South Africa's Sibanye-Stillwater on Thursday revised its offer for Lonmin, with new terms that gave a valuation for the struggling platinum miner that was about 60 million pounds ($77 million) less than originally proposed.Lonmin said Sibanye was offering an additional 0.033 Sibanye shares per Lonmin share in a deal to create the world's No.2 platinum producer. Sibanye had initially said in Decem...Read More
Freeport-McMoRan Inc, the world's largest publicly traded copper producer, posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday due to slipping production and prices for the red metal, sending shares down more than 9 percent.The results come amid a more than $15 billion project to expand Indonesia's Grasberg copper and gold mine from an open pit to an underground operation, a complex and time...Read More
Two decades ago, governments and utilities around the world began offering above-market rates and contracts to fuel the rise of clean energy, helping wind and solar become some of the cheapest power sources.Now, these pacts are under attack.In Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford killed hundreds of contracts for planned wind and solar farms. Spain pulled back subsidies, yanking the rug from projects...Read More
Newmont Goldcorp, the world's biggest gold miner, reported a higher-than-expected first-quarter profit on Thursday, as a boost in gold production and lower costs countered lagging gold prices.At a time when easy-to-find gold reserves are dwindling, Newmont shored up its production pipeline through the $10 billion acquisition of Goldcorp Inc, which closed last week.Newmont Goldcorp did not provide...Read More
Canada's mining industry started the year off on the right foot, with major deals including the Barrick-Randgold merger and Newmont's acquisition of Goldcorp, setting the tone for the sector.As a result, Ernst & Young's Canadian Mining Eye index - which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior mining companies - rose 5% fin the January-Mar...Read More
Acacia Mining Plc reported a slump in underlying core earnings on Thursday as it struggled with production issues at its North Mara gold mine in Tanzania, where it said pressure was building for a settlement of its row with the government.Acacia, majority-owned by Barrick Gold, is embroiled in a long-running tax dispute with Tanzania. It has cut output by a third since the government banned the ex...Read More
UrbanGold Minerals (TSXV: UGM) announced this week that it is about to start a helicopter-borne geophysical survey on its 100%-owned StarGold property, located in Quebec, eastern Canada.In a press release, UrbanGold explained that the 809-line-kilometre electromagnetic survey is designed to cover the entire property, and it is aimed at identifying the potential source of a large angular boulder fr...Read More
Lion One Metals (TSXV: LIO) (ASX: LLO) announced that it kicked off a drilling campaign at its 100%-owned Tuvatu gold project located on the island of Viti Levu in Fiji.In a press release, the North Vancouver-based miner said that the initial drilling program will test shallow dipping lodes in an area called the HT Corridor, which is a mineralized zone cross-cutting the principal vein system of t...Read More
Government's decision to seal-off, foreign owned Gaika Mine in Kwekwe, seems to to have had little effect amid reports there is massive looting of gold ore in the dead of night.Read full newsRead More
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) is ready to finish building its giant copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo after its largest shareholder pumped an additional C$612 million (about $454m) into the Canadian company.China's state-owned CITIC Metal is paying C$3.98 per share, a premium of 29% over Ivanhoe's last closing price. The investment, the second major one in less than a year, paired with the...Read More
"Picked up a whack of Cipher Resources $CIFR.V today at 3 cents. Bought below cash value. @End_Fin_Ltdin at much higer prices. Cash rich shell.$2.6 million in cash at Dec 31/18.April 24/2018Shares Outstanding:60.01MMarket Cap:$1.80M$CIFR.V#buylowsellhigh#value"Read full newsRead More
"Picked up a whack of Cipher Resources $CIFR.V today at 3 cents. Bought below cash value. @End_Fin_Ltdin at much higer prices. Cash rich shell.$2.6 million in cash at Dec 31/18.April 24/2018Shares Outstanding:60.01MMarket Cap:$1.80M$CIFR.V#buylowsellhigh#value"Read full newsRead More
Shares in Sirius Minerals (LON:SXX), the British company building a huge fertilizer mine beneath a national park, jumped on Thursday after it announced it had secured a ten-year supply and distribution deal in Europe.The agreement with BayWa Agri Supply & Trade, will see the German agribusiness buy up to 2.5 million tonnes a year of polyhalite, a form of potash that is used in plant fertilizers....Read More
Government's decision to seal-off, foreign owned Gaika Mine in Kwekwe, seems to to have had little effect amid reports there is massive looting of gold ore in the dead of night.Read full newsRead More
April 23, 2019 (ACCESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / April 23, 2019 / Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (Read full newsRead More
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The downside potential in precious metals discussed last week is playing out as Gold and gold stocks have broken down technically.The global economy appears to be firming and that is evidenced by a sustained rebound in global equity markets.As a result, the potential for a rate cut which pushed precious metals higher is now unwinding. That has caused the breakdown in precious metals and there is m...Read More
The TSX has been on a tear this year after a disappointing 2018. And when the markets are up, a lot of stocks are as well. However, investors can strategically choose to buy high-beta stocks during bullish times to cash in on a lot of excitement in the markets.Beta is a measure of how much a stock swings compared to the market. A beta of one would indicate that it is equal, whereas a beta of les...Read More
As Guyana Goldfields (TSX:GUY) hits a 52-week low, we take a look at its stats, alongside those of some its peers. Do solid gold buying opportunities abound, or are knives falling in the precious metals section of the TSX index? Let's find out.Down 7.07% in the last five days, it's too early to call Guyana Goldfields a falling knife, since its share price is unchanged at present. However, looking...Read More
Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.B)(NYSE:TECK) has been a household mining company for decades. The company is largely known for its focus on coal, copper and zinc. It has flagship mines worldwide and is one of the world’s largest producers of copper and zinc. As such, its performance has been largely dependent on a growing global economy, China in particular.However, the company has also diversifie...Read More