Anglo-American, the parent company of De Beers, published its annual report for 2018.The report stated that generally mining "is getting harder." The production grades are declining, societal expectations are increasing and the increasing of the mining scale is not a sustainable solution. "A focus on greater precision and efficiency is needed," the report said. Anglo-American's production forecas...Read More
Mining chatter in the Yukon these days is all about the yellow metal. It's been that way for at least 10 years, according to geologist Mike Burke, who spent more than 20 years working for the Yukon Geological Survey before moving to the private sector."People were having a hard time in 2008, and then along came Kinross and bought Underworld Resources. That started an area play," Burke recalls.Now...Read More
A jump in the reserve grade and tonnage at Fosterville in Australia - already one of the highest grade and most profitable gold mines in the world - will help increase Kirkland Lake Gold's (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL) total gold production this year to between 920,000 and 1 million oz., up from its previous guidance of 740,000 to 800,000 oz. in December.The company revised its consolidated production guida...Read More
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 1.10% to finish the trading week at 16,013. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index increased 3.40% to 75.49, while the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index jumped 6.40% to 118.89. Spot gold closed higher at US$1,337.80 per oz., up US$16.40 per oz., or 1.24% week-on-week, and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index gained 3.35% to 196.64.Fitch Ratings upgraded Teck Resources' issuer def...Read More
Regional exploration last year on its Indin Lake gold property, 200 km north of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, turned up high-grade gold in grab samples from three areas, including 174.50 grams gold per tonne at Fishhook, the southernmost project on its 899 sq. km land package, Nighthawk Gold (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) reports.Fishhook consists of several historical gold showings spannin...Read More
The most recent Annual Survey of Mining Companies by the Fraser Institute ranked British Columbia seventh among Canadian mining jurisdictions. But no other province or territory has had two new precious metal mines reach commercial production less than 15 months apart over the last two calendar years.In July 2017, Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) launched commercial production at its high-g...Read More
Gold has been on a tear, thanks to the patient Fed and the investors' flight to safety. The trend is likely to continue in the coming weeks as well.Read full newsRead More
A judge rejects a challenge to proposals to build a controversial gold mine in the Sperrin Mountains.Read full newsRead More
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Scientists are calling on mine operators to restore animal communities when they carry out site rehabilitation programs.According to a paper published in the journal Pacific Conservation Biology, the impact of mining on animals is overlooked as fauna tends to be under-recognized in assessments of restoration success. Based on a global review of literature, the Curtin University study found that ov...Read More
Scientists at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency or JAXA reported this week that the Hayabusa2 spacecraft touched down on the asteroid Ryugu and will start collecting samples of the dust in its surface.The idea is to analyze such samples and get one step closer to understanding the origin of Earth's water and precious minerals. According to the agency, asteroids are considered one of the candi...Read More
The gold miners' stocks surged strongly last week, blasting to new upleg highs. The mounting gains are naturally driving more interest in this small contrarian sector, shifting sentiment towards bullish. Despite their accelerating rally, gold stocks still remain fairly low technically and deeply undervalued relative to gold. So their strengthening upleg likely has plenty of room to run consi...Read More
Investors in Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO)(NYSE:CCJ) enjoyed a nice rally in the stock price in 2018 as deliberate production shut ins by producers and emerging new demand helped reduce excess supply and pushed equilibrium prices higher during the year. Could we see further share price gains this year?A combination of company specific and market factors will decide the fate of Cameco’s equity valuat...Read More
It has been a tough time for investors in intermediate gold miner Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO). The miner, which recently completed a 5:1 share consolidation, has lost 18% over the last year compared to gold, which has been flat over that period. There are signs that it won't be plain sailing for the beaten-down miner, as it wrestles with a range of operational, geopolitical, and financial ri...Read More
Hello again, Fools. I’m back to call attention to three stocks that popped last week. Why? Because after a given stock soars over a short period, one of two things usually happens: it keeps on flying as short-term oriented traders look to pounce on the momentum; or it pulls back sharply as cautious investors look to lock in profits.Fundamentals count most over the long run, of course. But kn...Read More
Vancouver-based Copper Mountain Mining Corp. has published a new integrated mine plan that increases both copper and gold production, extends mine life, and lowers cash costs.The new plan includes a modest expansion of the existing Copper Mountain mill to 45,000 t/d and integrates production from the New Ingerbelle deposit.The company has only good things to say about the proposed changes. Mineral...Read More
I spent the bulk of the last month in two countries that have been ravaged by drugs and violence for decades.Both have borne witness to gang wars that have killed more people than the populations of some large U.S. cities. They've witnessed crimes so brutal that you wouldn't believe it if you read them in a horror novel. The citizens have lived through government corruption that makes the United S...Read More
Firmer gold has attracted considerable attention for gold miners with investors combing the industry looking for bargain-basement opportunities. One that’s been gaining attention is Kinross Gold Corp. (TSX:K)(NYSE:KGC), which has spiked by almost 9% since the start of 2019. This has garnered considerable interest from some pundits, who are claiming that it’s poised to deliver value for...Read More
I used to think Stephen Colbert was funny.But then I realized he was a partisan hack. He, and a slew of other media personalities, has made that abundantly clear during Trump's presidency.They're down if he's up. They're black if he's white.It's reflexive opposition without consideration of facts.Trump has done many bafoonish things, no doubt. But some good things have come about this presidency a...Read More
Bayhorse Silver of Vancouver has poured the first silver bullion from its mine of the same name in the central part of the state. The button contains 37.69 oz. of .9999 fine silver, and is stamped with the Liberty Refinery purity mark.The silver comes from a part of a 175 kg sample taken from the Bonanza vein. The sample was ungraded, and the silver content varied but assayed 10,528.6 g/t silver....Read More