It is an endless debate for investors interested in gold. Should they buy a direct play on the gold price, either gold bullion itself or even so-called paper gold with an ETF such as the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca: GLD)? Or should they invest into gold equities, particularly the larger, higher quality gold mining companies?

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This morning, gold and gold mining stocks are taking off to the upside. The popular Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF(NYSE:GDX) is trading higher by $1.64 to $66.55 a share. Traders must watch the $66.50 and $67.00 levels as short term intra-day resistance. The daily chart on the GDX continues to remain very strong, however, the GDX is starting to get a bit extended and overbought.

ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) announced it has signed a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with the Government of Bangladesh and Petrobangla covering two blocks in the deepwater area of the Bay of Bengal, representing ConocoPhillips' first investment in the People's Republic of Bangladesh. ConocoPhillips holds 100 percent of the working interest in the PSC.