The Wall Street Journal has said that billionaire fund manager John Paulson, who is said to hold $3.5 billion in the SPDR Gold Trust is starting a new gold fund, begfnning January 1st.
Although the measured gold/moly resource figure has been increased sharply at the Runruno exploration project in the Philippines, the total resource has fallen due to previously inferred tonnage not being supported by infill drilling.
Ghana's relatively new government is making its presence felt with a series of announcements relating to foreign investment including a doubling of mining royalties.
Negative numbers abounded with respect to gold demand in the third quarter of this year, and the fourth quarter outlook is "mixed". It is arguable that the demand in the market is now past the worst. India has regained its position as the largest jewellery consumer
Eric Sprott of Sprott Asset Management gives his views on the effects of current economic management on the price of gold. Interview with The Gold Report
Shifting sands in the gold investment market means that European countries are now in the vanguard when it comes to investment bar purchases; with local gold prices doubling since April 2006, will Vietnam now come back to the fore?
Jeffrey Nichols believes that many market participants, particularly in India, but also throughout the region, have reassessed gold`s price potential following the Reserve Bank of India`s 200-ton purchase.
