Shares in silver producer Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) fell on Tuesday after it became public that a judge in the US state of Montana overturned the water permit approval for the company's proposed Rock Creek mine.The licence would have allowed Hecla to pump groundwater to supply the proposed copper and silver mine in the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness, an area of glaciated peaks and valleys that take thei...Read More
Hudbay Minerals' (TSX, NYSE: HBM) second-largest investor, Waterton Global Resource Management, has filed a lawsuit against the Canadian miner in a bid to constrain its ability to solicit proxies.Waterton alleges that the company's management information circular in respect of its annual and special meeting of shareholders to be held on May 7, 2019 contains misrepresentations.The private-equity fi...Read More
Ahead of the Herd has been digging into why central banks are buying a lot of gold recently. What we've found is eyebrow-raising, to say the least. It may be the best reason you've ever read for wanting to buy gold.Take this headline from the Northern Miner: "Editorial: Central banks are major gold buyers in 2019". Citing statistics from the World Gold Council, the Northern Miner reports that cent...Read More
Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX: K) (NYSE: KGC) announced several changes to its senior leadership structure on Tuesday, including the appointment of Paul Tomory as EVP and CTO.Lauren Roberts, SVP and COO, and Gina Jardine, SVP, Human Resources, will be leaving the company by mutual agreement. As well, the SVPs of the company's three operating regions - the Americas, Russia and West Africa - will...Read More
Zinc is coming under sustained attack from bearish funds.The trigger for the assault was Tuesday morning's London Metal Exchange (LME) stocks report, showing 10,625 tonnes of inflow into exchange warehouses.The London zinc price slumped from $2,867.00 per tonne to $2,821.50 in 30 minutes. It stabilised briefly before heading lower and was last around $2,815.00.Funds have pounced on the stocks sign...Read More
Takeover target Lynas Corp Ltd on Tuesday reported a 32.5 percent rise in production of rare earths oxides during the quarter, as it fends off a takeover offer from retails-to-chemicals conglomerate Wesfarmers Ltd .Output of rare earths oxides (REO) in the quarter ending March 31 was 5,444 tonnes, compared with 4,110 tonnes produced last year.Production of NdPr, or neodymium-praseodymium, rose 19....Read More
A railway that carries zinc from major producers such as Glencore across Australia's Outback is expected to reopen this month, Queensland's transport minister said on Tuesday."Every resource has been made available to accelerate recovery works," Mark Bailey said in a statement. "Queensland Rail expects to reopen the full length of the 1,000-km Mount Isa line from Monday, April 29," he said.The 1,0...Read More
Nevada Copper Corp. (TSX: NCU) has announced the filing of a new technical report for its 100%-owned Pumpkin Hollow property near Yerington, Nevada. This technical report, entitled "NI 43-101 Technical Report: Nevada Copper Corp., Pumpkin Hollow Project, Open Pit and Underground Mine Prefeasibility Study (PFS)", has an effective date of January 21, 2019, and supersedes all previously filed technic...Read More
New Gold Inc. (TSE: NGD) has received federal environmental approval for its 100% owned C$1.8B Blackwater gold project proposal in British Columbia, Canada.The Minister of Environment and Climate Change announced that the proposed project can proceed following an environmental assessment process that concluded the project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects when miti...Read More
During a trade mission to Sierra Leone that involved a group of 29 international diamantaires and jewelers, Martin Rapaport, Chairman of the Rapaport Group, presented a proposal to the government of Sierra Leone that he believes would optimize the country's diamond industry.In a media statement, Rapaport said the proposal includes a systematic and sustainable business model that "will optimize the...Read More
Former U.S. interior secretary Ryan Zinke has joined the board of a tiny gold mining company with projects in Nevada and Wyoming.U.S. Gold Corp., based in Elko, Nevada, has a market capitalization of about $20 million. Zinke is one of six board members for the company, according to its website.Zinke left his post in January amid several federal investigations into his travel, political activity an...Read More
Global stock and bond markets continue to be driven by the macros of a possible trade deal, accommodative central banks, weaker earnings, continued stock buybacks, and rising government debt.Gold is driven by these same macros, but it has the additional price driver of seasonal Chindian physical market demand.It's currently the soft season for physical demand, but the rest of the price drive...Read More
Marijuana and tech stocks maybe the hottest new investments that have created multiple millionaires in recent years, but it is junior gold miners that offer similar if not more potential with less risk for investors seeking outsized returns. The heady days of the 70s and 80s when massive mining booms were minting millionaires virtually overnight may have come to an end, but there are many gold pro...Read More
B2Gold's (TSX: BTO NSX: B2G) stock was up over 2% Wednesday afternoon after reporting strong results on both its gold production and gold sales for the first quarter of 2019.Consolidated gold production was 230,859 ounces, 6% (12,704) ounces above target. Gold production from B2Gold's Fekola, Masbate, Otjikoto and El Limon mines all exceeded their targeted production, the company reported.The Fek...Read More
Looking for a reliable income producing investment that bolsters the defensiveness of your portfolio and helps to hedge against risk as well as growing economic uncertainty? Look no further than precious metals streamers.The latest sharp pullback in gold and silver has created an opportunity for investors to boost their exposure to precious metals and protect their portfolios against a looming e...Read More
From electric vehicles to insecurity about recession to a novel spin on Brexit investment, there's a lot to be said for getting into precious metals. Let's break down the stats for several of the best gold stocks before heading over to two tech-centric plays for a capital gains investor.Brexit investors should be going for gold With a temporary reprieve from Brexit, the British economy is still c...Read More
The shadow of a resurgent Russia looms heavy over its former satellite nations.It's not something you hear very much about. Still, the reality of it is something that has very real, very serious implications for Eastern Europe.Ever since the end of the Cold War, there have been those within the Kremlin who've sought to take back what they feel belongs to them. The thinking is that countries like L...Read More
The price of copper jumped on Wednesday after upbeat industrial activity data from China, consumer of half the world's industrial metals, provided evidence that Beijing's stimulus program is finally filtering through to the real economy.Copper for delivery in May added more than 2% to touch a high of $2.9955 per pound ($6,604 per tonne) on the Comex market in New York. It's the highest level since...Read More
Apr 17, 2019 Guest(s): Peter Hug Global Trading Director, Kitco Metals Gold's decline has not seen the end yet, especially in the short-term, said Peter Hug, global trading director of Kitco Metals. "If you're going to ask me if there's potentially further downside in this market, from a technical perspective I would have to say yes," Hug told Kitco News.On a longer-term horizon, Hug remains con...Read More
Shares of Millennial Lithium Corp (TSX.V:ML) traded up 12.4% at the open on Wednesday to an intraday high of C$1.92, lifting the Vancouver-based company's market capitalization to over C$150 million. Over 120,000 shares were traded by early afternoon, almost three times the average session volume.Earlier, the company released an updated resource estimate for its Pastos Grandes lithium project in S...Read More