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

Share this article TORONTO - BHP Billiton Ltd. [BHP-NYSE, BHPLF-OTCPK] said Tuesday it is using artificial intelligence and machine learning in a new collaboration with Microsoft Corp. [MSFT-NASDAQ]. The aim is to improve copper recoveries at the Escondida mine in Chile, which ranks as the world's largest copper mine.BHP Chief Technical Officer Laura Tyler said that by augmenting new digital techn...Read More

Fabled Silver Gold Corp. has entered into a binding letter of intent to acquire the Mecatona Property in Chihuahua, Mexico.Fabled Silver Gold Corp. (FCO:TSX.V; FBSGF:OTCQB; 7NQ:FSE) is preparing a National Instrument 43-101 technical report on the Mecatona Property in Chihuahua, Mexico, it has agreed to acquire from Kootenay Silver Inc.The move to enter into a binding letter of intent with Kootena...Read More

This gold explorer has begun its 2023 drilling campaign at a 100%-owned project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle.Seabridge Gold Inc. (SEA:TSX; SA:NYSE.MKT) has begun its 2023 drilling campaign at its 100%-owned Iskut project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle.The first of three helicopter-portable core drills have been taken to the site and two others are due to arrive in the coming weeks....Read More

Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. replaces his regular missive with a report on Volt Lithium Corp., as he believes news this week confirmed its "watershed breakthrough" recovery of lithium from brines. Ballanger thinks the upside potential for this company is as good as anything he has encountered in decades.Company: Volt Lithium Corp.Symbol: VLT.V/ VLTLF:US OTC QbRecent Price: CA$0.47 / US$....Read More

Barry Dawes of Martin Place Securities and Kyle Williams of Morgan's Research take a look at Augustus Minerals Ltd. Key PointsAugustus Minerals Ltd. (AUG:ASX) is listing at 11 am AEST tomorrow100% of Ti-Tree Shear Project in Gascoyne RegionSingle continuous 3600km2 regionally dominant portfolio of tenementsSought after tenements in Australia's pre-eminent critical elements provinceVery attractive...Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipSRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resources"At present, the cause of the incident is still under investigation," Zijin said. While the investigation is ongoing, operations have been allowed to r...Read More

Local communities have protested against the 120,000tpa project, permitted in 2019, for about a decade, with one of their fears being its impact on local water sources.Read More

Nova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesSRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingRobert MacDonald, South Silver Exploration Vice-President of Exploration, tells Mining Journal Select the developer is gearing up to attr...Read More

SRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyEnd 2023 production for Western Australia Thunderbird zircon and titanium dioxide project will be the start of "significant" cash generat...Read More

FPX, which is advancing its Baptiste nickel project within the Decar nickel district of British Columbia, Canada, issued Outokumpu 26.8 million shares priced at 60c in a private placement.Read More

Nova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesSRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingThe copper table within the CAEM mining association aims to unify information about the projects, their contribution to the Argentine eco...Read More

SRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyLogically, the answer has to be yes. London-based Rothschild & Co prides itself on carefully calibrated research to open the door to...Read More

Nova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesSRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingBustamante, who joined Hochschild in 1992 and was appointed chief executive in 2010, will oversee Appian's operations and growth strategy...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Hybrid diamond jewelry - a mix of natural and lab grown stones - is the new reality.That's according to the latest edition of the Tacy Diamond Pipeline, published by IDEX Online, which has provided an independent and unbiased view of the industry since 1988.Hybrid jewelry offers the best of both worlds, say authors Pranay Narvekar and Chaim Even-Zohar, bringing greater transpa...Read More

(IDEX Online ) - A gambler who raised over $13m in a Ponzi scheme telling investors their money would be used in the sale of gold, jewelry and diamonds, has been jailed.But John Quadrino, age 57, of Oceanside, New York, never invested their money. Instead he used to pay off gambling debts.He was sentenced at at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York (pictured) to 41 months in prison and...Read More

SRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyAfter a drubbing in regional elections, Spain's socialist prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, has called a snap election, five months early, a...Read More

(IDEX Online) - India is now importing mote diamonds from Russia than before the invasion of Ukraine and the introduction of US sanctions, according to the GJEPC (Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council). It bought $818m in 2022-23, compared to $855.83 in 2021-22, an increase of just under eight per cent.India relies heavily on Russian imports, especially of smaller stones. Banking restri...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A 4.83-carat fancy vivid blue diamond ring sold for $8.8m at Christie's Hong Kong as the Magnificent Jewels sale brought in a total of almost $60m.The brilliant-cut IF Type IIb gem (pictured) was surrounded by fancy-cut diamonds, in a gold setting. It sold between the low and high estimates of $7m to $10.2m.The blue diamond led the sale, followed by two items which both sold f...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 24 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Microsoft advanced $4.06 to $336.95 after Wedbush raised its target price from $340 to $375.Constellation Brands added $1.87 to $234.75 after Roth MKM upgraded the stock from Neutral to Buy.Broadcom improved $15.29 to $828.02 after KeyBanc Capital raised its target price from $720 to $820.Cohe...Read More

This is a financial newsletter, not a political one, much less a partisan one. But politics affects markets. And if I come across as partisan when weighing in on politics, so be it.But it's based upon objective analysis. Having gotten that disclaimer out of the way, let's get started...The Biden administration is playing political games with one of America's most critical national security assets...Read More