The Calandra Report Gold: All You Need Know  REPUBLIC OF POP -- I am not one for coined phrases, mottos and slogans. In this case: I cave. Wave the white flag Timing rules. I am back with the classic newsletter that coined the phrase “Melt-Up” for metals equities … and the same one...

Nation Prepares To Revel But hey, how about those prepagos? Thom @ Large In Antioquia By Thom Calandra www.babybulls.com MEDELLIN, Colombia – Underground treasure is surfacing in this nation of 50 million; in some cases, it is coming out of the gabinete. We’re talking gold....

By Thom Calandra @ Large www.babybulls.com SAN FRANCISCO -- A China-centric gold developer says China's consumer price inflation is understated and real estate developers will melt down if the nation's banks step away from largely vacant offices, subdivisions and warehouses. The informed...

By Thom Calandra OYADAO BORDER CAMP -- Cambodia explorer Angkor Gold is little known to travelers who visit this country to tick off Buddhist temples and irrawaddy fresh-water dolphins flipping in the Mekong River. [caption id="attachment_1356" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="They...

By Thom Calandra @ Large www.babybulls.com CAPE TOWN -- A large Russian gold project, kissing cousin to Kinross' Kupol Mine in Chukotka, this week made its deal-flow debut. Geologist Andy Smith and negotiator and Sharprock Resources CEO Harp Sangha "put it out there" to minerals bankers...

By Thom Calandra www.babybulls,com VANCOUVER, Canada -- Ordinary folks go to investment shows to advertise their fears. Not to buy. That's what I call fup-the-duck. This holds for most shows in most market moods: up, down, euphoria, despair. Insecurity. Torrents of sweat for those who don't...

Thom @ Large: Bull Market Boosts Donations By Thom Calandra BAMAKO, Mali — I am seeing more and more metals companies discover that "giving in the field" is compatible with their goals. The "greater giving" comes as a bull market continues, albeit with a bit of bull bucking &...