Bitcoin just broke $5000 today. Is this the start of something major or another fake rally? Ken is of the opinion that it could be the start of the next Bitcoin upward move. After all, it's competition to government backed currencies and competition is good for everyone, right? Let's see where it goes.Read More

The steel billet import price narrowed down in Egypt in the week ended on Thursday April 4, while demand remained weak and the Egypt Ministry of Trade and Industry started a safeguard investigation into billet imports, Fastmarkets heard.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel billet imported into Egypt was $460-470 per tonne cfr on Thursday, narrowing downward from $460-480 per tonne cfr la...Read More

"It's almost beyond belief, but this is the truth."Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate Guide To Money and Th...Read More

Former Vice President Joe Biden has released a video statement telling the American people that the accusations he is now facing of touching women in Continue...Read More

Jeff Clark has long experience in precious metals. As we all know, when it comes to the economy, things are never as they appear to be. Just like in 2008-09, the government was telling us that everything was okay and there was nothing to be worried about. It was just a small problem with sub-prime mortgages and it wouldn't affect the economy at-large. But they were very wrong and it cost people de...Read More

Jeff Clark knows the world of gold. Growing up in a mining family, he learned the best practices of investing in physical precious metals long ago. So when it came time for him to store his own gold at home, he knew exactly how to go about it quietly, discreetly, and as safely as possible. He did everything right. And he still got robbed...Michael Maloney is a precious metals investment expert and...Read More

Americas Silver Corp.'s (TSE: USA) stock was up over 23% Thursday, after announcing that Sandstorm Gold Royalties is making a $42.5 million investment in the company to fund the restart of Relief Canyon gold mine, 160 km northeast of Reno. The investment includes a $25 million gold stream and royalty on the Relief Canyon mine when it reopens, a $10 million convertible debenture, and a $7.5 millio...Read More

The outlook has improved for Pretium Resources, (TSE: PVG). The miner's shares climbed nearly 9% Thursday, after announcing "robust economics" and plans to ramp-up production, exploration, and resource numbers at its Brucejack gold-silver mine in British Columbia.The Brucejack mine is increasing throughput to 3,800 tonnes per day, up from 2,700 tonnes per day over the course of the year - a 4...Read More

Not-so-good news about higher costs and capex estimates in an updated prefeasibility study this week for Alacer Gold Corp.'s (TSX: ASR; ASX: AQG) Gediktepe project in Turkey were partly offset by good news of a 117% jump in the project's indicated resource.Gediktepe's Ardich deposit is about six km northeast of Alacer's 80%-owned ????pler open-pit mine and is the company's highest priority develop...Read More

New assays from four holes Anaconda Mining (TSX: ANX) drilled as part of its metallurgical drill program at its Goldboro gold project in Nova Scotia confirm the continuity of several high grade zones over as much as 40 metres.The drilling focused on the project's EG gold system. Highlights from the program include 42.85 grams gold over 3.8 metres from 66 metres downhole including 316.76 grams gold...Read More

The resource covers a small portion of the deposit and remains open, and the grades exceeded company expectations. DNI Metals Inc. (DNI:CSE; DMNKF:OTC) announced in a news release the results of the initial NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate for its Vohitsara graphite deposit in Madagascar, highlighting the grade exceeded its expectation.The report, prepared by Micon International Ltd., is based...Read More

Goldcorp shareholders approved Newmont Mining Corp's $10 billion takeover offer on Thursday, removing one of the last remaining hurdles to create the world's largest gold producer.While some Goldcorp shareholders had voiced concerns in recent weeks, in the end there was little push back against blessing the biggest-ever corporate takeover in the gold sector's history, according to Refinitiv data.T...Read More

The decision to continue exploration is based on the robust set of drill results obtained thus far. Great Bear Resources Ltd. (GBR:TSX.V; GTBDF:OTC) announced in a news release it doubled its current drill program to 60,000 meters (60,000m) from 30,000m and has the $5.6 million in funds needed to carry the program out in its entirety. "Great Bear is in a very strong position, with funding in han...Read More

An incident at Freeport-McMoran's Grasberg mine in Indonesia injured two workers on Wednesday while two other missing, a company spokesman said on Thursday.The injured workers have been hospitalised while rescue team continues to search for the missing. Mining operation is running normally despite the incident, spokesman Riza Pratama said.According to Bambang Gatot Ariyono, Indonesia's director ge...Read More

A mix of political populism, higher commodity prices and the expectation electrification will spur demand for some raw materials has led resource-holding governments to change the rules for miners operating in their countries.In most cases, governments are seeking to increase their share of profits, rather than all-out resource nationalism, although Mongolia has been trying to nationalise a stake...Read More

Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM), has committed to sole fund all of the 2019 exploration programs with junior Encounter Resources (ASX: ENR), covering the highly sought after gold regions of Tanami and West Arunta in Western Australia.Newcrest, which has five joint ventures (JVs) with Encounter in the area, covering a total of 5,900 km2, will have the right to increase...Read More

Premier Gold Mines (TSX:PG) announced this week that it entered into an agreement with Americas Silver Corporation to acquire an option to purchase a 100% interest in the San Felipe property in Mexico.To move forward with the deal, Premier has to pay $7 million on closing and make additional payments of $1.9 million upon the making of a positive construction decision and then upon achieving commer...Read More

ISTANBUL, April 4 (Reuters) - Foreign investors sold $601.5million worth of Turkish stocks and $735.8 million of governmentbonds in the week to March 29, when a lira liquidity squeeze inLondon swap markets forced them to quit Turkish assets, centralbank data showed on Thursday.Last week, the Turkish lira overnight swap rate rocketed to as much as 1,200 percent as thecurrency came under pressure in...Read More

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Brazilian automakers produced 695,730 light vehicles, trucks and buses during the first quarter of 2019, down by 0.6% compared with 699,754 units in the same period of 2018, national car manufacturers association Anfavea said on Thursday April 4.March had a weaker performance on an annual basis because of late Carnival festivities in 2019, but the data also showed a year-on-year output decrease in...Read More