A shift of sentiment last week to a more risk-on appetite by investors led to some selling of save haven vehicles, including $600 million of GLD, the world's largest gold-backed ETF, but in the larger picture, holdings of gold ETFs have still increased, said George Milling-Stanley, Chief Gold Strategist of State Street Global Advisors."Let's put all of this into context, including that $600 millio...Read More

The company is starting off with a resource of close to a million ounces of gold before drilling. Gatling Exploration Inc.'s (GTR:TSX.V; GATGF:OTCQX) Larder gold project is located in Ontario on the Cadillac Larder fault in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, 35 km east of Kirkland Lake, and is composed of three separate deposits, Bear, Cheminis and Fernland. All three have seen exploration historicall...Read More

The details of this transition project in Nevada are discussed in a CIBC report. In an Oct. 28 research note, CIBC analyst Bryce Adams reported that Premier Gold Mines Ltd.'s (PG:TSX) "first project at South Arturo, El Ni?o underground, has achieved commercial production ahead of schedule and on budget." South Arturo is a joint venture project between Premier that owns 40% and Nevada Gold Mines,...Read More

Mickey Fulp, the Mercenary Geologist, sits down with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable to discuss silver and its position among the metals, as well as some of his favorite copper, gold and uranium companies. Maurice Jackson: Joining us for a conversation is the Mercenary Geologist, Mickey Fulp. Thank you for joining us. Two years ago, Mickey, we discussed the value propositions in tax-loss...Read More

- Craig Hemke, TF MetalsWith the expected price pullback underway, what can we expect for the remainder of the month and into year-end? Will the price action continue to resemble 2010, or will it play out more like 2016 instead?As we've discussed each of the past two weeks, the current selloff/pullback in COMEX gold and silver is as unsurprising as it was unavoidable. The COMEX market-making Ban...Read More

Forecasts, Commentary & Analysis on the Economy and Precious MetalsCelebrating our 46th year in the gold businessNovember 2019"I'm no insect. Gold is a great way to make a lot of money." - Thomas Kaplan, Electrum GroupMichael J. Kosares, USA Gold2020 visionFive charts to contemplate as we prepare for the new year1. Gold's annual returns 2000 to presentIn the February edition of this newsletter,...Read More

- Gary TanashianGlobal central banks have been pumping the liquidity spigots 24/7 and the US Fed is starting to go that way as well. This during a time of supposed economic splendor and fruitfulness (it is these contradictions that are the windows into a ginned up, leveraged economy dependent on monetary policy) while the S&P 500 breaks through the bull turnstile to blue sky.A real economy and...Read More

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:A U.S. representative who, without much result, has been pressing the Treasury Department, Federal Reserve, and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) with questions about the gold and silver markets has asked Attorney General William P. Barr to try to get answers from the commission.In a letter dated November 1 and made public today, the U.S. representative, Al...Read More

- Stewart Thomson, Graceland Updates 1. It doesn't take much downside price action to make gold investors nervous, or much upside price action to make greed appear.2. It's probably true that no fever is like gold fever!3. To reduce these swings in emotion, my suggestion is for investors to do most of their buying and selling at major support and resistance zones....Read More

- Gary Christenson, The Deviant InvestorPresident Roosevelt made owning gold for American citizens, with minor exceptions, illegal in 1933. See Executive Order # 6102. Begin the DOW to gold ratio analysis in 1933.Many people have discussed the Dow to gold ratio. It fell from over 40 in the year 2000 when the DOW (11,750) was expensive, and gold sold for less than $300. In those days paper asse...Read More

Subscribers who used Hidden Pivot targets from Rick's Picks to trade against gold's steep fall have done well bottom-fishing this week. Here's how they did it -- and judge for yourself whether you could have done these trades yourself. www.RickAckerman.comRead More

By: Ira EpsteinGold should test the 18- week moving average.. but from what level? Lower highs with lower lows, gold's 18-day moving average converging with 100-DMA around $1484/89Read More

SASKATCHEWAN - Forum Energy Metals reached an agreement with Orano Canada whereby it will grant to Orano a series of options to acquire up to a 70% interest in the Fir Island uranium project on the northeast margin of the Athabasca Basin.In a press release, the firms said that Orano has to spend $6 million on the property on or before Dec. 31, 2023, to earn the full 70% Interest. Prior to this, th...Read More

RAPAPORT... Australian jeweler Michael Hill has launched a line oflab-grown diamond engagement rings priced at up to AUD 15,999 ($10,920), in aneffort to appeal to a larger consumer base. "We understand that our customers appreciate having genuineoptions when it comes to diamond jewelry - so now...customers will have anadditional choice in diamonds," the company said. The collection, which c...Read More

RAPAPORT... De Beers' November sales totalled $390 million, the highest for five months, as the roughmarket stabilized and the miner reduced prices to trigger demand.Proceeds from the ninth sales cycle fell 12% compared with the equivalent period last year, the company reported Wednesday. The figure includes lastweek's sight in Gaborone, Botswana, as well as auction sales.The slowdown was less pro...Read More

RAPAPORT... The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has appointed Jeffrey Post and Tammy Storino as governors to its board, to help steer the organization's mission andstrategic initiatives. Post, a research geologist at the SmithsonianNational Museum of Natural History, is also the curator-in-charge for themuseum's National Gem and Mineral Collection, the GIA said Tuesday. He hasserved as...Read More

RAPAPORT... In a jam-packed program, the Dubai Diamond Conference set the stage well for its main bout: finally, a match-up between the lab-grown and mined diamond producers. At its core, the debate among panelists in the discussion titled "Market Disruption - the Advent of Lab-Grown Diamonds," boiled down to one fundamental question: What makes a diamond valuable? In one corner, representing the...Read More

(IDEX Online) - GIA (Gemological Institute of America) has welcomed two new members to its Board of Governors. They are Dr. Jeffrey Post and Tammy Storino.Dr. Post is a research geologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and is also the curator-in-charge of the museum's National Gem and Mineral Collection.He has also served as chairman of the department of mineral science...Read More

(IDEX Online) - De Beers today said it provisionally sold $390 million worth of rough diamonds at its ninth Sight of the year, which took place earlier this month.This compares to sales of $442 million in 2018. Sight 1Sight 2Sight 3Sight 4Sight 5Sight 6Sight 7Sight 8Sight 92019$500 M$496 M$581 M$416 M$391 M$250 M$287 M$297 M $390 M (provisional)2018$672 M$563 M$524 M$554 M$581 M$533 M$50...Read More

RAPAPORT... A fancy-deep-blue diamond ring by Moussaieff fetched nearly$12 million at Christie's Geneva auction Tuesday, becoming the most expensivepiece of jewelry sold this season, the company said. The rectangular-cut, 7.03-carat, VVS2-clarity stone sold toa private collector for $11.6 million, against a presale estimate of $10million to $14 million. In total, Christie's garnered $55.3 mil...Read More