Editor's Note: Gold and silver have been, at best, a frustrating trade. Exclusive to Kitco News, expert trader, Todd "Bubba" Horwitz, chief market strategist and founder of 'Bubba Trading provides a strategy investors can use in a range-bound gold price environment. Sign up before March 10 for the Kitco News Weekly Rundown newsletter to receive Horwitz's exclusive report and trading strategy.(Kitc...Read More

A multidisciplinary and multiethnic team of scientists just published a paper in Nature where they explain the implications of having found calcium silicate perovskites contained within a tiny South African diamond.The gem was dug from the Cullinan mine, located 40 kilometres east of Pretoria, where the world's largest rough diamond was found in 1905. The mine was also the source of two of the lar...Read More

By John Ing, President & CEOMaison Placements Canada IncIn January the stock market recorded all-time highs in its strongest start since 1987, as investors gave a "thumbs up" to the Trump growth agenda of massive tax cuts, infrastructure spending and a loosening of regulations. Business too gave a "thumbs up" for an economic recovery that was tentative for so long but finally is taking root....Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop The Deal that Is the 'Envy of Every Explorer Interested in Bulgaria'Source: Gwen Preston for Streetwise Reports March 6, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Resource Maven Gwen Preston profiles a company that recently signed a key deal with its p...Read More

By Frank HolmesStrengths? The best performing metal this week was silver, nearly flat with a drift lower by just 0.06 percent. Sharp's Pixley notes gold demand is on the rise while supply has begun to fall, signaling a potential increase in the gold price. Many see gold as appealing in the medium and long term due to the sustained demographic move into the middle class in China a...Read More

1. New virtual reality (VR) exhibits were the rave at this year’s PDAC. Participants could put on VR glasses and experience 3D versions of open pit or underground mines. Others let their audience feel what it’s like to be in control of heavy mining machinery or part of an emergency situation.#PDAC2018 Booth Highlights: Fun virtual reality experience that will help mitigate #risks in #m...Read More

By Frank HolmesPresident Donald Trump's proposed tariff on imported steel and aluminum, at 25 percent and 10 percent, is much more than a shot across the bow. Indeed, this could be the official kickoff of the trade war we all anticipated. The protectionist trade policy, announced last week as the president met with metals executives, raised fresh inflation worries and had an immediate impact on...Read More

Bob Moriarty ArchivesMar 06, 2018There are websites that offer short tests that claim to tell you if you might qualify for Mensa. That's the group for the top 2% of people in IQ. I've never bothered taking the tests. I didn't need to.When I went through Marine Corps Boot Camp in the fall of 1964 all recruits had to take a general intelligence test called the GCT. My score qualified me for Mensa. I...Read More

Catching up with Rick Rule from Sprott US Holdings at PDAC 2018. "Some of the transactions in the mining space that were more questionable have failed. I think the dumb money has gone to crypto and marijuana. From my personal point of view, good riddance. That money shouldn't be in our space."Rick Rule, founder and chairman of Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd., began his career in the securi...Read More

Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More

Aurion, Novo, Garibaldi, Equinox, Almadex, Almaden, Pretium, Tristar, Northern Dynasty, First Mining Finance, Gold Mining Inc, EMX RoyaltiesRead More

After one of the worst bear markets in history, gold and the gold mining stocks began a new bull market cycle in 2016. With the first 8 months of the year filled with incredible gains, a correction in the market ensued. Of the two, the gold mining stocks were hit the hardest, sending a large portion of the company share prices down or sideways over the last 16 months.Today, in the 1st quarter of...Read More

Extracting Meaning from PPP "An alternative exchange rate - the purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor - is preferred because it reflects differences in price levels for both tradable and non-tradable goods and services and therefore provides a more meaningful comparison of real output." - the World Bank Headquarters of the World Bank in Washington. We have it on good authority that the...Read More

The rates were first proposed by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross last week.Read full newsRead More

Prices in most locations moved up this week, with Chinese mills out of the market due to the weeklong Lunar New Year and continued strong scrap prices. The market was affected by rising global ferrous scrap prices due to better demand for finished steel products. CIS, Middle East and North AfricaPrices of billet from the Commonwealth of Independent States region continued to show an upward trend l...Read More

All great events hang by a hair. The man of ability takes advantage of everything and neglects nothing that can give him a chance of success; whilst the less able man sometimes loses everything by neglecting a single one of those chances.~Napoleon BonaparteChina's launch several years ago of the One Belt, One Road Initiative is set to become the biggest commercial linking-system constructing proje...Read More

Rick Rule and good friend Doug Casey discuss the cyclical nature of commodity markets and the next bull market.Rick Rule, founder and chairman of Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd., began his career in the securities business in 1974. He is a leading American retail broker specializing in mining, energy, water utilities, forest products and agriculture. His company has built a national reputa...Read More

This week, Eric Sprott discusses the recent news that Russian gold holdings have surpassed China's reported level. He also describes how and why higher gold prices have yet to be reflected in higher prices for mining shares.Eric Sprott has more than 40 years of experience in the investment industry. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities (now called Cormark Securities Inc.), which today is one of C...Read More

Mike Gleason: It is my privilege now to welcome in Chris Powell, Secretary-Treasurer at the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee, also known as GATA. Chris is a long time journalist and a hard money advocate and through his tireless efforts at GATA he is working to expose the manipulation of the gold and silver markets. Through GATA's work over the years some important revelations have come to light,...Read More

Feb 20, 2018 Guest(s): Peter Schiff CEO, Euro Pacific Capital Overly optimistic sentiment in the financial markets may reverse trends and cause investors to rush into gold, said Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital. Speaking on the recent euphoria in equity markets, "I think they've more than priced in benefits of the tax cuts," Schiff told Kitco News on the sidelines of the Vancouver Resou...Read More