The U.K. on Wednesday became the latest country to offer bonds at negative interest rates.Continue...Read More

"People should not assume the peak has passed or let down their guard." "It's totally possible that the epidemic will last for a long time."Continue...Read More

Gold is 15% higher in dollars, 18% higher in euros and 23% higher in sterling year to date as safe haven demand sees gold act as a hedge again.Continue...Read More

Gold prices have pushed to within striking distance of $1,800 an ounce, but the rally comes during the market's seasonally slow period and according to one market analyst, it could be an uphill battle for further gains.In an interview with Kitco News, Mickey Fulp, creator of the Mercenary Geologist Newsletter, said that traditionally, gold prices have a strong start to the year, prices are flat th...Read More

Gold Terra Resource noted that some of the holes showed the widest gold intersections ever drilled at the target. Gold Terra Resource Corp. (YGT:TSX.V; TRXXF:OTC; TXO:FSE) announced in a news release the results of the final six drill holes from Sam Otto at its Yellowknife City gold project in the Northwest Territories."Overall, the drilling campaign at Sam Otto was successful in expanding the fo...Read More

Seabridge Gold's goal is to determine if the Iskut property contains a copper-gold porphyry system. Seabridge Gold Inc. (SEA:TSX; SA:NYSE.MKT) announced in a news release it plans to start drilling in June at its Iskut project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle.With the program, the Toronto-based company will drill test up to 8,000 meters for a gold-copper porphyry like the one it discovered a...Read More

In my previousarticle, I’ve written about how important US dollar movements arefor future Silver prices. The chances of a significant Silver rally during US dollarstrength is very low; and it is very high during US dollar decline.The structure of the Silver bull marketsince 2001 has a lot in common with that of the 70s bull market. However, oneof the important differences pertains to US doll...Read More

Nervous investors have been pouring into the goldand silver markets over the past two months. Money Metals Exchange is proud to have helped almost 20,000 newcustomers with a precious metals purchase in recent weeks, many of whom cameover from other dealers struggling with inventory shortages and ridiculousdelivery delays.A new wave of investors is getting the message; the FederalReserve will never...Read More

Whenever one hears the words precious metals, goldand silver spring to mind. But this world is much richer, and preciousmetals don’t end with the yellow or white metal. The less well knowncousins, platinum and palladium, can and do send valuable signals too. Beforewe examine silver, let’s take a look at something interesting in palladium. The interesting detail is palladium’s wea...Read More

Just like the precious metals market, black gold ended the previous week with a sizable upswing. The rally continued in the early Monday trading, as crude oil moved decisively above its previous April highs. The breakout above the April highs is a sign of strength, but it’s not been confirmed so far. Crude oil did close the previous week above the highest daily close of April, but it was jus...Read More

By Dave KranzlerThe chart above speaks for itself. You could not find a more bullish chart set-up in the stock market. Note that the HUI/Dow ration bottomed out in late 2019 at the same level where it bottomed in late 2000. Most investors in this sector were not around for the beginning of the precious metals bull market in late 2000. But you can see the big move that started in 2008 - for which...Read More

By Keith Weiner Suppose you wanted to run an enterprise the right way (we know, we know, this is pretty far-out fiction, but bear with us). And, your enterprise has a $1 million dollar piece of equipment that wears out after 10 years. You must set aside $100,000 a year, so that you have $1 million at the end of 10 years when the equipment needs replacing. There's a word, now archaic, to describ...Read More

Craig Hemke, TF MetalsBack in March and April, a chasm opened between the dollar price of spot gold (XAU) and the front month COMEX futures contract. So-called experts reassured us that this was simply due to "logistics" and "gold being in the wrong place". Was this true, or might it have been just another set of apologies from the usual shills?We first wrote about this issue on April 7, and it...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinSilver has spent 5 days above its Bollinger band on the daily chart. I give it at 1% chance..Read More

When this day come, and current spreads may signal that it's coming sooner rather than later, the price discovered for physical gold and silver will... by Craig Hemke via Sprott Money NewsA Crisis of Confidence, Part Two - Craig Hemke (May 19, 2020)Back in March and April, a chasm opened between the dollar price of spot gold (XAU) and the front month COMEX futures contract. So-called experts reas...Read More

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Stitcher | RSSJust like we saw in gold in March, unnatural things are happening in silver right now, and widening spreads are just one of the things that have our attention...Craig Hemke of TF Metals Report interviewed by Half Dollar of Silver DoctorsBack in March, we saw some crazy developments in the paper versus...Read More

This episode features the Q&A portion of Cameco's Q1 conference call that took place on May 1, 2020. Cameco president and CEO Tim Gitzel and vice-president and chief financial officer Grant Isaac discuss the impact of the coronavirus on uranium prices, as well as the difficulty the company has in obtaining an accurate uranium spot price, M&A and its ongoing tax dispute with the Canadian Revenu...Read More

RAPAPORT... How we manage disruption and upheaval will always be a defining moment. And the lessons we learn during these challenging times will be vital to our future longevity. What we have experienced as an industry over the last several months is unprecedented. Now that we are slowly emerging from the peak of this crisis, it is time to understand what the COVID-19 pandemic can teach us.On...Read More

RAPAPORT... Swarovski has appointed Giovanna Battaglia Engelbert as its first creative director as part of the company's new business realignment.Engelbert, who has worked as a creative director, international editor and fashion consultant for luxury brands for more than 20 years, was already serving as a creative consultant for Swarovski's business-to-business (B2B) division, the crystal mak...Read More

RAPAPORT... The Indian diamond trade has postponed its one-month freeze on rough imports until June 1 to give companies more time to complete outstanding shipments.The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) and four other industry bodies had originally called for a pause in imports from May 15. They announced the plan on April 23, allowing around three weeks to import goods they...Read More