Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More
RAPAPORT... India's diamond trade is likely to see a slowdown in sales in the coming months as a result of the Russia crisis, according to a major credit agency in the country.The removal of several Russian banks from the Swift international payment system has made it difficult to complete transactions, potentially causing supply disruptions, Crisil - part of S&P Global - said in a statem...Read More
(IDEX Online) - India's only industrial diamond mine sold over 8,000 carats in an e-auction, though it did not disclose prices or further details.There are over 1,000 licensed artisanal mines in the country, but only the state-run Majhgawan mine, in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, is mechanized.Mining at Majhgawan (pictured) has been stopped several times over the last 50 years because o...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Two men have been jailed for a $400,000 armed raid on a jewelry store on the outskirts of Chicago, USA. They stole watches by Frederique Constant, Patek Phillipe and Tudor, as well as high-value jewelry from Razny Jewelers (pictured) in Hinsdale, Ilinois, in March 2017.The defendants later "sold, attempted to sell, or disposed of some of the stolen items" in the Chicago area a...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The company behind the first regulator-approved diamond commodity is now offering investors a higher-value diamond bar, in addition to the coins it launched last year.New York-based Diamond Standard says it has received regulatory approval for the 70mm by 35mm transparent bar containing "a set of certified natural diamonds with identical geological scarcity".They each have an initi...Read More
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U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 34 points at 7:30 AM EST. Index futures responded to failed negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to halt the conflict.Much of the early advance by the S&P 500 Index can be attributed to overnight news from Amazon. The company announced plans for a 20/1 stock split. The company also announced a $10 billion share...Read More
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Following a competitive tender and bid process we are pleased to announce that Samuel Engineering Inc., a minority-owned firm headquartered in Denver, Colorado, was awarded a contract for the next phase of engineering for the CK Gold Project in SE WyomingThe CK Gold Project has excellent leverage to the current rising precious and base metal price environmentCHEYENNE, Wyo., March 10, 2022 /PRNews...Read More
Vizsla Silver (TSXV: VZLA; NYSE: VZLA) has released assay results from seven new drill holes targeting the Copala and Christiano veins, located east of the Tajitos resource area, at its 100%-owned Panuco silver-gold project in Mexico. Highlights included 7.81 meters grading 1,559 grams silver per tonne and 7.29 grams gold per tonne starting from 274 meters in drill hole CS-21-116 and 2.09 meters...Read More
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting has become more important in the mining industry, especially as companies seek fresh capital for projects, and as investors start to scrutinize ESG disclosures. A Thought Leadership panel at The Northern Miner's Q1 2022 Global Mining Symposium in late February explored the issues. Moderator Ani Markova, co-founder of Onyen Corp., began the di...Read More
Sanctioning Russian nickel will slow the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and hinder the decarbonization of Western economies, according to a new report from GlobalData.The result, such actions will simply mean Western countries will be more reliant on Russian oil and gas for longer," the analysts argue.According to GlobalData's Mining Commodity Analyzer, Russia was the third-largest nickel pro...Read More
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has become the first major mining company to announce it was cutting all ties with Russian businesses, joining a massive exodus of Western companies since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.The world's second largest miner, which operates aluminum refineries in Russia's east together with aluminum producer Rusal International, had said it wanted to keep its rela...Read More
The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has urged the government to invest more in critical minerals in this year's budget to avoid "slipping behind" its competitors in the sector, while revealing its annual report on the state of Canadian mining.Pierre Gratton, president of the association that includes about 50 of Canada's leading mining companies, told The Northern Miner in an interview that the...Read More
Talisker Resources (TSX: TSK; US-OTC: TSKFF) has released more high grade results from drilling in the Bralorne West area of its Bralorne gold project in British Columbia.One highlight of the latest batch of drill results is SB-2021-100, which intersected 38.01 grams gold per tonne over 1.55 metres and 13.43 grams gold per tonne over 1.70 metres. Another hole, SB-2021-102, returned 7.50 grams gold...Read More
Monumental Minerals (TSXV: MNRL) has signed a deal with Lithium Chile (TSXV: LITH; US-OTC: LTMCF) to have the option to acquire up to 75% of the Salar De Laguna Blanca project in northeastern Chile. Under the deal, Monumental will have to pay $1.5 million and spend the same amount on exploring the Laguna project within three years. Lithium Chile will also hold 9.9% of Monumental's shares. On...Read More
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 10, 2022) - Caprock Mining Corp. (CSE: CAPR) (Read full newsRead More
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (NYSE:HMY) shares, rose in value on Thursday, March 10, with the stock price up by 2.96% to the previous day's close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $5.32. Actively observing the price movement in the recent trading, the stock is buoying the sessRead full newsRead More
Some 80 years ago, some poor young man on the HMS Sheffield, clearly not willing to smile for reasons probably related to the conditions depicted, was captured on film in a God-forsaken corner of the world:The U.S. was swirling around the maelstrom that was World War II as it sent rickety cargo ships to sleepy ports few Americans knew about - some worse than others.Welcome to the "Murmansk Run."Pa...Read More
This past few weeks has seen a nice rally in gold and other precious metals. Unfortunately it takes a crisis or a war to get gold to become that safe haven it's known for. However this time around we see all commodities across the board on the rise. Metals, energy, agriculture, you name it, it's heading up and a lot of this is due to inflation and excess money printing. I heard some financial anal...Read More
Share this article VANCOUVER - MAG Silver Corp. [MAG-TSX, NYSE American] signed a definitive arrangement agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Gatling Exploration Inc. [GTA-TSXV; GATGF-OTCQB] in an all-share transaction. Each Gatling shareholder will be entitled to receive 0.01702627 of a common share of MAG Silver for each share of Gatling held.The consideration...Read More