U.S. prosecutors filed a lawsuit to seize the gasoline aboard four tankers that Iran is trying to ship to Venezuela, the latest attempt by the Trump administration to increase economic pressure on the two U.S. foes.The government of Venezuela's socialist President Nicolas Maduro has flaunted theRead full newsRead More
Months into one of the worst oil price crashes in history, lenders have tightened the screws on shale producers by wiping away 20% of the credit that has helped fuel the industry's boom.Read full newsRead More
The effects of gold mining on forest health are long lasting. According to new research, gold mining stunts the regrowth of Amazon forests, limiting their ability to store carbon.Read full newsRead More
SRK Consulting's EasyMine XR Mixed Reality software blends the physical and digital worlds, transforming how mining experts interpret and characterise mine sites.One of the biggest challenges faced by geologists when exploring potential areas of mineralisation is their inability to visualise the subsurface conditions, which often consist of spatially variable soil and rock strata, numerous fractur...Read More
2020 has been a bullish year for gold up to this point with gold prices headed for seven-year highs over US$1,750 per ounce. On Monday, Canada’s main stock index future rose, supported by firmer gold prices against global concerns related to rising coronavirus cases. Gold futures rose as much as $1,767.6 an ounce, hitting a one-month high, as investors were drawn to safe-havens. Although g...Read More
Gold, silver, and their miners' stocks suffer their weakest seasonals of the year in early summers. With traders' attention normally diverted to vacations and summer fun, interest in and demand for precious metals usually wane. Without outsized investment demand, gold tends to drift sideways dragging silver and miners' stocks with it. Feared as the summer doldrums, sometimes unusual catalyst...Read More
The Foolish position I take is one of high levels of diversification in portfolio design. This will always be true. This article discusses two Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). These ETFs will provide the base any investor needs to build a high quality, diversified portfolio with a defensive touch — and only two inputs!Global ETFCanadian investors often fall into the trap of having far too much...Read More
There’s another bear market on the way — or at least that’s what many analysts think.“A vast majority of investors believe stock markets around the world are overvalued,” the Financial Times recently reported. “Nearly 80% of fund managers shepherding a combined $600 billion of assets think that stocks are too expensive, the highest share in records going back to...Read More
MINING.COM MINUTE is a roundup of the biggest stories from the global mining and metals industry. Share and get up to speed in a mining minute.This week's top stories:Landslide at Myanmar jade mine leaves at least 162 dead - Read moreEndeavour becomes West Africa's top gold miner - Read moreBHP's Cerro Colorado to scale down operations - Read moreNevada Gold Mines exceeds expectations, says Barri...Read More
Image by Bruce Raynor from Shutterstock. On April 20, Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TECK.B) released a 76-page first-quarter financial report that reported an $800 million decline in earnings compared with Q1 2019, due in large part to the impact of a global pandemic.And on May 20, Teck released a 114-page sustainability review for 2019 that details its progress on environmental, social and governance...Read More
Stibnite gold project. Credit: United States Forest Service. Midas Gold (TSX: MAX) announced Thursday that the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for its Stibnite gold project in Idaho is set to be released next month for public review.In their recently published quarterly schedule of proposed actions, the United States Forest Service (USFS) and other regulators working on the review of t...Read More
Ulu project area. (Image courtesy of Blue Star Gold). Vancouver-based Blue Star Gold (TSXV: BAU) announced that the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada's Nunavut territory has confirmed that the company can begin its work programs in early July on the Hood River and Ulu projects.In a press release, Blue Star said the Health Officer's decision was a response to the Exposure Control Plan and the...Read More
Greatland's Patterson project is located 500 kilometres east of rail and port infrastructure at Port Hedland, pictured here. (Image by Nachoman-au, Wikimedia Commons). The Western Australian Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety announced that Greatland Gold (AIM: GGP) has won a government-conducted ballot in regard to its application for a fourth exploration licence in the Paterson...Read More
Here are three royalty and streaming stocks. They enjoy lower expenses and less risk than their operating peers, while enjoying the upside of any successes.Government responses to COVID-19 are paving the way to a long-term credit crisis, excellent news for precious metals investors, as long as they can stomach a very bumpy ride to profits, says Sprott US Holdings president and CEO Rick Rule."Under...Read More
The company said it had entered a binding term sheet with Appian Capital Advisory for up to about C$40.9 million, subject to Toronto Stock Exchange approval.Harte chairman Joseph Conway said following a review process, the proposed transaction was "the best financing alternative available to the company".It was set to comprise a private placement of 9.5 million Series B special shares priced at US...Read More
Pekka Vauramo, formerly CEO of Metso and now head of the joint entity, said aggregates was the "the part of the business that was worst hit by the by the corona[virus]" "In the mining side, we reallyRead More
Heart disease runs in my family.My grandfather had a heart attack in his 50s.My uncle had a massive heart attack when he was in his 40s.And my father, who hasn't had a heart attack, has had an angioplasty and has been on heart medication for years. Knowing that it runs in my family, I'm pretty vigilant about getting checked out every year by my doctor. Regular exercise and clean eating have proba...Read More
Eastmain Resources (TSX: ER; US-OTC: EANRF) has resumed exploration across its three properties in Quebec's James Bay region. The company will focus on expanding the existing Eau Claire deposit at its flagship 20,068-sq.-km Clearwater property with 4,000 metres of drilling, with additional field-based work planned for the Radisson and Reservoir projects."Eastmain has one of the premier land positi...Read More
Colombia-focused Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM; US-OTC: TPRFF) has invested $14 million in a private placement in its recent spinoff, Caldas Gold (TSXV: CGC), to fund the acquisition of a project in Ontario's Abitibi greenstone belt.In a deal announced in May, Caldas Gold is acquiring the Juby project, 100 km southeast of Timmins, from South American Resources (SARC). The private company has an agr...Read More
An international group of 142 scientists, community groups and NGOs from 24 countries has published a set of 16 guidelines for the safer storage of mine waste.The guidelines aim to protect communities, workers and the environment from the risks posed by thousands of mine waste storage facilities, which are failing more frequently and with more severe outcomes."Safety First: Guidelines for Responsi...Read More