Jennifer North is the Manager of Investor Relations at Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd (ASM: TSX). The company operates two silver mines in Mexico with a gold project under development in British Columbia.

Great Panther Silver (TSE:GPR-NYSE:GPL) President and CEO James Bannantine joined Steve Darling from Proactive Investors Vancouver to share news that Institutional Shareholder Services, a leading independent proxy advisory firm who provides voting recommendations to institutional investors, has recommended that shareholders vote in favour of the Great Panther acquisition of Beadell Resources.

Ben Whiting, VP of exploration at Orex Minerals Inc., speaks on the company's numerous silver projects.

Gold is a commodity, so you see these cycles that run in the commodity business. They go to highs, they go to lows, and everybody gets scared of the lows, and they get euphoric at the highs. We’re definitely at a low, and that’s where we came up with that call, and so far, we’re up $75-$80, we’re right, Tucker told Kitco News on the sidelines of the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference.

In this segment of The Ellis Martin Report, newsletter write and analyst Dudley Baker explains why precious metals equities including Kootenay Silver are a BUY in his opinion...as he expects certain equities to return a possible 500-1000%.

Newmont has bought a 5% stake in Evrim Resources, signaling the major miner’s confidence in this junior’s exploration projects, this according to Charles Funk, VP of exploration at Evrim Resources.

Taking lessons from a historical pattern called Thucydides's Trap, political scientist Graham Allison shows why a rising China and a dominant United States could be headed towards a violent collision no one wants -- and how we can summon the common sense and courage to avoid it.

2019 will be a strong year for gold, owing to tailwinds from macroeconomic forces, said Todd “Bubba” Horwitz of bubbatrading.com.

Rob McEwen, chairman at McEwen Mining and the founder of Goldcorp, weighs in on Colarado-based Newmont Mining acquiring B.C.-based Goldcorp. He says that the deal is a loss for Canada.