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Stelmine unearths two new gold mineralized zones on the Courcy property -- $STH #STH #Courcy #Joubert #Fermont...

Tue Apr 30 13:02:13 2019 / Staff reporter

"Stelmine unearths two new gold mineralized zones on the Courcy property -- $STH #STH #Courcy #Joubert #Fermont #QuebecMining #momentumstocks #smallcap #Gold #Opinaca #AU $STH.V --Read the News Release here: https://t.co/bcEj6M4uxi"Read full newsRead More

Norra Metals Prepares a 3D Geological Model for Bleikvassli, Norway

April 30, 2019 12:56:01 / Staff reporter

Vancouver, BC - Norra Metals Corp. (TSX-V:NORA) (the "Company" or "Norra") is pleased to announce that the company has been moving forward with exploration plans on our recently acquired Scandinavian properties. The four Scandinavian projects, three properties in Norway and one in Sweden, provide Norra with a portfolio of prospective properties for our newly created European Business Unit and wi...Read More

Golden Predator Reduces Royalty on Brewery Creek Project, Yukon @GPY_3Aces

Tue Apr 30 12:19:30 2019 / Golden Predator Mining Corp.

Golden Predator Mining Corp. (TSXV:GPY) (OTCQX:NTGSF) (the "Company" or "Golden Predator") is pleased to announce the Company, in its efforts to enhance project economics and move Brewery Creek towards production, has come to an agreement with Franco Nevada Corporation to eliminate its Net Smelter Royalty (NSR).Read full newsRead More

Trump Sues To Stop #Deutsche Bank Handing Records To Maxine Waters & Adam Schiff | Zero Hedge

Tue Apr 30 12:14:48 2019 / Staff reporter

Trump just threw a wrench in the works of the Democrats' latest fishing expedition.Read full newsRead More

Glencore and IAMGOLD awarded by Mining Association of Canada

Apr. 30, 2019, 11:58 AM / Mining Association of Canada (MAC)

The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has awarded the Tamatumani Program at Glencore's Raglan Mine and IAMGOLD's Essakane Project with its prestigious TSM Excellence Awards in recognition of their innovative sustainability projects. The companies were presented their awards yesterday at the CIM Awards Gala in Montreal."MAC's TSM Excellence Awards represent the best of the best when it comes to sh...Read More

US has battery problem in race for electric car supremacy

Apr. 30, 2019, 11:29 AM / Bloomberg News

The U.S. push to challenge China's dominance in the production and sale of electric vehicles has at least one weak link: Most of the raw materials needed to make the batteries are dug elsewhere.Both Chinese and US-based companies have invested heavily in lithium mining projects in Chile, Australia and Argentina, some of the world's top producing nations. But unlike the U.S., Chinese companies have...Read More

Workers at Peru tin mine start indefinite strike - Minsur

Apr. 30, 2019, 10:40 AM / Reuters

Unionized workers at Peruvian miner Minsur's San Rafael tin mine, a major tin producer, started an indefinite strike on Tuesday to demand a bonus, the company said.The union was not satisfied with the share of profits that the mine distributed to workers, Minsur said in a statement to Peru's market regulator. It added that labor authorities did not approve of the strike.(By Maria Cervantes and Mit...Read More

Activists slam South Africa decision to pump water to coal mines

Apr. 30, 2019, 10:35 AM / Bloomberg News

South African environmental groups have challenged the government's decision to grant permission for a water project which aims to supply developments for its future coal reserves.Authorizing a part of the Mokolo Crocodile (West) Water Augmentation Project, which would pump water to the coal-rich Waterberg region, is unlawful because the development "must be socially, environmentally and economica...Read More

1,500 trapped miners at Sibanye's Rustenburg mine rescued

Apr. 30, 2019, 10:28 AM / Reuters

About 1,800 workers were trapped at Sibanye-Stillwater's Rustenburg platinum mine in South Africa earlier today after an accident halted operation of a shaft used to transport workers.The company says 1,500 out of the 1,800 miners that were working the shift have now been brought to the surface, and the remaining miners are gradually being hoisted after an inspection confirmed it was safe.Concern...Read More

