Will It Ever Correct?
Source: Toby Connor, Gold Scents  (3/1/12)
"Analysts have been trying to pick a top in this market for weeks. All the while I've been begging investors not to sell short." More >

Platinum Closing the Gap on Gold
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (3/1/12)
"Platinum appears to be rapidly overhauling gold as its fundamentals improve as industry picks up coupled with African mine troubles and it looks set to re-establish its price premium in the very near future." More >

A Visit to Tasman Metals' Norra Kärr Project
Source: Gareth Hatch, Resource Investor  (3/1/12)
"If successful, this project would be a new approach to the problem of balance—namely the fact that in order to get at the 'good stuff,' such as the CREOs, you also need to deal with a potential surplus of non-CREOs." More >

Quality Gold Juniors Poised to Soar: Lawrence Roulston
Source: Zig Lambo of The Gold Report   (2/29/12)
After a tough 2011, the junior resource market is turning and things are definitely looking up, Resource Opportunities Publisher Lawrence Roulston tells us in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report. The mood of investors in the resource sector has turned positive, and based on the sentiment and interest shown at recent investment conferences, the smart money is looking for deals that have real upside potential. Roulston tells us about several he feels are poised for significant action as the market heats up. More >

One Financial Advisor's Secrets for Making and Protecting Gains: Danielle Park
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report   (2/29/12)
Never one to follow the conventional wisdom, author Danielle Park, president and portfolio manager with Venable Park Investment Counselors, sees more dark days ahead before the market moves into an inevitable secular bull phase. At the end of March, this investing pragmatist will share her secrets for protecting wealth at the World MoneyShow in Vancouver. In advance of that appearance, she sat down with The Gold Report for this exclusive interview. More >

Gold Falls 3% Following Bernanke Comments
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (2/29/12)
"Wholesale market gold bullion prices dropped 3.2% to $1,727/oz in less than an hour Wednesday afternoon in London, after U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke appeared before Congress." More >

Gas Prices Spike: Ease Pump Price Pain with Winning Stocks
Source: Patrick Vail, Money Morning  (2/29/12)
"The average price for U.S. gas has climbed more than 10% in just the past two months. This suggests a trajectory that could produce a spike of $0.60/gallon or more by May." More >

Hydrokinetic Power Is the Next Wave in Cheap Energy
Source: Keith Fitz-Gerald, Money Morning  (2/29/12)
"In an era of cheap capital, emerging technology companies could provide investors the biggest bang for the buck. The key is finding a market that already has billions of dollars in pent up demand—like cheap energy." More >

Bill Clinton: Build Keystone XL on New Route
Source: Bloomberg, Brian Wingfield and Kim Chipman  (2/29/12)
"'The extra cost of running it is infinitesimal compared to the revenues' the pipeline could produce, Clinton said today at an energy conference in the Washington suburbs." More >

Vote OKs Continued Potash Exploration on Sask, First Nation
Source: Leader-Post, Will Chabun  (2/29/12)
"Voters on central Saskatchewan's Muskowekwan First Nation have given their OK to a historic proposal to designate lands for exploration for potash—and a possible mine." More >

Cures for the Apathetic Investor
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (2/29/12)
"By investing in a natural resources fund, you'll have access to energy and materials stocks that should profit from rising oil prices." More >

Precious Metal ETFs Slump on Bernanke Testimony
Source: Eric Dutram, Zacks Investment Research  (2/29/12)
"In this latest round of comments to the House Financial Services Committee, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke seemed to suggest that recent trends in the unemployment rate were positive for the economy and that more stimulus might not be necessary at this time." More >

Bernanke's Attempt to Stem the Rising Tide of Gold and Silver
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (2/29/12)
"We can be told that stimulus is passe but the reality is it will continue to be done before our very eyes." More >

Iran Embraces Gold as Real Money
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (2/29/12)
"Mahmoud Bahmani, the governor of Iran's central bank, said the country is ready to receive payment for oil supplies in gold without hesitation. Furthermore, Iran recently used to gold in order to import food, since other financial assets were frozen." More >

Is Gold Backwardation Now Permanent?
Source: Keith Weiner, Casey Research  (2/29/12)
"Backwardation is typically a signal of a shortage in a commodity. Anyone holding the commodity could make a risk-free profit by delivering it and getting it back later." More >

South Korean Rare Earth Imports Hit Two-Year Low
Source: Dorothy Kosich, Mineweb  (2/29/12)
"South Korean manufacturers have been reducing their dependence on high-priced Chinese rare earth imports and have replaced them with lower-cost Japanese shipments." More >

Tap Energy Profits with Undervalued Producers: Chen Lin
Source: George S. Mack of The Energy Report  (2/28/12)
The idea of finding an undervalued stock is enticing, but how can investors distinguish between an international value tap and a bottomless money trap? Private investor and newsletter writer Chen Lin combs every continent to find junior exploration and production companies whose balance sheets outshine low stock valuations. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Lin shares some lesser-known names that offer major profit potential. More >

Rare Earth Metals Is a Stock-Pickers Market: Jason Burack and Mo Dawoud
Source: The Critical Metals Report Editors  (2/28/12)
In the wake of a 2011 roller coaster ride in the rare earth market, the sector still holds promise for astute investors, argue Wall St. for Main St. co-founders Jason Burack and Mo Dawoud. In this exclusive Critical Metals Report interview, the pair name the six major REE projects that could rocket back up out of 200-odd juniors competing in this space. More >

NMA, Nuclear Energy Institute Challenge 1M-Acre Grand Canyon Mining Ban
Source: Dorothy Kosich, Mineweb  (2/28/12)
"The National Mining Association and the National Energy Institute have sued federal agencies to try to rescind the withdrawal of lands near the Grand Canyon National Park from mining activities." More >

Is the Silver Surge Sustainable?
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (2/28/12)
"There does seem to be some momentum building in the silver price again and, given a relatively orderly market, there is no reason for silver not to continue shining, provided gold remains firm to rising." More >

Small Cap Gold Stocks Successfully Retest 2010 Breakout
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (2/28/12)
"Gold companies are generating record profits and the price of gold is near its all-time high, yet leveraged small caps are trading near a low relative to gold." More >

US Refiners Scrutinize Biodiesel Producers in Wake of Bogus Credits
Source: Meghan Gordon and Nick Juliano, Platts  (2/28/12)
"After getting burned buying fake renewable fuel credits, U.S. refiners have increased their scrutiny of biodiesel producers by visiting plants, examining feedstocks and sticking to larger, established players." More >

Biotech Platform Technologies Make Big Promises
Source: George S. Mack, The Life Sciences Report  (2/28/12)
Words to Invest By: Make sure you see a lead development product that big pharma is willing to bet on. I love the idea of a smart technology platform that could feed multiple product candidates into a biotech pipeline. The notion is exhilarating because that's where those rare 10- and 20-baggers come from. . . More >

Gold and Silver Stocks Poised to Recover in 2012: Charles Oliver and Jamie Horvat
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report  (2/27/12)
Opportunities abound across the spectrum of precious metal equities, which remain undervalued as bullion prices continue their upward trends. That's the word according to Charles Oliver and Jamie Horvat, both senior portfolio managers at Sprott Asset Management. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Oliver and Horvat express cautious optimism about the prospects for gold stocks in 2012. More >

Indian Gold ETF Investment Doubled Last Year; Set to Surge in 2012
Source: Shivom Seth, Mineweb  (2/27/12)
"Indian investors just cannot keep away from gold. If not in the physical form in terms of jewelry, gold biscuits or gold coins, small investors, corporate houses in India and small and medium enterprises have decided to go a stage further and invest in paper gold." More >