I've just returned from a ten-day trip which took me around much of the southwestern United States. And if there's one thing for sure and two for certain...it's that I'm awfully glad

As a venture capital broker, active in the resource market, I look worldwide for the best opportunities for my risk tolerant clients. One country that keeps coming to my attention is Mexico.

Last week in my inaugural column for Gold World, I talked about the fact that some of the world's larger financial institutions have a supremely vested interest in keeping the price of gold within a...

Even though the Calgary Resource show is generally focused on minerals, there was still a lot of talk about oil and energies. And it wasn't just because Calgary is an oil town.

Lately, the big story in the media has been the notion of peak oil, where it is argued the world's reserves of oil are now, for the most part, known, and that we have topped the biggest hill on the...

I often talk in these pages about the increased demand for gold I see as more and more investors realize the instability and enormous risks that exist with fiat currencies and the geopolitical...

With gold production in South Africa currently at an 84-year low, mining firms working in the region are scrambling to do everything in their power to boost production and add to their bottom...

Gold for April delivery increased as much as $9.00 an ounce this afternoon after energy costs surged, spurring demand for the precious metal as a hedge against inflation.

After uranium's record price jump this week, it looks like $100 per pound will come sooner than anticipated. And if you haven't established yourself in this bullish trend, you may want to reconsider...

Since the beginning of 2002, the major American indices have posted modest gains. The Dow Jones has tacked on a healthy 22.5% while the NASDAQ and SP500 have gained 22.3% and 22.2% respectively...

Last September I wrote and article with the same headline (Part I) shortly after the gold market had a big selloff. In that article, dated September 14, 2006, I told investors to not worry, that...

While the filter system I use for evaluating junior mining stocks is subjective in awarding points for various categories, the real skill comes in knowing what to ask, when to ask it, and how to...