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By Nicholas Larkin – Aug 31, 2010 Investors are accumulating enough bullion to fill Switzerland’s vaults twice over as gold’s most- accurate forecasters say the longest rally in at least nine decades has further to go no matter what the economy holds. Analysts raised their 2011 forecasts more than for any other precious metal the [...]

Levon Resources Ltd. (CVE:LVN) announced the closing of its bought deal private placement with Canaccord Genuity Corp. previously announced on August 17, 2010 of 13,334,000 Units at a price of CDN$0.75 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of CDN$10,000,500. The press release is quoted as saying: Levon paid the Underwriter a cash commission in the [...]

The brilliant colors and panoramic landscapes of the Grand Canyon will be the backdrop as the United States Mint and National Park Service introduce the fourth coin in the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. 2010 Grand Canyon National Park Quarter The new quarter-dollar coin, featuring Grand Canyon National Park, will be officially presented at a [...]

Continental Gold Ltd. (TSE:CNL) announced the first results of the 2010 drilling campaign in the Veta Sur and Yaragua vein systems plus a new discovery on the Company’s 100%-owned Buriticá Gold Project, Antioquia Province, Colombia. The press release is quoted as saying: Continental Gold Limited is an advanced-stage exploration company with eight gold projects covering [...]

Welcome back to Coin Update! We’re back with another round up of coin collecting news and articles from around the internet! First, the upcoming release of the James Buchanan’s Liberty First Spouse Gold Coin. Also, the latest US Mint sales report, Carson City Mint coin show, the Duckor collection of barber Half Dollars, set building [...]

U.S. gold prices topped ,250 an ounce on Tuesday, capping an August rally of 5.6 percent and registering their biggest monthly gain since April. Precious metals were mixed as group. Silver hit its… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Coin News

First Metals Inc. (TSE:FMA) announced that the Corporation has received a forbearance from the majority of bond holders until November 1st, 2010 allowing debt restructuring discussions to progress and continued discussions with Kaskattama Inc. The press release is quoted as saying: First Metals Inc. is a resource company with two main Zinc-Copper deposits, Fabie Bay [...]

Midland Exploration Inc. (CVE:MD), in partnership with North American Palladium Limited reported the start of an important diamond drilling campaign to test several new geophysical targets on its Laflamme Property, located approximately 25 kilometres west of the town of Lebel-sur-Quévillon, in the Abitibi region of Quebec. The press release is quoted as saying: Midland targets [...]

Tarsis Resources Ltd. (CVE:TCC) reports assay results from its completed diamond drilling program at MOR property,  southern Yukon. Two holes totaling 443.83 meters were drilled by Top Rank Diamond Drilling under the supervision of Archer Cathro & Associates (1981) Limited. Drilling intercepted massive, semi-massive and heavily disseminated sulphides. For complete news release, click here. For Tarsis company profile, click [...]

It’s been the basic history of the Washington quarter to be overlooked. The two exceptions were the 1932-D and 1932-S, which was natural as they had mintages of 436,800 and 408,000, respectively. All Coin News

U.S. Mint 2010 Silver Proof Set sales opened solid but they were also softer than the opening performances from the prior two years, according to newly released figures from the United States Mint…. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Coin News

‘Unknown’ provincial Chinese Silver Pattern Dollar brings $320,000 Paul Fraser Collectibles At the weekend, Baldwin’s much anticipated auction of rare coins, medals and currency took place – and it didn’t disappoint. Whilst coins, awards and banknotes hailed from all over the world in the 1,130 lots sale – China, Japan, Thailand, India and even from [...]