By Anthony Fensom
The Diplomat
After slumping in 2013, gold has moved higher this year on worries over the Ukraine crisis and U.S. economic growth. While miners have welcomed the rally, the battle between the gold “bugs” and bears still appears far from decided.
“Gold excites people,” Nick Sheard, chairman of Australian minerals explorer Carpentaria Exploration, told The Diplomat. “If you’ve ever panned gold, when you see that speck of gold you get quite excited and it’s the same with investors.”
He added, “Gold is still considered a reserve currency and whenever there’s a crisis you see strong buying.”
With a range of gold projects in Australia’s New South Wales state, the company is hoping the recent rally continues. Gold companies including Indochine Mining and Kingsgate have recently capitalized on the upward trend to raise millions of dollars of capital from investors.