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(Kitco News) – Venezuela has defaulted on a gold-swap agreement with Deutsche Bank AG that was valued at $750 million, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

(Kitco News) – Gold prices are solidly up and hit a 3.5-month high in early U.S. trading Wednesday. Silver prices are also up today and hit a three-week high.

(Kitco News) – Gold prices are up 1% on the day and near session highs following a significantly weaker growth in private sector employment, according to the latest report from private payrolls company ADP.

(Kitco News) – Bitcoin-U.S. dollar prices are higher Wednesday as the bulls try to stop this week’s bleeding that drove prices to a nearly three-week low.

(Kitco News) – â??If the pumping stops for a prolonged period, like a month, we run the risk of a decant of toxic and radioactive acid mine water into the surrounding Cradle of Humankind.â?

(Kitco News) – Selling Mt. Alexander Magnetite Iron Project in Western Australia.

(Kitco News) – The VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Index (GDXJ) is down 5% year-to-date at $31.08.

(Kitco News) – PwC speculated that trade wars, geopolitical crises and continuing climate change are all holding back the industry.

(Kitco News) – When it comes to recognition as “money” and a “store of value,” bitcoin outcompetes gold on its practicality and versatility, said Clem Chambers, CEO of ADVFN and author of the bestseller “101 Ways to Pick Stock Market Winners.”

(Kitco News) – Gold’s safe-haven appeal is only just starting to heat up as troubling signs in the bond and equity markets prompt investors to take more defensive measures, according to one market analyst.