Nuggets of Value Seen in Canada's Midtier Gold Miners
Source: Reuters, Julie Gordon  (7/23/12)
"Midtier miners with low cash costs and affordable, near-term development projects offer good value in the current market." More >

Leading Gold ETF Sees Biggest Weekly Outflow of 2012
Source: Reuters, Jan Harvey  (7/23/12)
"The SPDR's holdings have fallen nearly 25 mt so far in July, putting ETF on track for its biggest monthly outflow since December." More >

China's Baotou Plans to Start Rare Earths Trading Exchange
Source: Reuters  (7/23/12)
"China's Baotou Steel will join six other firms to invest over $10M to start a rare earths trading platform in early August." More >

Venture Capital: Medical Device 'Big Exits' on the Rise
Source: Mass Device   (7/23/12)
"The device industry notched 18 'Big Exits,' beating biotech's 17 and extending an upward trend in exit activity in the life sciences, with more than 25 per year since 2009." More >

Why Vale's Massive Potash Project Isn't Bad News for Juniors
Source: Kip Keen, Mineweb  (7/23/12)
"Vale's huge Rio Colorado project might seem like a buzzkill for Brazil-based juniors, but according to Mackie Research Analyst Jaret Anderson, there is plenty of room for additional potash projects in the country." More >

Money Is Technology!
Source: Byron King, The Daily Reckoning  (7/23/12)
"Silver has a long, steadfast history as money, going back to ancient times. Yet it's also a substance with a promising future, thanks to its critical role as an industrial-technological metal." More >

Platinum Plumbs Deepest Discount to Gold in 7-1/2 Months
Source: Reuters, Jan Harvey  (7/23/12)
"Gold's premium over platinum reached its highest in 7-1/2 months on Wednesday at over $210 oz and could rise still further as the white metal suffers from its heavy exposure to the beleaguered European car market." More >

Silver: A Metal of Sunken Treasure and Champions
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (7/21/12)
"Odyssey Marine Exploration's underwater silver recovery is the heaviest and deepest haul of precious metals to date." More >

The Trajectory Shows Oil Prices Will Rise
Source: Kent Moors, Oil & Energy Investor  (7/21/12)
"We are now witnessing a return to a 'normal' oil market. But that doesn't mean a lack of volatility or a narrow range of trading." More >

Three Important Biotech Names
Source: George S. Mack, The Life Sciences Report  (7/21/12)
The term reovirus (respiratory enteric orphan virus) was originated by Albert Sabin, who is now synonymous with the oral poliomyelitis vaccine that bears his name. Now, after more than a half-century of research, investigators at a handful of biotech companies are moving the virus forward as a cancer-fighting agent. The reovirus is found extensively in nature, and most humans have had a GI tract infection with it by the time they are beyond childhood or into early adulthood. Reovirus infection is in most cases asymptomatic, and it is not at all considered to be virulent. So, what meaning does a harmless virus have for disease, and especially for deadly cancers? More >

How to Minimize Risk and Increase Returns on Juniors: Joe Mazumdar
Source: Peter Byrne of The Gold Report  (7/20/12)
Joe Mazumdar, senior mining analyst at Vancouver's Haywood Securities, adheres to certain fundamental metrics when reviewing the pedigree of a junior firm. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Mazumdar explains why some juniors are positioned to do better than some majors in the current geopolitical climate and he counsels pragmatism: the key to unlocking golden opportunities is locating firms with experienced management and adequate cash flow that can qualify for mixed-source financing in the international context of uneven gold prices. He shares a few picks in that space. More >

'Flat Momentum' Sees Gold in Contracting Range
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (7/20/12)
"The U.S. dollar gold price hovered above $1,580/oz during Friday morning trading in London—in line with where it has spent the last two weeks—while stocks and commodities ticked lower and U.S. Treasuries gained." More >

