Empires die on a cross of wars and debt.For example, everyone knows that the Persian Empire was destroyed by Alexander the Great. But before the final blow, it was weakened by oppressive taxes, economic depression, and subsequent revolts. The elite hoarded gold and silver and kept it out of circulation. Workers stagnated, and markets failed. Alexander was able to divide and conquer an aged and dec...Read More

Antimony prices in Europe continued to edge lower last week amid increasing availability of stocks in Rotterdam, while Chinese prices fell on dull downstream demand and expectations of increased concentrate supplies. Metal Bulletin assessed the MMTA standard grade II antimony in-warehouse Rotterdam price at $8,400-8,550 per tonne on Friday, unchanged from Wednesday's assessment, when prices h...Read More

Vancouver, British Columbia - April 17, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Bluestone Resources Inc. (TSXV: BSR) (OTCQB: BBSRF) ("Bluestone" or the "Company") is pleased to announce initial drill results from its Cerro Blanco Gold project in Guatemala, where the Company is carrying out resource definition drilling concurrent with its feasibility study planned for completion by the e...Read More

Vancouver, British Columbia - April 17, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Spearmint Resources Inc. (TSXV: SRJ) (OTC Pink: SPMTF) (FSE: A2AHL5) ("SRJ" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the first phase of exploration drilling has been completed on its Clayton Valley Lithium Prospect and has intersected lithium as high as 1,670 ppm Li. The three holes drilled into the cla...Read More

In the best of times, people might think you are crazy for getting a second passport, or foreign citizenship.But what about on the brink of World War 3? Perhaps now is the time to give yourself some options.If you are American or British, the last thing you want is to be trapped. Imagine if a U.S. passport–arguably the most cherished passport in the world–suddenly couldn’t get yo...Read More

Turkish steel mills have continued their bookings for May deliveries of material as expected, while prices went up slightly on Tuesday April 17.A steel producer in the Iskenderun region booked a Baltic Sea cargo, comprising 13,000-17,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $356 per tonne and 7,000-8,000 tonnes of shredded at $361 per tonne cfr late on April 16.The cargo was scheduled to...Read More

April 17, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) This gold explorer has 14 projects in the U.S., including 11 in Nevada, and has announced plans to drill 10 of them this year.High grades combined with low political risk have increased interest in gold mining in Nevada. The highly respected Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies, an annual survey of mining executives, ranked Nevada the third...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1347.30+$1.30Silver$16.77+$0.10XAU84.21+0.27%HUI182.65+0.10%GDM640.14+0.42%JSE Gold1064.24-32.80USD89.50+0.04Euro123.75-0.03Yen93.63+0.34Oil$66.52+$0.3010-Year2.840%+0.008T-Bond145.8125+0.34375Dow24786.63+0.87%Nasdaq7281.10+1.74%S&P2706.39+1.07%  The Metals: Gold gained $2.80 to $1348.80 in Asia before it fell back to $1337.70 at about 9AM EST, but it t...Read More

April 17, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Technical analyst Jack Chan updates the gold and silver charts and finds buy signals for both gold and silver.Our proprietary cycle indicator is up.The gold sector is on a long-term buy signal. Long-term signals can last for months and years and are more suitable for investors holding for long term.The gold sector is on a short term buy signal. Short-ter...Read More

Vietnam's ferrous scrap imports increased 14.4% to 423,214 tonnes in March 2018, up from 370,069 tonnes in the same period last year.Japan was the largest supplier of ferrous scrap, sending 126,695 tonnes in March, up from 113,251 tonnes sent in March last year.The United States was the second-largest supplier, sending 102,307 tonnes, up from 73,159 tonnes sent in March 2017.  Vietnamese...Read More

Click Here to Listen to the InterviewJim discusses the economy, markets, geopolitics, and of course gold in his monthly podcast with Physical Gold Fund!Click Here to Listen to the InterviewJim Rickards is a lawyer, investment banker and economist with over thirty years' experience in capital markets. He is currently Senior Managing Director at Tangent Capital Partners LLC. He advises the Departmen...Read More

Looking at the 50-day moving average, gold is currently in an uptrend and has been trading between $1,365 and $1,302 per ounce since January. Mike Matousek, head trader at U.S. Global Investors, explains gold's current trajectory and how investors might play the positive trend.For Mike's full explanation, watch the video below!http://www.usfunds.com/ Read More

OZ Minerals says development of the A$916 million Carrapateena is advancing ahead of expectations, as the company awarded the lucrative underground mining contract.Kristie Batten17 APRIL 201817/04/2018commentsshareDevelopment rates at Carrapateena surpassed expectations for the sixth consecutive month, reaching 5.5km in total."It's encouraging to see the rate of development of the decline gain mom...Read More

April 17, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Mick Carew, an analyst with Haywood Securities, reviewed and analyzed the company's recent drill results from its Idaho project.In an April 11 research note, analyst Mick Carew with Haywood Securities reported that Liberty Gold Corp. (LGD:TSX) released final data from drilling done at its Black Pine project, which "successfully confirmed and expanded his...Read More

Lynette Zang has held the position of Chief Market Analyst at ITM Trading since 2002. Ms. Zang has been in the markets on some level since 1964. Her mission is to convert financial noise into understandable language. She has been a banker, a stock broker and studied world currencies since 1987. She believes strongly that we need to be as independent as possible and at the same time, we need to com...Read More

This gold explorer has 14 projects in the U.S., including 11 in Nevada, and has announced plans to drill 10 of them this year. Allegiant Project MapHigh grades combined with low political risk have increased interest in gold mining in Nevada. The highly respected Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies, an annual survey of mining executives, ranked Nevada the third most attractive mini...Read More

Source: Jack Chan for Streetwise Reports 04/17/2018 Technical analyst Jack Chan updates the gold and silver charts and finds buy signals for both gold and silver. -->Our proprietary cycle indicator is up. The gold sector is on a long-term buy signal. Long-term signals can last for months and years and are more suitable for investors holding for long term. The gold sector is on a short term...Read More

Toronto, Ontario - April 17, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Pancontinental Gold Corporation (TSXV: PUC) ("Pancon" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has expanded its total land position nearly threefold at its Montcalm West Ni-Cu-Co Project (the "Project") from 3,984 hectares to 11,600 hectares. The Project is part of the nickel-copper-cobalt-rich Montcalm Gabbro Compl...Read More

Technical analyst Jack Chan updates the gold and silver charts and finds buy signals for both gold and silver.Our proprietary cycle indicator is up. The gold sector is on a long-term buy signal. Long-term signals can last for months and years and are more suitable for investors holding for long term. The gold sector is on a short term buy signal. Short-term signals can last for days and weeks, and...Read More

For Part 1 of this interview, CLICK HEREMax continues his interview with Craig Hemke of TFMetalsReport.com about JP Morgan's massive silver horde. They also look at markets and forecast where those may be heading.Known primarily by his nickname "Turd Ferguson," Craig Hemke is the founder and editor of the popular TF Metals Report blog and podcast, covering precious metals, the financial markets, a...Read More