I also do not expect news before Christmas ( only hope) but do believe that we could get some because there will likely be drill results available to the company that they might release.
Though I do expect some drill news by early January, will be disappointed if they do not.
As for commodity prices, I expect them to be low until end of January. Rise in January because I expect that the US will introduce QE3 at the end of the month. Similar for the Eurozone except it is up in the air when and if they will allow expenditures for failures.
By the way, JP Morgan is heavy into silver (metal and stocks) shorting so they will get their silver spike into the heart in not to distant future.