Last week we published the 2018 End of Year Special Edition of the Weekly Macro Themes report - a summary of some of the best, worst, and most notable chaRead full newsRead More
How are the top stock picks from the Vancouver Resource Conference 2017 doing? I was doing some DD as I prepare for VRIC 2018 and wanted to know how the top stock picks from 2017 actually played ou...Read full newsRead More
Despite the government shutdown, now in its fifth day, the water-treatment plant that cleans mine waste from the Gold King Mine will not cease...Read full newsRead More
Stock markets are forever cyclical, an endless series of alternating bulls and bears. And after one of the greatest bulls in U.S. history, odds are a young bear is now gathering steam. It is being fueled by record Fed tightening, bubble valuations, trade wars, and mounting political turmoil. Bears are dangerous events driving catastrophic losses for buy-and-hold investors. Different strate...Read More
Gold rallied strongly in recent weeks, buoyed by growing fears that an emerging global economic downturn and that a market correction was due. The yellow metal is now hovering at around US$1,280 an ounce, and there are signs that it could move higher during 2019.Silver also spiked, rising to over US$15 per ounce, which will be a boon for silver miners weighed down by the poor outlook for the white...Read More
The pullback in the TSX Index has put many of Canada's top stocks in the red for the year.However, a number of other companies that have been in the doghouse for some time have actually generated strong returns, and investors are wondering if more gains could be on the way.Let's take a look at Cameco (TSX:CCO)(NYSE:CCJ) to see if it deserves to be on your 2019 buy list.Rebound underwayCameco is Ca...Read More
Continental Gold's (TSX:CNL) stock went into free fall after the murder of three of its geologists in an armed attack on its facilities at its Berlin property in northwestern Colombia. Even a significant rally in gold over recent weeks, which sees the yellow metal trading at around US$1,280 an ounce, has been incapable of breathing life into the miner's depressed stock; it's down by around 40% for...Read More
It's time to end the absurd "war on terror." What exactly is the U.S. Government fighting? Hillary Clinton asserted that pulling out of Syria would "put our national security as grave risk." Huh? I see the U.S. military terrorizing the citizens of the countries occupied by U.S. forces all over the world. I have yet to see a Syrian military jet fly beyond the Middle East airspace looking to drop...Read More
The Orefinders McGarry Mine, northeast Ontario. Source: Orefinders Resources Inc.Orefinders Resources Inc. [ORX-TSXV; ORFDF-OTC] said Monday December 31 that it is preparing for a market turn as it continues with a strategy that offers levered exposure to the price of gold, while preparing the company for future mining industry consolidation.While Orefinders is a gold-focused company, its sharehol...Read More
Rio Tinto signs power supply deal for Mongolian copper mineTurquoise Hill Resources Ltd. [TRQ-TSX], a 51%-owned affiliate of Rio Tinto Plc [RIO-NYSE] Group, said Monday December 31 that it has signed a power source framework agreement (PSFA) that covers the supply of power to the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper mine extension in Mongolia.The mine is located in the Gobi Desert, close to the border with Chi...Read More
Share this articleVANCOUVER - Nevsun Resources Ltd. says Chinese company Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. has been successful in its $1.86-billion friendly takeover offer for the company.The companies say about 89.37 per cent of the total issued and outstanding Nevsun shares on a fully diluted basis were tendered to the offer of $6 per share in cash by the Dec. 28 deadline.The offer has now been extend...Read More
Happy New Year everyone!Goodbye 2018, I won’t really miss you much!Hello 2019, I can’t wait to get to know you better…For New Year’s Eve, I celebrated at Bonifacio Global City (BGC)… My “home” away from home…Started off at The Island, in Uptown…Let the countdown begin…HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!Later, headed on over to High Street, for the live co...Read More
Like millions of other people, I'm very nostalgic for Nintendo, especially at Christmas. That's because this story, or some version of it, is quite common:1986. Christmas morning. Under the tree, there was a giant wrapped box, tagged:TO: Luke and LanceFROM: SantaMy father told us we should open that one first.Tearing into it revealed a giant robot head staring back at us. And we immediately knew e...Read More
NEW YORK (AP) -Kohl's Corporation, up $6.13 to $65.92Retail stocks like Kohl's rallied the day after Christmas as investors cheered signs that Americans went out and shopped this holiday season.Newmont Mining Corporation, down 5 cents to $34.53The gold mining company's stock fell as gold prices slipped.Perrigo, up $4.20 to $40.70The Irish pharmaceuticals company rallied after falling more than 30...Read More
An Australian mining company wants to expand its mine in South Carolina because they have found more gold.Read full newsRead More
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Under the contract, Albemarle had agreed to provide as much as 25 percent of its annual production at a discount to companies seeking to produce battery metals within Chile.Read full newsRead More
It's been a tough year for mining, but the Big 3 were still a better investment than the FAANGs in 2018.Read full newsRead More
The common theme: stocks will be risky, volatility is back and returns across all asset classes could beRead full newsRead More
Green warns prices could plunge 5% to 10% into 2020Read full newsRead More