Melman on Gold & Silver

June 2017 by Leonard Melman

Anyone seeking evidence that the standard leftist/socialist dogma may not work well need look no further than two western hemisphere governments, Venezuela and Puerto Rico, as both are now being wracked by financial and social upheavals.

Then and Now: Is Gold Really Money?

October 2011
The gold from 80 years ago still holds all of its value—it’s the Dollar that has been damaged.

Financing by the Crowd

September 2012
While a great many questions remain unanswered, there is little doubt that a new financing option for small-scale mining operations, “crowdfunding,” is growing as a viable and legitimate funding source.

Home Office Deductions

May 2013
The Internal Revenue Service recently announced (IR-2013-5) a new, simplified option for those who use a home office, which would apply to owners of home-based mining or prospecting operations and businesses.

Melman on Gold & Silver

February 2012
All we can say is “Welcome to 2012,” and if the first part of January is any indication, it is going to be quite a year on many fronts from the ongoing international financial crisis to the progress of a presidential election set to end this coming November.

Deductions: Get 'Em While You Can

September 2011
...miners, prospectors and mining related businesses are discovering that capital investments in equipment, machinery and other business assets are more affordable today than ever before.

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

August 2013

Melman on Gold & Silver

June 2016
Another area of growing international concern for business and industry is the recent astonishing proliferation of new government regulations and laws. Despite the presumably good intentions behind these measures it is now becoming apparent that they are imposing true costs  to our economic society. The sheer variety  of these laws and regulations is mind-boggling.

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