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– US needs to borrow almost $300 billion this week alone – This is the largest debt issuance since 2008 financial crisis – Trump threatens trade war with its biggest creditor – China – Bond auctions have seen weak demand due to large supply and trade war concerns – $20 trillion mark reached in early September 2017; $1 trillion added in just 6 months – US total national debt level now exceeds $21.05 trillion and is accelerating higher – U.S. debt and dollar crisis coming which will propel gold higher (see chart) Source: USDebtClock.org This week the US has gone cap [...]

The silver price was under pressure in the first quarter of the year. While it managed to hit a high of US$17.54 on January 24, it declined 3.76 percent in Q1 to end the period at US$16.20. As investors watch interest rate hikes, political uncertainty and a depressed dollar, they are slowly turning their direction towards the gray metal as a safe-haven asset. As interest grows, analysts and industry experts believe that prices could increase later this year. With that in mind, it's interesting to look at which silver stocks performed the best in the first quarter. The list below was [...]

Members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) received a Congressional Gold Medal a week ago Wednesday, March 21, during a ceremony held in the U.S. Capital. The OSS was America's first effort to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Zinc One Resources Inc. (TSXV:Z) (OTC Pink: ZZZOF) (FSE: RH33) (“Zinc One” or the “Company”) has received the first drill results from the previously announced drill program at its Bongará Zinc Mine project located in north-central Peru. The drill program commenced at the Mina Grande Sur and Bongarita zones where two portable drill rigs are currently operating. The results of this drill program continue to demonstrate the potential value of the project and will provide valuable information towards advancement of the project going forward. Initial Drill Results Highlights: Mina Grande Sur A total of 542.9 metres completed from 33 holes [...]

– US needs to borrow almost $300 billion this week alone – This is the largest debt issuance since 2008 financial crisis – Trump threatens trade war with its biggest creditor – China – Bond auctions have seen weak demand due to large supply and trade war concerns – $20 trillion mark reached in early September 2017; $1 trillion added in just 6 months – US total national debt level now exceeds $21.05 trillion and is accelerating higher – U.S. debt and dollar crisis coming which will propel gold higher (see chart) Source: USDebtClock.org This week the US has gone cap [...]

Stratabound Minerals Corp. (TSXV:SB) (“Stratabound” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that it has closed the first tranche of the non-brokered private placement offering (the “Private Placement”) which was first announced on February 20, 2018. The Company has issued 3,830,036 units (the “Units”) at a price of $0.055 per Unit for gross proceeds of $210,652.  Each Unit consists of one common share of the Company and one-half of one transferable share purchase warrant (a “Warrant”). Each Warrant will be exercisable for one common share at $0.08 for 24 months from the date of issue. As noted previously, the Company's major [...]

– Eurozone threatened by trade wars, Italy and major political and economic instability – Trade war holds a clear and present danger to stability and economic prospects – Italy represents major source of potential disruption for the currency union – Financial markets fail to reflect the “eurozone time-bomb” in Italy – Financial volatility concerns in Brussels & warning of 'sharp correction' on horizon – Euro and global currency debasement and bank bail-in risks Editor: Mark O'Byrne Source: Wikimedia Donald Trump believes trade wars are easy to win.  Winning depends on who your opponent is. At the moment Trump's target is [...]

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) and Numismatic Conservation Services (NCS), both of Sarasota, Florida, have been selected to conserve, attribute, and grade coins from the wreck of the SS Pulaski, a steamship on which 128 died when it sank some 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina while en route to Baltimore from Charleston, South Carolina on June 14, 1838. The tragedy, involving a crew of 37 and about 155 passengers, saw just 59 survivors and became one of the most notable shipwrecks in early American history. The SS Pulaski hit the news again in recent months after divers reported [...]

Precious metals futures declined on Wednesday, with silver and gold falling the most. Gold's loss was its second in a row following four straight increases that had lifted prices to a five-week... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The A&A Saints Collection, billed as “one of the all-time finest collections” of Saint-Gaudens double eagles, will be auctioned on eBay from March 29 through April 8, 2018. The sale offers the entire 52-coin registry set, with 21 of its coins graded as either the finest known or tied for the finest known. The Saint-Gaudens double eagle, designed by iconic American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, was struck from 1907 through 1933.   According to recent court rulings on the matter, only one 1933 Saint is known to be legally in private hands, in light of circumstances following Executive Order 6102, which [...]