The optimal income for life satisfaction in North America is $105,000 per year. That's according to a 2018 study conducted by researchers at Purdue University on more than 1.7 million people, in every region of the world. Whatever you make beyond that level is not associated with greater life satisfaction. In fact, it reduces life satisfaction.This $105,000 income cutoff is deemed the “satia...Read More
By now you’ve heard that the U.S. economy expanded at an annualized rate of 3.2% in the first quarter of 2019. That was reported by the Commerce Department last Friday morning.That strong growth coming on top of 4.2% in Q2 2018 and 3.4% in Q3 2018 means that in the past twelve months, the U.S. economy has expanded at about a 3.25% annualized rate. That’s a full point higher than the av...Read More
"Deep down, he’s shallow," said critic Peter DeVries of one author, famously revered.Today we submit the case that Friday's GDP report - grand, gaudy and garish - is deeply shallow beneath the scintillated surface.That is, the deeper numbers tell a tale 180 degrees out of joint with appearance.And private-sector growth may actually peg along at the crawlingest rate in six years.Let us now pe...Read More
Many market bears are coming out of the woodwork. They're talking up recession and talking down stocks all over town.But Friday's GDP report should stop some of that talk. At 3.2%, first-quarter GDP easily topped estimates.Meanwhile, many Americans are gainfully employed and they're seeing their wages rise now more than any other time since the Financial Crisis. Interest rates and inflation are st...Read More
American Battery Metals (CSE: ABC) announced this week that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent to acquire a 90% interest in Ontario-based E.U. Energy Corp. and its 100%-owned Viken project in Sweden.In a media statement, the North Vancouver-based company said the letter of intent stipulates that American Battery Metals has to issue 20 million shares in exchange for 90% of the issue...Read More
Two stories published by The Northern Miner in 2018 have been nominated for the 2019 National Magazine Awards: B2B.Northern Miner editor-in-chief John Cumming got the nod in the "Best Profile of a Company" category for his look at Toronto-based Black Iron (TSX: BKI; US-OTC: BKIRF) in the feature site-visit article, "Black Iron advances Shymanivske premium iron ore project in Ukraine."Standing on t...Read More
Haywood Securities has initiated coverage of Minera Alamos (TSXV: MAI) with a buy rating and 12-month target price of 40 ? per share - a 281% return from the junior's current share price of 11 ?."Minera Alamos holds two development projects in its project portfolio that can be quickly ramped up to production, with the potential to produce ~ 100,000 oz. gold over the next few years," mining analyst...Read More
Gold explorer Barrian Mining Corp. (TSXV: BARI) has completed its initial public offering, and is now listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the ticker symbol 'BARI.'.The company has wrapped up an earn-in agreement with Allegiant Gold (TSXV: AUAU; US-OTC: AUXXF) to acquire up to a 75% interest in the latter's Bolo gold project near Tonopah, Nevada. Bolo will be Barrian's flagship as...Read More
Toronto-based Anaconda Mining is conducting an infill drilling program at its Argyle gold deposit located about 4.5 km from its Pine Cove mill and tailings facility at the Point Rousse project. Chief executive Kevin Bullock noted in a release that the grade and thickness continuity has been confirmed near the surface.Highlights from the eastern part of the Argyle infill program:Hole AE-19-122: 76...Read More
One of Cuba's biggest foreign investors isn't fazed by President Donald Trump's push to make doing business in the communist-run Caribbean nation more difficult.David Pathe said Sherritt International Corp. has deep roots on the island, and the chief executive officer is hopeful renewed oil exploration efforts will help buoy the Canadian mining and energy company's battered share price.The claim a...Read More
Africa-focused Alphamin Resources (TSX-V: AFM) has begun commissioning its Bisie tin mine in North Kivu, a remote province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).The Mauritius-based miner kicked off construction at Bisie, considered one of the world's highest-grade known tin deposits, in 2017. At the time, an updated feasibility study projected that the mine could produce...Read More
China and India-two of the world's largest oil importers and the biggest demand growth centers globally-are close to setting up an oil buyers' club to have a say in the pricing and sourcing of crude oil.Read full newsRead More
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The so-called NCM 811 battery, which contains 80 percent nickel, 10 percent cobalt and 10 percent manganese, has a longer lifespan and allows electric vehicles to go further on a single charge, a key point of EV performance.Read full newsRead More
California was one of the pillars of American energy security. That, however, has changed due to declining production. Since its peak in 1985, production has plunged almost 60 percent to 460,000 barrels per day...Read full newsRead More
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Vancouver-based Rockridge Resources reports drilling high-grade, near-surface copper mineralization at the Knife Lake property 50 km northwest of Sandy Bay. Rockridge has an option with Eagle Plains Resources to acquire 100% interest in the historic property.Drill hole KF19001 intersected net textured to fracture controlled sulphide mineralization between 7.5 to 40.6 metres, returning 33.1 metres...Read More
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Analysts estimate the company will report a $0.06 loss per share, but that doesn't mean it can't glimmer in other ways.Read full newsRead More