McEwen Mining (MUX) is a high growth gold, silver and copper mining company based out of Toronto. Rob McEwen is the CEO and largest shareholder in the company. By 2015, MUX hopes for inclusion in the S&P 500. This article will look at MUX mines and projects, then turn over to financial information and review the many risks associated with the company.

MUX has a long timeline of history. Back in 1979 Silver State Mining was incorporated and acquired the "Tonkin Springs" property 6 years later. Three years later in 1988, Silver State Mining was renamed U.S. Gold. Then, in 2005, Rob McEwen became the largest shareholder and then the CEO in the same year. In the following years U.S. Gold acquired many locations in Nevada and around the world. In 2011, a merger between Minera Andes and U.S. Gold was proposed by McEwen and carried out in January of

Alcoa (AA) is one of the world's leading producers of refined aluminum and aluminum oxides. For 125 years AA has been an icon in the aluminum industry in the United States. AA applications are seen in fields like aerospace, oxides, ingots, automotive industry, transportation, electronics, defense, energy, building and packaging. With over 200 locations in 30 countries, AA employs 61,000 individuals. Growth in China and new technologies make AA promising, as well as being close to its 52-week lows, with a dividend to boot.

Financial Information

AA has posted impressive revenues of $23.7 billion even with a falling aluminum spot price.

AA Revenue TTM data by YCharts

These revenues were lower than previous levels in 2011 of $24.9 billion, but higher than 2010 numbers. Other financial results from 2012 include an EBITDA of $2.0 billion and a free cash flow of $236 million. A low debt-to-capital ratio of 34%

The last few months have been rough for precious metals. SLV has fallen 5.45% in the last month and GLD has broken even in the last month. The "Death Cross", 50 day moving average crossing 200 day moving average, creates a possible bearish future for precious metals. The next few weeks will dictate whether or not precious metals will rise. Silver needs to gain about $2 pretty quickly with gold needing $50.

Some say this opportunity is a great buying opportunity. This article will examine the values in Barrick Gold (ABX) and Newmont Mining (NEM). These companies are two of North America's largest mining companies. NEM is a "Made in America" company ranking #19 in the world. ABX is a Canadian company that is ranked #8 in the world. These are good companies to consider when looking for a large precious metals mining company.

Newmont Mining

NEM is a primary

I recently read an article that bashed gold into the ground, as I read it many points stood out to me as very true, whereas a few points were false. Being a tenacious gold bull myself, I found that being a collector affected my perception in the gold market. The phrase, "Buy and sell it, don't marry it", comes to mind. If you are a collector, be prepared to take losses now in the gold market, as a bullion investor be prepared to look at facts and figures to avoid losses. The past three months SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD) has seen a 6.5% fall. The past six months has seen a 12.5% fall in GLD.

This article will examine facts and figures and get to the grit with gold.

Gold's Uses

Silver is considered an industrial precious metal. We eat, drink, filter, clean, and communicate with it. The fact

Oil is a resource that the world cannot live without. Although in January demand for oil in the United States was at a 18 year low, value can be found in oil companies.

Apache Corporation (APA) is an oil producer with operations around the globe. The company began in 1954 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The first well was opened in Oklahoma and the company has grown to be a worldwide operation. The company is still growing. Operations include United States, Canada, Egypt, United Kingdom, Australia and Argentina.

Full year 2012 earnings were 1.9 billion dollars, compared to 4.5 billion dollars in 2011. The company can prove itself by creation record earnings even though the average North American oil price was lower than average in the previous year.

Average daily production during 2012 increased to 779,000 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) per day, up 5.4 percent compared with the prior year's production,

Copper is by no means on the top of the liquidity charts for precious metals. Heck, rhodium is almost more liquid. However the global demand for copper is astounding and there are ways to get in on copper. China is by far the leading consumer of the metal. The country now consumes 40% of the metal mined every year. In 2010 19.4 million tons of the metal were used globally. The current situation is slightly bearish for copper. However future demand is expected and China has a lot of room to run.

By 2020, global copper consumption is predicted to nearly double to 27 million tons. USGS researchers have estimated that firms would need to bring 35 new copper deposits online by next decade to meet that demand.

(source:Frontline)

In this article i will be outlining three mining companies that may have potential to grow

Hecla Mining (HL) is a North American based silver mining company established in 1891. HL's corporate headquarters are located in Vancouver, BC. Their major operations are in Idaho and Alaska with Alaska's Greens Creek mine being the most productive. In Colorado and Mexico HL has pre-development sites. 2011 produced record earnings and an incredible 9.5 million ounces of silver.

In this article i will describe HL's two major mines and how each might impact shareholders in the future.

Lucky Friday Mine

HL has had ownership of the Lucky Friday mine since 1958. It is located in Mullan, Idaho. HL now currently owns 100% of the property. The major ore body at Lucky Friday extends from the 1200 foot level to the 6020 foot level and produces both silver and lead. Its current proven reserves are 29,573,000 ounces of silver, 70,000 tones of zinc and 183,000 tones of lead. The

Endeavour Silver Corp. (EXK) is a well-established gold/silver producer in Mexico. Since 2004 the company has posted eight consecutive years of growth. It currently has three operating mines, Guanacevi, Bolanitos, and El Cubo. All produced silver and gold in three different Mexico locations. On top of the three producing mines, there are seven exploration projects, one of which is located in Chile. EXK takes underperforming mines and turns them around to create new production from those mines.

In this article i will describe possible reasons in an EXK pullback. Some of these reasons indicate possible upside potential for EXK.

1) Back on October 17, 2012 AuRico Gold Inc. (AUQ) sold its position in EXK. This was an 11% stake totaling 11 million shares. Cdn$8.60 was the price per share, equivalent to Us$8.63. So a pull back in share price is understandable. This liquidation

Endeavour Silver Corp. (EXK) is a well established gold-silver producer in Mexico. Since 2004 the company has posted 8 consecutive years of growth. It currently has three operating mines, Guanacevi, Bolanitos, and El Cubo. All produced silver and gold in three different Mexico locations. On top of the three producing mines, there are seven exploration projects, one of which is located in Chile. EXK takes underperforming mines and turns them around to create new production from those mines.

Previous Forecasts

The 2011 guidance that EXK set was 3.7 million ounces of silver and 19,000 ounces of gold. The silver goal was hit with 3.73 million ounces and the gold goal was hit and well over-achieved at 21,810 ounces of gold.

The 2012 guidance was placed at 4.3 million ounces of silver and 26,000 ounces of gold. Once again this was achieved with 4.5 million ounces of silver and