New Gold-Mining Technology Scaling Technical Hurdles
Source: Mining Weekly, Martin Creamer  (7/20/12)
"South Africa still has one of the biggest gold resources in the world, but that gold is at depth. The proposed new way of mining dispenses with all blasting, keeps people away from the danger areas, facilitates mining round-the-clock every day of the year and refocuses on revenue." More >

Copper Fares Better Than Gold and Silver
Source: MarketWatch, Myra Saefong  (7/20/12)
"Copper prices have been trading higher to unchanged on the year and 'this is a good signal that economic conditions around the globe may not be as dire as has been reported,' said John Person, president of NationalFutures.com." More >

Another Gold Mining Company CEO Walks the Plank
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (7/20/12)
"We are beginning to see carnage at the CEO level in 'underperforming' gold mining companies (which in current markets means most of them)." More >

Silver Is Undervalued
Source: Adam Hamilton, Zeal Intelligence  (7/20/12)
"While there are rare and short-lived exceptions, the vast majority of the time silver only rallies significantly when gold is strong and only sells off materially when gold is weak. Gold is the key to silver’s price action." More >

Profiting from Europe's New Gold Rush
Source: Jeff Clark, Casey Research  (7/20/12)
"The atmosphere for gold mining in Europe appears to be improving. Its importance is recognized in Brussels; even though only a few clumsy steps have been taken, the general attitude is making a positive shift." More >

Silver Prices: Metals Rise on Hopes of QE3
Source: Diane Alter, Money Morning  (7/20/12)
"While another round of monetary easing would be a negative for the U.S. dollar, it would be a distinct positive for gold and silver. In addition, loose monetary policies and waning confidence in global paper money continues to draw investors toward metals." More >

Put On Your Seatbelts, It's About to Get Bumpy!
Source: Chris Vermeulen, The Gold and Oil Guy  (7/20/12)
"Copper has significantly underperformed equity markets and is likely leading the next move down." More >

Will Oil Prices be the Next Manipulation Scandal?
Source: Ben Gersten, Money Morning  (7/20/12)
"Now that the Libor manipulation scandal has been revealed, it looks like oil prices could be the focus of the next search for misreporting." More >

Fewer Approvals and Filings Sully FDA Offensive
Source: Alex Philippidis, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News  (7/20/12)
"Despite declines in the first half of 2012, FDA remains on track to roughly replicate its performance for all last year, when 30 new drugs won approvals." More >

Biotech 'Diamonds-in-the-Rough' Promise Huge Potential Returns: Rahul Jasuja
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report   (7/19/12)
Rahul Jasuja, managing director and senior biotechnology analyst with Noble Financial Capital Markets, doesn't shy away from the smallest micro-cap companies. He relishes the potential upside in finding undervalued drug developers with technology platforms that are, frankly, difficult for most investors to understand. The micro-cap companies he covers must demonstrate scientific rigor and have management capable of executing corporate and clinical goals. In this exclusive interview with The Life Sciences Report, Jasuja shares some of his favorite names, which he believes can return major multiples back to investors. More >

How Gold Will Be Made Acceptable by the Powers That Be
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (7/19/12)
"If the fiat money system suffers any more body blows from debt crises and the like, gold will be deemed a very necessary strategic asset for banks." More >

Spot Uranium Sleeping Beauties Before the Market Wakes Up: Jeb Handwerger
Source: Peter Byrne of The Energy Report   (7/19/12)
Pundits may have closed the book on the so-called nuclear renaissance, but the story is far from over. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Gold Stock Trades Editor Jeb Handwerger names the "sleeping beauties" quietly proving their worth. A new generation of nuclear energy must be part of a diversified happy ending, Handwerger says, but by that time, merger and acquisition activity may have already rewarded the investors who believed in a brighter future. Read on. More >

Mongolia Gov't Coalition Fans Fears of Resource Nationalism
Source: Reuters, Michael Kohn  (7/19/12)
"The coalition will include minority parties such as the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party and Mongolian National Democratic Party, which both want to limit foreign investment in the booming mining sector." More >