For Scotiabank senior economist Marc Desormeaux, forecasting what the 2021 global commodity markets will be like, especially for industrial metals, is heavily predicated on the ability of nations to respond to Covid-19 in the new year. Speaking to The Northern Miner, Desormeaux talked about the importance of dealing with the virus, while also discussing the impact a new administration in Washingto...Read More
This week's episode features Association for Mineral Exploration president and CEO Kendra Johnston and SGDS Hive CEO and AME board member Andy Randell. Kendra and Andy discuss the upcoming AME Roundup conference from Jan. 18-22, 2021, which will take place virtually and focus on diversity and inclusion.Kendra Johnston joined AME as president and CEO in June 2019 following several years of voluntee...Read More
Global diamond production this year fell by more than 20% to about 113 million carats due to planned production declines by the major producers and significant pandemic-related suspensions and curtailments across the industry, Paul Zimnisky, an independent diamond analyst and consultant told The Northern Miner.Zimnisky said that mines including Ekati, Aikhal, Verkhne-Munskoye, Williamson, Liqhobon...Read More
Noront Resources (TSXV: NOT) says it welcomes the investment in the company by Australian explorer and developer Wyloo Metals Pty Ltd."We are delighted that Wyloo Metals has chosen to acquire a cornerstone interest in Noront," said Noront president and CEO Alan Coutts.In a deal with Resource Capital Fund V and Resource Capital Annex Fund V, Wyloo will pick up 22.5% of Noront's outstanding shares,...Read More
Cassiar Gold has released the last of its drill results from its 2020 exploration campaign at its Cassiar gold project in northern B.C. The 24-hole program was designed to confirm the results of historical assays and expand near-surface resource at the Taurus deposit, including the higher-grade Sable zone."These are our best results from Taurus yet," said Cassiar CEO Marco Roque in a release. "Th...Read More
Producer Victoria Gold has released its first exploration results from the Lynx target, which lies along the Potato Hills trend within its flagship Dublin Gulch gold property, also host to the Eagle gold mine. according to the release, these results suggest that the Lynx target "has the potential to host a much larger and more robust mineralized system than previously recognized."The latest re...Read More
Rio Tinto, Newmont Corporation, New Gold, SRK Consulting and Centerra Gold are taking additional steps towards promoting gender equality in the mining sector by joining forces with global non-profit organization International Women in Mining.The mining giants joined the 2021 International Women in Resources Mentoring Programme, which is aimed at empowering women in the mining sector by providing...Read More
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2020 certainly has been a crazy and volatile year. The stock market has been all over the place, first reacting rapidly to bad news and more recently recovering with good news. This has made it extremely difficult for TFSA investors.For example, at the moment, some of the market is rallying on positive vaccine news. But we are right in the midst of the second wave, which is seemingly a lot worse t...Read More
Worst year ever, right?Seems like that's the consensus. And it's hard to argue when you look at the havoc wreaked by the coronavirus, the race riots, and Giuliani pressers.Yet another cherry was added to the top of this cake earlier this week, when the United States reported...More than 200,000 new coronavirus infections nationwide...More than 100,000 patients hospitalized with COVID-19...And mor...Read More
Dec 09, 2020 Guest(s): Lyn Alden Founder, Lyn Alden Investment Strategy 2021 will remain challenging for economic growth, with a recovery in the jobs market more likely to materialize only in the second half of the new year, according to Lyn Alden, founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy."I've been bullish on some of the banks lately, so that includes Scotiabank, that includes Sberbank of Russi...Read More