This time last year, cobalt was the hottest metal on the planet.It was everywhere. You couldn't go a day without reading about cobalt in the financial news.Now?Nothing. You barely hear about it, if ever.What happened?Well, much of the financial chatter centered on cobalt prices. Back in March 2018, the price of cobalt reached an all-time high of $95,000 per metric tonne. Prices had increased nearl...Read More
Golden Ridge Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: GLDN) owns a 100% interest in the 1,700-hectare Hank copper-gold-silver-lead-zinc property located in the Golden Triangle district, approximately 140 kilometres north of Stewart, British Columbia. At the 2019 Vancouver Resource Investment Conference, we learned from Michael Blady, President-CEO of Golden Ridge Resources that in 2018 they drilled just under 7000...Read More
Colorado School of Mines students hacked their way to a top-10 finish in one of the most important cybersecurity competitions in the nation.Twenty Mines students participated in the 2018 NSA Codebreaker Challenge, which ran from the end of September through Jan. 6. Combined, their scores were enough to tie for 10th place out of a field of 377 U.S. universities, Mines' highest finish ever.Ryan Hunt...Read More
VANCOUVER - A new partnership between First Nations, exploration companies and the B.C. government named the British Columbia Regional Mining Alliance (BCRMA) is working well to advance mineral exploration and mining in northwestern British Columbia.That was the message behind a panel discussion held at the Association for Mineral Exploration's (AME) annual Roundup convention in Vancouver.The four...Read More
Casa Minerals (TSXV: CASA) has optioned its Keaper polymetallic project 15 km northeast of Terrace, B.C., less than 5 km from the company's flagship Pitman polymetallic project, to a private company that has the right to earn a 60% interest in the property over four years.In order to earn its interest, the optionee must spend $4 million on exploration, pay Casa $550,000 and issue Casa 2.5 million...Read More
While lithium and uranium markets were depressed in 2018, a rebound could occur, as demand pressures for both metals grow in the years ahead. Here's a look at eight juniors that are active players in lithium and uranium exploration and development. APPIA ENERGYToronto-based junior Appia Energy (CSE: API; US-OTC: APAAF) is involved in uranium and rare earth element (REE) exploration in the prolific...Read More
The following is an edited excerpt from the publication "The lithium-ion battery value chain - new economy opportunities for Australia" by the Australian government's Australian Trade and Investment Commission. To download the full report, visit www.apo.org.au/node/210341.Australia has a comparative advantage in its access to the mineral elements needed for lithium-ion battery production. Australi...Read More
Commodities giant Glencore (LON: GLEN) has reported production figures for 2018 and confirmed 2019 guidance that implies a 14%-year-on-year increase in copper-equivalent production.Copper production reached 1.45 million tonnes in 2018, 11% higher than 2017, and Glencore expects that number to jump by about 45% this year to 1.54 million tonnes.Cobalt production came in at 42,200 tonnes last year, 5...Read More
VANCOUVER - A Canadian government led by Andrew Scheer, the current leader of the official opposition Conservative Party of Canada, would repeal legislation currently before the Canadian Senate that he argues hobbles resource development.Speaking at the Association of Mineral Exploration's (AME) Roundup convention, Scheer said if a Conservative government is elected this coming October, it will "d...Read More
CEO Benedikt Sobotka said ahead of Mining Indaba that, although volatility in both markets was expected to continue, the severe underinvestment in mining projects was set to drive up prices, asRead More
"Donald Trump wants to legalize marijuana. I know because he told me personally several times."That was what Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher from California told me this week, over drinks in Medell?-n, Colombia (why I was in Colombia is a story for another time).*Editors note: When interviewing Congressmen, a few drinks in a foreign locale are helpful.And Rep. Rohrabacher should know - not only w...Read More
Why are Armenians fighting over the controversial Amulsar gold mining project and how does it affect the country's new government?Read full newsRead More
"Should Lena Gold-Mining Public Joint Stock Company Lenzoloto's (MCX:LNZL) Weak Investment Returns Worry You? https://t.co/t4DQBetzGn"Read full newsRead More
"Refinitiv GFMS has released its Gold Survey Q4 2018 report, explaining why gold rose in the fourth quarter and predicting where it's headed in 2019. https://t.co/V6pP8o2UBd @Refinitiv #Gold #investing #GoldSurvey #INN"Read full newsRead More
The Fed capitulation appears to have been seen early by gold and the market is now implying a 13.5bps rate-cut in 2019... as stocks soar...Read full newsRead More
By: Gary ChristensonGold prices (weekly chart) formed an impressive inverse head and shoulders formation during a five-year base. Gold prices, which bottomed in December 2015, should climb the wall of worry.WHAT WALL OF WORRY?Really? You have to ask? Financial, stock market, debt and political worries come to mind:Global debt is about $250 trillion. The lenders expect to be repaid plus interest....Read More
By: Richard (Rick) Mills Gold markets were rocking on Tuesday, lifted by a basket of factors that included poor stock market performance earlier in the week, slow growth in China, weak earnings reports and expectations the US Federal Reserve would strike a dovish tone at its two-day meeting starting on Tuesday afternoon. The Fed raised interest rates four times in 2018 but some officials have...Read More
Well, there you have it: the most brazenly bogus rally in the history of the world. Are these guys good, or what? The fix was in even before Powell declared Wednesday afternoon that the Fed would be "patient." (Now there's a word that will reverberate through history!) AAPL's and Boeing's handlers had already gotten the jump on the Fed chairman's latest PR mutterance, deftly engineering respec...Read More
"iMetal Mobilizes for Drilling at Gowganda West -- $IMR #IMR @iMetalResources #Gold #Silver #Copper #Cobalt #momentumstocks #smallcap #hotstocks #Gowganda #PDAC2019 --Read the News Release here: https://t.co/DqlEFmXxi2"Read full newsRead More