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Give It A Doubt
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the Herd
 The herd is convinced the commodities boom is over. Doom and gloom, the sky is falling, the bears argument sounds convincing - growth has stopped, economies are slowing. Looking at the TSX.V’s performance (most of the world’s mineral exploration firms call the Venture Exchange home) it’s as if people are convinced the need to search for, develop and mine new mineral deposits is over.
20/5/2013
Click here to continue... | Tips for Diversifying Beyond Gold from Brent Cook
by JT Long of The Metals Report
Last month's landslide at Utah's Bingham Canyon, one of the world's largest copper mines, triggered significant discussion on possible copper shortages. Brent Cook, veteran geologist and publisher of Exploration Insights, puts the landslide into perspective in this interview with The Metals Report.
15/5/2013
Click here to continue... | Chains of Fiscal Discipline
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the Herd
Alan Greenspan was chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to early 2006. Greenspan used monetary policy to ignite one of the longest economic booms in history. Of course booms can soon turn to bust and nowhere was the boom more evident than in the housing industry - the sub-prime crisis collapsed the housing boom just after Greenspan left the Fed.
30/4/2013
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Anorthosite: What It Is and Why You Should Care
Copper and nickel are two metals modern society cannot get enough of, but there is not enough to go around, says Rick Mills, publisher of Ahead of the Herd. Add in mounting production costs and you have a supply-and-demand disaster in the making. But when it comes to making fiberglass and aluminum, Mills says in this interview with The Metals Report that he sees a revolution in the making, and its name is anorthosite.
26/4/2013
Click here to continue... | A Musing on the Market Correction in Gold
by Mickey Fulp the Mercenary Geologist
 One of the influential media products of my rebellious teen-age youth (along with 007 and Playboy Magazine) was the irreverent social commentary provided by Mad magazine. After 57 years, Mad’s figurehead remains a goofy-looking, half-wit, pubescent boy who always maintains a sense of humor while the world collapses around him. His resolute ignorance is manifested via a ubiquitous quotation in every issue’s table of contents
22/4/2013
Click here to continue... | Mickey Fulp Shares His Investing Criteria – and Adds a New One
by Dr. Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
Junior resource investors have watched almost helplessly as their mining portfolios dropped lower and lower. Investors are wondering if they will continue to drop, for how long, and how low their portfolios can go. Today's marketplace is no longer a place where investors can jump in on a hot tip and ride an express elevator to higher values, based only on lucky guesses.
26/3/2013
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Regarding Our Current Commodity Super Cycle
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the Herd
Commodity super-cycles are defined as decades long price movements in a wide range of commodities. Super-cycles differ from shorter term fluctuations in three ways:
25/3/2013
Click here to continue... | Picking a Junior Gold Company in a Bad Market
The current investment market for junior gold companies is arguably one of the worst since the United States went off the Gold Standard in 1971.
20/3/2013
Click here to continue... | Central Banque Royales
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the herd
Monetary and fiscal authorities around the world are setting us up for an inflationary cycle. This will be the ultimate driver of the precious metals and general commodities bull market going forward
20/3/2013
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The Mercenary Geologist’s Guide to the PDAC: A Primer for the Lay Investor
In a recent interview with the Northern Miner’s Alisha Hiyate, I gave some tips for the retail lay investor to maximize his or her experience at the upcoming Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual convention, March 3-6, Toronto, Ontario.
27/2/2013
Click here to continue... | Peter Schiff Sees More Bad News to Come Out of the US Economy by Allen Alper Jr.
 Peter Schiff is the CEO of Euro Pacific Capital and radio host of nationally syndicated Peter Schiff Show, also heard on SchiffRadio.com. We met up with him at the Cambridge House Vancouver Resource Investment Conference, where he was a speaker. After his presentation, we met up with him to get an overview of what he talked about and to get some practical tips about what investors can do to protect themselves and even prosper in light of Mr. Schiff's forecast.
