precious metals.

We need a lot more clarity regarding Japanese demand and Chinese supply.

Investors who want to play in the iron and copper space should look to small-cap producers for attractive valuations and lower risk, says Matt Gibson, institutional research analyst with CIBC World Markets.

Miners in Latin America are facing both growth and challenges. Heiko Ihle, senior research analyst with Euro Pacific Capital, examines the factors behind these trends.

With nary a glimmer of hope that economic sense will supplant political expedience, Stansberry & Associates Investment Research Founder Porter Stansberry expects rampant inflation to roar in once the cost of capital rises.

The fundamentals at many junior mining companies have improved, yet their stock prices continue to languish.