Constructive Stock Strategies Drive Investors Toward Metals
Source: Mineweb.com  (10/5/07)
The large diversified resources stocks are attracting top dollar, based on expectations for price increases in seaborne iron ore, along with recent price moves in gold bullion, platinum, copper, lead, zinc, and even nickel.
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Gold Prices Close Sharply Higher After Early Slump
Source: RTTNews.com  (10/4/07)
Gold prices soared again yesterday in U.S. trading, erasing some of its losses from earlier in the week. December gold added $8.10 to finish at $743.80 an ounce. Earlier, it had dipped to as low as $726.30, its lowest level in more than two weeks. More >

Citigroup: Global Credit Creation Could Take Gold Over $1,000
Source: Jason Hamlin, Seeking Alpha  (10/4/07)
Citigroup Report's authors John Hill and Graham Wark said: We believe that the policy resolution to the credit crunch will take the form of a massive, extended ‘Reflationary Rescue,’ in a new cycle of global credit creation, and competititive currency devaluations. This could take gold to $1,000 an ounce, or higher. More >

Making Sense of This Gold Drop
Source: Mike Swanson, Wall Street Window  (10/4/07)
We've seen a huge rally in gold stocks in the past few weeks - one that on a long-term chart appears to be a key turning point as the gold market appears to have ended its lengthy 17-month long period of consolidation and is beginning a new bull run. More >

Will Gold Investment Glitter?
Source: koreatimes.com  (10/3/07)
Investors worldwide have been seeking gold as an alternative investment. Gold is considered as, and historically proven to be, a "safer" investment asset compared with equities and housing, said Song Jae-hyeok, an economist of SK Securities.
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NBF Increases 2008-2011, Long-Term Gold, Silver Forecasts
Source: Mineweb.com  (10/2/07)
National Bank Financial metals analysts Tanya Jakusconek and Brian Christie Monday revised their future gold forecasts upward predicated on a "positive mix of historic price drivers and support gold market fundamentals." More >

Gold Price Stutters on Dollar Strength
Source: Mineweb.com  (10/2/07)
...it's hardly surprising that the gold price fell back into the $730s after reaching the heady height of $747, a 28 year high, at one time yesterday as a brief period of strength was seen in the dollar relationship to other major world currencies... More >

Gold Price Could Rise on Volume Disparity from Paper Money
Source: Roger Nusbaum, Seeking Alpha  (10/1/07)
John Hathaway, manager of the Tocqueville Gold Fund, said: "the disparity between the amount of paper that has been created since 1980 and the amount of gold that has been produced since then is just enormous." So we have had a much larger increase in the supply of money compared to the supply of gold. More >

In Overdrive to $1,000 Gold
Source: Barron's  (10/1/07)
John Hathaway, Senior Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Tocqueville Asset Management: "Gold's bubble lies ahead. It has got a long way to inflate. So much about gold has very little to do with gold. It is more about capital-markets psychology." More >

Gold Moves Up Another Rung on the Ladder
Source: Mineweb.com  (9/28/07)
This past week has seen a stuttering in the price rise in the early part as the dollar showed a short-lived upwards movement against the Euro and other currencies. But the greenback returned to its downtrend Thursday and Friday and gold looked like ending the week over the $740 mark and, at the time of writing was at $743. More >

Perfect Gold Forum, Perfect Storm for Precious Miners: Citigroup
Source: Mineweb.com  (9/28/07)
Referring to this week's Denver Gold Group forum as "the industry's most closely-watched event," Citigroup analysts John Hill and Graham Wark Thursday highlighted prominent strategies and themes of the presentations made by 70+ precious metals companies More >

Gold Hits Fresh 27-Year High Amid Ongoing Dollar Woes
Source: AFX News Limited  (9/28/07)
"Gold looks set to test higher today as the dollar remains under pressure and rising energy costs increase inflationary concerns," said TheBullionDesk.com analyst James Moore. More >

