THE RESOURCE INVESTOR E-newsletter
 ARTICLES: "Base Metals Review...Green shoots or bamboo shoots?"; "Tupperware and ATMs– Gold Goes Mainstream"; "Basic Materials May Be Unexciting, Except as an Investment"; "Platinum Supply and Demand Will Be Closely Matched in 2009"; "World Silver Survey 2009 Showcases Silver’s Dual Role";
FEATURED COMPANY PROFILES: Aurizon Mines Ltd.; Ireland Inc.; Minera Andes Inc.; Paramount Gold & Silver Corp.; San Gold Corporation; Velocity Minerals Ltd.
DIGEST OF INVESTMENT NEWSLETTERS... Leading advisors and analysts reveal their Top Stock Picks for Uranium, Alternative Energy, Gold, Oil & Gas. |
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Once gold decisively tops US$1,000, it'll stay there
John Embry, Investor's Digest of Canada: Gold doesn't change. What is changing is the value of the world's currencies, especially the U.S. dollar, and I see it going lower and lower. |
| Minera Andes Inc. announces Robert R. McEwen appointed interim President and Chief Executive Officer |
How to Sell Restricted Canadian Stock in the U.S. -
A 4-Minute Briefing
Timothy Major and Tom Wobker: Pennaluna & Company |
The Spread's The Rub: Bars to Circulating Silver & Gold
Franklin Sanders, The Moneychanger: Whenever I assert that silver and gold are money, the usual objection comes back, "But they're not used as currency!" (I actually went to jail on that objection, so I ought to know.) |
Why Gold is Set to Rule; Inflationary forces are building
Stephen Leeb, The Complete Investor: Banks are sitting on a ton of money. Once they start lending it out - and eventually they will - the money supply will explode, resulting in surging inflation. As always, the single best investment under such circumstances will be gold |
Managing Your Investment Expectations
Dudley Pierce Baker, Precious Metals Warrants: In all aspects of our lives we need a plan. Here we would like to chat about investor's expectations, especially those investors in the natural resource sector. |
Tupperware and ATMs - Gold Goes Mainstream
Jeff Clark, editor of Casey Research's Big Gold looks at how different people are evaluating gold - and how people who never thought about gold are incorporating it into their portfolios. |
GT Solar, Yingli & Others in Solar Space
Unlikely to Profit From Higher Crude Prices
David Phillips: Solar industry fundamentals are in bigger trouble than expected by most observers.
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A Global Power Shift
An argument can be made that we are in the middle of an economic war but just don't recognize it. |
China, Western Central Banks Out of Sync on Gold
John Embry: The theatre of the absurd has continued to unfold in the gold and silver markets, with the anti-gold cartel abandoning any hint of subtlety in their price-suppression efforts. |
U.S. Dollar: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Axel Merk, Merk Investments: Russian President Medvedev suggests the dollar is on its way out; Russian Finance minister Kudrin says there is no substitute for the dollar. The Chinese see a need to diversify out of the dollar; the Japanese say their trust in the dollar is unshakable. Let's look at this puzzle and make some sense of it. |
The Resource Investor Featured Company:
 San Gold Corporation
To Bring Hinge Zone High Grade Gold Discovery to Production by Mid-2009; New High Grade Gold Zone Recently Discovered East of Hinge Zone... Nearly 100 years after gold was first discovered at Manitoba’s Rice Lake, San Gold Corporation continues to make significant new high-grade gold discoveries at its Rice Lake Project where it owns the operating Rice Lake Gold Mine. In April San Gold announced yet the latest in a continuing series of “spectacular” gold discoveries... a high grade, near surface deposit grading in one drill hole as high as 82 g/t gold (2.4 ounces per ton) over a seven-foot width....READ MORE |
The Resource Investor Featured Company:
 Ireland Inc.
New Gold Discovery Reported by Ireland; Bulk Leach Test Indicates Potential Extraction Method;
Ireland Inc., a minerals exploration and development company focused on the discovery and extraction of precious metals from mineral deposits in the Southwestern United States, recently announced that results from its technical program have indicated a new gold discovery at its Columbus Project located in Esmeralda County, Nevada. Ireland has received assay results from independent consultants McEwen Geological LLC of Arvada, Colorado from 39 holes drilled in 2008. The 2008 drill program was designed to test mineralized targets identified by Ireland’s previous exploration work... READ MORE |
The Resource Investor Featured Company:
Aurizon Mines Ltd.
 Gold Producer Aurizon Mines Is Utilizing Cash Resources to Grow Production Profile; Strong Cash Flow, Excellent Exploration Potential Gives Company Stability and Security
Amid the uncertainties of a faltering world economy, Aurizon Mines is one of Canada’s newest gold producers, has $100-million in cash, due to a recently completed equity financing that realized $47.4 million, generates a healthy $50-70-million annual cash flow, and operates in the Abitibi Gold Belt region of northwest Quebec, one of the richest gold and base metal regions of the world...READ MORE |
The Resource Investor Featured Company:
 Minefinders Corporation
Minefinders Producing Gold and Silver at Flagship Dolores Mine in Chihuahua, Mexico; Cash Flow to Fund Portfolio Development and Growth Strategies... Solid production of gold and silver at its flagship Dolores Mine and increasingly positive results from exploration programs at its three other advanced properties in Mexico places Minefinders Corporation Ltd. in a position that is the envy of many of today’s economically battered mining companies – positive cash flow achieved in February 2009, a deposit that shows tremendous upside for expanded production, and a property portfolio that promises more of the same. ...READ MORE |
The Resource Investor Featured Company:
 Paramount Gold & Silver Corp.
