Eric Coffin: Is Market Sentiment Shifting to Gold?
Source: Kevin Michael Grace of The Gold Report  (1/19/15)
Equities past their peak? Bond market dead? So where do investors go looking for returns? Eric Coffin suggests gold, both bullion and stocks. In this interview with The Gold Report, the publisher of Hard Rock Analyst explains how changes in the currency and energy markets have reignited interest in the sector, and suggests five gold explorers, plus one each in copper and uranium, poised to profit from the new economic realities. More >

Top 10 Gold Miners Leap on Gold's U-Turn
Source: Kip Keen, Mineweb  (1/16/15)
"As gold gained about 8.5% in the past 25 days, gold miners have soared. " More >

Geology and Logistics Make the Bayovar 12 Phosphate Project Tough to Beat
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Mining Report  (1/15/15)
The planet's population is growing by 60 million each year. More crops on less land will mean farmers will have to use more fertilizer, and that's an investment thesis worthy of a closer look. Savvy investors will want to take a look at phosphate, a key element in fertilizer, and the companies that mine it. Focus Ventures Ltd. is earning a 70% stake in a phosphate project in Peru that should be a low-cost producer for decades to come. In this interview with The Mining Report, Focus President and Director David Cass and Vice President of Corporate Development Ralph Rushton discuss some the finer points of the phosphate market and their flagship Bayovar 12 project. More >

Oppenheimer Analyst Rohit Vanjani's 2015 Pipeline: Pot, Pain, and Babies
Source: Peter Byrne of The Life Sciences Report  (1/15/15)
Building on another blockbuster year in specialty pharmacy and generics, Rohit Vanjani, a senior analyst at Oppenheimer & Co., has reason to be excited for 2015. Vanjani specializes in nurturing firms developing novel ways to treat some of humanity's most persistent medical problems, and in this interview with The Life Sciences Report, he describes some of the most promising therapies, and companies, in the life sciences sector. More >

Jason Wangler Throws a Lifeline to Oil and Gas Investors
Source: Tom Armistead of The Energy Report  (1/15/15)
The crash in oil prices and the continued depression in gas prices have exploration and production companies and their services providers hunkered down, cutting capital expenditures and trying to bring spending into line with income, says Wunderlich Securities Analyst Jason Wangler. The likely survivors have similar traits, and in this interview with The Energy Report, Wangler shares their secrets, and names companies he expects will have an especially bright future. More >

Ron Stewart Presents Juicy Gold Takeover Targets
Source: Kevin Michael Grace of The Gold Report  (1/14/15)
The gold sector has always had a boom-and-bust mentality. Ron Stewart of Macquarie Equity Research says the flip side to the bear market is that the next bull market will produce phenomenal gains, and the companies leading the pack will be those that can still flourish with low gold prices. In this interview with
The Gold Report, Stewart identifies low-cost, high-grade miners, several of which are likely to excite interest from cashed-up suitors.
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The JP Morgan Mood: Damn the Biotech Valuations and Full Speed Ahead in 2015
Source: John Carroll, FierceBiotech  (1/14/15)
"The mood of the industry this year was exceptional. Even some of the most grizzled veterans who have been making the annual trek to San Francisco for years noted they've never seen anything like this before." More >

Strong Dollar, Weak Oil a Lifeline for Struggling Gold Miners
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (1/14/15)
"The cost of power represents a very large proportion of overall operating costs, particularly for those having to rely on diesel generators, due to their locations." More >

Charting Uranium's Gain, Brent Cook Looks for Sweet Spots in the Athabasca Basin
Source: JT Long of The Mining Report  (1/13/15)
As nuclear plant restarts take effect in Japan, both market sentiment and fundamentals are seeing positive boosts. Here to discuss the sea change is expert geologist and astute investor Brent Cook, author of Exploration Insights. In this interview with The Mining Report, Cook explains the forces behind uranium's recent price uptick, and describes what kinds of uranium mining projects are worth an investment in this market. More >

Real Gold Explorers Take No Prisoners Says Thibaut Lepouttre
Source: Peter Byrne of The Gold Report  (1/12/15)
Gold-tracker Thibaut Lepouttre treks the world hunting for solid gold mines and companies with the guts to dig for riches. The editor of Caesars Report and Sprout Money tells The Gold Report why the price of gold is moving sideways for the moment. Don't be fooled by cowardly gold bears, says Lepouttre; invest in muddy, muscled, bull-headed explorers with noses tuned to sniffing out the purest form of value. More >

Radisson Mining Believes Small Is Beautiful, For Now
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (1/12/15)
It is good to know what you are and what you are not. Radisson Mining Resources Inc. knows what it is—a small gold exploration company with aims of becoming a small gold producer inside 28 months. Radisson Mining President and CEO Mario Bouchard believes his company has a realistic plan in place to reach its goal and it's just a matter of focus and execution. Bouchard explains his plan and his company's identity in this interview with The Gold Report.
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Despite Lifting Rare Earths Export Quotas, China Could Still Manipulate Market
Source: Henry Lazenby, Mining Weekly  (1/9/15)
"The rare earths industry was in a state of consolidation after a Chinese export clampdown prompted a rapid spike in prices in 2010/11." More >

