No 'Too Big to Fail' in Mining Sector Opens Opportunities for Value Investors: Mike Niehuser
Source: Special to The Gold Report  (12/4/13)
Mining stocks may have moved from a bear market to a place where they are becoming contrarian plays, says Mike Niehuser, founder of Beacon Rock Research, opening opportunities for value investing. With the concept of "too big to fail" unknown in the mining world, the field of companies is shrinking, making room for potential winners. In this interview with The Gold Report, Niehuser warns that companies need more than good projects and cash to outperform their peers and details a dozen miners that should be on investors' radar screens. More >

On the Trail of Juniors with Blue-Sky Potential: Eric Coffin
Source: Kevin Michael Grace of The Gold Report  (11/27/13)
As the price of gold rose upward, junior miners chased ounces at all costs. This was a huge mistake, says Eric Coffin, because it resulted in unexciting projects, low margins and a depressed market. In this interview with The Gold Report, the publisher of Hard Rock Analyst explains that new discoveries with high margins are the essence of the junior, and he considers eight explorers with blue-sky potential and one producer with excellent prospects for expansion. More >

Jay Taylor: Cashing In on Deflationary Forces
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (11/25/13)
It's been a pretty rotten year for gold equities, and most investors can't wait for a fresh start in 2014. There's plenty to look forward to, according to Jay Taylor, publisher and editor of Gold, Energy & Tech Stocks and host of the radio show "Turning Hard Times into Good Times." Taylor, who is speaking at the Metals & Mining Conference in San Francisco, is forecasting a staggering rise in the real gold price, and profits for small-cap gold companies in the new year. In this interview with The Gold Report, Taylor identifies the best and brightest in his portfolio as he positions for a gold run. More >

Comstock Mining CEO: Goal of Doubling Production in 2014 Just First Step
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report  (11/13/13)
Comstock Mining Inc. is set to double its gold production to 40,000 oz in 2014 and may soon be able to boost production nearly fourfold. In this interview with
The Gold Report, Comstock Mining CEO Corrado De Gasperis explains why the company's sizeable resource potential, successful permitting achievements, low-cost drilling program and cultural commitment to safety and environmental responsibility are just a few of the reasons why investors should be following this attractive gold producer.
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Eric Muschinski: Investor Psychology Can Trump Market Fundamentals
Source: Special to The Gold Report  (11/13/13)
With gold and silver equities markets as volatile as ever and assets of many miners valued at pennies on the dollar, Eric Muschinski, editor of the Gold Investment Letter, believes it is critical to be on the right side of the emotional curve when investing. He pays as much attention to investor psychology as he does to market fundamentals. In this interview with The Gold Report, Muschinski explains how investors can use knowledge of market cycles to their advantage and profiles undervalued companies flying under the radar. More >

Three Reasons Why Gold's Best Days Are Ahead: Sean Brodrick
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (11/11/13)
It may be hard to find someone as enthusiastic about precious metals mining as Sean Brodrick. A natural resource strategist with the Baltimore-based Oxford Club, an independent financial organization, Brodrick isn't only filling his own portfolio with gold miners, he's launching two new newsletters to research and vet resource stocks. While Brodrick might be putting his money where his mouth is, it's not without solid reasoning and deep research. In this interview with The Gold Report, Brodrick discusses the projects he's visited, the management he's met and the companies that are getting his attention. More >

The Dollar, the Euro and their Influence on Gold Prices
Source: Bob Kirtley, Gold-Prices.biz  (11/6/13)
"We may well see both gold and dollar rise in tandem in the future, but for now they are tending to move in opposite directions." More >

Leonard Melman: Put Your Trust in Precious Metals, Not Governments
Source: Kevin Michael Grace of The Gold Report  (11/6/13)
Continued fiscal stimulus, high debt levels and loss of confidence in governments will lead to the return of big inflation and a consequent big run-up in precious and other metals, says Leonard Melman, author of The Melman Report. In this interview with The Gold Report, Melman examines six companies he believes are well positioned to generate stock-price multiples when the bull market returns. More >

