At The Northern Miner's Canadian Mining Symposium, held at Canada House in London, U.K., Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) president and CEO Steve Letwin and Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI) executive chairman Peter Marrone participated in a panel session entitled "Mid-Tier Excellence," with Northern Miner senior staff writer Trish Saywell as moderator. Below is the full transcript of the session, held on May 2...Read More
QE (Quantitative Easing) 'til Infinity is here.Just last month, I told you that "there is a good case to be made that April could be the bottom for the gold price, leading to a seasonally strong June through September."That was on May 12, 2019. Here's a chart showing what's happened since.This latest rally has been met with the kind of skepticism that makes my contrarian heart smile.Much like the...Read More
"@Wendys why no vegetarian burgers or options? I used to love the spicy chicken, wish you would do a spicy vegetarian option. What happened to the black bean and quinoa test option?"Read full newsRead More
Over 1 million Hong-kongers (according to the organizers; 240K according to the police), or one in seven, flooded Hong Kong's streets on Sunday to oppose a proposed extradition bill that would allow Beijing to take people from Hong Kong to stand trial in mainland China.Read full newsRead More
"Asian Idea Generator Weekly: An 80-Year Old Hong Kong Beverage Company, Screening For Predictability And An Unusual Aviation Proxy https://t.co/A7ZnUTpfLm"Read full newsRead More
...and it will have knock-on effects in the EU as well.Read full newsRead More
Chinese incentives and regulations steering towards nickel-bearing NCM and NCA cathodesRead full newsRead More
What's better than GOLD?In the wake of two mega-mergers that have reset the gold industry, one small detail has delighted Mark Bristow, Barrick Gold Corp.'s chief executive officer: His company's ability to secure the rights to trade its stock under the ticker GOLD in New York.Barrick and newly merged Newmont Goldcorp Corp. are in a race to lure back generalist investors who fled the gold sector y...Read More
The Democratic Republic of Congo's state-owned mining company rejected allegations that there are discrepancies in its financial statements, saying it paid $263 million in tax advances over a five-year period.Congo is the world's biggest miner of cobalt, used in rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles, and Africa's main copper producer. State miner Gecamines has often faced criticism for its...Read More
A paper published in the journal Resources Policy states that bonus schemes for middle management employees in mining companies play a role in tailings dams failures.According to the research article, such compensation packages actively encourage managers to cut costs and increase production, as the material decisions that put into motion such measures lay in their hands and positive results would...Read More
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a tie! The current expansion already goes on 120 months, the same as the economic boom lasting from March 1991 to March 2001. However, in the previous edition of the Market Overview, we suggested that the current expansion still has room to run. After all, the ongoing boom is very long, but this is because it is very weak. If the US economy is to replay the robust rec...Read More
Scientists at the US Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory created ultra-low density gold, silver and copper foams to give physicists better X-ray sources to employ in experiments at the National Ignition Facility.This facility is a large laser-based inertial confinement fusion research device that uses lasers to heat and compress a small amount of hydrogen fuel with the goal of inducing nuclear...Read More
We highlight four gold mining ETFs and stocks that have led the market in May.Read full newsRead More
We highlight four gold mining ETFs and stocks that have led the market in May.Read full newsRead More
The TSX is awash with gold stocks, but separating the solid gold tickers from the fairy gold that turns into dead leaves overnight is far from a simple task. That’s why we’ve picked out the following three Canadian gold stocks for the careful investor. Featuring a range of defensive qualities mixed with growth and value for money, these are today’s best picks for a new precious m...Read More
"Resource Big News Roundup: Searchlight Stakes High-Grade Kulyk Lake Rare Earth Project; IsoEnergy Expands Larocque East Uranium Property Through Staking https://t.co/22yQ1ibPC5 #resource #mining #exploration #investing"Read full newsRead More
In his latest broadcast, John Kaiser from Kaiser Research Online makes the case that gold can breakout to $3,500. Speaking to Jim Goddard, the resource analyst suggests fundamental, technical and financial self preservation factors may come together to push gold higher. Kaiser suggests that there is a growing concern that the trade war has been pushed too far, and points to the inverted yield cu...Read More
"Weekly High Frequency Indicators: The Cure For High Interest Rates Is - High Interest Rates! (And Chaotic Tariff Policy) https://t.co/Xj0GzpfuNd"Read full newsRead More
Warning! GuruFocus has detected 3 Warning Signs with CDE.Coeur Mining Inc. (CDE) is strongly positioned to benefit from this trend for several reasons.First, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Thomas S. Whelan purchased 25,000 ordinary shares of the company for an average price ofRead full newsRead More
Contrarian investors are constantly looking for new opportunities for huge growth in a short period of time. One such opportunity has revealed itself lately, with gold finally making a comeback after some news from our southern neighbours.President Donald Trump planned to impose a 5% tariff on Mexican goods over illegal immigration. Coupled with this is the threat from China that it would blacklis...Read More