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The Certified Collectibles Group (CCG) is excited to announce that it will open an office in London in April. The new location will accept submissions to the independent members of CCG, which include Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC), Numismatic Conservation Services (NCS), Paper Money Guaranty (PMG), Certified Guaranty Company (CGC) and Classic Collectible Services (CCS).CCG's London office will be in the fashionable Bloomsbury area of London, just steps from the British Museum. It will occupy the third floor of Spink's headquarters. Established in 1666, Spink is the leading UK-based collectibles auction house, with a dominant position in many areas of numismatics [...]

Precious metals futures mostly climbed Tuesday, with silver the exception -- ending down for the third time in four sessions. Gold advanced for a second day in a row to finish at an about one-week... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Levon Resources Ltd. (TSX:LVN) (“Levon” or “the Company”) announces that it has amended and closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the “Placement”) through the issuance of units of the Company (“Units”) at a price of C$0.35 per Unit, for total gross proceeds of $899,925.   Each Unit will consist of one common share and one common share purchase warrant (each a “Warrant”) entitling the holder to acquire one common share of the Company at a price of C$0.50 per common share for a period of two years from the closing of the Placement. The Placement resulted in the issuance of 2,571,214 common shares of the Company and 2,571,214 [...]

– Sovereign wealth funds investing in gold for long term returns – PwC – Gold has outperformed equities and bonds over the long term – PwC Research – Gold is up 6.7% and 6.8% per annum over 10 and 20 year periods; Stocks and bonds returned less than 5.2% respectively over same period (see PwC table) – From 1971 to 2016 (45 years), “gold real returns were approximately 10% while inflation increased 4%” – Gold also valuable due to lack of correlation and hedge against inflation, currency devaluation and uncertainty – Sovereign wealth funds investing 23% of assets under management to [...]

Telson Resources Inc (TSXV:TSN, OTCBB:SOHFF) is very pleased to announce the successful startup of pre-production development mining and processing at its 100% owned Campo Morado mine located in Guerrero, Mexico. Pre-production test milling operations started on October 14, 2017 and the mill has run continuously on a 24 x 7 basis, 71 out of 74 available days through to December 31, 2017, for a 96% operational efficiency. Mining and milling pre-production operations have continued from January 1, 2018 and currently remain in continuous 24 x 7 operations. During the 2 1/2 months of pre-production operations in 2017, underground development mining [...]

Gold and silver futures rebounded Monday, posting their first gains in three sessions, as the U.S. dollar retreated. Gold for April delivery advanced $10.70, or 0.8%, to settle at $1,326.40 an ounce... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

(Temecula, California)-The Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.org) will provide a scholarship to a deserving young numismatist (YN) to attend one of the six-day sessions of the 2018 American Numismatic Association (www.money.org) Summer Seminar in Colorado Springs, Colorado. “This is the 14th consecutive year of PNG YN scholarships for the popular, annual ANA educational programs.  The PNG scholarship will cover airfare, tuition for one of the two week-long Summer Seminar sessions, meals and five nights of dormitory accommodations on the campus of Colorado College, site of the ANA headquarters,” said PNG Executive Director Robert Brueggeman. “All young numismatists between the ages of [...]

The United States Mint on Friday told its network of Authorized Purchasers (APs) when ordering will open for the first two of five 2018-dated America the Beautiful 5-Ounce Silver Bullion Coins. The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bitcoin and Crypto Prices Being Manipulated Like Precious Metals? – FSN Interview GoldCore Listen on BlogTalkRadio Kerry Lutz of the Financial Survival Network (FSN) interviewed GoldCore's Mark O'Byrne about the outlook for crypto currencies, financial markets and precious metals. – Are bitcoin and crypto prices being manipulated like precious metals? – Is there a coordinated backlash against bitcoin from JPM and powerful interests? – 95% of cryptocurrencies and ICOs will likely go to zero – Good cryptos will thrive, most will disappear in “massive creative destruction” – Ponzi like nature of financial markets and fiat monetary system – Fundamentals do [...]