Revolutionary Oil Prospector Richard Masterson Shares Fracking Investment Opportunities Gov. Cuomo Can't Touch
Source: George S. Mack of The Energy Report  (1/8/15)
Richard "Rich" Masterson, a Midland, Texas-based consulting geologist, has helped originate oil and gas projects with previously unseen potential. In this interview with The Energy Report, Masterson describes the significance of innovative science and new methods of prospecting to locate and liberate large amounts of energy, regardless of NIMBY politics like those playing out in New York State. He also brings projects and companies with potential upside for investors to the surface. More >

Where Do Cures Reside? Morrie Ruffin and Michael Werner of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine Think the Answer Is in Regenerative Medicine
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (1/8/15)
The practice of medicine is being transformed. The journey has been arduous, but revolutionary stem cell, gene and immunocellular therapies are rapidly moving toward pivotal milestones—and investors in the space should strap in for a rewarding joy ride. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Alliance for Regenerative Medicine cofounders Morrie Ruffin and Michael Werner consider how new federal guidance might enable new standards of care in cardiovascular, neurologic and oncologic medicine, and offer a preview of next week's Biotech Showcase in San Francisco. More >

Where Do Cures Reside? Morrie Ruffin and Michael Werner of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine Think the Answer Is in Regenerative Medicine
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (1/8/15)
The practice of medicine is being transformed. The journey has been arduous, but revolutionary stem cell, gene and immunocellular therapies are rapidly moving toward pivotal milestones—and investors in the space should strap in for a rewarding joy ride. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Alliance for Regenerative Medicine cofounders Morrie Ruffin and Michael Werner consider how new federal guidance might enable new standards of care in cardiovascular, neurologic and oncologic medicine, and offer a preview of next week's Biotech Showcase in San Francisco. More >

The Look and Feel of Canadian Venture Market Bottoms
Source: Visual Capitalist  (1/8/15)
"While it is difficult to discern if today’s market is truly the absolute bottom, the similarities in media headlines, the tone of discussion, and overall sentiment are reminiscent of bear markets past." More >

Medical Marijuana Goes to Market: Daniel Pearlstein of M Partners
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (1/7/15)
Life sciences analyst Daniel Pearlstein of Toronto-based M Partners brings knowledge of the biotech sector and hands-on experience in the startup realm to understanding value and growth in small- and micro-cap life sciences companies. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Pearlstein offers his perspectives on six Canadian biotech and specialty pharma names with different value propositions and the capacity to grow multiples of invested capital, including one company in the budding medical marijuana field.
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Will the January Effect Give Gold and Silver Miners a Bounce?
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report  (1/7/15)
The January Effect–the surge that small-cap companies may experience at the beginning of the year–goes back some seven decades. What will 2015 bring? The Gold Report talked to some experts to find out what they are expecting in the early days of the new year and which companies might be in position to take advantage. Most experts are optimistic about a bump, and some have some very interesting ways to profit from it. More >

Gold Shrugs Off Dollar-Bullish US Jobs Data, Eurozone Uncertainty
Source: Adrian Ash, Bullion Vault  (1/7/15)
"Euro-priced gold meantime extended yesterday's surge, hitting a new 16-month high above €1,029 per ounce after news that Eurozone inflation fell to minus 0.2% across the 19-nation union in December, pulled down by falling oil prices." More >

Are You Ready for the January Effect?
Source: JT Long of The Mining Report  (1/6/15)
As far back as 1942, economists have noted that small-cap companies in particular tend to surge at the beginning of the year in a cycle known as the January Effect. After the year we have seen in the natural resources space, The Mining Report checked in with sector experts to find out whether they are expecting this traditional gift, how they are preparing for it and what companies could benefit. More >

Brent Cook: Investing During the Era of Peak Gold Discoveries
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report  (1/5/15)
We've hit peak economic gold discoveries, but unlike the new fracking technologies that saved the oil industry, there's no fracking technology to coax mineral wealth from ever-deeper deposits. In the face of this shortage, expert geologist Brent Cook of Exploration Insights is scouting out companies that are cashed up and poised to deliver value when other miners may be left scraping the bottom of the barrel. In this interview with The Gold Report, find out what Cook expects for gold exploration in 2015, and why the next few years are going to be very interesting indeed for yellow metal miners. More >

Gold Great Value Protector in 2014, Silver Not
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (1/5/15)
"If one looks at the strength of the US dollar (or perhaps this should be the weakness of other currencies vs the dollar) with the dollar index rising 12.4% over the year, an investment in gold in any other currency will have seen a decent increase over the year." More >

Lithium in 2015: Positioning for the Inflection Point
Source: Chris Berry, Disruptive Discoveries Journal  (1/5/15)
"With an overall growth rate of demand of 8% for lithium, even if demand falters somewhat and averages 6%, this is still double global GDP growth rate estimates, offering a buffer against economic headwinds." More >

The Miracle that Would Have Saved Superman
Source: Ray Blanco, The Daily Reckoning  (1/2/15)
"This technology has been in development for a long time, but things are moving fast. Stem cells are simply too important for an investor to ignore in 2015." More >

The Four Exploration Companies Bottomfisher John Kaiser Thinks Could Get Gold Investors Excited Again
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report  (12/31/14)
The junior resource market is at a historic low point, but Kaiser Research Online author John Kaiser knows it just takes one big discovery to bring excitement—and investor dollars—back to the market. It has happened before. In this interview with The Gold Report, he reveals which four companies could lead the way. More >