As the events in Ukraine unfold, financial markets become volatile. Gold, the most widely recognized safe-haven investment, has wide-swings in its price over the past fortnight.

Mali has cancelled 130 mining permits, about 30% of existing permits in the gold-producing West African nation, in a drive to clean up the sector, a mines ministry official said on Thursday.

Newmont Mining Corp. (NEM) will build a mine in Suriname for as much as $1 billion as the largest U.S. gold producer continues efforts to reduce operating costs following the metal’s decline.

There is no substitute for gold. But gold miners, if you choose them correctly, can not only leverage your exposure as they grow their businesses, but they can generate cash-flow and dividends that are correlated to the gold price.

Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC Holdings Plc and Bank of Nova Scotia were accused in a lawsuit of rigging the price of billions of dollars in silver, an allegation similar to earlier suits involving the London gold fix.

There remains one large unknown to “reshoring” success: could domestic manufacturing operations benefit from domestic mineral reserves or will they continue to rely on foreign imports for their raw material needs?