Gold cannot be kept down forever, however, and once the bottom is in, those miners that have survived will be in an enviable position, able to buy lucrative assets at bargain prices.

What do the Fed's recent statements about the timing of possible future interest rate hikes mean for the price of gold?

Fund Manager Adrian Day has a ready answer for investors wondering why the gold price has been so depressed. It is the strength of the dollar. In this interview, Day focuses on 10 companies that can remain stable at almost any price.

It's never too late to find a new way to evaluate mining companies, and Jeff Desjardins and James Fraser of Tickerscores.com have developed one based on over 20 different criteria.

Sprott Asset Management's Charles Oliver argues that demand for gold will improve sooner rather than later. In this interview, Oliver discusses several companies likely to prosper.

Michael Fowler, senior mining analyst with Toronto-based Loewen, Ondaatje & McCutcheon, predicts when gold breaks out, mining M&A will take off. He expects the major producers to lead the next rush of M&A.