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Salazar Resources (TSX.V: SRL; FRANKFURT: CCG.F) (“Salazar” or the “Company” is pleased to report its acquisition of the Macara project in the Occidental Cordillera of the Andean province of Loja in southwestern Ecuador (see Figure 1). The Macara project currently comprises two concessions: (1) Macara Mina(288 hectares) leased from a third-party, and (2) Bonanza mining concession (1,519 hectares) granted by the Ecuadorian government. Fredy Salazar, President and CEO, commented: “Now that our Curipamba-El Domo project is being funded through feasibility stage by a joint venture with Adventus Zinc, Salazar will utilize its knowledge and experience in exploration in Ecuador to acquire new regional opportunities that we believe can [...]

– London property market tumbles as glut of luxury apartments grows to 3,000 – Property crisis in London as over half of 1,900 luxury apartments built 2017 fail to sell – London's still high priced property causes companies to locate offices elsewhere – At current rates, glut of London properties will take three years to sell – Leading London-based estate agents Foxtons' sees 42% drop in earnings, yoy – UK's largest estate agent issues second profit warning in three months – Number of homes sold in December fell to 99,100, lowest level since Nov 2016 –  The 'Shard disaster' – Ten apartments at [...]

BY JOHN FEIGENBAUM, PUBLISHER & PATRICK IAN PEREZ, EDITOR This issue of Quarterly II is highlighted by the addition of new pricing in multiple series. In all we have added 16 new pricing columns to this issue, all of which are shaded gray. The prices for the type coin series covered in this issue-half dollars and dollars-are difficult to pin down in the current market. The range in quality of what is out on the market in certified holders makes knowledgeable buyers very selective and the prices realized for similarly-graded items of the same date can vary widely. In Bust [...]

BY PATRICK IAN PEREZ, EDITOR The Heritage FUN United States currency auction brought home more than $12 million, led by a prohibitively rare Series 1882 $1,000 Gold Certificate, Fr.-1218e at $600,000. This note, with an original production of just 8,000 notes, was previously thought to be unique in private hands. The other available note sold in January 2014 for $881,250 when described as “likely unique in private hands.” Six additional notes brought six figures in the sale, and it can be said that the sale was well supported overall. Some very exciting news came to the U.S. currency community via [...]

Silver Bullion: Once and Future Money – “Silver is as much a monetary metal as gold” – Rickards – U.S. following footsteps of Roman Empire which collapsed due to currency debasement (must see table) – Silver bullion is set to rally due to a combination of supply/demand fundamentals, geopolitical pressures creating safe haven demand, and increasing inflation expectations as confidence in central banking and fiat money erodes – “Silver is ripe for a major breakout to the upside in 2018″ – analyst Samson Li of Reuters – Investors can still buy 99.9% pure one ounce silver bullion coins – “Secular rally in silver bullion is in its [...]

Tartisan Resources Corp (CSE:TTC) was mentioned in a Palisade Research commentary discussing their recent acquisition of Canadian Arrow, which gave them access to a significant nickel deposit in the Kenbridge project. According to the author, “at time of announcement, Tartisan was trading at 12 cents per share. This gave them an implied value just shy of $1 million for a project with over $100 million in past work and over $600 million in contained metal.” The company plans to further drill the property and release an updated version of the already impressive 2008 preliminary economic assessment. Click here to read the entire article. Click here to connect with Tartisan Resources [...]

Silver Bullion: Once and Future Money – “Silver is as much a monetary metal as gold” – Rickards – U.S. following footsteps of Roman Empire which collapsed due to currency debasement (must see table) – Silver bullion is set to rally due to a combination of supply/demand fundamentals, geopolitical pressures creating safe haven demand, and increasing inflation expectations as confidence in central banking and fiat money erodes – “Silver is ripe for a major breakout to the upside in 2018″ – analyst Samson Li of Reuters – Investors can still buy 99.9% pure one ounce silver bullion coins – “Secular rally in silver bullion is in its [...]

BY PATRICK IAN PEREZ, EDITOR The Heritage FUN United States currency auction brought home more than $12 million, led by a prohibitively rare Series 1882 $1,000 Gold Certificate, Fr.-1218e at $600,000. This note, with an original production of just 8,000 notes, was previously thought to be unique in private hands. The other available note sold in January 2014 for $881,250 when described as “likely unique in private hands.” Six additional notes brought six figures in the sale, and it can be said that the sale was well supported overall. Some very exciting news came to the U.S. currency community via [...]

Now that a few weeks have passed and we have had the opportunity to fully digest the immense amount of auction results from the FUN show, we find ourselves with a number of results that highlight the current state of the rare coin market. We've written many times about the polarization of the market, impacted by such things as CAC versus non-CAC, colorful toning versus not, “old” certification holders versus new, and so on. But this year's FUN auction seemed to be more extreme, with higher highs and lower lows across multiple series. For the sake of example, lets take [...]

Now that a few weeks have passed and we have had the opportunity to fully digest the immense amount of auction results from the FUN show, we find ourselves with a number of results that highlight the current state of the rare coin market. We've written many times about the polarization of the market, impacted by such things as CAC versus non-CAC, colorful toning versus not, “old” certification holders versus new, and so on. But this year's FUN auction seemed to be more extreme, with higher highs and lower lows across multiple series. For the sake of example, lets take [...]