Rick Rule: “The fact that we are starting to see increasing participation by mining companies in the open market (such as Goldcorp’s purchase of 7.3 million shares of Gold Standard Ventures), where they have no added inducement to buy, is extremely important from my own point of view…
If you add to that important observation the very recent merger and acquisition activity we’ve seen — the takeover of Dalradiun by private capital and the takeover of Arizona Mining by South32 — I think it’s testimony to the fact that while momentum isn’t in this (resource) market, while speculators are deterred from lack of volume and lack of momentum, value-oriented and industry investors are attracted to the fact that it’s cheap. At least the best companies are cheap.
And the value proposition of gold relative to US Treasuries makes me continuously bullish about (the price of) gold, although I can’t tell you very much with regards to the timing. I would suggest for your readers and listeners that they spend a little less time worrying about the gold market and think a little bit more about their reasons for owning gold and their reasons for participating in the market..."
- Source, King World News
