Gold cracked $2,000 an ounce on Monday for the first time in a year, as metal traders reacted to Sunday’s news that a deal was reached for UBS to buy Credit Suisse.

A junior resource company’s place in the mining food chain is to acquire projects and make discoveries.

For all their successes building Europe’s strongest economy, the Germans have made some pretty dumb moves regarding energy policy.

The transition from fossil fuels to electrified transportation and renewable energy is predicated on two assumptions, both of which are false.

The breakthrough the DOE announced this week involved the momentary ignition of a single fuel capsule, not something that can run a power plant.

Silver, like gold, is a precious metal that offers investors protection during times of economic and political uncertainty.

Over the past year, relentlessly rising interest rates (because of the global fight on inflation), are putting pressure on borrowers, who are reportedly deeper in the red than ever before.

Regarding what the Fed does or doesn’t do, the problem is the central bank is using the wrong numbers.

The gold market continues to experience tightness due to difficulties expanding existing deposits, and a pronounced lack of large discoveries in recent years.

The stocks of silver held by the London Bullion Market Association and the Comex, in New York, are thinning out.

Friend-shoring sounds good, but its harmful effects far outnumber its benefits.

This year has seen a correction in the gold price, commensurate with rising interest rates/ bond yields, and the spectre of more to come.