Gold’s nasty divorce from the U.S. dollar was finalized in August 1971 when President Richard Nixon suspended any further convertibility of U.S. dollars into gold by non-U.S. citizens. That action removed any remaining links between the dollar and gold.Without convertibility, any official price for gold became meaningless. At that time, the official U.S. dollar price of gold was raised from...Read More
Gold started this year with a quickrally, but it was mostly erased. It’s still above its mid-2022 high, but willit stay there for much longer?IsIt All Bearish? The above chart features goldprices in terms of weekly candlesticks. As you can see, it justapproached its August high, and it’s trying to break above those highs onceagain. The previous attempts failed, so the question is whet...Read More
Fed officials flexed their muscles during the last FOMC meeting. Silver tripped and fell in response, but that didn’t last long – why?The hawkish force was strong with this FOMC! The minutes from the last meeting of the Committee in December offered almost no dovish signals. In particular, the document doesn’t mention anything about the Fed’s pivot. Actually, we can read th...Read More
The USD Index is a key driver of goldprices (apart from real interest rates). How much strength has it shownrecently?In yesterday’s analysis, I compared thecurrent situation in the precious metals to the one in stocks that we saw lastyear. It appears that the similarity remains up-to-date as gold is up intoday’s pre-market trading (at the moment of writing these words).As you may recal...Read More
Gold will rocket to $3,000 next year – at least that’s what Saxo Bank says. Does this prediction make any sense though?Did you hope gold would break finally $2,000 in 2023? What if I told you that gold is going to soar to at least $3,000? Have I gone mad? No; that’s not my forecast, I only summarize the Saxo Bank’s Outrageous Predictions for 2023.According to the publicatio...Read More
The project would yield an after-tax net present value of US$726 million at a 5% discount rate and an internal rate of return (IRR) of 39% and 1.9-year payback at a base case silver price of $22.Read More
Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipCypress Development advances Nevada lithium project towards productionSPONSOREDcypress development corp4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingOliver Wyman was appointed in June 2022 to investigate market condi...Read More
Cypress Development advances Nevada lithium project towards productionSPONSOREDcypress development corp4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streaming"After signing the [Memorandum of Understanding] in March 2022, discussions continue but have not been completed on the [Joint Venture]...Read More
Cypress Development advances Nevada lithium project towards productionSPONSOREDcypress development corp4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingLa Negra was placed on care and maintenance in 2020 and formerly produced more than 3Mozpa of silver-equivalent including silver, lead,...Read More
Westerman said he would work towards ending the US dependence on China and unlock the country's natural resources.Read More
Cypress Development advances Nevada lithium project towards productionSPONSOREDcypress development corp4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingThis is an upgrade on previous guidance, which has led to analysts calling the 2022 operations update a "strong finish".Read More
Talks continue, despite the government's December 14 deadline having long passed, with the two sides close to an agreement First Quantum chief executive Tristan Pascall said during a conference callRead More
Cypress Development advances Nevada lithium project towards productionSPONSOREDcypress development corp4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingBut it was unsettling for the industry, in particular the large Anglo-Australian iron ore producers, to learn Beijing is busy setting u...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Almost 300 carats recovered by part-time diggers in India's diamond-rich Panna district will again be offered for sale next month, after they failed to find buyers in October.There was little enthusiasm at the first auction, conducted by the Panna Diamond Office, which leases small patches of land and takes a 11.5 per cent royalty.The 158 diamonds which failed to sell last tim...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Botswana saw rough diamond sales rise by at least quarter in 2022 as buyers turned their backs on Russian goods.Total sales from January to November were $4.46bn, according to the latest figures from the Bank of Botswana, an increase of 22 per cent. Sales figures for December are due next month.The diamonds are mined by Debswana, the joint venture between De Beers and the governmen...Read More
Barrick will release its complete Q4 2022 and full year results on February 15. The firm, together with Newmont and Agnico Eagle Mines, are leading North American-listed gold miners.Read More
This legislation would streamline the permitting process for mining projects nationwide to secure domestic mineral supply chains, Stauber said.Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 18 points in pre-opening trade. Investors are waiting for comments this morning from Federal Reserve Chairman Powell at a conference in Europe with other national monetary leaders.Bumble added $0.63 to $20.59 after the stock was upgraded from Sector Weight to Overweight.AT&T gained $0.17 to $19.21 after Wells Farg...Read More
China is reopening.The China reopening story is the most powerful market narrative going on today. At least for now, it's more powerful than any Fed analysis, the prospect of a recession, and even lower energy prices in terms of what's driving investor behavior.Of course, the key word is "narrative."It's a powerful story but that does not mean the story is true. If it affects investor behavior, th...Read More
Spread the loveThe goldbugs are cheering that there has been a central bank buying of gold. They think somehow that this is because they are bullish on gold. What seems to be going over their heads is what I warned before – when China starts to sell US debt, war is coming. I have made it very clear that the precursor to war is always capital flows. That will be on steroids this year.My cli...Read More