The company is taking another big step toward establishing itself as the American WeChat or Alipay as it seeks to become the dominant player in electronic consumer payments in the US and beyond.Read full newsRead More
IDM Mining (TSXV: IDM; US-OTC: IDMMF) has added a third underground drill at its Red Mountain underground gold-silver project, east of Stewart, British Columbia. The company has increased its drill program by 5,400 metres; it will now drill 13,000 metres across 54 holes.With its 2018 drilling, the company is testing various zones at Red Mountain including the northern and western extensions of the...Read More
IDM Mining (TSXV: IDM; US-OTC: IDMMF) has added a third underground drill at its Red Mountain underground gold-silver project, east of Stewart, British Columbia. The company has increased its drill program by 5,400 metres; it will now drill 13,000 metres across 54 holes.With its 2018 drilling, the company is testing various zones at Red Mountain including the northern and western extensions of the...Read More
Mr. Eric Fier reportsSILVERCREST FILES MINERAL RESOURCE TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE LAS CHISPAS PROPERTYSilvercrest Metals Inc. has filed a technical report titled, "Technical Report and Updated Mineral Resource Estimate for the Las Chispas Property, Sonora, Mexico," dated Nov. 19, 2018, with an effective date of Sept. 13, 2018. The Las Chispas report was completed for Silvercrest by N. Eric Fier, CPG...Read More
Infill drilling in the southwestern part of the Marathon deposit in Newfoundland continues to return high-grade gold intercepts, Marathon Gold Corp. (TSX: MOZ) reports.The company completed its 41,000-metre step-out and infill drill program for 2018 at the end of October and assays released today include 5.36 grams gold over 11 metres from 26 metres below surface in hole MA-18-330; 3.63 grams gold...Read More
Infill drilling in the southwestern part of the Marathon deposit in Newfoundland continues to return high-grade gold intercepts, Marathon Gold Corp. (TSX: MOZ) reports.The company completed its 41,000-metre step-out and infill drill program for 2018 at the end of October and assays released today include 5.36 grams gold over 11 metres from 26 metres below surface in hole MA-18-330; 3.63 grams gold...Read More
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Competition Tribunal on Wednesday approved Sibanye-Stillwater's takeover of troubled platinum producer Lonmin but imposed a six-month moratorium on job cuts.South Africa's Sibanye has proposed to buy Lonmin for about 285 million pounds ($365 million) to create the world's No. 2 platinum producer in a bid to ride out depressed prices for the metal.(By Tanisha Heiberg;...Read More
Whenever we see markets tanking as they have been for the past few days, we think counterparty risk may be spooking traders and investors...Read full newsRead More
* LME Zinc price, spreads and stocksLONDON - The London zinc market is experiencing unprecedented tightness this week.As of Monday's close, the London Metal Exchange's (LME) benchmark cash-to-three-months spread CMZN0-3 was valued at a backwardation of $97 per tonne.The cash premium is now higher than the last spike in October 2017 with the only historical comparison the years 2006-2007, when LME...Read More
Debswana Diamond Company today announced that Managing Director Mr Balisi Bonyongo will retire from the business with effect from 30 November 2018, following 26 years of dedicated service to the organisation.The Shareholders of Debswana have appointed Mr Albert Milton, currently General Manager of Jwaneng Mine, to take over as the company's Managing Director with effect from 1 December 2018. The S...Read More
In his Tuesday Discovery Watch broadcast, John Kaiser sees trouble ahead for pot stocks while a seasonal buying opportunity is opening up for junior mining stocks.Click for larger (image source GT Gold)Kaiser points out that in September and October, the non-resource listings on the Venture Exchange were trading between $100 million to $200 million a day while the resource juniors were only tradi...Read More
* Shanghai Aluminium: https://tmsnrt.rs/2R5GRfD* Global Aluminium Output: https://tmsnrt.rs/2QW8g3uLONDON - The Shanghai aluminium price hit its lowest level since October 2016 on Wednesday.At a current 13,700 yuan per tonne the most active contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) is down by 13 percent from the start of January.The London Metal Exchange aluminium price has also been under...Read More
One of Barrick Gold Corp.'s most senior executives, who held various high-profile roles at the company from Nevada to Tanzania, has left the company as it prepares to complete its merger with Randgold Resources Ltd.Richard Williams served as Barrick's chief of staff and later chief operating officer. A former commander in Britain's Special Air Service, he was assigned in February to work full-time...Read More
Shares in struggling South African platinum producer Lonmin (LON:LMI) climbed Wednesday after the South African Competition Tribunal approved the company's takeover by Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL), with conditionsBy late afternoon, Lonmin had climbed 8% to 48.12p, while Sibanye was slightly up in New York at $2.74 as the regulator imposed as condition a moratorium on planned layoffs at...Read More
Shares in struggling South African platinum producer Lonmin (LON:LMI) climbed Wednesday after the South African Competition Tribunal approved the company's takeover by Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL), with conditionsBy late afternoon, Lonmin had climbed 8% to 48.12p, while Sibanye was slightly up in New York at $2.74 as the regulator imposed as condition a moratorium on planned layoffs at...Read More
* Market spooked by estimated cost of HPAL plant* Building HPAL facility more complicated than NPI smelterLONDON - Expectations of a supply avalanche hitting the nickel market next year due to new capacity in Indonesia have sent prices to seven-month lows, but analysts doubt the plans spearheaded by Chinese firms can be carried out so quickly.Benchmark nickel on the London Metal Exchange nearing $...Read More
Mr. Jean Martineau reportsDYNACOR PRODUCES 7,352 OUNCES OF GOLD IN OCTOBER, ITS BEST 2018 MONTHLY RESULTSDynacor Gold Mines Inc. has provided its October gold production results, which were the best monthly gold production results in 2018. In October, the corporation produced 7,352 ounces of gold, an 11-per-cent monthly average increase from the previous nine months. The total amount of ore purcha...Read More
Mr. Walter Coles reportsSKEENA INTERSECTS 14.57 G/T AUEQ OVER 31.50 METRES AT ESKAY CREEKSkeena Resources Ltd. has released additional gold-silver drill results for seven holes from the recently completed phase 1 surface drilling program at the Eskay Creek project located in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia. The multifaceted phase 1 program was performed in the historically drill-defined 21...Read More
World's largest miner BHP (ASX, NYSE, LON, JSE:BHP) told investors on Wednesday that it has learned from its past mistakes and is now spending its money more wisely.Explaining BHP's fresh strategy to seek growth while maintaining a healthy balance sheet, chief financial officer Peter Beaven said in a briefing the company has learned to assess both risks and returns, actively manage threats and thi...Read More
Toronto-based Minera Alamos (TSXV: MAI) announced today it has received a positive notification from the Mexican environmental authorities regarding the permit application for the development of the La Fortuna gold project in the northern Durango state.The notification confirms the completion of the technical review phase of the company's application for the change of land use to build mining and...Read More