Will Growth Hamper Gold? - Mark Lackey

Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.The article below is a guest contribution by Frank Holmes, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of U.S. Global Investors.

The Gold Report submits: Uncertainty will certainly push gold prices higher. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Mike Niehuser, founder of Beacon Rock Research, LLC, is bullish on gold and well-managed producers, advanced development and exploration companies. He shares his top eight picks and advice on easing into an investment instead of buying all at once.

Temex Resources Corp V.TME announced April 29 an updated 43-101 resource estimate of its Juby Gold Project located in Ontario’s Timmins-Kirkland Lake mining camp. At a cutoff of 0.4 grams per tonne gold, it contains 25.3 million tonnes grading 1.28 g/t gold for 1.04 million gold ounces indicated and 74.2 million tonnes grading 0.91 g/t for 2.17 million gold ounces inferred.

By The Gold Report:Gold has been produced in Africa for thousands of years in places like Ghana and neighboring countries whose names have changed over the centuries. One thing that has not changed is that there's still a huge amount of gold to be found and mined in West Africa. That's what Mark Lackey likes about the area and in this interview with The Gold Report, he talks about companies that are or will be producing significant amounts of the world's prized metal.

OTTAWA — Almost four years removed from the start of the so-called economic recovery, 2013 could be the year Canada finally leaves the legacy of the Great Recession behind. It may not look like it from the numbers. With few exceptions, most economists see the upcoming year as not much better than what happened in 2012, when the pillars of global expansion came tumbling down like so many dominoes. Says Arlene Kish of IRS Global Insight: “It is more like the Canadian economy will be able to keep its head up by treading water while waiting out external global winds.”

The Gold Report submits:How long until the window on rising iron ore prices closes? Global demand is driving prices higher and shipping costs are at historic lows. But only companies poised to get into production quickly will be able to capitalize. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Geordie Mark, an analyst with Haywood Securities in Vancouver, picks the companies that are ready to profit and those that are likely to get picked off by competitors.

Tom Lydon submits: Exchange traded funds (ETFs) turned flat on Thursday after mixed economic data raised concerns about the labor market and higher inflation.