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Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, have existed since 1993, although it took 15 more years for the first actively managed ETF to reach the market. Since then, ETFs have risen in popularity, in large part because they are a cheaper investment option than traditional mutual funds. Today a huge number of ETFs are in play, and they focus on a variety of spaces, from derivatives, to bonds, to commodities. Within the commodities space are silver ETFS, and investors interested in these have many options to choose from. For instance, some ETFs focus solely on physical silver, while others focus on silver futures. [...]

Gold futures ended lower in their start to the new trading month on Thursday. The precious metal logged its third straight session loss, and ended at its lowest price this year. Gold for April... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

General Moly (the “Company” or “General Moly”) (NYSE American and TSX: GMO), the only western-exchange listed, pure play molybdenum development company, reports that based on a review of historic drill results, the Company has identified a potential high-grade, copper-silver exploration target along with a significant zinc mineralized area at the Mt. Hope Project site, southeast of the Mt. Hope's molybdenum deposit in central Nevada. General Moly Chief Executive Officer Bruce D. Hansen said: “We are extremely excited by the exploration findings to date, which were driven by our internal efforts and exceeded our expectations in terms of the scope of targets. We look forward to moving ahead [...]

– Four key themes to drive gold prices in 2018 – World Gold Council annual review – Monetary policies, frothy asset prices, global growth and demand and increasing market access important in 2018 – Weak US dollar in 2017 saw gold price up 13.5%, largest gain since 2010 – “Strong gold price performance was a positive for investors and producers, and was symptomatic of a more profound shift in sentiment: a growing recognition of gold's role as a wealth preservation and risk mitigation tool”  – China's gold coins and bars market recorded its second-best year ever – German, central bank and technological demand supporting gold [...]

Boreal Metals Corp. (“Boreal” or the “Company”) (TSXV:BMX) is pleased to announce high grade and other encouraging drill results from the ongoing 2,500 meter (planned) diamond drill program at Gumsberg.  Drill results from the first five holes (1,146.7 meters) confirm the presence of high grade silver-zinc-lead mineralization with significant associated copper and gold mineralization.  Drill intercepts include various styles of mineralization in massive sulfide horizons, some of which appear to be exhalite-type deposits.  Similar styles of mineralization occur throughout the Bergslagen district in southern Sweden, which is host to multiple world-renowned base metal sulphide deposits. As quoted in the press release: [...]

Is The Gold Price Going To $10,000? (Goldnomics Podcast 3) In the third Goldnomics podcast, we consider whether the gold price will reach $10,000 per ounce in the coming years and what factors will drive prices? As the “Everything Bubble” continues to inflate, higher gold prices appear to be on the horizon. Stephen Flood, CEO of GoldCore and Mark O'Byrne, Research Director and world renowned precious metals analyst discuss the outlook for the gold price with Dave Russell. What will drive the gold price to new record highs over the coming months and years? We look at the dangerous developments in monetary policies. macro-economics and geo-political tensions [...]

Two collector products launched last week -- a 5-coin set of 2018 silver quarters and a 3-coin set of 2018 Pictured Rocks quarters. The pair were the U.S. Mint's strongest weekly sellers. The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

This month's rotation of Quarterly III and the Monthly Supplement includes a continuation of our effort to expand the number of grades that we price in multiple series, in addition to a brand new series found in Quarterly III. Also in March we will be publishing the second issue of our new CPG® Coin & Currency Market Review. MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT 20th Century Gold: The recent volatile movement of the gold spot price has led to a slowdown in the trading of generic certified gold, with traders hesitant to take a position with no clear trends going forward. Non-generic dates are [...]

Precious metals futures declined as a group on Tuesday after they gained on Monday. Gold for April delivery lost $14.20, or 1.1%, to settle at $1,318.60 an ounce on the Comex division of the New... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) released a re-scoped mine plan and preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Rochester silver-gold mine this week. The PEA improves on the firm's current NI 43-101 Technical Report filed in early 2017 by more than doubling Rochester's net asset value (NAV) from $280 million to $609 million. The report also increases pre-tax life of mine cash flows by 122 percent up from $431 million to $955 million. It also raises the anticipated pre-tax cash flow margin from 19 percent to 31 percent and extends Rochester's mine life out to 2038. The company plans to add a high [...]