Chilean miner Antofagasta Plc. (LON: ANTO) expects the anticipated global copper deficit to hit between 100,000 and 300,000 tonnes this year as consumption growth remains positive, but production increases are minimal.Releasing the company's annual results, chief executive Iv??n Arriagada also revealed that the first phase of a planned expansion at its flagship Los Pelambres copper mine had been a...Read More
Granada Gold Mine (TSXV: GGM) reported that it attained higher grades after running a preliminary gravity separation study on lower-grade, gold-bearing rock from its Granada Gold project in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec.In a media statement, Granada said that the higher grades attained during the tests may have implications for the grade of future mill feed, the size of the gold deposit, and the costs ass...Read More
Palladium prices were driven further into uncharted territory on Tuesday, briefly topping the $1,600 per ounce level on the back of an expected spike in demand from the auto sector just as top producer Russia considers banning scrap exports.The precious metal is trading more than 70% higher than this time last year.Reuters reports Russia is mulling a ban on the export of precious metals scrap and...Read More
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When it comes to the potential for stock market gains for the rest of the year, is the glass half full or half empty? We tackle the issue in this week's Canadian Insider Insights newsletter. We suggest that the optimists may have one important factor going their way.To get our take on what that might be, click here to read the latest edition of our weekly newsletter for free. It is even better th...Read More
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"My sense is we are coming up on another crisis and it's going to be worse than the last one" - John Titus"Money exits not buy nature but by law" - Aristotle - When Rule of Law breaks down, it enables bankers, via their Central Bank tentacles, to take control of the monetary system. The process is accompanied by the gradual collapse of the system upon which that money is predicated. This pro...Read More
Sprott Capital Partners was lead agent for the raising at $2.67 per flow-through share and $1.95 per share. Eric Sprott's 2176423 Ontario Ltd acquired about 2.Read More
American Lithium's TLC Project near Tonopah, Nevada. Source: American Lithium Corp.American Lithium Corp. [LI-TSXV] on Tuesday March 19 released the first assays from Phase one drilling on its TLC lithium claystone project near Tonopah, Nevada.The first drill hole returned 1,109 Li over 61 metres from a near surface depth of 11 metres, including 1.5 metres of 1,615 ppm Li.Tuesday's announcement ma...Read More
Construction at Equinox Gold's Aurizona Mine in Brazil. Source: Equinox Gold Corp.Equinox Gold Corp. [EQX-TSXV; EQXGF-OTC] on Tuesday said it has completed an updated mineral resource estimate for its Aurizona gold mine in northeastern Brazil, and an updated mineral reserve and resource estimate for its Mesquite gold mine in California.Led by financier Ross Beaty, Equinox Gold is a well-funded, mu...Read More
"Ski the mountain; don't let the mountain ski you." - Cheddar (Old ski buddy)It was a bright, sunny day with blue skies and thin wisps of white cloud that blew quickly across the mountain peak. We were sitting, my wife's cousin and I, in green Adirondack chairs near a gas fire in front of the lodge.Every once and a while, some idiot would come shooting off a 10-foot jump at the bottom of the slope...Read More
Sandspring Resources (TSXV: SSP; US-OTC: SSPXF) is putting the finishing touches on a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Toroparu gold project in Guyana that rescopes the project's prefeasibility study (PFS), and includes a third gold pit. It aims to table the study in a couple of months."All we're really doing is building this same concept, the same conceptual operating plan that we ha...Read More
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has acquired 12.5 million shares at 20 ? each of Wolfden Resources (TSXV: WLF) for a $2.5 million investment that adds up to a 9.7% stake in the junior exploration company.The two companies will form a committee to explore Wolfden's 100%-owned Pickett Mountain volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit in northeastern Maine.Wolfden describes Pickett Mountain as on...Read More
Equinox Gold (TSXV: EQX; US-OTC: EQXFF) has boosted resources at its Aurizona gold mine in northeastern California and reserves and resources at its Mesquite gold mine in California. Since the end of 2017, the company has increased its reserves 470% to 5.5 million oz. gold.The company updated Aurizona's resource with 13,635 metres of infill and step out drilling on the western end of the Piaba dep...Read More
Alongside tech and Canadian cannabis stocks, mining has to be one of the best sectors on the stock market for high expected annual growth in earnings. From popular gold miners to some of the best known silver miners, with some lithium thrown in for good measure, here are six of the top high-growth metals and mining stocks on the TSX index.Goldcorp (TSX:G)(NYSE:GG)Rising since the end of October, G...Read More
Good news from Trenton, New Jersey came through yesterday.A bill to legalize recreational marijuana use cleared two legislative committees and is now set to be voted on next week.This would be a big boost to the current roster of states that allow recreational use.New Jersey would be joining a roster of 10 states, adding about 9 million people to the total population, good for an 11% increase and...Read More
StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was palladium, up 2.42 percent, despite speculators cutting their bullish view to a four-month low. Gold traders were bullish this week, after two weeks of being neutral on the outlook for the yellow metal, on the expectation that central bank policies will help spur demand, according to the weekly Bloomberg survey. Gold climbed back above the $1,300...Read More
By: Dave KranzlerI sourced the chart below from a blog called The Macro Tourist. I added the title and the two yellow trend lines. The chart shows the daily price of gold since the inception of the bull market in 2000-2001. Last Friday (March 8th) gold popped $12 +/- (depending on the time from which you measure). I mentioned to some colleagues that "gold may be starting something special."The...Read More
By: Avi GilburtMany investors maintain beliefs about the stock market which often have them looking the wrong way at the market turns. In fact, I can no longer count how many comments I see about how the Fed is what directs our stock market action, and it just makes me scratch my head.The main argument by Fed watchers is that the Fed's easy money drives the stock market. Yet, the Fed's balance s...Read More