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Gold investment in Germany surged in past 10 years Germans are largest gold buyers in world: WGC research Gold investment in Germany surges to 6.8B in 2016 Gold demand per person is highest in world double Chinese, UK and U.S. demand Gold one of the mostpopular investment for retail investors especially those with high incomes 59% of respondents agreed with the statement that gold will never lose its value in the long-term 48% agreed with the statement that owning gold makes me feel secure for the long-term Prudent Germans more aware of financial and monetary risks Click on chart to [...]

Designs for commemorative coins recognizing the 100th anniversary of America's involvement in World War I will be unveiled Monday, Oct. 9, in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Mint announced. In 2018, and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Yahoo admits every single one of 3 billion accounts hacked in 2013 data theft Equifax hacking and security breach exposes half of the U.S. population Some 143 million people vulnerable to identity theft Deloitte hack compromised sensitive emails and client data JP Morgan hacked and New York Fed hacked and robbed International hacking group steals $300 million Global digital banking and financial system not secure Editor Mark O'Byrne Imagine there was a chemical disaster at a factory. The surrounding water and air supply are affected over hundreds of miles. Thousands of people, if not more, are affected. There would be [...]

Harvest Gold (tsx.v:HVG) (Harvest Gold or the Company) is pleased to announce initial results of part of its Phase 1 exploration program at its high-grade Cerro Cascaron gold-silver project in Mexico. The program successfully identified six significant silver-rich polymetallic veins at the Cascarita prospect and provided a stronger structural understanding of the area through underground sampling of historic adits. High grade silver with strong lead and zinc values were encountered within the adits. The Cerro Cascaron project covers 69 square kilometres in a historic Colonial-era mining district in the prolific Sierra Madre Occidental precious metals belt of western Chihuahua State, [...]

Editor Mark O'Byrne Safe haven silver to outperform gold in Q4 and 2018 Expect silver to eventually outperform gold sayMetals Focus 2017 YTD, silver has underperformed gold, climbing by 5% versus 11% Silver undervalued versus gold and especially stocks, bonds and many property markets Will follow gold's reactions to macroeconomic & geopolitical factors and should outperformgold Special report on India shows it accounts for just 16% of global silver demand Silver a safe haven at times during which gold failed to be according toacademic research Since the beginning of 2017 the silver price has disappointed many investors. With a5% gain [...]

BY PATRICK IAN PEREZ, EDITOR The primary market activity during the past 30 days was the Long Beach Expo and the associated auction conducted by Heritage. Unsurprisingly, the sale topper was one of the famous Series 1934 $10,000 Federal Reserve Notes from the Binion Hoard. This PCGS CU64 example brought home $144,000, a consistent result for this sought-after note. Interestingly, the remainder of the top five lots were two pairs of the same type. Two Lazy Deuce National banknotes: one from Utah and one from Wisconsin, sold for $60,000 and $36,000, respectively. Sandwiched between those were two Series 1905 Technicolor [...]

Run On The Pound ? Jeremy Corbyn Says Should Plan For Right to plan for 'run on pound' if Labour wins says Corbyn and Labour party British pound already down 20% since Brexit, collapse already in play Run on the pound likely due to Labour's 'command economy' approach Collapse in Sterling would undermine UK financial system Portfolios holding sterling and related assets would be significantly affected Pension funds and property the most likely to get hit by run on the pound Gold to benefit as sterling collapse picks up pace Editor: Mark O'Byrne Last week Labour Shadow ChancellorJohn McDonnell said [...]

The silver price hasunderperformed gold so far in 2017, and was up less than 10 percent year-to-date at the end of Q3. The white metal has put on a mixed performance since last year.In 2016, silver fell from over $20 per ounce in September to an eight-month low of $15.63 in December. It recovered to over $18 at the start of 2017, buthit a 15-month low of $15.19 in Julybefore rallying backtoabout $18 in early September. As of 11:00 a.m. PST on Wednesday (October 4), silver was at $16.63. Silver is trending so far this quarter at $16.88, and looks [...]

Avrupa Minerals Ltd.(TSXV:AVU)presents the following update on completed Summer 2017 exploration work. Exploration work is ongoing at several projects in Portugal, and the summer program in Kosovo has been completed. Partners are funding two projects in Portugal: Alvito with OZ Minerals and Covas with Blackheath Resources Inc. In Kosovo, Byrnecut International, through the JV company Peshter Mining JSC, is operating the Slivovo Gold Project. Avrupa continues to review new projects in Germany, Kosovo, Portugal and elsewhere in Europe. Avrupa plans to attend the Mines and Money Americas Conference in Toronto (October 3-4). The Company's technical and financial management will be [...]