Biden administration issues permit for Perpetua’s Idaho antimony and gold mine
The move is aimed at offseting China's near-total market control of a metal used widely across the defense and energy sectors.
According to coin and precious metals dealer Blanchard and Company’s research arm, the continuation of gold’s strong bull run through during Q1 2011, with the metal hitting a new nominal high above $1,440 last week, will see more new record highs likely to be achieved this year despite some analysts’ predictions that gold will plateau.