The World Gold Council has published an update to its Guidance Note on all- in sustaining costs (AISC) and "all- in costs", which was first issued in June 2013.The Council worked closely with its member companies to develop these non-GAAP measures which are intended to provide further transparency into the costs associated with producing gold. These non-GAAP measures are intended to provide furthe...Read More
The World Gold Council has published an update to its Guidance Note on all- in sustaining costs (AISC) and "all- in costs", which was first issued in June 2013.The Council worked closely with its member companies to develop these non-GAAP measures which are intended to provide further transparency into the costs associated with producing gold. These non-GAAP measures are intended to provide furthe...Read More
RYE, N.Y. -- (Business Wire)The Board of Trustees of the GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust (NYSE American:GGN) (the "Fund") approved the continuation of its policy of paying monthly cash distributions. The Board of Trustees announced cash distributions of $0.05 per share for each of January, February, and March 2019.The distribution for January 2019 will be payable on January...Read More
Ontario-based White Metal Resources Corp. (TSXV: WHM) is growing its recently acquired Williams Gold property, located in central Newfoundland, where a gold rush seems to be taking place.In a media statement, the junior explorer announced that it has staked an additional 50 claim units totaling 1,250 hectares near the project and south of the former producing Beaver Brook Antimony mine.In detail,...Read More
Ontario-based White Metal Resources Corp. (TSXV: WHM) is growing its recently acquired Williams Gold property, located in central Newfoundland, where a gold rush seems to be taking place.In a media statement, the junior explorer announced that it has staked an additional 50 claim units totaling 1,250 hectares near the project and south of the former producing Beaver Brook Antimony mine.In detail,...Read More
OceanaGold (TSE: OGC) is interested in buying Bravada Gold Corporation's (TSXV: BVA) low-sulfidation Highland gold/silver project, located within the Walker Lane Gold trend in western Nevada, USA.Both companies have signed a letter of intent which stipulates that Oceana has until December 15, 2018, to accept the opportunity of earning up to 75% interest in the project.In detail, Oceana may earn a...Read More
OceanaGold (TSE: OGC) is interested in buying Bravada Gold Corporation's (TSXV: BVA) low-sulfidation Highland gold/silver project, located within the Walker Lane Gold trend in western Nevada, USA.Both companies have signed a letter of intent which stipulates that Oceana has until December 15, 2018, to accept the opportunity of earning up to 75% interest in the project.In detail, Oceana may earn a...Read More
Komatsu America Corp., a leading global heavy equipment manufacturer today announced the FrontRunner Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) has achieved the unprecedented milestone of more than two billion tons of surface material moved autonomously. The FrontRunner system has now hauled more than all other commercial mining autonomous haulage systems combined.Since its first commercial deployment in 200...Read More
Gold Fields Ltd. is having to sneak maintenance teams into its South Deep mine in South Africa after protesters shot at vehicles trying to enter the site, where workers have been on strike since Nov. 2.Small teams of essential workers are using secret entrances to enter the mine and sometimes have to be smuggled in during the night to pump water, monitor equipment and undertake general maintenance...Read More
Overnight news that regulators in Quebec are reviewing some Bombardier (BBD.B) insider-related transactions shines a spotlight on a big shortcoming in disclosure in Canada. There is an obscure measure in a 2006 OSC staff notice that allows insiders to delay reporting trades for a year or possibly more if they are made under an Automatic Securities Disposition Plan (ASDP) and receive a regular rep...Read More
NEW DELHI/SHANGHAI - India's Vedanta Ltd has been selling copper concentrate on the spot market from stockpiles at its Sterlite smelter, a company official said, after the facility was forced to stop operating earlier this year amid pollution concerns.The company is disposing of around 70,000 tonnes of copper concentrate that have been lying unused since the closure of the plant, the official told...Read More
The Philippines will allow nine mines currently halted to resume operations if they correct previous violations of environmental rules, a government official said Friday, in a move that could increase global nickel supply.The mines, six of which are nickel operations, were permanently shut in early 2017 as part of an environmental crackdown on the sector. Environment and Natural Resources Secreta...Read More
* State govt demands higher share from sale of ore by NMDC* State govt may auction mine if NMDC refuses - state mining secy* NMDC shares mark biggest single-day fall since Aug. 9NEW DELHI - The government of India's Karnataka state on Friday warned NMDC Ltd that it will cancel the lease of its Donimalai iron ore mine if the state-owned miner refuses to pay an additional levy on the sale of its ore...Read More
The major gold miners' stocks remain mired in universal bearishness, largely left for dead. They are just wrapping up their third-quarter earnings season, which proved challenging. Lower gold prices cut deeply into cash flows and profits, and production-growth struggles persisted. But these elite companies did hold the line on costs, portending soaring earnings as gold recovers. Their absurdly-che...Read More
Athabasca oil sands on the banks of the river, around 1900An alarming discount on Canadian crude has sparked calls for production cuts in the Alberta oil patch.The calls from Cenovus Energy Inc. [CVE-TSX, NYSE] and others have been sparked by the difference between the price of Western Canadian Select bitumen-blend crude and New York traded West Texas Intermediate oil.The differential between West...Read More
Sokoman Iron's Moosehead gold project in central Newfoundland. Source: Sokoman Iron Corp.Sokoman Iron Corp. [SIC-TSXV] shares rallied sharply Friday November 16 as the company released more drill results from its Moosehead gold project in central Newfoundland.The company said it has received assay results for five of seven holes completed to date in the property's Eastern Trend. They are part of a...Read More
Imagine going back to the late 1990s and being able to be a ground-floor investor in electric vehicles.Well, you don't have to imagine. Hydrogen fuel cell technology is at the same point in development as electric vehicles were in the late 1990s. And for us as investors, a hydrogen fuel cell boom could be a retirement-level event.Fact is, hydrogen fuel cells have the potential to be superior to a...Read More
The Colorado School of Mines Dance Team has been awarded the Mayor's 2018 Gold Mine Award for Excellence.The student group was one of four award winners at the City of Golden Mayor's 2018 community celebration on Oct. 30. The Gold Mine Award recognizes contributions to the betterment of Mines and the Golden community. Specifically, the dance team was honored "for their contribution to the Golden...Read More
We're on the precipice, the verge of a new era.It's already begun, but it's yet to fully take off (no pun intended).It's the age of the drone.As we speak, drones are delivering packages, dusting crops, driving people to work, fighting fires, and bombing terrorists.Criminals are using them to sneak drugs and other contraband into prisons.They're used for dangerous search and rescue missions, ventur...Read More
Since its official mine opening on Oct. 24, Harte Gold (TSX: HRT; US-OTC: HRTFF) has finished commissioning its process plant and says it is on schedule to declare commercial production by the end of December at its Sugar Zone mine.Mill throughput at Ontario's newest gold producer has reached the initial target rate of 575 tonnes per day, and the tailings management facility and paste fill plant w...Read More