British Columbia is known for its coal and copper-gold deposits, with a storied history of mining all three commodities. Now the second largest mining company in the world is hoping to add a BC copper porphyry deposit to its portfolio of development properties.Rio Tinto's (ASX, LON:RIO) Chris Welton said the London and New York-listed mega-miner is scoping out British Columbia, Canada for a copper...Read More
The S&P and Nasdaq, on the other hand, closed lowerThe Dow explored a 170-point trading range on both sides of breakeven, as Wall Street digested the latest round of blue-chip earnings. The index managed a modest gain by the close on positive reactions for Pfizer (PFE) and 3M (MMM). The S&P 500 and Nasdaq weren't so resilient, settling with losses as tech stocks sold off on fresh tensions between...Read More
Australia's Newcrest Mining on Wednesday reported a near 7 percent rise in its second quarter gold output, driven by increased production across all its operations, led by its flagship Cadia mine. Total gold production for the country's largest independent gold miner for the three months to Dec. 31 came in at 654,849 ounces compared with 612,695 ounces a year ago, a 19 percent increase from the pr...Read More
The J.P. Morgan Securities analyst urges caution ahead of General Electric earningsStocks are mixed today, with the Dow higher but the Nasdaq in the red amid a tech stock pullback. Former Dow name General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) is struggling, but small-cap stocks Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (NASDAQ:JVA) and biotech name OncoCyte Corp (NYSEAMERICAN:OCX) are enjoying breakout days. Below, we'll tak...Read More
Montreal's Yorbeau Resources has resumed diamond drilling at its Scott copper-zinc property between the towns of Chibougamau and Chapais. The goal is to identify an extension of the deposit west of the Gwillim fault.A preliminary economic assessment was made in 2017 for the Scott project that planned on mining 12 million tonnes at grades of 4.14% zinc, 0.81% copper, 27 g/t silver and 0.24 g/t go...Read More
Toronto-based QMX Gold Corp. has released high grade results from its ongoing drilling program at the Val d'Or East zone near Val d'Or. Half of the planned 26 holes have been completed at the Bonnefond target with the best assays reaching 39.5 and 31.5 g/t gold.Core from work at the tonalitic plug returned 31.55 g/t gold over 1.6 metre within an intersection of 3.31 g/t over 26.8 metres within a...Read More
Miner AngloGold Ashanti said on Tuesday it has halted a soil study at a site in Colombia after the town's mayor issued a suspension order because of a recent mining ban.Work at the site in Jerico, Antioquia province, was stopped on Monday and the project will remain halted pending a review by the province's tribunal, AngloGold said.The company was not carrying out mining exploration at the site, b...Read More
The brokerage firm also upgraded the name to "strong buy"Raymond James upgraded Carbon Black Inc (NASDAQ:CBLK) to "strong buy" from "outperform," and maintained its $24 price target -- a 68% premium to last night's close at $14.30. The analyst in coverage waxed optimistic on the cybersecurity firm's growth potential, and said the stock is cheap at current levels.In reaction, CBLK is trading up 7.7...Read More
SEAS still isn't too far from its 2018 highsSeaWorld Entertainment Inc (NYSE:SEAS) is seeing accelerated put trading, following the sudden death of orca whale Kayla at the young age of 30. Puts are crossing at two times the expected pace, and traders seem to be buying to open positions at the June 25 put. If that's the case, these bearish traders would be betting on more losses from SEAS stock in...Read More
The shares could rally in the short term, if past is prologueTech behemoth Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is set to report earnings after the close today, and while AAPL option premiums are inflated ahead of the event (as expected), the same can't be said about iPhone supplier Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO). What's more, AVGO shares just flashed a bullish options signal, suggesting now may be the time to bu...Read More
Bluestone Resources (TSXV: BSR; US-OTC: BBSRF) has tabled a feasibility study for its Cerro Blanco gold project in Guatemala that says the project would produce 902,000 oz. gold over an eight year mine life. It would cost an initial $196 million and achieve after-tax payback in 2.1 years.The project has a $241 million after-tax net present value at a 5% discount rate and a 34% after-tax internal...Read More
Great Panther Silver (TSX: GPR; NYSE American: GPL) has increased the measured and indicated resource at its Topia silver-gold-lead-zinc mine in Mexico's Durango state to nearly 15 million silver-equivalent ounces.Despite mine depletion since the last resource estimate was completed four years ago, Great Panther Silver has boosted Topia's measured and indicated resource by 28% to 475,900 tonnes g...Read More
Great Panther Silver (TSX: GPR; NYSE American: GPL) has increased the measured and indicated resource at its Topia silver-gold-lead-zinc mine in Mexico's Durango state to nearly 15 million silver-equivalent ounces.Despite mine depletion since the last resource estimate was completed four years ago, Great Panther Silver has boosted Topia's measured and indicated resource by 28% to 475,900 tonnes g...Read More
FB earnings are due out after tomorrow's closeThe shares of Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) are sinking ahead of the social media giant's fourth-quarter earnings report, due after the close tomorrow, Jan. 30. At last check, FB is down 2.2% at $144.25, and the options market is expecting a more volatile-than-usual swing for the FAANG stock in Thursday's trading.Most recently, Trade-Alert placed Facebook...Read More
ECB's meeting is behind us, while the gathering of the Fed officials is ahead of us. In the meantime, the price of gold jumped above $1,300. Will it stay for longer? Slowdown in the Eurozone, but not Recession On Thursday, the ECB held its monetary policy meeting. It left the policy on hold. The bank also maintained its forward guidance about the future path of interest rates unchanged (they a...Read More
BABA puts have become quite popular in recent weeks Caterpillar (CAT) just had a rough go of its recent quarterly report, with the company citing weak demand out of China. The strength of the mainland's economy has been a concern of Wall Street's recently, and will likely have traders eyeing Chinese e-commerce concern Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's (NYSE:BABA) fiscal third-quarter earnings report, d...Read More
The tech-rich Nasdaq is in the redThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) was up over 140 points earlier, but has paredits gains -- and the Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) is trading lower -- as tech stocks pull back. Ahead of Apple's (AAPL) quarterly earnings release tonight, the FAANG stock is lower on news of a FaceTime glitch that allows users to "spy" on other iPhone parties. Earnings wins from blue c...Read More
Gold no longer fears competition from higher interest rates.Central banks are putting rate hikes on hold, which benefits gold.Gold's all-important currency component is still beneficial for the bulls.As Wall Street anxiously awaits the Federal Reserve's interest rate policy decision on Wednesday, the gold market remains unconcerned. Instead, it's confirming that the intermediate-term outlook f...Read More
The bull note comes ahead of the company's earnings release tomorrowJ.P. Morgan Securities moved its price target on Nasdaq Inc (NASDAQ:NDAQ) up to $91 from $89, expecting the recent pick-up in market volatility to result in increased trading volumes -- which obviously would be a boon for the exchange operator's business. This comes as the company just announced that its private market businessfac...Read More
The retail stock is headed toward its worst day since 2002The shares of GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) are crumbling on news the video game retailer said it is no longer considering selling itself, after it couldn't agree to financing terms with any potential buyers. In reaction, GME stock is down 25.4% at $11.56, putting it on track for its worst day since Dec. 19, 2002, when it lost 30%.It's already...Read More