Researchers with the University of Aberdeen and the University of Glasgow published a study where they state that an abundance of copper played an equally crucial role to oxygen in helping the rise and spread of the earliest animals 700 million years ago.By analyzing a series of geological records, the scientists were able to prove that the level of copper in the environment increased dramatically...Read More
BALTIMORE, March 14, Mar 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- All amounts expressed in U.S. dollars On March 11, 2019, Barrick Gold Corporation GOLD(ABX)...Read full newsRead More
"Dundee Precious Metals Achieves Major Milestone With First Gold Concentrate Production From Its Krumovgrad Open Pit Gold Mine https://t.co/43tOQ93KMs"Read full newsRead More
BALTIMORE, March 14, Mar 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- All amounts expressed in U.S. dollars On March 11, 2019, Barrick Gold Corporation GOLD(ABX)...Read full newsRead More
The Ontario government has put together a new mining taskforce to help it overhaul the Mining Act.Whereas the previous Liberal government also passed legislation to modernize the Mining Act, Greg Rickford, Mines Minister in the new Progressive Conservative government, says the focus is entirely different."When they were modernizing the Mining Act, the very real fear out in the industry was that it...Read More
Lucara Diamond Corp (TSX:LUC) has a decade-long history of success-a rare feat among resource companies. Even more impressive is its free cash flow profile, which helps support an impressive 6% dividend, a payout the company has maintained since 2014.The root of Lucara’s success stems from its focus on a resource rich, politically stable, mining friendly country: Botswana.If you want to dive...Read More
Investing in commodity producers can be difficult. Resource companies - from gold miners to oil producers - typically face above-average levels of volatility.While hedging can help reduce uncertainty, most commodity companies experience wild boom-and-bust cycles, sometimes within the same year.However, volatility can be your friend, giving you limited-time buying opportunities at bargain prices. W...Read More
I 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 price of gold retest...Read More
Local manager Mark Majzner remains focused on turning what he says are many high-level mining engagements into dollars - the company claims to have achieved 140% quarter-on-quarter growth for the pastRead More
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In his March 15th Howe Street broadcast, Bob Hoye from ChartsandMarkets.com reports that his firm issued a sequential sell on crude oil Friday. This follows a sequential sell they issued in late February for the S&P 500. The index subsequently fell about 2% within two weeks before rebounding which Hoye says was accompanied by some short-term term trading buy signals.US OIl Fund ETF (Click for lar...Read More
"Canada Cobalt Works is the player to watch in Northern Ontario's Cobalt Camp! Stay Tuned Read About it: https://t.co/W4OZqg5Xrz #CCW $CCW @canadacobalt #Cobalt #Mining #CCW.V #Silver #TSXV #SmallCaps #batterymetals #momentumstocks"Read full newsRead More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced three long-term goals Wednesday for cleaning up the Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund site in southwestern Colorado.Read full newsRead More
These five gold stocks look best poised for riding any rally in gold prices during 2019.Read full newsRead More
BALTIMORE, March 14, Mar 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- All amounts expressed in U.S. dollars On March 11, 2019, Barrick Gold Corporation GOLD(ABX)...Read full newsRead More
Silvercrest Metals (TSXV: SIL; NYSE: SILV) has upgraded the resource at its Las Chispas silver-gold property in Sonora, Mexico, to the indicated category for the first time.The project now contains 1 million indicated tonnes grading 6.98 grams per tonne gold and 710.6 grams silver, or 1,234 grams silver equivalent, for 224,900 oz. gold and 22.89 million oz. silver, or 39.8 million oz. silver equiv...Read More
Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) reported 2018 income of US$394.3 million - a 255.4% jump over 2017's US$110.9 million - driven by an increase in gold production and sales from its Oyu Tologi copper-gold mine in Mongolia.Gold production surged 150% year-on-year to 285,000 ounces, while copper production of 159,100 tonnes marked a 1.1% increase over 2017.Revenue of US$1.2 billion was...Read More
The mining industry gathered in Toronto in early March for PwC Canada's fourth annual Art of Mining event, which showcases mining innovation through a photo competition.This year's contest featured 20 photo submissions from projects and actors across the globe.With more than 2,000 votes cast, the grand prize went to Tugliq Energy and Raglan Mine, a subsidiary of Glencore, which received a $10,000...Read More
In January, I wrote how Guyana Goldfields (TSX:GUY) could have 1,000% upside in 2019. Specifically, I noted how the stock trades at a “heavy discount to its competitors, at just 0.2 times its net asset value.”Since my article was published, shares have sunk a further 16%. Is there still massive upside to Guyana stock this year or are shares a classic value trap?Consider the latest new...Read More
First Vanadium Corp. (TSXV: FVAN, OTCQX: FVANF, FSE: 1PY) (formerly Cornerstone Metals Inc.) has an option to earn a 100% interest in the Carlin Vanadium Project, located in Elko County, Nevada. The Carlin Vanadium Project contains North America's largest highest-grade primary vanadium resources and is situated 6 miles south of a major rail hub and mining community of Carlin, Nevada, a major highw...Read More