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Santacruz Silver Mining (TSX.V:SCZ)(the Company or Santacruz) reports on the operating results from the Rosario Project inSan Luis Potosi, Mexicoand the Veta Grande Project inZacatecas, Mexicofor the second quarter of 2017. Q2 Highlights: Silver equivalent produced ounces of 270,569; Head grade of 207 Ag Eqv. g/t; Improved silver recovery atVeta Grande Arturo Prstamo, CEO of Santacruz said: At Rosario, production quarter over quarter has seen improvements as we transition from mineralized material from development to actual producing stopes at the Membrillo andCinco Estrellasmines. In addition to this, theVeta Grandemine development has now reached Level 6, and mill recoveries have improved [...]

Gold set to shine as Washington stumbles Bet on gold's diversifying properties rather than political stability World's largest asset manager believes Trump and political drama in the U.S. means gold likely to rise Real rates flattening out and rising political instability Blackrock's Koesterich For now my bias would be to stick with gold Blackrock U.S. debt ceiling issue to be fractious as bankrupt U.S. hits$20 trillion debt Investors will again turn to gold in coming political strife For now I would prefer to bet on gold's diversifying properties rather than political stability Russ Koesterich, Blackrock. Not for the first time [...]

BY PATRICK IAN PEREZ, EDITOR The top overall piece of United States currency sold during the World's Fair of Money auction sales in Denver was the Series 1882 $1,000 gold certificate (Fr.-1218f), graded PCGS VF35, sold by Heritage which sold for $270,250. Overall the Heritage sale sold 104 lots of U.S. paper money for a total of $1.84 million. The Stack's Bowers sale brought in a solid $2.3 million, with the top lot being a Series 1928 $5,000 Federal Reserve Note from the Atlanta district and graded PCGS VF30PPQ (Fr.-2220-F) which sold for $129,250. As we mentioned last month, a [...]

Trump Presidency Is Over Bannon Is Right 'The Donald' has been White House-broken, writes Bill Bonner in his must read daily missive onBonner and Partners 'The Donald' has been White House-broken, was what we were trying to say, translating the phrase into something that may make sense to a French listener. But it was too clever and complicated. Well, let's just say the president has been brought into line, we simplified. Social Season This is the social season in the French countryside. Weddings, cocktails, receptions people use the month of August to reconnect with friends before returning to work, school, [...]

Trump Presidency Is Over Bannon Is Right 'The Donald' has been White House-broken, writes Bill Bonner in his must read daily missive onBonner and Partners 'The Donald' has been White House-broken, was what we were trying to say, translating the phrase into something that may make sense to a French listener. But it was too clever and complicated. Well, let's just say the president has been brought into line, we simplified. Social Season This is the social season in the French countryside. Weddings, cocktails, receptions people use the month of August to reconnect with friends before returning to work, school, [...]

Arizona Silver Exploration Inc.(TSXV: AZS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dong H. Shim as CFO and Secretary of the Company, effective immediately. To facilitate this change, Richard Barnett has stepped down as CFO and Secretary of the Company. The Company wishes to thank Mr.Barnett for his service as an officer of the Company. Dong H. Shim is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia and a Certified Public Accountant registered in the State of Illinois, United States. Mr. Shim has served as an audit partner on numerous audit engagements with a mid-size firm located in [...]

Bundesbank has completed a transfer of gold worth 24B from Franceand U.S. Germany has completed domestic gold storage plan 3 years ahead of schedule In the 7.7 million plan, 54,000 gold bars were shipped and audited In 2012 German court called for inspection of Germany's foreign gold holdings Decision to repatriate from Paris and New York was 'to build trust and confidence domestically' 1,236t or 37% of German holdings remain in New York Fed facility Bundesbankwants to hold gold bullion U.S. government declines to audit gold reserves doesn't want world to realise gold's importance in the globalmonetary system Editor: Mark [...]

(Wilkes-Barre, PA) August 24, 2017 -Ed Reiter of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, a one-man institution in coin writing for over half a century, died at the age of 79 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on August 24. According to his wife, Patricia, the cause was multiple organ failure. At the time of his death, Reiter was still a powerful force in journalism for the coin hobby and trade, serving as senior editor of COINage magazine for his 32nd year and executive director of the prestigious non-profit Numismatic Literary Guild in his 27th year. He was also still serving as an active consultant to a [...]

One of the things that we feel it is important to do here at CDN is to periodically evaluate our publications and see if there are areas where we can expand coverage to put more information in the hands of dealers and collectors. As we have said in the past, we firmly believe increased access to information, especially price information, leads to a more confident buyer and brings in new collectors. One of the major projects that we have initiated in this regard is to expand pricing for grades that we do not publish in print, for example XF45, AU53, [...]

At the ANA World's Fair of Money, we were able to engage in a number of conversations about the state of the rare coin market. It was clear that many market participants, at all levels, were struggling to reconcile multiple issues. Dealers spend their hours buying and selling coins, and the fulcrum of each decision comes down to price in most cases. Regardless of the rarity or beauty of an individual item, everything has a price. Here at CDN, we spend most of our waking hours thinking about this idea of price, and each day we look at a wide [...]