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The Gold Report: With development capital still at a premium, are companies with critical metals projects getting financed? What typically gets financed and what doesn’t? Luisa Moreno: The financing environment for the mining space is still difficult, and that is no different for the critical metals equities. Nowadays, the mining and related processing projects that […]

The Gold Report: In late June, zinc and nickel prices on the London Metals Exchange (LME) dipped on concerns surrounding the economic fallout from Greece exiting the Eurozone. What’s your view? Stefan Ioannou: When the referendum was first announced in late June there was a big reaction. There is no doubt the issue is a

The Gold Report: You recently wrote a piece in Exploration Insights reminiscing about the 1997 to 2002 resource market. What did we learn about investing in gold and silver in that five-year window? Brent Cook: I first started working for Rick Rule in 1997, just as the last resource bull was dying. The market just

The Gold Report: You’ve said that natural resource investors need to be open to opportunities wherever they occur. How do you separate the hype from fact to determine a real bargain? Matt Badiali: My secret is research. I’m a scientist. I love digging in the dirt and looking in places where other people don’t want

The Gold Report: Despite the lack of an economic recovery and the reality of ever-increasing debt, the U.S. dollar and the equity markets remain strong, while gold (as denominated in U.S. funds) remains weak. Do you expect these conditions to change? Adrian Day: Yes, absolutely. The strong dollar and equity markets are two of the

The Gold Report: Common wisdom says that when the U.S. Federal Reserve raises interest rates later this year, it will prove negative for gold. Do you agree? Jeb Handwerger: I think it’ll be the opposite. Money printing and easy credit has fueled the stock market rally and beaten down commodities. Investors flocked to dividend-paying stocks,