The Gold Report

The Gold Report: The Yukon is ranked first in mineral potential and ninth overall in the recent ranking of global mining jurisdictions in the Fraser Institute’s 2015 Annual Survey of Mining Companies. Is that good enough? What are some of your mining-related goals for the Yukon? Darrell Pasloski: You can’t get better than number one […]

The Gold Report: In January, you told The Gold Report that the price of gold is driven by market panic and inflation, neither of which looks imminent. If investors can’t expect higher gold prices in the near term, why should they be in this space? Thibaut Lepouttre: I’ve never been a goldbug but I see

The Gold Report: Canadian and Australian miners have realized a 25–30% premium due to the strong U.S. dollar. How has the U.S. dollar affected Peruvian miners? Ricardo Carrión: Peruvian miners have realized a similar benefit due to currency exchange. This factor has resulted in lower costs for the Peruvian industry. In addition, miners have also

The Gold Report: At the subscriber investment summit in Toronto in March 2015, you had a talk titled “Life in a Zero Yield World.” What is wrong with that world? Eric Coffin: A zero yield world is the result of four or five years of central banks essentially buying the hell out of the bond

The Gold Report: What’s your gold price forecast for the rest of 2015? Joe Reagor: For the full year, our average price is $1,260 per ounce ($1,260/oz). If the U.S. dollar were to remain steady and not strengthen, gold could reach $1,300/oz by year-end. TGR: Gold was sold off heavily in the last week of

The Gold Report: Please give us an overview of Auryn Resources and its genesis. Shawn Wallace: Auryn Resources Inc. (AUG:TSX.V) is the third company that Auryn chairman Ivan Bebek and I have started. Previously we founded Keegan Resources and later Cayden Resources. Keegan became Asanko Gold Inc. (AKG:NYSE.MKT; AKG:TSX; ) and it merged with its

The Gold Report: At the annual Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in March, scandium was probably the most talked about metal after gold. Please give us an overview of the scandium market. Ryan Castilloux: Scandium initially found applications in Soviet aircraft and weaponry during the Cold War. It wasn’t until the 1990s