Archaeologists working in the remote Tarbagatai Mountains of northeastern Kazakhstan unearthed 3,000 gold and precious metals objects and jewelry pieces that are presumed to date back almost 800 years before Christ.The treasure, found at the 'Yeleke Sazy' burial site, probably belonged to a noble family of the Saka people who ruled throughout central Asia 2,800 years ago and were a nomadic sub-gro...Read More
Five bodies were recovered from a collapsed marble and limestone mine in the town of Dengantzha, located in the Hidalgo state in central Mexico.After a three-day search effort, rescue workers found this weekend the body of a 60-year-old local shepherd who was visiting his friends at the site when the accident happened.The landslide, which authorities say brought down some 300 tonnes of rocks, took...Read More
Five bodies were recovered from a collapsed marble and limestone mine in the town of Dengantzha, located in the Hidalgo state in central Mexico.After a three-day search effort, rescue workers found this weekend the body of a 60-year-old local shepherd who was visiting his friends at the site when the accident happened.The landslide, which authorities say brought down some 300 tonnes of rocks, took...Read More
Canada's Pan Global Resources (TSXV: PGZ) is ready to start drilling at its 16,333-hectare ??guilas project, located 100 kilometres north of Cordoba in the territory of Andalucia, southern Spain.According to local media, Pan Global's 70-per-cent-owned subsidiary Minera ??guilas has received the necessary permits to start its exploration campaign in the first two sections of the eight-block site. T...Read More
Canada's Pan Global Resources (TSXV: PGZ) is ready to start drilling at its 16,333-hectare ??guilas project, located 100 kilometres north of Cordoba in the territory of Andalucia, southern Spain.According to local media, Pan Global's 70-per-cent-owned subsidiary Minera ??guilas has received the necessary permits to start its exploration campaign in the first two sections of the eight-block site. T...Read More
Opinion piece by Leonid Bershidsky.The murder of three Russian journalists last week in a remote area of the Central African Republic, the world's poorest country according to the World Bank, has turned a spotlight on what looks like a big Kremlin play for influence and resources in Africa. Where China has spent decades and billions of dollars trying to entrench itself there, Russia is offering it...Read More
Opinion piece by Leonid Bershidsky.The murder of three Russian journalists last week in a remote area of the Central African Republic, the world's poorest country according to the World Bank, has turned a spotlight on what looks like a big Kremlin play for influence and resources in Africa. Where China has spent decades and billions of dollars trying to entrench itself there, Russia is offering it...Read More
China's eastern Shandong province has unveiled new targets to cut steel and coal production capacity, eliminate outdated aluminium smelters and change to cleaner energy as part of a broader nationwide anti-pollution push.In a three-year action plan released on Friday, Shandong's Environmental Protection Bureau said it would cut pig iron production capacity by 600,000 tonnes and crude steel by 3.55...Read More
Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd announced that continued high-grade results from drilling at the Fosterville Mine in Victoria, Australia. Underground drilling continues to target additional growth in Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources at the high-grade Swan Zone,Read full newsRead More
First Mining Gold (CVE:FF) Vice President of Investor Relations Derek Iwanaka stopped by Proactive Investors Vancouver to talk about the company and...Read full newsRead More
"Guyana Goldstrike Confirms Second Gold Discovery: Assays up to 1.53 g/t Gold in Trench TTR-18-6 at Toucan Ridge Area, Marudi Gold Project, Guyana https://t.co/kITHTrkGjz"Read full newsRead More
Mining for gold is an expertise of which not too many Indian miners can boast. In fact, it makes up a minuscule portion of overall annual mining activities in the country. With neighboring China on the prowl for gold mining projects internationally, some recent news has brought some cheer to the gold sector in India....Read full newsRead More
Rising interest rates in the United States are going to keep the U.S. dollar strong, which in turn is going to keep precious metal prices low. So, investors should use gold and silver exposure as a potential hedge against a market downturn, during which there may be a flight to precious metals as a safe haven.Here are three top stocks to consider for gold and silver exposure.Roxgold Inc. (TSX:ROXG...Read More
The threat of a full-blown trade war between the world's two largest economies continues to gain momentum. Recently, Trump ratcheted up the rhetoric against Beijing by announcing that instead of imposing a 10% tariff on US$200 billion of imports from China, he would increase that to 25%. Then there are his earlier threats to place tariffs on US$500 billion of goods from China, which is essentially...Read More
Mirasol Resources Ltd. (TSXV: MRZ, OTCPK: MRZLF) is a premier gold/silver/copper project generator focused on the next discovery in Chile and Argentina. We learned from Stephen Nano, Director, President and CEO of Mirasol Resources, that the company's objective is to discover a world-class mineral deposit. Mirasol uses leading edge geoscience to identify and secure a large portfolio of 100% owned...Read More
Image Resources NL (ASX: IMA) is an emerging mineral sands producer focused on the rapid construction of its first mining operation at its high-grade, high-value, low-cost Boonanarring Project, in the North Perth Basin, Western Australia. The Boonanarring project is located in an area with advanced infrastructure and skilled workforce. We learned from Patrick Mutz, Managing Director of Image Resou...Read More
The past few months have added some cred to the "sell in May and go away" rule of thumb for precious metals, as gold's price action has been both boring and depressing. It's now close to its 12-month low, while a lot of miners are providing material for the old joke: "Want to make a small fortune in gold mining stocks? Start with a large fortune..."But, to paraphrase one more aphorism, the cure fo...Read More
FMC Corp, which is spinning off its lithium division as a publicly traded company later this year, said on Thursday that prices for the light metal continue to rise on strong demand from electric vehicle battery makers.Read full newsRead More
Despite headlines that the biggest coffee chain in the world will soon begin accepting Bitcoin, the crypto space is under pressure this morning (led by Bitcoin) following comments from Goldman Sachs thatRead full newsRead More
"What was last week's biggest news in the #PreciousMetals space? We run through the highlights here: https://t.co/HVTh7KQbJe #gold #silver #platinum #palladium"Read full newsRead More