22/2/2013
Click here to continue... | Gold Carpet Treatment Promised for Miners in the Dominican Republic: Alexander Medina
The Gold Report caught up with Alexander Medina, the newly appointed director of mining for the Dominican Republic. With gold discoveries popping up all over Hispaniola—the country shares the metal-rich island with Haiti—Medina is a very busy government minister.
28/1/2013
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No Dutch Disease In Greenland
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the herd
Greenland is located in the North Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the Canadian arctic archipelago. About 80 per cent of Greenland is ice cap that can be up to 3kms thick. Approximately one-twentieth of the world's ice and one-quarter of the earth's surface ice is found in Greenland – the ice-free zone around the ice cap is up to 300 kms wide and covers an area of 410,000 km² (area of Germany is 357,000 km).
28/1/2013
Click here to continue... | Golden Opportunity Lies in the Details
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the herd
On January 14th 2013, Alamos Gold Inc. announced it had acquired 23,507,283 Aurizon shares as a result of share purchase agreements between Alamos and certain shareholders of Aurizon. The 23,507,283 shares acquired represent approximately 14.3% of the issued and outstanding Aurizon shares.
19/1/2013
Click here to continue... | The end of the TSX Venture BEAR market?
by Ryan Fletcher, Director, Zimtu Capital Corp
For the past year there has been no shortage of bad news in the media – from the European sovereign debt crisis, to a potential Chinese economic hard landing to the U.S. fiscal cliff (and even the potential for the end of the world with the Mayan apocalypse). Naturally, people tend to pay more attention to bad news and we perceive negative news as more important or profound than good.
16/1/2013
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The end of the TSX Venture BEAR market?
by Ryan Fletcher, Director, Zimtu Capital Corp
For the past year there has been no shortage of bad news in the media – from the European sovereign debt crisis, to a potential Chinese economic hard landing to the U.S. fiscal cliff (and even the potential for the end of the world with the Mayan apocalypse). Naturally, people tend to pay more attention to bad news and we perceive negative news as more important or profound than good.
16/1/2013
Click here to continue... | Are You a Base Metal Growth Bull or a Gold Gloom-and-Doomer?
by Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report
 Gold bugs say the global economy could collapse any day now. But what about investors who see continued growth in emerging economies and a steady, if slow, U.S. recovery? Look to base metals, recommends Haywood Analyst Stefan Ioannou. He expects price runs for 2013–2015, especially for zinc, which is facing a serious supply squeeze. Do your homework now to get positioned as soon as the uptick begins. Ioannou shares his favorites in this Gold Report interview.
2/1/2013
Click here to continue... | Gold Price Forecast 2013, Buying Opportunity?, is Silver Cheaper?
by Nadeem Walayat
Gold and Silver bugs have had an abysmally poor 2012 against expectations for new all time highs, where a 1 year bear market from the August 2011 high into the May 2012 low failed to spark a sustained run to new all time highs. The rally from which petered out by early October at $1800, followed by another trend back to leave Gold at $1657 as per the last close, this despite reams and reams of material plastered all over the internet that hoped for an eventual return to a gold standard or "Sound Money" as being the ultimate outcome of our ongoing global debt and money printing crisis.
2/1/2013
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Congo and Cobalt Critical
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the herd
The U.S. Department of Energy says materials used in four clean energy technologies: wind turbines, electric vehicles, solar cells and energy efficient lighting are critical now. The American Physical Society's Panel on Public Affairs and the Materials Research Society coined the term "energy critical element" to describe elements that are essential to one or more of the new energy-related technologies.
22/12/2012
Click here to continue... | RMB Group Offers Options Opportunities for Every Investor
by Allen Alper Jr.
 Chicago-based RMB Group offers investors of all sizes an opportunity to participate in the options markets with investments starting at $3000. Lindsay Hall, the Chief Market Strategist of the RMB Group, met with Metals News at the Hard Assets Conference in Chicago.
