Gold price is driven by US bond yields, Fed interest rate expectations, and the US dollar - not supply and demand.Read full newsRead More
Japan's Mitsui & Co. will invest $30 million in Sigma Lithium Resources' (TSX-V: SGMA) project in Brazil, as demand for the metal used in the batteries that power electric vehicles is set to continue growing, keeping the market tight.The funds, together with a $40 million debt offering Mitsui granted Sigma, will allow the Canadian miner to begin building a processing plant at its Grota do Cirilo a...Read More
NYSE:AGI) ("Alamos" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its Mulatos mine produced its two millionth ounce of gold in March 2019.At the current gold price, this represents a savings of approximately $65 per ounce, which has already been incorporated into previously disclosed guidance.ThisRead full newsRead More
Gold price is driven by US bond yields, Fed interest rate expectations, and the US dollar - not supply and demand.Read full newsRead More
Most refined cobalt used in the electric vehicle market is produced in Asia, but First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC FTSSF) intends to start refining the metal into battery-grade cobalt sulphate at its refinery in Ontario, after positive test results at SGS's lab in Lakefield that replicated the refinery's circuits and flowsheet.The product, refined in a single batch in the lab, assayed 20.8% cobalt,...Read More
For all the concerns expressed recently that there isn’t enough cash being injected into junior mining stocks, when it comes to the really interesting ones it can be hard to persuade them to take your money. This position was laid bare by Auryn Resources executive chairman Ivan Bebek, in an interview in which he discussed the company’s recent fundraising. Auryn (TSX:AUG) first...Read More
While a casual glance at lists of stocks trading at 52-week lows usually comes up with at least a few metal and mining stocks, this one industry seems to dominate today's list of low-flying tickers, with a slew of miners trading at year-long lows. The following TSX index stocks represent some of the bigger cap miners with moderate to strong sell signals.Two big-name precious metals stocks are goin...Read More
Between 1973 and 2008, just prior to the U.S. housing crisis, the price of a barrel of crude oil rose from under US$3 to over US$160, marking a gain of 5,200%Yet science continues to show us that the consumption of fossil fuels is doing irreparable damage to our ecosystems and the environment, and with billions of dollars being directed at clean energy technologies, some experts are forecasting th...Read More
Someone might argue that it's Powell's job to reinflate the stock market, but Trump did everything to humiliate Powell in a very publicly visible fashion to shame Powell into reinflating the biggest bubble of all time:Read More
Ncondezi will put around US$1.5 million into the sector through a joint venture, funded with $2.48 million placing and subscription in London.The company said the JV with GridX was complementary to its eponymous coal project."The company … believes the move into the [commercial and industrial] solar and battery storage sector represents a significant opportunity for the company to complemen...Read More
Diamond drilling on GGX Gold's Gold Drop property near Greenwood, southern British Columbia. Source: GGX Gold Corp.Ximen Mining Corp. [XIM-TSXV; XXMMF-OTCQB; 1XM-FSE] said Friday April 5 that it has picked up additional mineral claims near Greenwood, southeast British Columbia.The company said it has acquired over 12,900 hectares of land that surrounds the Gold Drop property which Ximen has option...Read More
The Brucejack Project is northwest British Columbia. Source: Pretium Resources Inc.Pretium Resources Inc. [PVG-TSX, NYSE] has released an updated reserves and mine plan for its Brucejack gold mine in the Golden Triangle region of northwestern British Columbia.It outlines an expansion to higher throughput of 2,800 tonnes per day from 2,700 tonnes, in a move that will reduce the projected mine life...Read More
First Vanadium president and CEO Paul Cowley at the Carlin vanadium project in Nevada. Credit: First Vanadium.First Vanadium Corp. [FVAN-TSXV; FVANF-OTCQX; 1PY-FSE] has released impressive metallurgical test results for nine variability composite samples from its high-grade Carlin Vanadium deposit near Elko, Nevada.The company said preliminary test results are consistently showing high vanadium ex...Read More
Edwin Drake and George Bissell are well known to be the first men in history to successfully use a drilling rig to produce crude oil near Titusville, Pennsylvania, in 1859.And this is often portrayed as the beginning of the modern oil era.But the fact is, fossil oil was well known and used by humans dating back thousands of years.Ancient manuscripts written well before the time of Christ refer to...Read More
Revival Gold Inc. (TSXV: RVG, OTCQB: RVLGF) is a growth-focused gold exploration and development company. The Company has the right to acquire a 100% interest in Meridian Beartrack Co., owner of the former producing Beartrack Gold Project, located in Lemhi County, Idaho. Revival also owns the rights to a 100% interest in the neighboring Arnett Gold Project. At the 2019 Vancouver Resource Investmen...Read More
Fission Uranium Corp. (TSX: FCU, OTCQX: FCUUF?,, FRANKFURT: 2FU) is focused on exploration and development of the Patterson Lake South (PLS) uranium property, located in Canada's Athabasca Basin, home to the world's richest uranium mines. The project is host to the Triple R deposit - the most significant high-grade shallow depth deposit in the region. At PDAC2019, we learned from Ross McElroy, who...Read More
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has released the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for Sandfire Resources America's (TSXV: SR; US-OTC: SRAFF) wholly owned underground Black Butte copper project in central Montana, 27 km north of the city of White Sulphur Springs.The draft is undergoing a public comment period that will end May 10, 2019. After, the draft will undergo a revi...Read More
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) has exited an earn-in agreement with Japan Gold (TSXV: JG; US-OTC: JGLDF), after completing an initial surface evaluation on its Eboshi, Kobui, Minamikayabe and Kamitsue lithocap projects in Japan.Using mapping and soil and rock sampling, First Quantum decided the four projects did not meet its criteria. Japan Gold says that three of the projects - Eboshi, Kobui an...Read More
Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) reported a jump in resource tonnes and ounces exclusive of reserves at its Lindero gold project in Argentina and estimates the project will produce between 145,000 and 160,000 oz. gold in its first year of commercial production.The company reported measured and indicated resources for Lindero of 18.9 million tonnes (a 51% increase over earlier estimates)...Read More
SRG's share price (ASX: SRG) climbed more than 28% this week to A36c, capitalising the company at more than A$158 million (US$112 million). The agreement extends the terms of Evolution's drill and blast operations at the Cowal, Mount Rawdon and Mt Carlton operations - three of the five mines Evolution runs across Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia The agreement is for...Read More