The Visual Capitalist's Guide to Precious Metals Stock Picking
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (11/4/13)
With more than 1,700 precious metals mining companies listed on the Toronto exchanges, separating the wheat from the chaff is no easy task. Visual Capitalist has developed Tickerscores, an empirical approach to scoring gold explorers, developers and producers. In this interview with The Gold Report, Jeff Desjardins, president of Visual Capitalist, and Rob Fuhrman, lead analyst, walk readers through their methodology and reveal which companies in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. measure up as high-potential investments.
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Gissen and Berol's Gold Stock Tricks and Treats
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (10/30/13)
No matter how elaborate an investor's Halloween costume is, the gold space isn't handing out much in the way of treats this year. While Encompass Fund Managers Malcolm Gissen and Marshall Berol don't agree on the timeline for gold's recovery, they have faith that it will come. In the meantime, their focus is on companies that are in production, generate cash flow and have top-notch management teams. They also dig into their treat bag for names in the energy sector and other metals in this interview with The Gold Report. More >

Jordan Roy-Byrne: When Stalking Juniors, Follow the Leaders
Source: Kevin Michael Grace of The Gold Report  (10/28/13)
The bear market in precious metals equities will end soon, says Jordan Roy-Byrne, editor and publisher of The Daily Gold Premium, perhaps even by the end of the year. But the rising tide will not lift all juniors equally. In this interview with The Gold Report, Roy-Byrne explains why bottom-fishing is a bad idea and why the savvy investor must find companies that will not just survive but thrive when the bears become bulls. More >

Thibaut Lepouttre: Juniors That Can Deliver the Goods
Source: Kevin Michael Grace of The Gold Report  (10/16/13)
Now more than ever, investors simply can't afford to wish upon a star and hope the drill bits will deliver something; they need to focus on miners that have what it takes to get through the down times, says Thibaut Lepouttre, editor of Belgium-based Caesars Report mining newsletter. In this interview with The Gold Report, Lepouttre reveals the results of his search over five continents to find those juniors in gold, iron ore and tungsten that offer superior value. More >

Junior Survival Strategies for a Dismal 2014
Source: Dorothy Kosich, Mineweb  (10/16/13)
"A number of junior companies with Nevada gold exploration projects are in a position to survive the financing downturn if they are willing to employ certain managerial strategies." More >

Tom Szabo: The Peerless Way to Precious Metal Profits
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (10/14/13)
Tom Szabo, an investment strategist and principal of MetalAugmentor.com, does not believe that you can judge all gold companies the same. Szabo uses the Peerless concept to rank companies qualitatively, but dynamically, as their circumstances change. In this interview with The Gold Report, Szabo discusses explorers, developers and producers that he believes are one of a kind. More >

Born Libertarian: Doug Casey on Ron Paul and the Price of Freedom
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report  (10/11/13)
The country may be going in the wrong direction, but born Libertarians Dr. Ron Paul and Casey Research founder Doug Casey are enjoying the power of sowing dissention by spreading ideas. In this interview at the Casey Research 2013 Summit in the wake of Ron Paul's keynote address, Casey tells The Gold Report why he believes the U.S. is looking more like ancient Rome in its final days and how he is planning for the coming crisis—in another country watching on his big-screen television. More >

Gold and America's Fake Default
Source: Adrian Ash, Bullion Vault  (10/11/13)
"Gold just isn't working as advertised, in short, as U.S. default draws near." More >

Greg McCoach Says Keep the Best and Dump the Rest
Source: Kevin Michael Grace of The Gold Report  (10/9/13)
Greg McCoach, publisher of Mining Speculator newsletter, is not ashamed to admit he has taken a big hit in juniors in the last couple of years. What he has done in response is what he advises all investors to do in this interview with The Gold Report: Get rid of the also-rans and keep and build positions in those companies that have what it takes to gain in multiples when the market recovers. And he suggests six companies that could do just that. More >

