Germany and Italy hold the world's second- and third-largest national gold reserves after the United States, with reserves of 3,352 tonnes and 2,452 tonnes, respectively, according to World Gold ...

Among the first to understand and publicize it was GATA's late friend Peter George, the foremost gold advocate of his day in South Africa. Preparing for his presentation at GATA's Gold Rush 21 ...

Of course that assumes that the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve don't launch a corresponding attack on the monetary metals. At least this one won't be a surprise attack. * * * B ...

When state Sen. Bob Ide, R-Casper, introduced the Wyoming Gold Act earlier this year -- which requires the Wyoming state treasurer to buy and hold at least $10 million in physical gold -- the price of ...

The move by Africa to create payments systems that do not rely on the greenback mirrors a push by China to develop financial systems independent of Western institutions. Countries like Russia, which ...

Sprott says monetary metals prices have been manipulated and suppressed for 50 years, he has been fighting it for the last 25, and he thinks it's over now and the metals are starting to manifest their ...

"Shimmering gold lies in wait. ..." promises the website of treasure hunter Martin Bayerle. It is now 44 years since he discovered the "billion-dollar wreck" of the RMS Republic, the White Star liner ...

ZURICH -- The Swiss National Bank today cut its interest rate to zero and did not rule out returning borrowing costs to negative territory in future, although it stressed this was not a step it would ...

WILMINGTON, Delaware -- Robert Leroy Higgins, 69, the West Chester, Pennsylvania, gold and silver dealer found guilty by a federal jury of fraud and tax evasion last fall, was sentenced today to 65 ...

China's central bank governor has said he expects a new global currency order to emerge after decades of dominance by the U.S. dollar, with the renminbi competing in a "multi-polar international ...

LONDON -- Central banks expect their gold holdings as a proportion of their reserves to increase over the next five years while expecting their dollar reserves to be lower, a survey by the World Gold ...

Mali's interim president, Col. Assimi Goita, said last year that all mining companies will be required to process their gold domestically under a revised mining code, without providing a deadline.