PRESCOTT, Ariz.- The Prescott National Forest today withdrew its decision to proceed with a controversial mine, the River Bend Placer Mine project, on the Hassayampa River. The withdrawal comes after the Center for Biological Diversity delivered a forceful objection to the project's impacts on the globally imperiled Phillip's agave (Agave phillipsiana), a rare plant domesticated by Native American...Read More
Income investors who rely on stable and steady dividends in retirement haven’t had much to cheer about recently. Dividends stocks have been highly volatile, and investors are rightfully nervous. However, there is some good news. For the first time since the pandemic began, dividends are stabilizing. This means that we are seeing fewer dividend cuts and more dividend raises. In fact, Jun...Read More
Dhanbad mine complex in the eastern Jharkhand state. (Image by Nitin Kirloskar, Flickr). India's Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi said that just a few days into the auction process of coal blocks to commercial mining operators, 1,140 parties have shown interest in taking part in this new chapter in the country's mining history.In mid-June 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi India announced that his adm...Read More
Tenguel river after the tailings dam breach. (Screenshot from video by Diario El Mercurio). The Ecuadorian Ministry of Energy and Nonrenewable Natural Resources informed that a small tailings dam breached in the southern Azuay province, releasing about 50 tonnes of pollutants into the Tenguel river.The accident was caused by the collapse of a retaining wall at the Armijos tailings station, locate...Read More
Diver Christophe Le Maillot documents the rock-crowding activity at La Mina. (Image by Sam Meacham, courtesy of CINDAQ). Archaeologists and cave divers found in Mexico what they believe is the oldest known mine in the American continent.In a paper published in the journal Science Advances, the explorers explain that a flooded cave in the southeastern state of Quintana Roo hosts irrefutable eviden...Read More
Endeavour Silver Corp. (NYSE: EXK, TSX: EDR) is a mid-tier precious metals mining company that owns and operates three high-grade, underground, silver-gold mines in Mexico. Endeavour is currently advancing the Terronera Mine project towards a development decision and exploring its portfolio of exploration and development projects in Mexico and Chile to facilitate its goal to become a premier senio...Read More
Sebastien de Montessus, president and CEO of Endeavour Mining Corporation, discusses the company's growth prospects.Read full newsRead More
Greenlane Renewables Inc. is a pioneer in the rapidly emerging renewable natural gas (RNG) market.Read full newsRead More
One of the hardest things about investing is trying to anticipate what is coming next. Every investor faces this daunting task. All we can do is look at history, compare it to the present, and do our best to make decisions that will protect our investments. Periods of waiting can be unbearably long when you wait for your preparations to play out.In this article, I want to look at how owning gold t...Read More
Accurately timing a market crash is not as easy as many people think. It’s easy to see when the market is declining, and investors are in full sell-off mode. But to time the instant when the market has truly hit rock bottom (and the companies are offering the most enticing valuations), is difficult, if not impossible.There isn’t a lot you can do about that. What you can do is make up y...Read More
It's been a big week for gold, with futures rising above US$1,800 per ounce for the first time since late 2011. Many market watchers have cited continued COV...Read full newsRead More
Heading into the weekend we have a fantastic Real Vision episode with dollar bear Ben Melkman who is interviewed by dollar bull Raoul Pal. It makes for a great conversation where Ben does a good job challenging Raoul's dollar shortage thesis. Nevertheless, they find some common ground when it comes to gold which Ben describes as a high-quality bet. Ben also explains how the Fed is backing itself...Read More
GOLDEN RIDGE RESOURCES LTD. is pleased to announce it intends toRead full newsRead More
FireFox Gold Corp. has completed the second and final tranche ofRead full newsRead More
SAULT STE. MARIE - The Ontario government is investing $185,425 to help a natural products manufacturer expand operations, meet growing demand for products that will help in the fight against COVID-19, and create six new jobs as the province gradually restarts the economy.OC Hair Bath & Body Co. will use the funding to purchase new equipment and renovate and expand its facility where it manufactur...Read More
The zero-premium merger of SSR Mining and Alacer Gold could net the new SSR a higher stock price, especially with gold prices risingRead full newsRead More
The latest Insights focuses on the junior mining V-shaped recovery. Our broadcast of the week looks at how investors can use insider data to avoid overhyped stocks with poor quality assets. Meanwhile, our insider of the week is from the oil patch and he as been buying the recent pause in Energy sector stocks.Read More
To help prepare for Daunia's autonomous future, it is estimated more than 30,000 hours of training will be delivered, ranging from general awareness to extensive training for those operating equipment, interacting with the autonomous haul trucks, or taking on new roles.The first Caterpillar autonomous trucks will begin from February next year, with the rollout expected to be completed by the end o...Read More
Victoria Gold's (TSX: VGCX) Eagle gold mine in central Yukon reached the commercial production milestone on Canada Day. As of July 1, all of the facilities required for this stage of the mine life are now complete and, according to Victoria, the mining and processing operations are performing well."Site activities continue to progress well, and all facilities and operations are now at, or approach...Read More