Mr. Jeff Chisholm reportsPAN ORIENT ENERGY CORP. L53-DD1 OIL DISCOVERY- 779 BOPDPan Orient Energy Corp.'s L53-DD1 exploration well is on a 90-day production test and currently producing at a steady state of between 778 and 784 barrels per day of 23.6 degree API oil with a BS&W (basic sediment and water) of 0.4 per centfrom the DD sand through 5.2 metres of perforations between the depths of 1,...Read More
Brazil's President-elect and former army captain, Jair Bolsonaro, has named a Navy admiral as his Mining and Energy Minister. This appointment marks the eighth member of the armed forces to Bolsonaro's government and the 20th Minister appointed so far.Bento Costa Lima Leite de Albuquerque Junior (60), the current head of Brazilian Navy's nuclear and technology development program, was born in...Read More
Mr. Jean Martineau reportsDYNACOR DECLARES SECOND QUARTERLY DIVIDEND PAYMENTDynacor Gold Mines Inc. will pay a quarterly dividend payment of one cent per common share on Jan. 3, 2019, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on Dec. 19, 2018. The payment represents the second quarterly dividend payment made to shareholders following the corporation's first ever dividend payment in Oct...Read More
Mr. Anthony Makuch reportsKIRKLAND LAKE GOLD INCREASES FOSTERVILLE MINE'S 2018 PRODUCTION OUTLOOK TO OVER 330,000 OUNCESKirkland Lake Gold Ltd.'s Fosterville mine is on track for record quarterly production in the fourth quarter of 2018, with full-year 2018 production now expected to exceed 330,000 ounces versus current guidance of 300,000 to 310,000 ounces. Fosterville's strong fourth quarter 201...Read More
Discussions around trade are expected to dominate the G-20 summit, with the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping likely to take center stage.Most experts are not expecting a major breakthrough in the ongoing U.S.-China tariff fight."At most, there might be an agreement for the president to withhold further tariffs ... in exchange for discussions over t...Read More
Mr. David Wolfin reportsAVINO ANNOUNCES FURTHER EXTENSION OF CONCENTRATES PREPAYMENT AGREEMENT WITH SAMSUNG C&TAvino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd.'s concentrates prepayment agreement with Samsung C&T U.K. Ltd., originally announced on July 9, 2015, as amended, has been further extended for repayment of the balance of the principal amount of $6,666,670 (U.S.) to Samsung over a two-year perio...Read More
At this point, the Fed should pause on interest rate increases, says Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari.Hiking rates too forcefully before necessary could risk causing a recession in the U.S. economy, Kashkari argues. Kashkari believes rates are "close to neutral," a level hotly debated ever since Fed chief Jerome Powell's controversial comments last month.Matthew J. Belvedere| @Matt_Belveder...Read More
I continue to receive questions regarding the direction of the market, to which I can only reply "I don't know." I certainly have thoughts about the factors affecting metals markets, but am not under the illusion that I KNOW where the market is headed.What I do know is that my money is best invested, in tranches, in the best companies in the sector. The best companies are led by the best managemen...Read More
Mr. Steve Fray reportsGOLDMONEY INC. INVESTEE MENE RAISES EQUITY & GOLD-SECURED NOTE FINANCINGGoldmoney Inc. investee company Mene Inc. has entered into agreements to raise $30-million in equity and gold-secured note financing from Canaccord Genuity Corp. and a private institutional investor, with potential for additional gross financings of over $100-million including potential warrant exerci...Read More
Mr. Jeff Chisholm reportsPAN ORIENT ENERGY CORP. L53-DD1 OIL DISCOVERY- 779 BOPDPan Orient Energy Corp.'s L53-DD1 exploration well is on a 90-day production test and currently producing at a steady state of between 778 and 784 barrels per day of 23.6 degree API oil with a BS&W (basic sediment and water) of 0.4 per centfrom the DD sand through 5.2 metres of perforations between the depths of 1,...Read More
November 30, 2018GOLD:Short Term Update:What a day! This is incredible! We called it with our wave counts, and now it's really happening as the Fed may have just blinked!Within wave .iii. we are now working on our first impulsive sequence, as shown on our "Daily Gold Chart".Within that first impulsive sequence we believe that we are working on a subdividing wave $iii$. Within wave $iii$, wav...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose Friday as Wall Street prepared for talks between Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jingping at the G-20 meeting. Palo Alto Networks Inc. (PANW) fell 2% after the cybersecurity company posted earnings and an outlook that topped Wall Street's forecasts. VMware Inc. (VMW) &...Read More
Mr. Jean Martineau reportsDYNACOR DECLARES SECOND QUARTERLY DIVIDEND PAYMENTDynacor Gold Mines Inc. will pay a quarterly dividend payment of one cent per common share on Jan. 3, 2019, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on Dec. 19, 2018. The payment represents the second quarterly dividend payment made to shareholders following the corporation's first ever dividend payment in Oct...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange closed higher on Friday November 30, with zinc, lead and nickel the best performers of the day.Zinc was the strongest performer on Friday, with its three-month price rising 2.9% from Thursday to close at $2,542 per tonne. After consistently dipping since January, LME zinc stocks settled at a fresh 2018-low of 117,550 tonnes on Friday.W...Read More
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(Updates with closing prices) * Zinc backwardation touches 20-year high * GRAPHIC-2018 asset returns: By Zandi ShabalalaLONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Copper prices steadied on Fridayahead of a meeting of global leaders at the G20 summit, where along-standing trade disputebetween China and the United Statesis expected to take centre stage.Tit-for-tat trade tariffs have rattled global markets andsapped...Read More
Comex copper prices experienced further weakness ahead of world leaders converging in Argentina for the Group of Twenty (G20) meeting this weekend.The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 1.80 cents to $2.7735 per lb.Price movement is expected to be muted today with investors focusing on the weekend's G20 summit, where finance ministers.....Read More
South African manganese miner Assmang has declared force majeure on manganese ore shipments from the port of Saldanha, Fastmarkets heard on Friday November 30.Assmang has now joined fellow miner United Manganese of Kalahari (UMK) in making the declaration after South African state transport...Read More
South African manganese ore miner United Manganese of Kalahari (UMK) has declared force majeure on manganese ore shipments from the port of Saldanha, Fastmarkets MB understands.UMK, which produces just above 3 million tonnes per year of manganese ore, ships about half its monthly exports from Saldanha. South Africa's state transport...Read More
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