Amasses District-Scale Gold/Silver Property in Mexico’s Sierra Madre; Drilling Program Aims to Significantly Expand 2.65 Million Ounce Gold Equivalent Resource... The famed “treasure” of Mexico’s Sierra Madre Mountains is much more than a legend as evidenced by a plethora of producing gold mines and most recently the discovery of a significant new gold mineralization zone by Paramount Gold & Silver Corp. In just a few years, Paramount Gold very deliberately and systematically accumulated a district-sized chunk of some of the richest mining ground in Mexico. The company now controls more than 540 square miles (140,000 hectares) in the midst of the Sierra Madre gold-silver belt in Chihuahua, Mexico... READ MORE |
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Energy's Best Vehicles for High Income
MLPs and royalty trusts do it differently
The two best ways for investors seeking high current income to invest in the energy sector are through publicly traded master limited partnerships and royalty income trusts. Here are the differences between them along with recommendations. |
 The Best Oil Stocks To Own Now
From the majors to the service group, these are the standouts. While there will be bumps along the way, over the long haul best in-class oil stocks will be among the market's standouts as oil prices enter a new bull market. It isn't too soon to start accumulating these favorites... |
Steel Stocks: Bent But Not Broken?
George Putnam, III, The Turnaround Letter: The steel stocks tend to go through boom and bust cycles depending on global economic activity. They have been pummeled over the last year, as the global economy slowed. But, on the other hand, it wouldn't take much of an economic rebound to push them much higher from their current levels. |
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Look Out! The ETFs Are A Trap!
By Franklin Sanders, The Moneychanger |
 GOLD STOCK NEWS
An In Depth Analysis of Gold Stocks
and Precious Metals Trends
Proving Grounds:
Is All that Glitters Gold?
Are My Gold Coins Counterfeit?
Investment Newsletter Digest:
Leading financial experts reveal their Top Stock Picks and
Investment Outlook for Gold, Silver, and Precious Metals Stocks
Profiled Companies: Minera Andes Inc.,
Minefinders Corporation, San Gold Corporation, and Ireland Inc. |
The Outlook for Zinc to 2011
GFMS Metals Consulting projects a 4.3% decline in zinc global mine output in 2009, followed by relatively modest gains in 2010 and 2011. |
The U.S. Monetary System
200 Years of Monetary Systems Based on Gold, Then Fiat Money Will We Return to a Gold Standard?
Ken Coleman, The Investment Tracker, believes the current global financial contraction is not a massive recession, but a global depression. When there is a lack of confidence in the global currency, multi-national corporations begin demanding that industrial nations return to a system of commerce that uses real money (a currency that is backed by gold and/or silver or some other scarce commodity).
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Ecology and Environment Thrives By Going Green
If water is the gold of the 21st century then it will have a green tinge to it. Ecology and Environment, Inc. provides a variety of solutions to climate change and other environmental issues. EEI is well positioned to address the environmental priorities of the new Obama administration and the world. |
Wind, Water and Sun
Beat Other Energy
Alternatives
By Louis Bergeron
The best ways to improve energy security, mitigate global warming and reduce the number of deaths caused by air pollution are blowing in the wind and rippling in the water, not growing on prairies or glowing inside nuclear power plants, says Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University. |
The Resource Investor Featured Company:
 Minera Andes Inc.
Minera Andes Doubles Production at San José ; Company Emerging as a Primary Silver Producer; Impressive Metallurgical Test Results at Los Azules Copper Project... Minera Andes Inc.is one of those rare junior mining companies that succeeded, after accumulating significant mineral properties in Argentina, in bringing its flagship San José Mine to production ...READ MORE |
The Resource Investor Featured Company:
 Velocity Minerals Ltd.
Velocity Minerals Advancing Significant Molybendum Properties In British Columbia; Initial Drill Results Appear to Confirm Historic Mineralization Data...Read More... |
The Resource Investor Featured Company:
 Ur-Energy Inc.
The Right People, The Right Projects, The Right Proceeds, Right Now -- this company with a world class management team and a strong portfolio of uranium-rich, North American properties, has successfully guided its flagship Lost Creek project in Wyoming to the brink of production. ...Read More... |
The Resource Investor Featured Company:
 Uranium Bay Resources Inc.
Uranium Bay Discovers Potentially Massive Uranium Deposit in Québec; Company is focused on developing significant uranium resource...
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The Resource Investor Featured Company:
 Rye Patch Gold Corp.
Rye Patch Achieving Sizeable Gold/Silver Resource on Prolific Nevada Gold Trends
Aggressive drilling programs planned on multiple projects... Read More... |
The Resource Investor Featured Company:
 Aura Silver Resources Inc.
To Complete 4,000-Meter Drilling Program at Taviche Project in Oaxaca, Mexico; Drill Program Testing Depth Potential at Historic Silver/Gold Mines...
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The Resource Investor Featured Company:
 International PBX Ventures Ltd.
Developing Molybdenum Copper, and Gold Projects in Mineral-Rich Chile; Utilizing Modern Technologies to Advance Potential World-Class Deposits. ... READ MORE |
