Chile said on Monday it would shortly begin accepting bids from local and foreign companies seeking to develop battery materials within the South American nation using discounted Chilean lithium provided by top miner SQM.Chilean authorities struck a deal in January 2018 with SQM that ended a long-running dispute over royalty payments and allowed the miner to boost production from Chile's Salar de...Read More
Platinum miner Lonmin does not have sufficient liquidity to fund the new projects needed to avoid shaft closures and job losses, it said on Monday as it urged shareholders to back its proposed takeover by Sibanye-Stillwater.The London-listed company, crippled by soaring costs and subdued platinum prices, has been cutting spending to conserve cash and retain a positive balance sheet required by con...Read More
Mining giants Rio Tinto, BHP Group and Fortescue Metals said their Australian operations had suffered some impact after two cyclones hit the country over the weekend, with clean up starting on Monday in the wake of the storms.Cyclone Veronica has been weakening after battering Australia's northwest, while further east, Cyclone Trevor was downgraded to a low pressure system on Sunday.A state of eme...Read More
Gold miner Caledonia Mining is seeking ways to deepen its investment in Zimbabwe even though a currency crisis has dented its earnings and bureaucracy has slowed the company's purchase of an increased stake.The end of Robert Mugabe's rule in 2017 after an army coup led to a rush of excitement that miners would flood in to develop the nation's mineral wealth.The end of Robert Mugabe's rule in 2017...Read More
US gold giant Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) has offered investors a one-time special dividend of 88 cents per share, if its $10 billion-friendly takeover of Goldcorp (TSX:G) (NYSE:GG) is approved, in an effort to stop a brewing shareholder revolt that could obstruct the deal with the Canadian gold miner.Some of Newmont's shareholders, including hedge fund giant Paulson & Co., have criticized the dea...Read More
CanAlaska Uranium (TSXV: CVV) agreed today to go ahead with the purchase of 100% of the past-producing Manibridge nickel mine in the Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, central Canada.The mine is currently owned by Pure Nickel (TSXV: NIC). To acquire it, CanAlaska has to issue Pure Nickel 300,000 shares and 100,000 2-year warrants exercisable at $0.28/share, and pay $25,000.The Manibridge Mine claims,...Read More
Romios Gold Resources (TSXV: RG) announced that it has amended an agreement it signed with Crystal Lake Mining (TSXV: CLM) whereby Romios' Newmont Lake property has been optioned to CLM provided that the latter has funding in place to finance its commitment to spend $3 million on an agreed exploration program before September 20, 2019.In a press release, Romios explained that the Definitive Agreem...Read More
"Sirios Resources Inc. (TSXV:SOI) is a junior exploration company with five gold assets in James Bay, Quebec, Cheechoo which is adjacent to Goldcorp's Eleonore gold mine, being the most advanced project. https://t.co/uWJWAUUxR3 #SiriosResources #gold #investing"Read full newsRead More
ENDEAVOUR ACHIEVES FIRST GOLD POUR AT ITY CIL PROJECT 4 MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE View News Release in PDF HIGHLIGHTS Over 8.5 million man-hours have been worked without a lost time injury The ...Read full newsRead More
Brazilian mining giant Vale (NYSE:VALE) has been hit by a local court injunction that forces it to freeze operations at 13 of its tailings dams in the country.The world's biggest iron ore producer, which is expected to release its fourth-quarter figures on Wednesday, said the order will impact production at its massive Brucutu mine, as it will now take longer than expected to bring it back on li...Read More
Australia's OceanaGold (ASX, TSX: OGC) has withdrawn from two exploration projects in Argentina in which spent about $4.5 million (C$6m) over the past two years as explorations results have not met the miner's expectations.Mirasol Resources (TSX-V:MRZ), the owner of La Curva and Claudia prospects in Argentina's Santa Cruz province, said that while results to date weren't what OceanaGold expected,...Read More
ENDEAVOUR ACHIEVES FIRST GOLD POUR AT ITY CIL PROJECT 4 MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE View News Release in PDF HIGHLIGHTS Over 8.5 million man-hours have been worked without a lost time injury The ...Read full newsRead More
Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. After rallying more than 20 points or 1.9% and reaching as high as 1150.89 intraday on Thursday, The Index gave back a good portion of those gains as the week ended. The INK Canadian Insider Index held onto 4.6 points and a close of 1133.53. MACD rose 2.7 points to -1.7. RSI rebounded a...Read More
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) was created as a junior exploration company in 2007, and since then it has grown to become an intermediate gold producer, with five mines in four countries.Last year production reached 953,504 oz. gold - a 51% jump over 2017 - sending revenues nearly doubling year-on-year to US$1.2 billion, and cash flow almost tripling to US$451 million.That war chest helped B2Gold...Read More
Before he founded International Tower Hill Mines (TSX: ITH; NYSE-AM: THM) in the mid-2000s and discovered the Livengood deposit in Alaska - a development project that now has an estimated 19.7 million oz. gold - Jeffrey Pontius worked for seven years as the U.S. and North American exploration manager for AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU). It was during his time at the South African miner that the geolo...Read More
The mid-tier gold miners' stocks have been rallying on balance in recent months, carving a solid young upleg. They've mostly finished reporting their latest fourth-quarter results, revealing how they are faring fundamentally. Their operating and financial performance is very important for investors, as the mid-tier realm is where most of the gold-stock sector's gains accrue. They fared reall...Read More
Growing economic and geopolitical uncertainty continues to weigh on stocks and support the price of defensive assets — notably, gold. There are growing claims among analysts that gold could reach US$1,400 an ounce or even higher during 2019. This will be a boon for gold miners with high-quality low-cost operations, like Dundee Precious Metals (TSX:DPM).Production at Krumovgrad commencesThe i...Read More
Despite the claims by some pundits that silver, known as poor man's gold, is overdue for a massive rally, there are signs that the white metal will remain weak over 2019. This is a tremendous deterrent against choosing to invest in primary silver miners, particularly when it is considered that even with gold firming to over US$1,300 per ounce, silver has failed to perform.Lack of investmentThe whi...Read More
Toward the end of 2018 gold rallied sharply peaking at over US$1,343 per ounce before pulling back to be trading at US$1,313 an ounce. This has been a boon for gold miners with many rallying sharply to see the VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF rising by 21% for the year to date, which is around seven times greater than gold's 3% gain. There are signs that despite the yellow metal's latest pullback,...Read More
Brexit, a global economic slowdown, and trade uncertainties are all contributing to stronger precious metal prices. It also helps that within Basel III, gold is categorized as a risk-free asset.Basel III is a set of international banking regulations developed by the Bank for International Settlements to promote stability in the international financial system. This set of tougher rules (compared to...Read More