4/12/2012
Click here to continue... | Thom Calandra Sees Better Times Ahead for Junior Resource Stocks
by Dr. Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
 For investors, the past several years have been a real struggle – portfolios have eroded dramatically in value, leaving investors "gun shy" about what to invest in and whether anything was going to become profitable.
2/12/2012
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If Oil and Gas Are So Plentiful Now, Why Are They Still So Expensive?
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
 Thanks to new discoveries and technologies, there seems to be an almost unlimited supply of oil and gas – an essential resource once thought to be scarce in the US. Experts are using words like "oil boom" and "excess supply" to describe the sheer volume of available oil.
2/12/2012
Click here to continue... | San Francisco Hard Assets Investment Conference Is a Success, Says Organizer, Jonathan Moore
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
 One of the best ways that investors have available to them to learn more about junior resource companies and to do their due diligence before buying or selling is to attend a resource investment conference.
2/12/2012
Click here to continue... | Cambridge House is Getting Ready for the Vancouver Investment Conference
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
 Resource investors have a lot of potential investment opportunities and it's important that they perform continuous due diligence on their potential and existing investments to help them make buying and selling decisions.
2/12/2012
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Lawrence Roulston Asserts - NOW Is the Time To Buy Quality Resource Stocks
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
 Everyone knows the theory that you should buy low and sell high. But few people actually do it. All too often, investors get caught in a frenzy – either a frenzy of buying (as stock prices edge higher) or a frenzy of selling (as stock prices edge lower).
2/12/2012
Click here to continue... | StockNewsNow Helps Microcaps Get Exposure and Helps Investors Get Educated
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
 One of the biggest challenges that investors face is getting timely, accurate information about stocks, especially microcap stocks. And one of the biggest challenges that microcaps face is getting the exposure they need to share their story with the investing public.
2/12/2012
Click here to continue... | Adrian Day Asset Management
by Adrian Day
 Conferences often provide the chance to renew old acquaintances and at the recent Hard Assets San Francisco Conference we ran into Adrian Day of Adrian Day Asset Management. As he always has interesting thoughts, we took the opportunity to get his views on the current economic situation.
2/12/2012
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At the Hard Assets Conference in San Francisco, Al Korelin Tells Us where He Likes To Invest
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
 Some investors choose to invest based on news; others choose to invest based on the type of asset that a company has; still others choose to invest based on the lifecycle of a mining company. So what should investors use to help them decide where to invest?
2/12/2012
Click here to continue... | Dudley Baker - Time for a Change
by Allen Alper Jr.
 Running a workshop at the Hard Assets Conference in San Francisco means Dudley Baker can talk about the services he provides, which are essentially about finding opportunities for himself as well as for his subscribers. However, as he told us when we caught up with him at the conference, he is changing the emphasis on the way he provides those services for his clients.
2/12/2012
Click here to continue... | Kitco Interview with Scott Gibson: Toronto Stock Exchange and Three Favorite Companies
by Mickey Fulp
This week Mercenary Geologist Mickey Fulp gave a keynote address to the Missouri Limestone Producers Association and interviews with Scott Gibson and Metals News.
2/12/2012
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Mercenary Musing: Three Sharp Pencils in the Graphite Game
by Mickey Fulp, Mercenary Geologist
A Monday Morning Musing from Mickey the Mercenary Geologist. I always try to get in early on a new area or commodity play. If I’m not in early, then I will simply choose not to play. Obviously I miss some opportunities with this conservative philosophy but, as a contrarian, I refuse to follow the sheeple.
28/11/2012
Click here to continue... | Nickel Mining Like its 1864
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the herd
Nickel Sulphide Project Pipeline Empty. Nickel is present in over 3000 different alloys that are used in over 300,000 products for consumer, industrial, military, transport/aerospace, marine and architectural applications.
