Mining Stocks Articles

Gem Diamonds soars as it finds seventh giant rock this year

Mar. 14, 2018, 9:39 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

Shares in Africa-focused Gem Diamonds (LON:GEMD) jumped as much as 6.5% on Wednesday after the miner revealed it had dug up yet another big rock at its flagship Let??eng mine in Lesotho.The 169-carat, top white colour, Type IIa rock is seventh diamond of over 100 carats the company has recovered so far this year at the mine, the world's highest dollar per carat.The finding comes barely a day af...Read More

Venzee (VENZ:TSXv): Featured in BC Business Magazine as One of Vancouver's Most Promising Tech Firms

March 14, 2018 09:35:14 / Nathan Caddell and Scott Neufeld

Kate Hiscox, President of Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ) was chosen in BCBusiness as one of Vancouver's most promising fintech stars, using technology in innovative ways. Grouped in with several multi hundred million plus dollar companies, this continues to demonstrate the innovative solution Venzee has brought to the e-commerce business.Matrix: Vancouver's Money MakeoverBy Nathan Cadd...Read More

Suncor output to suffer from early start of Syncrude maintenance

Mar. 14, 2018, 7:54 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

Suncor Energy (TSX:SU), Canada's largest oil and gas producer by market capitalization, said Wednesday an eight-week maintenance project at its Syncrude facility will begin Thursday almost three weeks ahead than originally planned.The Calgary-based company said advancing the turnaround will allow Syncrude to deal with an unrelated issue, which has been limiting capacity on a line that feeds bitum...Read More

Maple Gold starts drilling at NE syenite target

2018-03-14 07:16 / Mr. B. Matthew Hornor reports

Mr. B. Matthew Hornor reportsMAPLE GOLD TARGETS NEW DISCOVERY WITH DIAMOND DRILLING NOW UNDERWAY AT THE NE SYENITE TARGETA drill rig has arrived and is now turning at the northeast syenite target, where Maple Gold Mines Ltd. plans to complete approximately 10 drill holes during the current campaign. The virtually untested northeast syenite target includes the same host rocks as much of the current...Read More

Great Atlantic Purchases Portable Gold Mining Plant

Wed Mar 14 05:19:54 2018 / Staff reporter

Great Atlantic Purchases Portable Gold Mining PlantVancouver, British Columbia (FSCwire) - Great Atlantic Resources Corp. (the "Company" or "Great Atlantic") (GR: TSXV) is pleased to announce it has purchased a turnkey portable Gold mining plant from an independent third party for $99,000. Great AtlanticRead full newsRead More

Canada's First Cobalt buys US explorer, creates key supplier outside Congo

Mar. 14, 2018, 4:45 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

Canada's First Cobalt Corp. (TSX-V:FCC) (ASX:FCC) is strengthening its position in the cobalt market by acquiring explorer US Cobalt and so create a pure-play North American-focused miner of the metal, a key component in computer chips, mobile phones and lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs).The blended company will have projects in Ontario and Idaho which, once in operations, c...Read More

RT @cobalt27capital: Samsung in Talks for Multi-Year Cobalt Deal From Congo

Wed Mar 14 04:25:14 2018 / Cobalt 27 Capital

Samsung C&T Corp., an affiliate of the world's biggest smartphone maker, is in talks for a multi-year deal to buy cobalt from a Congolese miner, joining Apple Inc. in the global rush to secure supplies of the metal at the heart of the electric-car boom.Read full newsRead More

South Carolina Declares Cloud Mining Contracts to Be Securities

Wed Mar 14 03:42:12 2018 / Staff reporter

The Attorney General of South Carolina has served a cease and desist order on Genesis Mining. In documents filed before its Securities Commissioner, it has declared cloud mining contracts to be securities, in a move that could have repercussions beyond the confines of the Palmetto State. Also read: 'Cryptomatoes' Using Excess Mining Heat to Grow Produce ...Read full newsRead More

Barrick Gold upgraded, Newmont Mining downgraded at RBC

Wed Mar 14 03:42:10 2018 / Staff reporter

Barrick Gold (ABX+2%) jumps after RBC Capital upgrades shares to Outperform from Sector Perform with a $16 price target, arguing ABX's cost guidance and declining production profile already are priced in, and the current valuation puts the stock at an attractive entry point. Meanwhile, RBC downgrades Newmont Mining (NEM-0.1%) to Underperform from Sector Perform and trims its price target to $1...Read More

Buy Barrick Gold, Sell Newmont Mining

Wed Mar 14 03:42:10 2018 / Staff reporter

RBC Capital Markets think the two stocks are on different trajectoriesRead full newsRead More

The Mountain West Is Experiencing A Second Gold Rush. This Time They're Mining Bitcoin.

