Articles Tagged "junior gold stocks"

Increase in Net-Long Positions Suggests Gold Poised to Rally

CFTC data suggests that hedge funds are holding their biggest bet on higher prices since mid-September. Money managers raised their combined net-long position in US futures and options by 6.8 percent to 148,279 contracts in the week ended Nov. 1.

Market Sell-off Hits Gold

Gold has consistently set price records this year, as investors flocked to gold as a shelter from the increasingly unstable global economic picture; however, this week gold performed differently from what we have come to expect. Instead of rallying, the safe haven investment plunged in unison with equities.

The Life Cycle of a Gold Mine: Assessment and Approval

Regardless of how valuable of a resource an exploration company discovers, the resource will never be brought to market unless the company can properly assess, and present, the total environmental and socio-economic impacts of going from buried resource- to mine, to reclaimed land.

The Life Cycle of a Gold Mine: Staking the Claim

The first step in developing a gold mine is selecting an area for prospecting. While this may seem boring and irrelevant to an investor looking into gold miners, this preliminary phase is the very foundation of a successful mining venture.