Brazil on Wednesday contradicted a United States announcement that the two countries had reached a deal on a permanent exemption from steel and aluminum import tariffs, saying the Trump administration had unilaterally cut off talks.Representatives for Brazil's industry decried U.S. negotiation tactics, which the head of the association for aluminum producers, Milton Rego, called "Al Capone-like.""...Read More
Midatech Pharma Plc (LON:MTPH) (NASDAQ:MTP) shares doubled in price in late afternoon trading on Wednesday, adding 24.5p to 49p amid excitement over takeover moves in the biotech sector and on vague rumours of positive trial results, according to traders.The AIM-listed specialty pharmaceutical company - focused on the research and development of a pipeline of medicines for oncology and other thera...Read More
Now this really is a game-changer.In one of the most-anticipated public listings ever in Canadian history, The Green Organic Dutchman (TSX: TGOD, Forum) just commenced trading amid considerable fanfare.Also known as "TGOD", the Ontario-based company is on-track to become the wor...Read full newsRead More
The chairman of En+ Group said on Wednesday he was working on implementing a plan that En+ hopes will lead to the United States lifting sanctions on the company, the biggest shareholder in aluminium giant Rusal.Greg Barker welcomed a decision by the U.S. Treasury on Tuesday to give investors an extra month to divest or transfer their holdings in En+ Group and other sanctions targets.Washington las...Read More
Mongolian Copper Corporation (MCC) is considering international arbitration ahead of an expected government appeal against a court ruling the state's attempt to buy MCC's stake in one of Asia's biggest copper mines is illegal, the company said.The corporation has been fighting for more than a year to stave off the Mongolian government's push to gain full control of the Erdenet mine by buying MCC's...Read More
Dan James, president at Medgold Resources Corp. (CVE:MED), spoke to Proactive's Andrew Scott as a new programme of drilling got underway at the Tlamino gold project in Serbia.An initial programme of 1,250 metres in 11 drill holes will test high-grade gold mineralisation identified from channel sampling in 2017. Meet Peninsula Mines Ltd, Silver City Minerals Ltd and Emmerson Resources Ltd at...Read More
Vast Resources PLC (LON:VAST) CEO Andrew Prelea caught up with Proactive Investors to discuss the thinking behind their decision to team up with Botswana Diamonds PLC (LON:BOD) to investigate diamond opportunities together in Zimbabwe.Under the terms of the MoU, the two companies have agreed to exchange information derived from past exploration on areas prospective for diamonds in Zimbabwe a...Read More
The world's war on coal is making its biggest producers a lot richer, at least for now.Read full newsRead More
The INSIDER team visits The Ainsworth in New York City to try $1,000 gold wings that Jonathan Cheban, otherwise known as Foodg??d, created with the restaurant. ARead full newsRead More
The INSIDER team visits The Ainsworth in New York City to try $1,000 gold wings that Jonathan Cheban, otherwise known as Foodg??d, created with the restaurant. A plate of 50 wings is served with a bottle of champagne.Read full newsRead More
Pacton Gold Inc. (TSXV: PAC, OTC: PACXF) (the 'Company' or 'Pacton') is pleased to announce that it has entered into an amended agreement with Sprott Capital Partners to act as lead agent (the 'Lead Agent'), on its own behalf and on behalf of a syndicate of agents including Red Cloud Klondike Strike Inc.Read full newsRead More
Lack of new projects, investment deficit and increasing political risk will hit supply of cobalt, lithium, copper and nickel, key metals for making the batteries that power electric cars.Read full newsRead More
Signature Resources Ltd. (TSXV:SGU, OTCQB:SGGTF) ('Signature' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce that preliminary interpretation of the recently completed Terraquest airborne geophysical survey shows that the gold mineralized zones at Lingman Lake display correlation to both the magnetic and electromagnetic components of the survey.Read full newsRead More
Mr. Matthew Hornor reportsMAPLE GOLD REPORTS DRILL RESULTS FROM CENTRAL PORPHYRY ZONE AT DOUAY: 158.2M @ 1.25 G/T AU, INCLUDING 52 METRES @ 3.53 G/T AUMaple Gold Mines Ltd. has released additional drill results from its current winter drilling campaign at the Douay gold project. Hole DO-18-216 intersected52 metres grading 3.53 grams per tonne gold (uncut), within a broader 158.2-metre interval gra...Read More
Larry Bottomley, chief executive of Chariot Oil & Gas Limited (LON:CHAR) discusses with Proactive's Andrew Scott the Rabat Deep exploration well, offshore Morocco, which has failed to find a hydrocarbon accumulation.Bottomley says the well was drilled safely to a depth of 3,180 metres and while it didn't encounter oil or gas it did penetrate a thick top seal and tight, fractured carbonates in...Read More
Matthew Idiens, chief executive of Rose Petroleum PLC (LON:ROSE), tells Proactive's Andrew Scott they've raised ?1mln of new capital to support their plans in Utah's Paradox basin.Some ?633,920 of the raise is conditional upon shareholder approval, at an general meeting that will now be convened on May 21.The funding proceeds will be used to advance the group's assets in the Paradox basin - it w...Read More
Mick Billing, chairman of Thor Mining PLC (LON:THR), tells Proactive's Andrew Scott they've had positive findings from an initial surface sampling exploration programme at the Bonya tungsten and copper project in Australia's Northern Territory.Billing describes assay results from rock chip samples taken from four of the 13 outcropping tungsten deposits that comprise the project as "encouraging".Th...Read More
David Archer, chief executive at Savannah Resources Plc (LON:SAV), caught up with Proactive's Andrew Scott in studio to talk through another significant increase in the mineral resource estimate at their Mina do Barroso lithium project in northern Portugal.Savannah's reported a 52% increase in the JORC 2012-Compliant Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate for the project - which now stan...Read More
Mr. Vishal Gupta reportsCALIFORNIA GOLD ANNOUNCES NEW HIGH-GRADE ASSAYS FROM THE QUEEN SPECIMEN ZONE - INTERSECTS 2.06 G/T AU ACROSS 19.3 M, INCLUDING 9.14 G/T AU ACROSS 0.5 M AND 5.11 G/T AU ACROSS 3.4 M AT FREMONT (TRUE WIDTHS ARE APPROXIMATELY 91% OF REPORTED INTERVALCalifornia Gold Mining Inc. has releasednew assay results from the continuing resource drilling program at the Queen Specimen zo...Read More
Glencore Plc's clash with former partner Dan Gertler over unpaid royalties at a key Congolese copper mine deepened as the legal battle spread to a London court.The Swiss miner was on Tuesday granted a temporary injunction against the Israeli billionaire after petitioning the London court to rule against a Congolese judge's decision last week to freeze assets at its Kamoto Copper project, people fa...Read More