Gold Tops Earlier High, Surges to New 27-Year Peak
Source: Thomson Financial (London)  (9/28/07)
Gold exceeded earlier highs, surging to its highest point since 1980 as fund buying accelerated amid record low dollar values and another new peak for oil prices in London. More >

Metals Prices to Remain Strong This Year but Risks Will Strain Mining Credit Ratings
Source: Mineweb.com  (9/28/07)
Among the medium-term risks are a sudden change in Chinese demand, a significant increase in company costs because of higher energy prices, higher currencies against the dollar, and a general slowing of the U.S. economy, according to S&P. More >

Kinross/Goldcorp Gold/Silver Asset Swap is a 'Win-Win'
Source: Mineweb  (9/27/07)
...The swap increases Goldcorp's reserves by 5.6 million ounces at an estimated acquisition cost of $37/oz. More >

36 Toronto Gold Juniors Sorted
Source: Mineweb.com  (9/27/07)
For the past year or so, analysts at RBC Capital Markets have tracked more than three dozen Toronto-listed non-producing gold companies, in terms of adjusted market capitalisation (AMC) per ounce. The group average has hovered between $50-$75 an ounce, with the current average of $56 an ounce being at the low end of the range. More >

The Gold Price is Being Driven by Macro-Economics and Currencies.
Source: Julian D.W. Phillips, Gold Forecaster - Global Watch  (9/27/07)
...The next big leg of the gold ‘bull’ market is underway... More >

Gold Has More to Run, Whatever the Benchmark
Source: Thomas Tan, Seeking Alpha  (9/26/07)
The most relevant factor in money supply related to gold is M3. If we look at the M3 money stock for the last 30 years, the picture is not pretty at all. More >

As Gold Reserves Grow to 17m ozs, Crystallex Waits for Las Cristinas Permits
Source: Mineweb.com  (9/25/07)
While proven and probable reserve estimates from Crystallex's Las Cristinas mine have been increased to nearly 17 million ounces of gold, President and CEO Gordon Thompson said Monday said he has no idea where the project will receive its final permit. More >

Dollar Rises, Oil Falls and Gold Slips
Source: Mineweb.com  (9/25/07)
Reuters quotes Tatsua Kageyama, a Japanese gold analyst at Kanetsu Asset Management as saying "The pitch of the rise has been too fast. Gold has been overbought and it's about time to see a major correction." More >

Patience, Crystallex Investors: The Venezuelan Government Will Eventually Come Through
Source: Seeking Alpha  (9/25/07)
Reserves at Crystallex's Las Cristinas Project in Venezuela have increased by 24% or approximately 3.3 million ounces, according to Wellington West analyst Catherine Gignac. More >

Gold Eases But Long-Term Still Bullish
Source: Reuters  (9/25/07)
"We had a terrific move on the upside and the market got itself long. I think people are beginning to take profits," said David Holmes, director of precious metals sales at Dresdner Kleinwort. More >

Eurosystem Gold Sales 443 Tons To Date
Source: Dow Jones Newswires  (9/25/07)
Eurosystem central banks sold around two metric tons of gold in the week ended Sept. 21, bringing total gold sales during the third year of the Washington Agreement to 443 tons, World Gold Council Economic Advisor Jill Leyland told Dow Jones Newswires. More >

Adrian Day: Long Term Looks Attractive
Source: The Gold Report  (9/24/07)
A pioneer in global investing, with a reputation for discovering big winners, Adrian Day, President of Adrian Day Asset Management, which manages portfolios in resource and global equities, and the editor of Adrian Day's Global Analyst, gives us his insight on gold's future prospects.
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Ron Miller's Portfolio Action Update
Source: Ron Miller, Morgan Keegan  (9/24/07)
"with the Fed in full anti-recession mode, we expect that the natural resource sectors will continue to respond in a bullish fashion.. ." More >