27/11/2012
Click here to continue... | Mickey Fulp is Expecting a Short-Term Tax Loss Sell-off but is Bullish Overall
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
Investors are still reeling from months of bearish declines in their resource stock holdings. And now that the election is over, and the fiscal cliff looms, they are wondering what is going to happen in 2013. On top of that, it's the end of the year – a time when many investors do a tax-loss sell-off.
27/11/2012
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Rick Rule is Bullish on the Resource Sector for the Next Decade
by Dr. Allen Alper
 The junior resource sector seems to have had a downward slide for the past few years. With a handful of upswings but, overall, a general sense of the doldrums, resource investors are unsure of what to expect next and many are keeping their money on the sidelines until they see some glimmers of hope or, at least, assurances that the values in their portfolios won't decline further.
12/11/2012
Click here to continue... | Peter Schiff Sees Gold and Silver as the Answer to Economic Struggles
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
For the past 4 years or so, investors have tried buying and selling in a market that is largely uncertain. There have been some bright moments but more often than not, investors have never really been sure about what will happen tomorrow.
11/11/2012
Click here to continue... | Global Copper Production Under Stress
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the herd
Capital inputs account for about half the total costs in mining production - the average for the economy as a whole is 21 per cent. Obviously many of the costs, once incurred, cannot be recovered by sale or transfer of the fixed assets.
9/11/2012
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Charles Krauthammer - This is America's Most Important Election
One of the cornerstones of America is the ability of its citizens to elect a President. Every four years, that freedom is employed and Americans choose their leader.
According to commentator Charles Krauthammer, a popular author, speaker and columnist for the Washington Post, this is the most important election since the 1980's. Mr Krauthammer feels so strongly about this election because it is an election about ideology, unlike many of the previous elections America has had.
3/11/2012
Click here to continue... | Dinesh D'Souza Warns Voters about Obama's Ulterior Motives
 With the election just days away, voters are making their last minute decisions about who they believe should lead America for the next 4 years. These final days are crucial for candidates to lock in the decided voters and to sway the undecided.
Dinesh D'Souza spoke at the New Orleans Investment Conference and MetalsNews was there to report on his speech.
3/11/2012
Click here to continue... | Danielle Park Warns of a Continuing Downturn and an Extended Bear Market
by Dr. Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
 Investors and consumers have struggled for the last 4 years. Prices of products and services are rapidly increasing and jobs are disappearing and lenders aren't lending. It's bad news. Some call it "economic doldrums"; some call it "a recession"; some even call it "a depression"!
1/11/2012
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Uranium Could be Best Investment
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the herd
Under the terms of the 1993 government-to-government nuclear non-proliferation agreement (Megatons to Megawatts program), the United States and Russia agreed to commercially implement a 20 year program to convert 500 metric tons of HEU (uranium 235 enriched to 90 percent) taken from Soviet era warheads, into LEU, low enriched uranium (less than 5 percent uranium 235).
25/10/2012
Click here to continue... | Why Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide (EMD) and Chemical Manganese Dioxide (CMD)
by Larry W. Reaugh's Blog
The Artillery Peak district in Arizona hosts a world class deposit of Manganese, and American Manganese Inc. (AMY) has developed a patented extraction process that produces high purity products with one of the lowest operating costs in the world.
24/10/2012
Click here to continue... | Adrian Day Bullish on Junior Resources
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
 In 2008, many investors watched as their portfolios plummeted. Those stocks slowly regained some ground in 2009 through 2011 but many have had disappointing returns in the last year or so. Some investors are wondering: Should they be bearish on juniors?
21/10/2012
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Whisky Is For Drinking…
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the herd
The number of people living in areas affected by severe water stress is expected to increase to almost four billion people...
21/10/2012
Click here to continue... | NioGold, An Attractive Proposition
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the herd
Osisko Mining purchased the Canadian Malartic Project, Wesdome Gold Mines purchased the Kiena Mine Complex, and NioGold Mining Corp. TSX.V – NOX purchased (for $10,000 and right in the heart of the Val-d’Or/Malartic mining camp), three large claim blocks that were relatively underexplored compared to the rest of the area.
