Since it kicked off this year's 32,500-metre drill program in March, Nighthawk Gold (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) has continued drilling at the Colomac and Grizzly Bear gold deposits, which, along with its Goldcrest gold deposit, make up the Colomac project's inferred resource of 2.61 million contained oz. gold in 50.3 million tonnes grading 1.62 grams gold per tonne.But the company has also spent a l...Read More
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) started a strike on Read More
Scooby Doo is an American hero.No, I'm not talking about the cartoon dog.I'm talking about the robot.You see, Scooby Doo was an iRobot PackBot.PackBots are 60-pound, treaded robots that are used for reconnaissance, surveillance, and bomb disposal. They have four cameras, an arm with a gripper, and flippers that vault them over obstacles.And Scooby Doo was one of the best.Through the course of his...Read More
I continue to receive questions regarding the direction of the market, to which I can only reply "I don't know." I certainly have thoughts about the factors affecting metals markets, but am not under the illusion that I KNOW where the market is headed.What I do know is that my money is best invested, in tranches, in the best companies in the sector. The best companies are led by the best managemen...Read More
November 30, 2018GOLD:Short Term Update:What a day! This is incredible! We called it with our wave counts, and now it's really happening as the Fed may have just blinked!Within wave .iii. we are now working on our first impulsive sequence, as shown on our "Daily Gold Chart".Within that first impulsive sequence we believe that we are working on a subdividing wave $iii$. Within wave $iii$, wav...Read More
The stocks of Franco-Nevada (TSX:FNV)(NYSE:FNV) and Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX:WPM)(NYSE:WPM) both experienced lows on September 11. However, Franco-Nevada stock has fared much better by appreciating about 16% while Wheaton Precious Metals stock is only trading about 2% higher since then.The two companies are in a similar line of business. Why is there a big difference in their recent price acti...Read More
There is growing conjecture that now is the time for investors to bolster their exposure to gold. The yellow metal has again rebounded, rising to just over US$1,220 per ounce as fears of a market correction and slower than expected economic growth coupled with rising geopolitical risk have spooked investors. While they typically think of senior miners like Barrick Gold Corp. and Goldcorp Inc. when...Read More
Canadian savers are constantly searching for reliable stocks to add to their RRSP portfolios.For much of 2018, the market appeared expensive, but the recent correction is finally giving buy-and-hold investors an opportunity to pick up some top names on the TSX Index at attractive prices.Let's take a look at Suncor (TSX:SU) (NYSE:SU) and Nutrien (TSX:NTR) (NYSE:NTR) to see if one deserves to be on...Read More
This year has been a very difficult time for silver investors and miners. The white metal has fallen by over 16% since the start of 2018 to be trading at around US$14.60 per ounce, and there are signs that a recovery is a long way off.Nonetheless, this shouldn't deter investors from acquiring primary silver miner Pan American Silver Corp. (TSX:PAAS)(NASDAQ:PAAS). Recent developments indicate that...Read More
Note: New homes sales, based on the seasonally adjusted annualized rate metric, are down over 23% from their peak in November 2017. Pending home sales, which translate into existing home sales less canceled contracts (typically failed financing), are down on a year-over-year basis 11 out of the last 12 months. But it's not just interest rates, which aren't up much from their lows in the context of...Read More
The company has the Elandsfontein phosphate project on South Africa's west coast, is in the process of buying the Hinda phosphate project in the Republic of Congo and also has the rights to the Aflao prospect in Ghana. Elandsfontein is currently under care and maintenance after six weeks of operation in 2017, and needs around US$16 million to get back into production. The compa...Read More
The surprise was not in the results themselves from the four-hole program at the unnamed discovery, assumed to be the historic Oak Dam West anomaly.The surprise was that BHP announced t...Read More
"This gives them the ability to analyse and upload field data in real-time from the most isolated locations around Australasia," Inmarsat said in a statement.Imdex's (ASX: IMD) cloud-based hub aggregates and transmits field data from subsurface instrumentation and mobile units, allowing an automated and instant upload of the data to a company's headquarters.Imdex's general manager product developm...Read More
Endeavour Silver completed a total of 55 drill holes from surface on seven different vein targets as part of a program at its Bolanitos mine.Read full newsRead More
"Mining in Western Australia is one of the state's most important industries and it leads the nation in exploration and production activity, especially when it comes to gold and iron ore. https://t.co/SllYDx3lKV @NxGoldLtd #mining #gold #iron # #investing"Read full newsRead More
Chancellor Angela Merkel's plane had to turn around and land in Cologne after an hour in the air due to a defect. The plane has experienced several issues in the past few months.Read full newsRead More
"Metallis Hits 11.18 g/t Gold Over 7.7 Meters Including 137 g/t Gold Over 0.6 Meters at Cole Target @MetallisMTS https://t.co/UMuukpmUIK"Read full newsRead More
CloseGain/LossGold $1223.90+$3.70Silver$14.30-$0.01XAU64.80-1.11%HUI146.40-1.00%GDM534.77-0.25%JSE Gold1124.07+16.97USD96.78-0.05Euro113.89+0.18Yen88.30+0.17Oil$51.45+$1.1610-Year3.029%-0.032T-Bond140.21875+0.28125Dow25338.84-0.11%Nasdaq7273.08-0.25%S&P2737.80-0.22% The Metals: Gold gained $8.70 to $1228.90 by late morning in New York before it drifted lower in afternoon trade, but it stil...Read More
- Brexit no-deal would lead to "worst crash since 1930s"- Gold rose 0.6% in dollars and 1.2% in pounds today- UK economy could contract by 8%, house prices fall 30%, sterling fall 25% warns Bank of England- Sterling collapse would push Irish economy into recession- Carney's doomsday scenario sees the crippling of UK finances, the pound crashing and inflation soaring- BOE accused of "Project Fe...Read More