Clive Maund: The Mining Sector Resembles the Somme Battlefield
Source: Special to The Gold Report  (10/7/13)
Technical trader Clive Maund, the force behind CliveMaund.com, tells The Gold Report that the prolonged naked shorting of precious metals stocks has been immensely destructive to the sector and has left a battlefield littered with corpses, like the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The silver lining: He believes his charts are showing a Head-and-Shoulders bottom, which could signal an excellent entry point. That is good news for the companies Maund highlights, which he believes are strong enough to survive the onslaught. More >

Quality over Quantity Stressed at Colorado Conferences
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report  (10/4/13)
If it is fall, it must be conference season in Colorado. The Denver Gold Forum, held Sept 22–25, was an invitation-only event billed as featuring seven-eighths of the world's publicly traded gold and silver companies measured by production. It was preceded by the Precious Metals Summit in Beaver Creek, which focused on smaller, emerging companies, some 90 of them with market caps of at least $20 million. Attendees included analysts, fund managers and institutional investors eager to hear updates on companies they own—or may want to own in the future. The Gold Report Publisher Karen Roche and Associate Publisher Jason Mallin were there and brought back this report. More >

Bob Moriarty: Ignore the Noise and Profit from Gold's Volatility
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report  (10/2/13)
Opining that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has put a stake in the heart of the dollar, Bob Moriarty of 321gold advises people to invest in something real or be prepared to see their investments go to money heaven. Attributing many of the declines in share prices to irrational behavior, he tells The Gold Report about several of the bright companies now selling at "absurdly cheap" share prices. More >

Rick Mills: Greenland Is the Final Frontier for Lower-Cost Mining
Source: Kevin Michael Grace of The Metals Report  (10/1/13)
Industrial minerals like copper and nickel are essential to global economic expansion. But everywhere you look, grades are getting lower, and costs are getting much, much higher. Is there a way out? Rick Mills says mining companies need to look to Greenland. In this interview with The Metals Report, the owner and host of Ahead of the Herd.com lauds the world's largest island for its vast resources, its one-stop regulatory system and its year-round access to ocean transportation. More >

See No Evil: Silver Price Manipulation Probe Dropped
Source: Tony Daltorio, Money Morning  (9/27/13)
"This decision highlights the fact that regulators face very stiff obstacles in proving market manipulation despite the expanded powers the CFTC received in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act." More >

An Investing Opportunity of a Lifetime: Lessons from the Sprott Precious Metals Roundtable
Source: Moderated by John Budden of Sprott Resources  (9/25/13)
What happens when you bring together four of the top minds in the precious metals investing space to share insights from the front lines of gold, silver platinum and palladium investing? These excerpts from a Sprott Resources Roundtable featuring Gloom, Boom and Doom Report Publisher Marc Faber, Sprott Asset Management Chief Investment Strategist John Embry, Sprott Global Resource Investments Founder Rick Rule and Sprott Asset Management Founder Eric Sprott prove that great minds think big.
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Brent Cook: Do NI 43-101s Provide a False Sense of Security?
Source: Karen Roche of The Gold Report  (9/18/13)
Many mining companies find themselves in a high-grading dilemma, according to Brent Cook, publisher of Exploration Insights. As companies deplete higher grade reserves, they have to acquire new deposits. But unless you are a geologist, don't look to NI 43-101s to always give you reliable information about the quality of a resource. They often don't provide the data needed to make intelligent decisions, says Cook in this interview with The Gold Report. Cook is interested in investing only in world-class deposits and shares some of the names on his list. More >

Summers' Fed Exit Fails to Spur Precious Metals
Source: Adrian Ash, Bullion Vault  (9/16/13)
"Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers last night withdrew from being considered for the role of U.S. Federal Reserve chief, citing strong political opposition." More >