Share this article VANCOUVER - Ecora Resources Plc [ECOR-TSX, LSE, ECRAF-OTC Pink] said Monday it is spending $20 million to acquire a 0.25% net smelter royalty (NSR) over all metal production from the planned open pit of the Vizcachitas copper project in Chile, owned by Andes Copper Ltd.The company said the agreement marks a rare opportunity to acquire a royalty over one of the world's largest un...Read More

PolarX outlines resource boost and potential upside in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarx limitedCavalier adds lithium targets to gold and nickel portfolioSPONSOREDcavalier resources ltdExcitement builds at Briggs projectSPONSOREDalma metalsNavigating the ESG Compliance LandscapeSPONSOREDSouth32 put Hermosa on the approvals fast-track in May, but its recent studies have shown that the Taylor zinc-lead-silver a...Read More

The royalty is in addition to the existing NSRs on Vizcachitas, which consist of a 2% NSR for open pit operations and a 1% NSR for underground operations.Read More

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) was 36,800 on Jan. 4, 2022, an all-time high. It's about 35,450 today. That's down 3.8% over the past 18 months. That decline is nominal. But if you adjust for inflation, the DJIA was down 6.42% over those 18 months.The same applies to the S&P 500 index. The S&P was 4,794 on Jan. 4, 2022, also an all-time high. It's about 4,559 today. That's down abo...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A dazzling 19th century brooch, once owned by British royalty and featuring around 200 carats of old mine-cut diamonds, is to be sold in the US, priced at $2.65m.Antique jeweler M.S. Rau, based in New Orleans, describes the ribbon node brooch as "monumental".It says it is "both a captivating treasure and a piece of history". Henry Pelham-Clinton, the 5th Duke of Newcastle, com...Read More

The funding will be provided under Title III of the Defense Production Act (DPA), funded through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and follows the designation of graphite as a material "essential toRead More

(IDEX Online) - A woman reportedly agreed to sell every piece in her jewelry collection to pay her husband's gambling debts - only to discover that all but one were fake.She says he showered her with valuable gifts, including a Rolex watch, during their 25-year marriage, according to a report in the Israeli newspaper Maariv.But she claims that when she took them to be valued, the jeweler said...Read More

In 1965, American chemist and researcher James Schlatter was working for G.D. Searle & Co. on developing a stomach ulcer drug.He took a short break from his long day and rifled through some papers.However, maybe out of laziness, sloppiness, or forgetfulness, when the pages got stuck, he licked his fingers. He paused for a minute because he'd just tasted something 200 times sweeter than sugar.What...Read More

As of Saturday, 116 "non-coal mines" and 14 tailing ponds in the province stopped production for the flood season, according to the Liaoning Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief HeadquartersRead More

Excitement builds at Briggs projectSPONSOREDalma metalsCavalier adds lithium targets to gold and nickel portfolioSPONSOREDcavalier resources ltdNavigating the ESG Compliance LandscapeSPONSOREDPolarX outlines resource boost and potential upside in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarx limitedMetals and minerals prices hit all-time highs in 2011 before the bubble finally burst.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Caravanner Carmel Ash found a 424-carat yellow sapphire, valued at up to $200,000 (AUS$300,000), while "specking" - looking for gems, especially after a downpour - in Australia.She said she was "absolutely astounded" when what initially appeared to be a black rock turned out to be a huge and valuable gemstone.Carmel, 71, who describes herself as "half-blind", was walking with husba...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Half of India's diamond workers are struggling financially as a global drop in demand forces factories to cut hours and wages.The country's estimated 500,000 cutters and polishers are paid either per carat - around $12 to $18 - or an a per-piece basis.But many factories, especially the smaller units, are operating reduced days, or fewer days per week, which means workers...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The owner of a US jewelry store is offering a $50,000 reward to help catch the armed gang that cleared him out of merchandise worth $1.7m.Brad Boozer says he'll pay the reward from his own pocket. It's been more than a month since the heist at Boozer's Jewelers, in Waco, Texas, on 17 June.Two masked raiders, a man and a woman, walked into his store with a gun, zip-ti...Read More

(IDEX Online) -  Alrosa's new CEO, Pavel Marynichev, has been sanctioned the US, as his predecessor Sergey Ivanov was before him.The US State Department announced last Thursday that it was imposing additional sanctions on individuals and entities to degrade Russia's current and future military capabilities.It said Marinychev was being designated for "operating or having operated in...Read More

What if Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche is correct?The European virologist said at the outset of the COVID-19 episode in 2020 that vaccinating the world in the midst of an epidemic was insane because it would train the virus to evolve more dangerously while disabling human immune systems.Last week he issued a warning that the world was within weeks of just such a new and deadly immune escape variant outb...Read More

Some C$178.6 million in equity has been raised for Yukon projects over the past 12 months according to Lise Farynowski, director, business and industry development of the Yukon government.Read More

Excitement builds at Briggs projectSPONSOREDalma metalsCavalier adds lithium targets to gold and nickel portfolioSPONSOREDcavalier resources ltdNavigating the ESG Compliance LandscapeSPONSOREDPolarX outlines resource boost and potential upside in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarx limitedThe company reported June quarter production of 1.Read More

All-in sustaining costs guidance for the year was lowered to US$1120-$1200/oz from $1250-$1300/oz.Read More

Whitemud comprises of 381 single cell mining claims covering 7,775ha.Read More

The company's operating result was significantly affected by the fire, which took place in June 2023 and lasted over two weeks.Read More