ArcWest Exploration (TSXV: AWX) closed today the 100% acquisition of the Sparrowhawk property near Smithers, in the western Canadian province of British Columbia.In a press release, the Vancouver-based miner explained that it decided to go ahead with the purchase because the property is adjacent to two significant porphyry copper-gold deposits, including Glencore Canada's Bell and Granisle mines a...Read More
Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) will sell a portfolio of 18 royalties on assets not owned by Alamos to Metalla Royalty and Streaming (TSXV: MTA; MTAFF) for $8 million in Metalla shares.The portfolio includes a 2% net smelter returns royalty (NSR) on Agnico Eagle Mine's El Realito gold deposit, adjacent to its La India mine in Sonora, Mexico, plus 1.5% and 1% NSRs on Monarch Gold's Wasamac gold p...Read More
Vancouver-based UEX Corporation has shared the third set of assays from the winter drill program at its West Bear cobalt-nickel property in the eastern part of the Athabasca Basin.The company said that 14 of the 20 assays exceeded the cobalt equivalent grade of 0.023% or more.Highlights from the results include hole WBC-063, which intersected 4.5 metres averaging 0.11% cobalt and 0.49% nickel from...Read More
The major silver miners have rallied higher on balance in recent months, enjoying a young upleg. That's a welcome change after they suffered a miserable 2018. Times are tough for silver miners, since silver's prices have languished near extreme lows relative to gold. That has forced many traditional silver miners to increasingly diversify into gold. The major silver miners' recently-released Q4'18...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed higher Monday following news of a surge in China's manufacturing output and signs of progress in the U.S.-China trade talks. Shares of Lyft (LYFT declined sharply on the ride-sharing company's second full day of trading on the Nasdaq, after its massive IPO last week. Amazon.com (A...Read More
Peninsula Energy Ltd (ASX:PEN) has achieved successful outcomes from the mining phase of a low pH uranium production field demonstration at its Lance Projects in the US state of Wyoming.A key objective of the mining phase was to lower the local mining zone pH to the targeted level of around 2.0 standard units (SU) without compromising the ability to move lixiviant through the mining zone.This tech...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were predominantly higher at the close of trading on Monday April 1, supported by strength in both the Chinese and United States' manufacturing data despite continued market concerns over the health of the global economy. Despite reported strength from the manufacturing sector, US retail sales were weaker than expected in February at -0.4%, down from...Read More
The US copper price built on Friday's momentum with the base metals complex receiving a boost from strong Chinese manufacturing data on Monday April 1.The copper price for May settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose by 1.25 cents to $2.9520 per lb. Overnight, the Chinese official manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose to 50.5 in March, beating the exp...Read More
"The reason nobody really knows what caused the financial crisis is that no one asked Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve at the time, or Hank Paulson, the Treasury Secretary at the time, exactly why they were lying about why those banks supposedly needed a bailout" - John Titus, "The $1 Trillion Devil in the DetailsMany people believe what happened in 2008 is settled history. Or, they j...Read More
Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) for Asia Pacific continued to drop in the second half of March in the absence of Las Bambas output, while Chinese smelters are prepared to accept significantly lower spot TCs for the second quarter this year. Fastmarkets' spot copper concentrate index for Asia Pacific was calculated at $66.7 per tonne/ 6.67 cents per lb on March 25, d...Read More
Beowulf said on Monday it would double its holding in the company to 31.3% and raise £750,000 at 5.5p, a 21% discount to the previous closing price.The announcement sent its share price down 14% to 6p.CEO Kurt Budge said the capital raise was needed to keep the company's diversification plan going as it struggles to get a licence for its iron ore project in Sweden."Given the current adverse...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Monday April 1 that are worth another look.The United States has challenged European Union proposals to label titanium dioxide and cobalt as carcinogens on free-trade grounds. As consumer inventories of cobalt start to run low, their metal restocking alone is unlikely to establish a floor in ailing prices, such is the believed exte...Read More
* GRAPHIC-2019 asset returns: (Adds closing prices, Zinc stocks)By Zandi ShabalalaLONDON, April 1 (Reuters) - Nickel prices ended higher onMonday after positive factory data from top steel producer Chinaraised hopes for higher demand, while inventories fell.Factory activity in China unexpectedly grew for the firsttime in four months in March, an official survey showed onSunday, suggesting governme...Read More
Vancouver, BC - IsoEnergy Ltd. (TSX-V: ISO | OTCQX: ISENF) (the "Company" or "IsoEnergy"), is pleased to announce assay result for drill holes LE19-09, LE19-10 and LE19-11. The highlight is drill hole LE19-09, which intersected 4.5m of 4.2% U3O8, including 2.0m of 6.8% U3O8. Drill hole LE19-09 was collared 30 metres to the west of drill hole LE18-01A, the original Hurricane zone discovery dr...Read More
Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM | OTCQX: SYATF) (the "Company" or "Siyata"), is pleased to announce it has received its first purchase order from a Tier 1 US Cellular Carrier, for its flagship Uniden (R) UV350 marking a significant milestone for the Company both as an official vendor to the carrier and receiving its first order from a major United States customer.The Unid...Read More
The price of domestic ferro-chrome in China fell in the week ended Friday March 29 on lower offers from suppliers trying to tempt stainless steel consumers to buy, while the price of imported alloy was stable due to supply concerns. Domestic alloy prices in China drop prior to VAT cut Tenders in Japan see ferro-chrome price rise Imported ores into China rise Rise in the top end...Read More
In an interview I did last week with USA Watchdog's Greg Hunter, I came across as a lukewarm gold bull. Although many of those who commented apparently agreed with my grim deflationary scenario for the global economy, the negative implications this could have for gold did not resonate with Greg's audience.In fact, I see significant appreciation potential for gold, although not to the celestial...Read More
By: David Chapman Elliott Wave International (www.elliottwave.com) (EW) recently noted an interesting piece of market symmetry in an addendum to its March 2019 Elliott Wave Theorist dated March 26, 2019. We thought it interesting enough to repeat it to the readers of the Technical Scoop. What EW showed was how the topping process of 2018-2019 has mirrored to a "striking degree" the topping p...Read More
Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) for Asia Pacific continued to drop in the second half of March in the absence of Las Bambas output, while Chinese smelters are prepared to accept significantly lower spot TCs for the second quarter this year. Fastmarkets' spot copper concentrate index for Asia Pacific was calculated at $66.7 per tonne/ 6.67 cents per lb on March 25, d...Read More
As consumer inventories of cobalt start to run low, their metal restocking alone is unlikely to establish a floor in ailing prices, such is the believed extent of the surplus, according to Fastmarkets' market sources. Trader and consumer buying returned to the cobalt market in earnest last week for the first time in the best part of a year, but the restocking does not signal the beginning of a ret...Read More