Sherritt CEO undaunted by Trump's tightening of embargo on Cuba

Apr. 30, 2019, 10:03 AM / Bloomberg News

One of Cuba's biggest foreign investors isn't fazed by President Donald Trump's push to make doing business in the communist-run Caribbean nation more difficult.David Pathe said Sherritt International Corp. has deep roots on the island, and the chief executive officer is hopeful renewed oil exploration efforts will help buoy the Canadian mining and energy company's battered share price.The claim a...Read More

Environmental group alleges Northern Dynasty misled investors about Pebble project

Apr. 30, 2019, 9:51 AM / Bloomberg News

An environmental group has filed a complaint to U.S. and Canadian securities regulators alleging that Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. misled investors about its controversial Pebble mining project in Alaska.Northern Dynasty - whose plan to develop a copper and gold mine near Bristol Bay faces staunch environmental opposition - issued incomplete and misleading information in an attempt to drum up ca...Read More

The Slow Death Of #Californian Oil & Gas | Zero Hedge

Tue Apr 30 09:32:18 2019 / Staff reporter

California was one of the pillars of American energy security. That, however, has changed due to declining production. Since its peak in 1985, production has plunged almost 60 percent to 460,000 barrels per day...Read full newsRead More

Societe Generale resigns as London gold and silver market maker

Apr. 30, 2019, 9:30 AM / Reuters

The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) said Societe Generale had resigned as a market maker for gold and silver, as France's third-largest bank pushes ahead with a downsizing of its commodities business.SocGen said this month it would cut 1,600 jobs to boost profits after poor performance last year and exit over-the-counter commodities trading.SocGen declined to comment on its resignation.In...Read More

Glencore lowers 2019 production forecasts for copper to oil

Apr. 30, 2019, 9:15 AM / Bloomberg News

Glencore Plc cut its full-year copper-output goal by about 3% and lowered production targets for other commodities from nickel to oil, as the world's biggest metal trader deals with multiple problems across its operations. The shares fell.There was no mention of changes to the company's marketing-profits guidance, which it often updates in production reports.Key insightsGlencore's disappointing ou...Read More

Alphamin begins commissioning Bisie tin mine in DRC

Apr. 30, 2019, 9:10 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

Africa-focused Alphamin Resources (TSX-V: AFM) has begun commissioning its Bisie tin mine in North Kivu, a remote province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).The Mauritius-based miner kicked off construction at Bisie, considered one of the world's highest-grade known tin deposits, in 2017. At the time, an updated feasibility study projected that the mine could produce...Read More

3 Things to Look For When Eldorado Gold Reports Q1 Earnings

Tue Apr 30 07:00:03 2019 / Staff reporter

Analysts estimate the company will report a $0.06 loss per share, but that doesn't mean it can't glimmer in other ways.Read full newsRead More

Guyana Goldfields CEO to go as miner settles proxy fight with founder

Apr. 30, 2019, 6:55 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

A bitter battle for control of Canada's Guyana Goldfields (TSX: GUY) between the miner and dissent shareholders led by founder and ousted chairman, Patrick Sheridan, has been finally settled this week, costing the company's head his job.As part of the agreement, the Toronto-based miner is appointing two new independent directors to the board - Alan Pangbourne and Allen Palmiere - with other two...Read More

Tower Resources starts exploration program at Nechako gold project in BC

Apr. 30, 2019, 6:49 AM / MINING.com Staff

Tower Resources (TSXV: TWR) announced this week that its team of geologists started an exploration program on the Nechako property, located in the western Canadian province of British Columbia.In a press release, Tower said the campaign will begin with infill reverse circulation or RC drilling at the head of the Nechako dispersal train.In the current RC drilling program, six to eight infill holes...Read More

American Battery Metals wants option to acquire Viken vanadium project in Sweden

Apr. 30, 2019, 6:45 AM / MINING.com Staff

American Battery Metals (CSE: ABC) announced this week that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent to acquire a 90% interest in Ontario-based E.U. Energy Corp. and its 100%-owned Viken project in Sweden.In a media statement, the North Vancouver-based company said the letter of intent stipulates that American Battery Metals has to issue 20 million shares in exchange for 90% of the issue...Read More

Insights: How long will the BOY playbook keep working?

Tue, 30/04/2019 5:01 am / Ted Dixon

In the latest Canadian Insider Insights we provide our best take on when markets may peak this year. Click here to read our weekly newsletter.Read More

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