Colossal pandemic spending by governments worldwide over the past 18 months has meant inflation is back in the news, as is gold contained in pyrite following publication of academic research in Australia.Most prices rise over time. Inflation has been especially destructive in the U.K. over the past 750 years, with the Bank of England calculating that ?1 in 1270 had a purchasing-power equivalent o...Read More
Hope you all had a great Fourth of July weekend. It was top notch here in Maryland. We had a great day of sailing with blustery winds blowing up the Chesapeake. Steaks were grilled, crab cakes devoured, and the corn from the Eastern Shore never tasted better.My neighbor who owns an adjacent farm must have lit off $20,000 in fireworks, the big ones like you see after the Frederick Keys play on Frid...Read More
Here we are, on the back end of a long Fourth of July weekend on a Tuesday morning.It'll be good to be back, good to get things moving along.I've got a three-hour drive from the eastern shore of Maryland back to Baltimore ahead of me though.Right now I'm pretty jazzed about how my sandwich-in-a-bag has the good mustard on it, and that's about the extent of what I've got working for me. I'd bet we...Read More
Julian is home to San Diego County's motherlode. But also, don't miss the apple pie.Read full newsRead More
Kavango Resources (LON: KAV) on Monday announced not only an expansion of its Kalahari Suture Zone drill programme but also an almost ?2 million placing. T...Read full newsRead More
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It's not every day you come across a business model like MetalNRG's (LSE:MNRG). The company has everything in place for serious growth, leveraging some of...Read full newsRead More
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The winning streak of seven consecutive records was reportedly last seen in 2007.US markets are closed today to observe Independence Day, which fell on the weekend.In China, stock markets fell the most in three months as the market stability experienced ahead of the 100-year anniversary of the Communist Party might be behind us, Marex's Anna Stablum said on Friday.Gold was worth about US$1,787 an...Read More
The blaze on January 14 had not caused casualties or environmental damage or impacted shipping, the Brazil-based miner said. Analysts had initially warned the fire could have reduced Brazil iron ore exports by as much as 32 million tonnes over the next 12 months. "The maintenance of CN6, which evolved the substitution of over 60% of its components, did not impact PDM's monthly iron ore s...Read More
The price of gold is starting to recover from a recent pullback, but gold stocks are not rebounding as much as one might expect and still appear undervalued today.Gold outlookGold trades near US$1,790 per ounce at the time of writing. The price of the yellow metal hit a record high around US$2,080 last August and fell back below US$1,700 in March. Since then gold has been as high as US$1,900.Gold...Read More
Those worried about a potential market correction or crash certainly have reason to view the markets in a skeptical way.Indeed, valuations are nearing all-time highs on various metrics. And some investors are rightly becoming concerned with just how steeply valued the market is right now relative to historical levels.On this basis, the search for value stocks is on. Here are two of the top value s...Read More
Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD) shares have been under considerable pressure over the past several months, as gold prices slid. Undoubtedly, gold has been quite the volatility asset of late, rallying over 10% between March and June, only to plunge nearly 8% in a matter of weeks.While there’s not yet enough data to conclude that gold and its miners have a negative correlation with cryptocur...Read More
While the Canadian stock market bounced back strongly on hopes of a revival in the economy, plenty of high-quality stocks are trading cheap and are well within reach. So, if you are looking for cheap stocks to buy now, consider these three Canadian stocks priced under $30. Algonquin Power & Utilities Speaking of high-quality, cheap (under-$30) stocks, Algonquin Power & Utilities&...Read More
The junior is looking to raise £6.2 million at 5.5p per share for exploration at its assets across Arizona and Nevada.Read More
The Fronterizo, Muga and Goyo concessions have been approved, signed, and sealed, meaning Highfield can kick off its long simmering construction plans at last.Read More
French-based uranium miner and nuclear fuels services provider Orano says it has bagged several new uranium mining and front-end services contracts worth more than US$450 million (?,?380 million).The company reports increased demand for its mining activities and activities in the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle from its electricity utility customers, particularly in the United States, Europe a...Read More
Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA) and junior explorer Eskay Mining (TSXV: ESK) have agreed to share the $12 million construction bill of the first stage of an access road to the KSM gold-silver-copper project in British Columbia.The nine-km road, called the Coulter Creek Access Road (CCAR), is one of two main access roads to KSM. Building the first segment now will shorten the time Seabridge needs to esta...Read More
Miner and commodity trader Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has chosen non-executive director Kalidas Madhavpeddi to replace Tony Hayward as the company's new chairman, completing a leadership overhaul at the company.Madhavpeddi, a U.S. citizen, joined the board of the Swiss firm in February 2020. He had previously led China Molybdenum International (CMOC) for almost a decade, until 2018.During his time at...Read More