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

Thayer Lindsley Award for international mineral discoveriesThe Ivanhoe Mines Kamoa Discovery Team is the recipient of this year's Thayer Lindsley Award for international mineral discoveries. The team is receiving the award for discovery of the Kamoa Copper Deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The deposit is located in the Central African Copperbelt on the western edge of the Katangan basin...Read More

July 19 (Reuters) - Australian miner South32 Ltd beat its coking coal output guidance for fiscal 2018 on Thursday, boosted by better than expected production at its Illawarra project even as fourth-quarter output dipped 24 percent.Coking coal production fell to 1.1 million tonnes in the June quarter from 1.4 million tonnes a year earlier, but was ahead of a UBS estimate of 818,000 tonnes.South32,...Read More

Lithium exploration and development company Bacanora Minerals (LON:BCN) won't go ahead with a proposed $100 million share sale, citing volatile prices for the battery raw material as the main reason for the u-turn, it said Thursday.Earlier this week, the company had announced the plan saying it would help it help fund the construction of its 17,500 tonnes-a-year lithium carbonate mine in Sonora,...Read More

I used to worry a lot when it came to investing. Any time some crisis - or threat of a crisis - hit the newsfeeds, I always had severe anxiety about how much money I stood to lose.But these days, I'm more practical. The question I always ask about a seemingly worrisome story is, "How can I profit from it?"Well, investors got another tariff-related news item earlier this week. And with this headlin...Read More

Despite gold pulling back sharply in recent weeks to be trading at its lowest price since July 2017, junior gold miner Continental Gold Inc. (TSX:CNL) remains an attractive investment. While the yellow metal has lost around 7% since the start of the year, Continental Gold has gained almost 16% and there are signs that it will continue to appreciate even if gold remains weak. Now what?Continental...Read More

Mr.Mark Kolebaba reports ADAMERA STARTS DRILLING ON THE OVERSIGHT PROPERTYAdamera Minerals Corp.has started drilling onthe Cooke Mountain project near the historical high-grade Overlook mine in Washington State. The first drill hole, OS18-01, will test an induced polarization (IP) target immediately west of the previously drilled high-grade gold assays from drill holes OS17-01 and OS17-03. The ass...Read More

News from the U.S. recently came out that the Department of Commerce (DOC) would now be looking into uranium imports and whether the imports are a threat to national security, and many in Canada are concerned that this could lead to yet another tariff.That could make an already difficult situation even worse for Cameco Corp. (TSX:CCO)(NYSE:CCJ), which has been struggling, as low uranium prices...Read More

Back in February 2017, I asked if we were on the verge of another rare earth crisis.Fast forward 17 months later and it appears that the recent trade war between the U.S. and China suggests we may very well already be there.Context is important because history doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.For those of you not familiar with rare earths or the spat in 2010, here's a brief recap.In 2010,...Read More

Although gold is trading lower on the week, Friday's trading activity resulted in moderately higher pricing with gold closing up seven dollars. August Comex futures are currently fixed at $1,231 after adding today's net gain of 0.57%. However, the real story today is not so much gold as it is the U.S. dollar. The dollar index is currently down by almost 0.80%, which is a 75-point drop, taking the...Read More

Jul 20, 2018 Guest(s): Peter Harold Managing Director, Panoramic Resources The prospect of a trade war may create some short-term "noise" in the markets, but investors should not lose sight of the longer-term growth of base metals, this according to Peter Harold, managing partner of Panoramic Resources. "The outlook is very good. Yes, the trade wars is going to create some noise, but fundamental...Read More

(Kitco News)- While the gold market has been mired in a three-month downtrendas a result of lackluster investor demand, one gold market fintech executive saidthat he sees signs of pent-up demand for the physical metal.Ben Davies, co-founder of U.K.-based Glint Pay, a digitalpayments system, said in an interview with Kitco News said that he sees signsof pent-up demand for physical gold as consumers...Read More

Mr.Mark Kolebaba reports ADAMERA STARTS DRILLING ON THE OVERSIGHT PROPERTYAdamera Minerals Corp.has started drilling onthe Cooke Mountain project near the historical high-grade Overlook mine in Washington State. The first drill hole, OS18-01, will test an induced polarization (IP) target immediately west of the previously drilled high-grade gold assays from drill holes OS17-01 and OS17-03. The ass...Read More

Jul 20, 2018 Guest(s): Craig Lennon Managing Director, Highlands Pacific The future of electric vehicles (EV) is playing an important role in driving demand for cobalt, said Craig Lennon, managing director of Highlands Pacific (ASX: HIG). Talking to Kitco News on the sidelines of the Noosa Mining & Exploration Investment Conference, Craig Lennon said that demand for cobalt "is definitely aro...Read More

(Kitco News)- While one tweet has helped to reverse gold’s near-termfortunes, some analysts have said that more work needs to be done to end theyellow metal’s three-month downtrend.Although gold is ending is second week in negativeterritory, the market is well off its one-year lows as the U.S. dollar bullsreacted to comments from President Donald Trump. Gold’s bounce started Thur...Read More

(Kitco News)- Main Street has joined WallStreet in calling for gold prices to move lower in the short term, according tothe Kitco News weekly survey.This is only the third timeall year that voters in both surveys were bearish, including the second time inless than a month.Eighteen market professionalstook part in the survey. There were nine votes, or 50%, calling for gold pricesto fall. There were...Read More

(Kitco News) - Gold prices have pushed to their daily highs and aremoderately up in morning trading Friday. Short covering in the futures marketand some perceived value-buying in the cash market are lifting prices. Also,the U.S. dollar index has weakened a bit more since the start ofU.S. day trading, which is supportive to the precious metals. A high-rangeclose in gold Friday, combined with Thursd...Read More

Bloomberg News/LandovA bustling U.S. economy is driving more traffic at ports such New Orleans, but the looming threat of a tariff trade war is causing headaches for business. The Fed's verdict: The rapidly expanding U.S. economy is running out of room to grow any faster as shortages of skilled workers and rising costs of raw materials handcuff businesses, the Federal Reserve said. The specter of...Read More

(Kitco News)- President Trump stopped the gold bears in their tracksyesterday after musing that he was not happy with the Fed's policies of raisingrates. The dollar was slammed and gold quickly bounced $10 higher. Now, youwould argue that the Fed is independent and President Trump's musings wouldhave no impact on Fed policy and this is merely a reaction to an oversoldcondition and the comments spo...Read More

TD Securities says it looks for a weakening U.S. dollar and areversal in positioning to buoy gold. Analysts say they anticipate that thedollar’s recent upward momentum will fade, particularly after U.S. PresidentDonald Trump accused America's trading partners of currency manipulation andbroke with tradition to criticize Federal Reserve monetary policy. “The severeflattening of the U.S....Read More

(Kitco News) - A staggering diamond discovery hidden deep below the Earth’s surface could potentially make the precious stones common. But, the only problem is technology that could get them out does not yet exist.The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) team made the finding using seismic data or more simply put — sound waves.What they discovered was 1,000,000,000,000,0...Read More