Resource and expansion drilling at the Kutcho copper-zinc project in B.C. has extended mineralization down dip of its Main deposit, reports Kutcho Copper Corp. (TSXV: KC; US-OTC: KCCFF).Mineralization was extended 50 metres down dip from previous drilling and beyond the project's existing resource model in drill hole KC18-280, which returned a 5.4 metre intercept from 193 metres down hole grading...Read More
Following its recent announcement of a partnership with Purlucid Treatment Solutions, Vancouver-based MGX Minerals (CSE: XMG) said today that it is moving forward with its third petrolithium and advanced wastewater treatment system to recover lithium from brine.In detail, MGX said that the manufacturing of nano-filtration membrane housing is underway and primary nano-flotation, piping, and structu...Read More
WARSAW - Poland's JSW is interested in taking over Australia's Prairie Mining, Chief Executive Daniel Ozon confirmed on Wednesday.Sources told Reuters in September that JSW, the European Union's biggest coking coal miner, wanted a controlling stake in Prairie Mining."We are now working on internal approvals so that we could start a final stage of talks. We would like to build such a structure that...Read More
MOSCOW - Polyus, Russia's largest gold producer, on Wednesday reported third-quarter net profit down 61 percent from a year ago to $144 million due to foreign exchange losses and other non-cash items.The company controlled by Said Kerimov, son of Russian tycoon Suleiman Kerimov, has not been targeted by the U.S. sanctions against Moscow. Washington included Suleiman Kerimov and some other Russian...Read More
JAKARTA - Indonesia's South Sumatra province plans to ban coal transporters from using public roads from Nov. 8, an industry association said, in a move estimated to cut the province's annual coal sales by 23 million tonnes.Indonesia is the world's top thermal coal exporter, and South Sumatra's total output of the fuel this year was expected to be 48.5 million tonnes, the Indonesian Independent Po...Read More
Mr. Brett Heath reportsMETALLA CLOSES SANTA GERTRUDIS ROYALTY ACQUISITIONMetalla Royalty and Streaming Ltd. has closed its previously announced acquisition of a 2-per-cent net smelter return (NSR) royalty on the Santa Gertrudis gold property located north of Hermosillo in Sonora, Mexico, from GoGold Resources Inc. (as disclosed in a news release dated Sept. 5, 2018) for $12-million (U.S.).Brett He...Read More
Casa Berardi has record low costsCompany Website: http://www.hecla-mining.comCOEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- (Business Wire)Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) today announced third quarter financial and operating results.HIGHLIGHTSNet loss applicable to common shareholders of $23.3 million, or $0.05 per share on lower prices of all four metals.Cost of sales and other direct production costs and depreciation,...Read More
Mr. David Wolfin reportsAVINO REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2018 FINANCIAL RESULTS Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. has released the consolidated financial results for the company's third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2018. The financial statements and the Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) can be viewed on the Company's web site, on SEDAR and on EDGAR."During the third quarter of this year, the Co...Read More
Emerging geopolitical risks coupled with fears that global economic growth will slow sharply during 2019 makes now the time for investors to bolster their exposure to gold. The yellow metal has long been considered an incorruptible store of value and the ultimate safe-haven asset making it a key investment that investors can use to hedge against economic and political crises. One gold miner that h...Read More
X-Terra Resources (TSXV: XTT) today announced, in connection with NBGold Inc., the acquisition by way of an option of a 100% ownership interest in 34 mining claims comprising four mining properties in New Brunswick, Canada.The company says is has completed due diligence on the acquisition of the properties and the initial submission has been filed with the Exchange. X-Terra has commissioned the pr...Read More
Mr. Nav Dhaliwal reportsBONTERRA RESOURCES ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF $21.8 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENT Bonterra Resources Inc. has closed its previously announced brokered private placement for gross proceeds of $21,817,100.Sprott Capital Partners acted as lead agent on behalf of a syndicate of agents which included PI Financial Corp., Red Cloud Klondike Strike Inc., Canaccord Genuity Corp. and Haywood...Read More
This afternoon the Federal Reserve concluded this month's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Immediately following the conclusion of today's meeting, the Fed released a statement. There was no press conference held after the meeting. However, Chairman Powell has stated that next year every meeting will conclude with a press conference. "The labor market has continued to strengthen and...Read More
Kinross Gold (TSE: K) has released its third quarter results, which indicate company achieved solid production and generated a positive cash flow. The company has operations in Nevada, Brazil, Ghana and Russia and they all performed well, said the company.On the production side, the company produced 586,260 gold equivalent oz. in Q3 2018, compared to 653,993 oz. in the same quarter in 2017. The pr...Read More
Mr. Glen Williams reportsSPROTT INC. DECLARES THIRD QUARTER 2018 DIVIDEND Sprott Inc. has declared an eligible dividend of three cents per common share for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2018, payable on Dec. 4, 2018, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Nov. 19, 2018. About SprottInc. Sprott is an alternative asset manager and a global leader in precious metal and real asset investm...Read More
(Kitco News)- October’s equity correction, the biggest drop since the 2008financial crisis, wasn’t enough to derail the Federal Reserve’s plan togradually raise interest rates.As expected, the Federal Reserve left interest ratesunchanged following Thursday’s monetary policy meeting; however, manyeconomists noted that the central bank did not mention at all October’s e...Read More
Cobalt is almost always a byproduct of nickel and copper mining. Image: Glencore InstagramSince hitting near decade highs in March, cobalt prices are down by more than a third, languishing in the low $50,000s.Now a new report sees the battery raw material recovering some 30% in price. And quickly.While a change in subsidies in China, responsible for half the world's EV sales, hasn't helped, it's m...Read More
(Kitco News) - Silver is looking to outperform gold for the rest of the year, according to one gold bull, who is seeing strength in the precious metal that has struggled this year.“With gold/silver ratio close to its all-time high, silver is poised to surprise, to the upside, most investors into year-end,” Metal Bulletin precious metals analyst Boris Mikanikrezai wrote in a Seeking Alp...Read More
Mr. Guy Goulet reports CERRO DE PASCO APPOINTS DAVID SHAW, PH.D TO BOARD OF DIRECTORSThe board of directors of Cerro de Pasco Resources Inc. has appointed Dr. David Shaw, PhD, a highly accomplished independent geological consultant, to the company's board of directors.Dr. David Shaw has in excess of three decades of experience in the resource and finance industries with specific emphasis on techni...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold andsilver prices arejust modestly lower in early-afternoon U.S. trading Thursday. A rebound in theU.S. dollar index today, following selling pressure this week, worked againstthe precious metals market bulls. The metals markets showed no significantreactions to the just-released FOMC minutes that show no change in U.S.monetary policy. December gold futures were last down $2.50...Read More
Mr. Brett Heath reportsMETALLA CLOSES SANTA GERTRUDIS ROYALTY ACQUISITIONMetalla Royalty and Streaming Ltd. has closed its previously announced acquisition of a 2-per-cent net smelter return (NSR) royalty on the Santa Gertrudis gold property located north of Hermosillo in Sonora, Mexico, from GoGold Resources Inc. (as disclosed in a news release dated Sept. 5, 2018) for $12-million (U.S.).Brett He...Read More