The Golden Statue of Prometheus near the Rockefeller Center in New York. Credit: Pixabay Gold prices saw a slight decline on Friday even as it was revealed the US job market experienced its worst downturn in history. According to latest data released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employers cut an unprecedented 20.5 million jobs during the month of April, sending unemployment rate to 14.7%...Read More
Ship to shore. File image. UPDATED FRIDAY, MAY 8 @ 2pm EST.Copper rallied again on Friday after a rebound in Chinese imports of the metal indicated the country's manufacturing and construction sector may be emerging faster than anticipated from the covid-19 slump.Copper trading in New York rose by more than 2% to $2.43 a pound ($5,355 a tonne) in early afternoon trade, on track to close at an eig...Read More
Last month, Moon Jae-in took South Korea's presidential election in a landslide victory. It one of the first national elections, since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak. People were made to wear masks and gloves and use hand sanitizer before going into voting booths.Nevertheless, reports say voters turned out in record numbers to support the Democratic Jae-in, whose party made campaign pro...Read More
May 8, 2020 - Brixton Metals Corporation (TSXV: BBB) (the "Company" or "Brixton") is pleased to announce the results from its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on April 30, 2020 and plans for the upcoming 2020 exploration program at its Hog Heaven and British Columbia Projects.Highlights of AGM 2020The number of Directors was fixed at five (5), of which four (4) Directors were re-elected...Read More
Melkior Resources (TSXV: MKR; US-OTC: MKRIF) has released results from two drill holes at the company's wholly-owned Carscallen gold project in the Abitibi Greenstone belt, 3 km north of the Porcupine Destor Fault and 25 km southwest of the city of Timmins in north-eastern Ontario.The drill holes were part of a 1,950-metre infill drill program completed in March. The first hole, 20-05, intersected...Read More
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has withdrawn its 2020 guidance for its 47.5%-owned Porgera mine after placing it in temporary care and maintenance on April 27. Work was halted after Papua New Guinea said it would not renew the mine's 20-year special mining lease (SML). The revised group guidance without Porgera is between 4.6 million and 5 million oz. gold, about 200,000 oz. less than its pre...Read More
INV Metals (TSX: INV) moved into Ecuador seven years ago when it acquired a 100% interest in the Quimsacocha concession from Iamgold (IMG: TSX) in an all-share deal valued at US$30 million.Since then, INV changed the name of the project to Loma Larga and has, slowly but surely, advanced the asset from exploration through to feasibility work.At the end of March, INV completed an updated feasibility...Read More
Orica, highly levered to mine production volumes through its four million tonnes a year ammonium nitrate (AN) production and explosives business, has seen its share price bounce back from last month'sRead More
This is a story about coronavirus, fiat currency, and Super Mario?It sounds silly at first but bear with me as I sort through this strange and fascinating tale where millions of dollars are at stake for what amounts to mere child's play.Video game stocks have been on a tear this year.You see, now that COVID-19 has us all locked in our houses with our children, we can bear witness to the absolute p...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinHow many small to medium sized companies go bankrupt? Restaurants in some areas will not open until late June. How will they survive?The retreat in gold is mild..Read More
It is still a range trade for gold and silver. Crude oil is rising. Copper is firm. There are buyers of physical gold ready to pay a higher premium on corrections. There are investors of gold using every small correction to invest. Gold prices are range trading. Gold bears are not holding ground. Short term silver traders are booking profit on every rise. Long term investors and physical dealers...Read More
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According to Fed official Mary Daly, inflation will not be reaching 2% this year. Who are we to fight the Fed? However, just in case the monetary central planning agency is wrong, today we feature a high yielding dividend payer that could do relatively well in an inflationary environment. Speaking of not fighting the Fed, for the second day in a row we hear from a Real Vision guest imploring us t...Read More
In this week's Insight free newsletter, we update what insiders are telling us about whether the March 23rd lows will hold. Our insider of the week is a high-profile Canadian who has been buying a D-economy stocks. Click here to read. Read More
Barrick Gold CEO Mark Bristow joins Squawk Box after the company reports earnings, to speak about the spike in demand for gold during the coronavirus crisis.Read full newsRead More