Growth stocks are an interesting topic among Canadian market watchers at the moment. In fact, with pot stocks taking up pretty much all available headline space, growth stocks are one of the hottest subjects around. This seems an odd state of affairs considering the uncertainty in the market that looks set to finally end the epic bull run; the marijuana stock boom is a rare phenomenon, to be sure....Read More
Beaten-down uranium miner Cameco (TSX:CCO)(NYSE:CCJ) has popped by an impressive 19% over the last month in response to receiving a favourable outcome regarding an investigation by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). This increased its appeal as an investment and fueled the bull case for investing in uranium and Cameco.While the latest news is certainly a positive for Cameco, it hasn't altered the un...Read More
The Del Toro silver mine in Mexico. Source: First Majestic Silver Corp.First Majestic Silver Corp. [FR-TSX; AG-NYSE; FMV-FSE] on Monday October 15 said production in the third quarter of 2018 reached a new company record of 6.7 million silver equivalent ounces.Total production consisted of 3.5 million ounces of silver, 35,260 ounces of gold, 4.4 million pounds of lead and 1.2 million pounds of zin...Read More
Copper-silver mineralization at the Bankers Cobalt Kamanjab Project in Namibia. Source: Bankers Cobalt Corp.Bankers Cobalt Corp. [BANC-TSXV, BC2-FSE] said Monday October 15 that it has established a confidential virtual data room to provide access for parties who have approached the company or expressed an interest in reviewing data on Bankers and its concessions."We have completed a significant a...Read More
The price of gold is acting... normal.And that's actually surprising to see.For the gold market, "normal" hasn't been... well, normal. Gold is traditionally a safe haven asset used to hedge economic and market risk. Demand and prices traditionally increase in times of fiscal turmoil. But this has not largely been the case for the past decade.Since the turn of the century, the gold market has dynam...Read More
Colorado School of Mines students are flexing their creative muscle on a real-life challenge to work with Climax Molybdenum, a Freeport-McMoRan company, in envisioning innovative ways to repurpose the Henderson mine following the eventual depletion of the mineral resource, and the social and economic transition of the mine and surrounding communities."Mines is very excited about this new partnersh...Read More
Will Fleckenstein, director of strategic relationships and enterprises for earth resources and environmental programs at Colorado School of Mines, was recently interviewed on Fox31 Denver about oil and gas development and how the natural resources came to be in Colorado. Watch the full segment below: Read More
A Colorado School of Mines graduate student who served in the U.S. Army for 22 years before pursuing her engineering education has been named a Class of 2018 Tillman Scholar by the Pat Tillman Foundation.Jennie Callahan, a master's student in civil and environmental engineering, was chosen for the honor based on her commitment to service, scholarship, humble leadership and impact. The award will c...Read More
Advantage Lithium Corp. (TSX-Venture: AAL; OTCQX: AVLIF) is drilling 4,800 metres at its Cauchari joint-venture lithium project in northern Argentina's Jujuy province to further expand and upgrade its already increased resource of 3.02 million tonnes of LCE.This third phase of drilling comes on the heels of a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) that Advantage Lithium tabled in mid-Augus...Read More
Bunker Hill Mining (CSE: BNKR; US-OTC: BHLL) terminated its lease and option agreement to acquire the Bunker Hill zinc-lead-silver mine in Idaho after missing US$400,000 in property payments that were due at the end of September and on Oct. 1, 2018.In mid-August the company closed a nearly $1.4 million private placement.Bunker Hill also appears to have lost its CEO Bruce Reid - although the compan...Read More
It's October, which means more news flow, the conference circuit picks up, kids are back in school, and, with a little bit of luck, some temporary relief from what has the feel of a brutal bear market across the commodity sector.The base metals continue to find a solid base and have bottomed well, despite the back and forth between the U.S. and China, which has led to demand concerns.Trade wars ar...Read More
As BMW and other German automakers move forward slowly toward electric cars, there's still plenty of negativity.Read full newsRead More
Black Swan Advisors (BSA) Acquires Second Underground Gold Mine In Western US BSA has acquired a second underground gold mine, the Radcliffe/Worldbeater mine, in Inyo County, Ca., close to its Keystone mine. Radcliffe contains approximately 350,000/400,000 ounces of gold, .4 to .7 OPT. BSA is planning to re-start mining operations in Q1 2019. BSA is also looking for additional gold mine acquisitio...Read More
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Black Swan Advisors (BSA) Acquires Second Underground Gold Mine In Western US BSA has acquired a second underground gold mine, the Radcliffe/Worldbeater mine, in Inyo County, Ca., close to its Keystone mine. Radcliffe contains approximately 350,000/400,000 ounces of gold, .4 to .7 OPT. BSA is planning to re-start mining operations in Q1 2019. BSA is also looking for additional gold mine acquisitio...Read More
The British bank initiated coverage on Goldcorp, Kinross Gold, Newmont Mining and Yamana GoldRead full newsRead More
The VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF is flying today as investors seek safety in gold stocks. Here's how to profit with GDX options.Read full newsRead More
More than 30 gold miners have died in an informal pit in the Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province after a landslide, officials said Thursday, with dozens more feared trapped.The incident happened a week ago in Misisi in the Fizi region.Read full newsRead More
Black Swan Advisors (BSA) Acquires Second Underground Gold Mine In Western US BSA has acquired a second underground gold mine, the Radcliffe/Worldbeater mine, in Inyo County, Ca., close to its Keystone mine. Radcliffe contains approximately 350,000/400,000 ounces of gold, .4 to .7 OPT. BSA is planning to re-start mining operations in Q1 2019. BSA is also looking for additional gold mine acquisitio...Read More
Critics worry about long-term storage of tailings upstream from Portland Canal. Listen nowRead full newsRead More