Investment coverage of gold and other precious metals.

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Summary of Today's Top Sector Commentaries

Liquidation of 'Crowded' Gold Trade Pauses "'Market participants have given up waiting for a bounce,' says a Singapore dealer. 'The market will do what it needs to do to clean out the weakly margined before it becomes healthy once again.'" - Adrian Ash, BullionVault (5/16/12) More >

The Bear Facts of the Bullion Market "This time around, despite all the denials of the fact and protestations to the contrary, the gold market entered the cave of the bear." - John Nadler, Resource Investor (5/16/12) More >

Is the Resource Boom Over? A Resounding No! "Adrian Day argues that China's growth is bullish for copper in particular, China's consumption having quadrupled in the past 15 years." - Lawrence Williams, Mineweb (5/16/12) More >

Special Report: How to Buy Silver "Whichever method you choose, silver's recent pullback has provided a whole new opportunity to grab some profits from the next move higher." - Larry Spears, Money Morning (5/15/12) More >

Have Silver Prices Bottomed Yet? "The drop below $30.00/oz that we have alluded to has now happened. We see this as being at or close to a possible buying opportunity." - Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading (5/15/12) More >

Australia's Mining Sector Grows at Staggering 12% a Year "Australia's mining sector continues to gallop, while the rest of the economy trails behind." - IB Times, Vittorio Hernandez (5/16/12) More >

Bull Market in Gold 'Not Over' But Speculators Turn Bearish "The price of gold and gold futures dropped yet again Monday morning, recording the seventh drop in nine trading days in May so far as industrial commodities, global stock markets and the euro currency all sank amid Athens' failure to negotiate a new coalition government." - Adrian Ash, BullionVault (5/14/12) More >

Money Slowdown "The resource boom isn't over; someone hit the pause button on the printing presses to take stock and do a review of the attempted fix methods and success achieved to date." - Rick Mills, Ahead of the Herd (5/14/12) More >

Have Silver Prices Bottomed Yet? "The fallout from European economic uncertainty is taking its toll on gold and silver prices, along with the associated producers. For those who have yet to enter this tiny market sector or who wish to increase their exposure to it, it appears that a fabulous buying opportunity lies ahead." - Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading (5/14/12) More >

Streetwise Expert Interviews

Recovery Via Shared Sacrifice: Lacy Hunt

If the people and politicians of the U.S. can't muster the will to reform Social Security and Medicare, the country will slide on down toward what internationally renowned economist Lacy Hunt calls the "bang point." What we'd face on the other side would be bad news indeed. But in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Hunt goes on to list a few steps to turn the tide on economic growth. The route won't be an easy one but it would address the debt and begin to improve living standards. (5/16/12) More >

Finding Opportunity in Silver, the Devil's Metal: Chris Thompson

Silver2 Silver has been called the most volatile of metals. But volatility produces opportunity, according to Chris Thompson, a top-ranked StarMine analyst with Haywood Securities. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Thompson forecasts a strong year-end for the devil's metal, despite price weakness so far in Q2/12, and shares the names of a select group of companies that stand to profit. (5/16/12) More >

Newsletter Briefs

"AUN can deliver over 4 Moz/year silver production at a little north of $8/oz cash costs." (5/16/12) Aurcana Corporation - The Gold Report Interview with Chris Thompson More >

"SAC may offer development opportunities." (5/16/12) South American Silver Corp. - The Gold Report Interview with Chris Thompson More >

"FVI may offer a growing production growth profile." (5/16/12) Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. - The Gold Report Interview with Chris Thompson More >

"KBR's Monterde is a neat little project from an acquisition perspective." (5/16/12) Kimber Resources Inc. - The Gold Report Interview with Chris Thompson More >

"THO is a development-stage story at the moment, but offers potential to be a near-term producer." (5/16/12) Tahoe Resources Inc. - The Gold Report Interview with Chris Thompson More >

"Developers like XG may offer opportunities in the silver space." (5/16/12) Extorre Gold Mines Ltd. - The Gold Report Interview with Chris Thompson More >

"MAT's offtake partnership is a solid indication that it's a tractable project in a good jurisdiction." (5/15/12) Matamec Explorations Inc. - The Critical Metals Report Interview with Jon Hykawy More >

"With someone like GV's Dave Mathewson doing the exploration, juniors are coming up with multimillion-ounce deposits." (5/14/12) Gold Standard Ventures Corp. - The Gold Report Interview with Bob Moriarty More >

Expert Analysis

"We see three ways for investors to win with MAG." (5/14/12) MAG Silver Corp. - Jamie Spratt, Clarus Securities More >

"PVG's infill drilling continues to intersect bonanza-grade mineralization." (5/15/12) Pretium Resources Inc. - Ovais Habib, Scotia Capital More >

"We continue to see good upside at BTO's Primavera JV." (5/14/12) B2Gold Corp. - Steven Green, TD Securities More >

"Highlights from RMX's Phoenix drilling include 28.8 g/t Au over 5m and 157 g/t Au over 1.7m." (5/14/12) Rubicon Minerals Corp. - Andrew Kaip, BMO Capital Markets More >

"AVR will benefit from higher grades at Tabakoto's underground resource." (5/11/12) Avion Gold Corp. - Tara Hassan, National Bank Financial More >

"RVM's Rock Creek project is a major catalyst that could energize the company." (5/15/12) Revett Minerals Inc. - Jeff Wright, Global Hunter Securities More >

"GPR's contained gold increased 24%." (5/11/12) Great Panther Silver Ltd. - Christos Doulis, Stonecap Securities More >

"RVM is well positioned to fund development of the Troy and Rock Creek mines." (5/11/12) Revett Minerals Inc. - Jay Turner, Octagon Capital Corporation More >