Dig it! Experts talk macho about gold mining

Nobody romanticises about an investment more than a gold bug does. A panel of gold industry players at the AsianInvestor/FinanceAsia Commodities Investment Summit this week could scarcely contain their enthusiasm for precious metals. “The trend is our friend and we think the gold price is going to keep going in a north-easterly direction,” said Owen Hegarty, vice-chairman of G Resources, sporting a graph showing a gold price rocketing upwards – a line that has to be admitted does …