Veteran mineral exploration analyst Eric Coffin has come out with his April commentary. Readers interested in that sector are encouraged to take a look. The gist of the article is that investors and mining companies must think longer term: “People who work their way to the top of large organizations tend to be empire builders.… Continue Reading

“One of the real challenges of life is that when you complete a chapter, you don’t atrophy, that you continue to find ways to contribute.” Article: Tom Benning, Dallas Morning News

Petronella Wyatt reminds young pros to avoid the big trips, clothes and dinners. The Broke Generation | Daily Mail

Faber: Gold isn’t down as much as Apple | Bloomberg Faber’s Web site.

He pays little attention to the daily trading noise, or to prophesies that the commodity supercycle is over. Even on a day when gold is nosediving, he remains bullish about the five- to 10-year prospects as long as monetary expansion and currency volatility remain rampant – and China, he feels, has come back nicely. Gold,… Continue Reading

The US raised its nuclear alert level to DEFCON 3 today. The last time US armed forces were at DEFCON 3 was 9/11; before that, it was only during the Yom Kippur War (1973) and the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962). And yet the gold price is not looking good; the fear is gone. The fear… Continue Reading

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Central banks are victims of their own success. With inflation no longer a reliable indicator of demand, they must look elsewhere to keep economies from running hot or cold. The death of inflation | Economist

“Stench, stones, luxury, poverty. Dissipation. A collection of robbers who have plundered the people and conscripted soldiers and judges to guard their orgies while they feast.” Tolstoy – 1881 How can a place justly renowned for its wickedness and inequities manage not only to survive but to thrive? Irrepressible Moscow | City Journal

In one of the most significant gifts in the history of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the philanthropist and cosmetics tycoon Leonard A. Lauder has promised the institution his collection of 78 Cubist paintings, drawings and sculptures. A Billion-Dollar Gift Gives the Met a New Perspective (Cubist) | New York Times

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The Toronto-listed stock of Allied Nevada ($ANV), which operates the Hycroft silver/gold mine near Winnemucca in north-west Nevada, on Tuesday spiked by more than 30%, after it released preliminary operational results for the first quarter ended March 31.  Article: Henry Lazenby, Mining Weekly

AS LONG as Víctor Carranza was still alive, the threat of a new battle for control of Colombia’s emerald business was contained, if only just. Mr Carranza, a gem magnate who won the moniker “emerald tsar” for the control he imposed over the business, died of cancer on April 4th, raising fears that the fragile… Continue Reading

Petroamerica Oil Corp (C:PTA) Shares Issued 580,721,594 Last Close 4/8/2013 $0.305 Petroamerica Oil Corp. has provided preliminary drilling results for its Las Maracas-8 well on the Los Ocarros block, and provides the results of selective testing for the La Casona-1 well on the El Eden block, Colombia.