19/10/2012
Click here to continue... | Brent Cook Explains the Two Challenges of Investing in Resource Companies
by Dr. Alper and Aaron Hoos
 Resource companies – especially junior resource companies – are sometimes considered "speculative investments" because they can be higher risk than businesses in other industries.
So how do investors navigate their way around these speculative investments to find resource companies that provide a higher likelihood of a promising return?
At the recent Hard Assets show in Chicago, Brent Cook spoke about exactly that topic. Brent Cook is an exploration analyst with 30 years of industry experience. He has worked in over 60 countries on all facets of mining of exploration.
16/10/2012
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Mickey Fulp is Cautiously Optimistic and Paying Close Attention to Uranium
by Dr. Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
The market hasn't been kind to investors in the past six months or so. While some investors were hoping for a continuation of the upward momentum gained in 2011, many investors were disappointed as their portfolios under-performed. Many are now wondering: What happens next? Will things come back? Should I sell everything?
At a recent investment conference, we spoke to Mickey Fulp of the Mercenary Geologist. His newsletter provides insight into the mining industry and junior resource investments that he is watching.
16/10/2012
Click here to continue... | Altair Gold TSX.V – AVX
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the herd
According to a July 2012 research report by Natural Resource Holdings there are only 164 undeveloped gold deposits globally with over one million ounces of gold in all categories that are owned by non-major mining companies.
4/10/2012
Click here to continue... | Musings on the Greek “Crisis”, the World’s Reserve Currency, and Gold
by Mickey Fulp, Mercenary Geologist
Frankly, I don’t get it. The Euro, the currency without a country, has been nothing more and nothing less than an abject fiat fiasco since April 30, 2010 when the first Greek panic attack hit the stock markets. It was soon followed by the infamous fat finger flash crash that sent world equities on a three-hour wild ride that would make Mr. Toad proud.
14/8/2012
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What Makes a Critical Metal “Critical” or a Strategic Element “Strategic”?
by Mickey Fulp, Mercenary Geologist
I was a keynote speaker at the recent Murdock Capital Partners Critical Metals / Strategic Elements Symposium in New York City.
7/8/2012
Click here to continue... | Keith Schaefer, Editor and Publisher of Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin, Sees Better Economic Times Ahead on the Strength of the Energy Sector
by Dr. Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
Recently, we spoke to Keith Schaefer, Editor and Publisher of Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin. Mr. Schaefer focuses on the energy sector and he believes that recent market changes may fuel an economic recovery sooner than people may realize.
13/7/2012
Click here to continue... | Reginald Ogden, of Canaccord Wealth Management, Says the Gold Market Has Changed
by Dr. Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
 We recently spoke to Reginald W. Ogden, a financial advisor with Canaccord Wealth Management, who is an expert on gold. He literally wrote the book on gold investing, called The Ultimate Gold Stock Trader – it was one of the first books on gold trading.
13/7/2012
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StockNewsNow's Shelly Kraft is Still Bullish on China
by Dr. Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
We met up with Mr. Kraft at a recent Cambridge House event and he spoke glowingly about a recent trip to China and why he still believes that China's economic engine is going strong.
9/7/2012
Click here to continue... | Musings on the Short-Term Fundamentals of the Copper Market
by Mickey Fulp, Mercenary Geologist
 I recently opined on the long-term bullish fundamentals of the copper market (Mercenary Musing, May 28, 2011). Despite a promise to follow up immediately with a short-term commentary, a 24-day sojourn back and forth across North America forced a delay. However, I had time to decipher equivocal market signals and recent supply and demand trends. Four weeks after the fact, I present my views on the short-term fundamentals of Dr. Copper
9/7/2012
Click here to continue... | The Ancient Metal of Kings
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the herd
Gold’s price has risen because of the abuse and mismanagement of our monetary and currency systems - throughout history, gold has always shone the brightest when trust breaks down, confidence falls and fear climbs.
9/7/2012
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