A 'Copper Standard' for the World's Currency System?
Source: Telegraph, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard��(4/16/09)
"The next industrial revolution is going to be led by hybrid cars, and that needs copper." More >

Why China and India Want the IMF to Sell Its Gold
Source: Seeking Alpha, Brian Kelly��(4/16/09)
". . .it is only a matter of time before reports of Chinese stockpiling gold are 'leaked.'" More >

Miners Lead Global Markets
Source: Mineweb, Barry Sergeant��(4/15/09)
"Among the top 100 mining stocks, by value, powerful investor portfolio flows have more recently seen funds driven heavily into Asian names. . ." More >

Where Have All the Gold Mines Gone?
Source: Brent Cook, Exploration Insights��(4/14/09)
Given the declining global gold production, mining companies’ demand for reserve replacement and the acute dearth of new gold discoveries, there is no doubt that real economic discoveries will be exceptionally valuable. . .the opportunity for stellar profits is the best it has probably ever been. Identifying the few successes, however, will require vigilant and constant technical assessment of geology and drill results, always with an eye to mine economics. More >

Oil and Gold to Figure Large This Week
Source: Seeking Alpha, Hard Assets Investor��(4/14/09)
". . .the world's been spoiling for a showdown between the two commodities." More >

Gold and Silver Rise on GM Bankruptcy Fears
Source: The Market Oracle, Mark O'Byrne��(4/14/09)
"Common sense would suggest [the Chinese] are and have been accumulating gold and will continue to do so." More >

A Nice Set Up
Source: SilverSeek, Theodore Butler��(4/14/09)
". . .you can have a nice set up and still be in a manipulated market." More >

R. Michael Jones: Shallow Ounces of Platinum Draw Deep Pockets
Source: The Gold Report, Thom Calandra��(4/14/09)
Platinum's in the news these days, with industrial uses that include catalytic converters for automobiles and fuel cells. Its price is climbing too, up almost 45% in the past six months. Thom Calandra gets the latest on this precious metal from R. Michael Jones, of Platinum Group Metals Ltd, whose company and its partners have spent about $30 million developing a mining strategy for a platinum resource on South Africa's Western Limb of the Bushveld Complex. More >

Gold and Silver End Nicely Higher
Source: GoldSeek, Chris Mullen��(4/13/09)
" . .with overt strength in platinum and copper prices it is possible that even the industrial metals provided some spillover buying into the gold market." More >

Propitious Conditions for Gold
Source: Gold Investing News, Kishori Krishnan��(4/13/09)
"We are going to see, after a bit of a lull, investment demand come back with a vengeance." More >

Metals Outlook for April 13, 2009
Source: Inside Futures��(4/13/09)
"The Gold Council reported that overall Q4 gold demand rose +26% y/y. . ." More >

India's Gold Exports to Dubai Boom
Source: Commodity Online��(4/13/09)
"Analysts. . .point out that the trade partnership between India and Dubai is increasingly being written in gold." More >

Animas Resources Ltd: Why I Like This Story
Source: Mickey Fulp, Mercenary Musings��(4/13/09)
There are three key criteria to evaluating a junior resource company for investment: Share Structure, People, and Projects. From my Mercenary point of view, very few companies will ever make the grade. Perhaps one in twenty deserve more than the cursory one-to-fifteen minute look. Of that 5%, maybe one in five is currently undervalued. More >

Gold Bull Run for Ninth Consecutive Year: GFMS
Source: Commodity Online��(4/13/09)
"GFMS' report comments on how gold investment experienced a dramatic surge in 2008 although the market experienced wide fluctuations in investment activity. . ." More >

Mali Names New Mines Minister
Source: Reuters��(4/13/09)
"Abou Bakar Traore, a former finance minister, was appointed head of a new ministry dedicated only to mining." More >

Gold, Silver Rise as Value Seekers Shun Equities
Source: Bloomberg, Pham-Duy Nguyen��(4/13/09)
"On April 9, investment in the SPDR Gold Trust. . .rose to a record, the first gain since March 27." More >

Gold Is Holding Up in a Tough Season
Source: The New York Times, J. Alex Tarquinio��(4/11/09)
"The dynamics of the gold-mining industry might also help keep the commodity price aloft. . ." More >

Gold and the Casino Capitalism House of Cards
Source: John Katz, Stock Research Portal��(4/10/09)
Members of the G20 have announced they will, as necessary, reflate their economies to create liquidity, unfreeze credit and restore global economic growth. But can reflation, whether through fiscal expansion, money printing or “quantitative easing,” be introduced without accompanying inflation? John Katz, analyst, writer and blogger for www.thegoldwatcher.com addresses this question in the following article and asks, “will this all end with a house of cards collapse?” More >

Peter Schiff: Reflating the Bubble
Source: The Gold Report��(4/10/09)
Amid an "inflationary depression" in the U.S., Peter Schiff, president and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital, sees opportunities in the maelstrom. Facing a massive redistribution of wealth, he advises investors to act quickly and "divest U.S. dollar assets into physical precious metals, other currencies and equities outside the United States." In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, the widely-quoted expert on money, economic theory and international investing discusses what led up to our current "phony economy" and how investors can actually profit from the crisis. More >

Ellis Martin Interviews David Morgan of The Morgan Report
Source: David Morgan, Silver Investor��(4/10/09)
Can I trust investing in silver right now either as a commodity or finding public companies that are producing? More >

What MC Hammer Did to Gold
Source: Adrian Ash, Bullion Vault��(4/9/09)
"U can't touch $1,000 says the Hammer. But everyone's got their deal price..." More >

A Truly Global Currency (With Gold Included?)
Source: Julian Phillips, GoldForecaster.com��(4/9/09)
In the aftermath of the G-20 and Russia's suggestion, the dollar appears to have lost some credibility simply because of the discussion about its replacement. Russia's suggestion that gold now be included as part of the new currency [for valuation purposes at this stage in a 'basket'] has brought gold back under the spotlight. More >

Nothing
Source: Terry Coxon, The Casey Report��(4/9/09)
We don’t yet know how many trillions will be swallowed up by the government’s rapidly breeding herd of stimulus-bailout-help!help! measures. But additional bold steps are sure to come, some already in R&D and others to be invented on the fly to answer each new wave of bad news. Expect price tags suitable for proving how serious and determined the authors are. More >

Gold & Gold Stocks Riding a Thin Line
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy.com��(4/9/09)
This week in gold we have seen prices drop lower creating a lower low. This is generally not a good sign if we want to see higher prices in bullion and gold stocks. More >

Will Silver Start to Outperform Gold?
Source: Seeking Alpha, Peter Cooper��(4/9/09)
". . .you might sleep better as an investor in gold but ultimately lose out to silver." More >