Wed Mar 14 03:42:08 2018 / Staff reporter

Thanks to its plentiful land and cheap power, rural Montana, Washington, and Wyoming are now home to a new crop of cryptocurrency prospectors. Their neighbors aren't too happy about it.Read full newsRead More

Dow Jones And The Barron's Gold Mining Index A 98 Year Examination

Wed Mar 14 03:42:07 2018 / Staff reporter

Stocks Analysis by Mark Lundeen covering: XAU/USD, Dow Jones Industrial Average, International Business Machines, US Dollar Index Futures. Read Mark Lundeen's latest article on Investing.comRead full newsRead More

Great Atlantic Purchases Portable Gold Mining Plant

Wed Mar 14 03:42:06 2018 / Staff reporter

Great Atlantic Purchases Portable Gold Mining PlantVancouver, British Columbia (FSCwire) - Great Atlantic Resources Corp. (the "Company" or "Great Atlantic") (GR: TSXV) is pleased to announce it has purchased a turnkey portable Gold mining plant from an independent third party for $99,000. Great AtlanticRead full newsRead More

Mining for asteroids will be the next gold rush

Wed Mar 14 02:37:07 2018 / Staff reporter

Forget cryptocurrency - the next big "gold rush" isn't even on Earth.Read full newsRead More

Can the Fears of a Trade War Push the Price of Gold Up Further?

March 14, 2018 / Staff reporter

The prices of gold increased as fears over a massive trade war drove the value of the US dollar down and stimulated demand for safe haven assets. The threat to a looming trade war began when President Donald Trump decided to impose taxes on aluminum and steel imports. The taxes on both materials prevented the greenback from enjoying a seven-week high."The risk of trade wars, which could impac...Read More

Diamond & Specialty Minerals Summary for March 13, 2018

March 14, 2018 / Will Purcell

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Will PurcellThe diamond and specialty minerals stocks box score for Tuesday was a weak 68-84-138. The TSX Venture Exchange gained one point to 829 while rough diamond prices rose 0.4 per cent over the past week and are now up 3 per cent this year. It is too soon...Read More

Gold Summary for March 13, 2018

March 14, 2018 / Stockwatch Business Reporter

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterNew York spot gold gained $3.30 to $1,325.90 on Tuesday. The TSX Venture Exchange rose 1.35 points to 829.05 while the TSX Gold Index added 1.89 points to 183.85. Endeavour Mining Corp. (EDV) led Canadian gold miners higher, adding fiv...Read More

Forcefield defendant Petrossi convicted, again

March 14, 2018 / Mike Caswell

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Mike CaswellA Pennsylvania jury has convicted Nevada's Louis Petrossi, 77, for fraud after he raised $1.8-million from investors and used most of the money for his own purposes. (All figures are in U.S. dollars.) Among other things, he purchased a BMW, paid for r...Read More

Energy Summary for March 13, 2018

March 14, 2018 / Stockwatch Business Reporter

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business Reporter West Texas Intermediate crude for April delivery lost 65 cents to $60.71 on the New York Merc, while Brent for May lost 31 cents to $64.64 (all figures in this para U.S.). Western Canadian Select traded at a discount of $25.55 to WTI...Read More

Shell Summary for March 13, 2018

March 14, 2018 / Stockwatch Business Reporter

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterThe TSX Venture Exchange gained 1.35 points to 829.05 Tuesday. Rana Vig has listed his first capital pool shell, Blue Bay Capital Inc. (BLUE), following a $500,000 initial public offering at 10 cents. It has yet to trade. Blue Bay sold...Read More

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