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By Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors says junior venture companies in Canada are finally seeing a significant lift.

David Morgan: ‘The silver bottom is in. Time to hold, add and ride it out’.

I’m fairly optimistic. The price of gold is gravitating around $1,200/oz, so there’s a substantial difference. I’m looking at the global picture. Yes, the price of gold has gone down, but it’s approaching a floor of production costs. By midyear the price of gold will be higher.

Ian Gordon: I’m extremely bullish for the gold price in 2014. Part of that bullishness is related to my work on cycles. Indeed, I am confident that 2014 will see the beginning of the 4th long-term cycle for precious metals and precious metals stocks and the bullish phase of this cycle should last about three years.

There’s little happy talk in Harry Dent’s new book, The Demographic Cliff: How to Survive and Prosper During the Great Deflation of 2014–2019.

“If you buy an ounce of gold, and it goes from $1,200 to $1,400, that’s great, but if you buy a share at $2 and it goes to $10 because of good management, that’s a whole lot better.”

After three years of pain, can gold stocks break their losing streak and see a gain in 2014? History says chances are good.

As bullish as I am on the price of gold, I am far more bullish on silver. Silver is the poor man’s gold.

Shane Nagle: “I don’t think M&A is going to heat up within the base metal space. There’s been so much consolidation during the last decade that there’s not much out there to buy.”

During a time in which most investors have thrown in the towel on precious metals and natural resources, Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott U.S. Holdings was kind enough to share a few comments.