>>>The prrice for an ounce of gold has been going up quickly bit in the past two or three weeks.
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>>>http://www.goldprice.org/ (Note the chart)
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>>>Are the movers and shakers moving into gold for a reason or is the price just going up?
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>>Here is one opinion (and I agree with most of his points)
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>>http://seekingalpha.com/article/170475-gold-is-not-in-a-bull-market?source=article_sb_picks
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>>PS I used to work for Echo Bay Mines which was based out of Edmonton. I only visited Edmonton once, but it seemed like a nice place (in the summer <s>)
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>Nuna Logistics is here too. They are mining diamonds up north. There has been an amazing amount of VERY LARGE equipment going up the highways every year. Did you see the West Ed Mall while you were here?


I did. I love roller coasters so I rode the one in the mall 5-6 times. I thought the downtown pedway system was pretty interesting. The diamond boom started after I left geology for programming. Echo Bay had a gold mine (Lupine Mine) on the shore of Lake Contwoyto. They had their own 727 they used to fly crews in for 2 week shifts. Pretty interesting operation.