All ears were listening to Fed chairman Jerome Powell's comments on monetary policy Wednesday for hints as to whether the central bank would be easing up on its rate hike plans. As explained in yesterday's post, US stocks move into fair-valued territory, stocks are likely to face more downside pressure unless the Fed pulls back on its hawkish path. As it turns out, the Fed chairman suggested that...Read More
Vancouver, BC - Peekaboo Beans Inc (CSE:BEAN | OTCQB:PBBSF) (the "Company" or "Peekaboo Beans"), and For Heroes Only are pleased to announce a partnership to create and launch a new subscription-based program.For Heroes Only uplifts and inspires kids to live healthy, thriving and happy lives. By mixing technology, medias, pedagogy and storytelling together into never ending real life adventur...Read More
Vancouver, BC - Quadron Cannatech Corporation (CSE:QCC) (the "Company" or "Quadron"), is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with CBD Science Processing Corp. (CBD Science) to supply a Portable Extraction and Processing Facility, to be delivered in Q1 2019.The Portable Extraction and Processing facility is self-contained and includes turnkey components from Quadron's portf...Read More
"Goldman Sachs predicts that in 2019 growth in the economy will begin to wane and investors will look to diversify their portfolios. https://t.co/d7fsRbze8Q #Investing #Resource #Gold"Read full newsRead More
"$ARNA - Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ARNA) CEO Amit Munshi at Evercore ISI HealthCONx Brokers Conference (Transcript) https://t.co/UghoI0TEqZ"Read full newsRead More
Infill drilling from March through October at Osisko Mining's (TSX: OSK) Lynx deposit at its Windfall project, in the Abitibi greenstone belt in the James Bay region of Quebec, has added ounces and higher grades, the company announced in a resource update.Osisko has increased Lynx's indicated resources by 153,000 ounces of gold and boosted its grade from the 7.51 grams gold per tonne in a May 2018...Read More
In this current commodity price environment, the mining space is filled with excellent opportunities. That said, risk levels have risen sector-wide, leading to much of the decline in equity values in this space. Here are three of my top picks for investors looking for a decent risk/reward return in this space.Hudbay MineralsFor those interested in gaining exposure to the base metals space, Hudbay...Read More
The few mining stocks on the S&P500 were part of the rally, with Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) rising 6.49%.London's key index closed lower yesterday, but metals and mining stocks were up 0.76%, and futures are pointing to a positive start today.Metals and mining stocks on the S&P/TSX Composite Index were up about 3% yesterday.Diversified miners Teck Resources TSX: TECK.B), Turquoise Hill R...Read More
Diamond drilling at Kintavar Exploration's Mitchi Project, Quebec. Source: Kintavar Exploration Inc.Kintavar Exploration Inc. [KTR-TSXV] shares were active Thursday after the company released assays results from drilling on the Sherlock Corridor area of its Mitchi property in Quebec.The program included 12 drill holes (2,300 metres) that primarily investigated surface exploration targets on the S...Read More
2018 was a huge year for the cannabis industry.The state of California - the fifth-largest economy in the world - officially began the legal sales of adult-use cannabis.The entire country of Canada officially legalized adult-use cannabis.Mexico began the process of ending the prohibition of cannabis.All across the world, new legalization legislation was introduced, debated, and passed.Make no mist...Read More
November 29, 2018 - Brixton Metals Corporation (TSXV: BBB) (the "Company" or "Brixton") is pleased to announce that it has encountered kimberlite in 10 out of 11 holes drilled at the kimberlite target. The new drilling seems to expand the kimberlitic body to a minimum 20 hectares in size. HQ sized core drilling is ongoing with the objective to test for further extension of the kimberlitic units as...Read More
Last year, Matt Baldin and Sam Reinehr were happy just to qualify for the world finals of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.This year, the Mines seniors have much bigger plans."This year we're going to try to do well," Baldin said. "We want to be top 30 and I think that's achievable."Baldin and Reinehr will have a chance to do just that, after winning the Rocky Mountain Regional...Read More
Testing at Rubicon Minerals'(TSX: RMX; US-OTC: RBYCF) Phoenix gold project has yielded positive reconciliation results that validate the 2018 mineral resource estimate, as well as the new geological model and structural interpretation of the F2 deposit, the company says.Over the summer and fall, Rubicon extracted material from three test stopes in the upper areas of the deposit where modelled grad...Read More
SSR Mining (TSX: SSRM; NASDAQ: SSRM) is investing $31 million for a 9.9% stake in SilverCrest Metals (TSXV: SIL; NYSE-AM: SILV) and its Las Chispas project in Sonora, Mexico.SilverCrest Metals expects to deliver a preliminary economic assessment on Las Chispas in the first quarter of 2019, and the project has an inferred resource of 511,800 ounces of gold and 48.3 million ounces of silver containe...Read More
In my last post, I mouthed off about how ridiculously expensive I feel like many World Class Tier 1 real estate assets are selling for in today’s market…Now, please keep in mind, real estate is a very broad asset class and I know how difficult (simplistic) it can be to paint a sweeping generalization of the entire sector…So, please bear with me…Anyway, with all that said, I...Read More
The market has been unpredictable lately...and I'm sure more twists and turns lie ahead.But unless you're cashing out tomorrow, you should be fine. Let's keep things in perspective:?EUR? October 28, 1929: The "great crash" knocked Wall Street down 12.82% and jumpstarted the Great Depression.?EUR? October 19, 1987: The Black Monday crash dropped stocks by 22%.?EUR? September 17, 2001: The Dow fell...Read More
It’s no secret to long-term readers of this blog that I got to where I am today because I was lucky beyond belief to have been fortunate enough to have been able to gobble up World Class Tier 1 real estate assets when they were discarded to the bargain bin back in 2012-2013, and to a lesser extent from 2014-2015.Anyway, the thing about me (as you may or may not know) is that I try and be as...Read More
I added a new stock to my portfolio today. A pretty straight forward story. The stock is Metalla Royalty and Streaming and is listed on the CSE under the symbol MTA. I bought my position at 72 cent...Read full newsRead More
"The Investing News Network (INN) spoke with Rob McEwen, chairman and chief owner of McEwen Mining (TSX:MUX, NYSE:MUX), about what happened to gold and silver this year and where he sees the precious metals heading in 2019. https://t.co/A9LkMccemd #investing #preciousmetals #gold"Read full newsRead More
"Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI,JSE:GFI) has argued against Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe's claim that the retrenchments were not done in good faith. https://t.co/Ln19CTtUM7 #investing #preciousmetals #gold"Read full newsRead More