"The question now is whether mining share prices fully reflect the risk of a cyclical downturn in commodity markets as the risk of a downturn has clearly increased, with the ongoing trade wars as a potential catalyst," analysts at Jefferies said this week.Bernstein's team compared the current demand-side situation to that of early 2015: "Chinese economic growth is cooling, prompting fears of a glo...Read More
Silver and nickel miners stole some of the shine in the precious metals sector this week as pundits were split on gold’s next move. Among the silver stocks, Canadian explorer Kootenay Silver (TSX-V: KTN) closed on a C$5 million private placement this week, funded by the billionaire investor Eric Sprott. The British Columbia headquartered junior miner is actually...Read More
Today's investors must recognize that we no longer havethe comprehensive brokerage house research support for stocks as in the past;research has declined for over twenty years and that lack of analysis willcontinue. Why? Because the spreads between stocks' bid and offer prices havebecome so narrow that the brokerage houses' and banks' market makers' profitsare minimal if not non-existent. The prof...Read More
Gold Fields appointed Macquarie Capital to sell the stake via an underwritten bookbuild after market close yesterday. The 87.1 million shares sold for A$1.45 each for proceeds of $126.3 million.Read More
It's why the diffidence that usually characterises his market outings was replaced at this week's profit briefing with a sense of glee.Read More
The company, which has reported an 82% year-on-year increase in net profit to US$5.Read More
Calidus Resources Limited (ASX:CAI) is a gold exploration company, which controls the 1.25 million ounce Warrawoona Gold Project, in the East Pilbara district of the Pilbara Goldfield, in Western Australia. We learned from Dave Reeves, Managing Director of Calidus Resources, that they have just completed a prefeasibility study, which shows an initial six-year mine life at 100,000 ounces per annum,...Read More
It's the most abundant element in the universe... and it could be the key to solving all the world's energy issues.We've long known about hydrogen's potential role in the global energy system.In fact, fuel cell was first invented over 200 years ago.In 1800, English physicists and inventors first described the process of using electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. Then in 1839, Welsh...Read More
A Colorado School of Mines chemistry professor is among the leadership of a new National Science Foundation research center dedicated to the scientific challenges related to metals recycling and sustainability.Associate Professor Jenifer Shafer is one of three executive board members of the new Center for Sustainable Separations of Metals (CSSM), led by the University of Pennsylvania.Research com...Read More
Global mining companies operating in Mexico are working with the country's mining chamber, Camimex, to determine the impact of Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's statement earlier this month that no new mining concessions will be handed out in the country.President Lopez Obrador said that his government will "keep the current concessions and not hand out new concessions, because they...Read More
Three of the initial assays from Macarthur Minerals' (TSXV: MMS) Hillside gold and copper project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia have returned anomalous grades for base metals and gold, the company says.One gossan outcrop returned 6.4% copper and 0.45% zinc, 0.185 ppm gold and 37.8 ppm silver, showing similar copper grades to a historical rock chip from another gossan outcrop 6 km sout...Read More
Bulk samples collected from test pits excavated at Novo Resources' (TSXV: NVO) Egina gold project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia have recovered coarse gold.Novo processed 281 cubic metres of surface lag gravel next to the first exploration trench on the property. The gravel yielded 292.38 grams of coarse gold nuggets. One sample yielded 118.6 grams of gold nuggets from 80 cubic meters...Read More
Mounting challenges at its wholly owned Campo Morado zinc mine in Guerrero state, Mexico, has prompted Telson Mining (TSXV: TSN) to put the operation on care and maintenance, and devote its resources to getting the Tahuehueto gold operation in Durango state into commercial production.Telson recently announced its decision to indefinitely curtail operations at Campo Morado, citing both security and...Read More
You've probably heard of MS-13, the notoriously violent street gang.President Trump mentions them frequently when touting his hardline immigration policies.Their brutality is legend. They'll wipe out whole families in a single attack. Buses full of passengers from the wrong parts of town have been burned in broad daylight.And while most of their victims are confined to Central America, MS-13 has i...Read More
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By: Ira EpsteinFOMC minutes thoughts. Gold down on week, off its highs. Daily chart shows distribution, neutral view. Caught in a range: Read More
No affect in gold and silver price after the FOMC minutes. Traders are still hooked to US-China trade relations, slowdown and central banks bunking US dollar. Federal Reserve policymakers were deeply divided over whether to cut interest rates last month but were united in wanting to signal they were not on a preset path to more cuts. In my view, Trump will start a currency war by forcing Federal...Read More
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""We expect a knee-jerk reaction on the upside in the weeks ahead, and then for prices to consolidate in the US$16 to $16.50 area, before getting stronger... in 2020 as stocks are drawn down and as demand continues to grow strongly" #BuylowSellhighSee $CCW $GEMC #MomentumStocks"Read full newsRead More