Camino Minerals (TSXV: COR) announced this week that it is in the process of completing an extensive surface exploration program on the 20,000-hectare Chapitos copper-gold project in southern Peru.Chapitos is located in the Arequipa province, near the Chala mining hub. This is the Peruvian Iron Oxide Copper Gold belt, which also hosts Minsur's Mina Justa, an open-pit deposit whose output is of 90,...Read More
Camino Minerals (TSXV: COR) announced this week that it is in the process of completing an extensive surface exploration program on the 20,000-hectare Chapitos copper-gold project in southern Peru.Chapitos is located in the Arequipa province, near the Chala mining hub. This is the Peruvian Iron Oxide Copper Gold belt, which also hosts Minsur's Mina Justa, an open-pit deposit whose output is of 90,...Read More
New mining projects, particularly in the gold sector, are expected to drive strong economic growth in Canada's far north, with Yukon and Nunavut surpassing the rest of Canada by 2010, a new report shows.According to The Conference Board of Canada's latest Territorial Outlook, the nearby Northwest Territories (N.W.T.), however, face challenging times as the diamond industry there matures and prod...Read More
Bluejay Mining (AIM: JAY) announced this week that, after three-year fieldwork studies, the Environmental Impact Assessment for its Dundas ilmenite project in Greenland is now completed and the operation is about to enter the final stages of permitting.In a press release, the London-based company said it is now working on the collection and collation of data for its Social Impact Assessment, which...Read More
Shares in Galantas Gold (TSX, LON:GAL) climbed more than 30% in London on Friday after a court of appeal dismissed a challenge to a Northern Ireland judge's approval of work at the company's Omagh gold project.Mining is already underway at Omagh, but once it reaches commercial production it's expected to produce 30,000 ounces of gold concentrate per year.The company stated the court ruled that...Read More
Shares in Mexican miners and companies with operations in the country were severely hit this week, as leftist President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is expected to approve proposed legislation that could restrict mining activity in the country.Early this week, parliament members belonging to the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party tabled bills to include environmental and indigenous...Read More
An INK Research review of filings by insiders at Bombardier (Unranked; BBD.B) for August 15th transactions relating to its announced Automatic Securities Dispositions Plan (ASDP) raises a number of questions with respect to ownership changes.According to descriptions of insider ownership types provided by the System for Electronic Disclosure by Insiders (SEDI) in the document Ownership types & re...Read More
The major silver miners' stocks have been largely abandoned this year, spiraling to brutal multi-year lows. Such miserable technicals have exacerbated the extreme bearishness plaguing this tiny contrarian sector. While profitable silver mining is challenging at today's exceedingly-low silver prices, these miners are chugging along. Their recently-reported Q3'18 results show their earnings ar...Read More
Gold keeps whipsawing wildly as a mix of bullish and bearish indicators emerge almost simultaneously, driving extreme reactions from investors. After plummeting below the all-important US$1,200 per ounce mark, the yellow metal rebounded strongly in mid-October 2018 to now be trading at over US$1,200 an ounce.There are indications that now is the time for investors to weather-proof their portfolios...Read More
This week, an in-depth article featuring prominent mining executive and Chairman of the Augusta Group of Companies, Richard Warke. Featuring commentary from Barrick Gold Corp.'s Kevin Thomson and Ross Beaty, the article details Richard Warke's rise in the resource industry, from his sale of Arizona Mining Inc. this summer to his breakout sale of Ventana Gold in 2011 to Eike Batista.Read the full...Read More
"I don't know how this whole thing is going unwind - I just think it's not going to be pleasant for any of us, even if you own gold and silver. I think owning gold and silver gives you a chance to survive financially and see what it's going to look like on the other side of what is coming..."My good friend and colleague, Chris Marcus, invited me on to his Stockpulse podcast to discuss the finan...Read More
Before we list our opinions on the gold market, we want to emphasize that many "cycles" are forecasting a huge move up in gold bullion should commence soon. Also do not forget that there no longer are "market makers" who in the past would bring support to the market....so gold stocks now drop to prices even lower than they did in the past. However, that does offer private investors opportuniti...Read More
An iMetal geologist examines a mineralized rock sample at the Gowganda West property. Source: iMetal Resources Inc.iMetal Resources Inc. [IMR-TSXV] said Friday November 23 that ongoing exploration at its Gowganda West property in northeastern Ontario has defined highly favourable targets for upcoming drilling at Zone 3A.iMetal shares advanced on the news, rising 9.52% or $0.01 to 11.5 cents on v...Read More
Property map of the BTU Metals Dixie Halo Project, Red Lake area, Ontario. Source: BTU Metals Corp.BTU Metals Corp. [BTU-TSXV] said Friday November 23 that it picked up more ground in the emerging Dixie discovery area of Red Lake, northern Ontario via the acquisition of Burgundy Exploration Corp.As a result, BTU said it has been able to acquire an additional 4,163 hectares of prospective and geogr...Read More
With more than 25 years' experience in the diamond industry - including 19 with De Beers - Stuart Brown was looking for a new opportunity. He found it as the president and CEO of Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD; NASDAQ: MPVD)."I was quite excited by this," he said. "I think the mine has good potential, because it's just starting off. I thought I could add a lot of value with my prior relatio...Read More
BTU Metals (TSXV: BTU) has expanded its Dixie Halo gold project in Red Lake, Ont., by acquiring Burgudy Exploration and its 41.6 sq. km of prospective land in the area. Dixie Halo surrounds Great Bear Resource's (TSXV: GBR; US-OTC: GTBDF) Dixie gold project and raises BTU's total Red Lake land position to 129 square kilometres.BTU will acquire Burgundy for 3.6 million shares. Burgundy's claims com...Read More
The nickel price is at a 12-month low of $10,965 per tonne, after cracking $15,000/t in the northern summer. Hamilton said there was not much hope for an uptick from China over the winter."In our view, a weak stainless steel market is the main challenge, with Chinese 304-grade cold rolled material prices falling RMB200 (US$28.80) per tonne in the past week," he said."[We] would expect to see...Read More
Managing director Geoff Jones said at this week's GR Engineering annual general meeting in Perth the company was on track to book about A$80-85 million of revenue in the first half of fiscal 2018-19, down from $177 million in the first half of last year.But the company is guiding for $220-240 million of revenue for FY19 "based on management forecasts of Thunderbird EPC activity levels in [the seco...Read More
We're a nation of blamers.Whenever we're confronted with a problem, the first response is to find the "guilty party."Who's going to take the fall?Who's going to be thrown under the bus?Who's going to be placed in the modern-day stockades of social media criticism while armies of vulture ambulance chasers try to steal the wallets of roadkill pawns?In the latest move to end America's opioid epidemic...Read More
What's the future of warfare look like?For centuries humans fought hand-to-hand, with clubs, swords, pikes, and maces.Those weapons were replaced by cannons and flintlock rifles, which gave way to artillery and machine guns, which were superseded by tanks and fighter jets.What's next?Robots.Tanks, jets, and massive aircraft carriers continue to play a part in today's military modernization efforts...Read More