(IDEX Online) - A pink diamond valued at up to $35m has been withdrawn without explanation from auction in New York.The 13.15-carat emerald-cut fancy vivid gem, described as "VVS1 clarity, potentially internally flawless", had been due to lead Christie's Magnificent Jewels auction on 6 December.The auction house confirmed the diamond, belonging to a private collector, had been pulled from the...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Rolex is reportedly planning a $1bn new factory, which would create 2,000 jobs and allow it to crank up production.The company, privately owned by the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation currently produces just over 1m watches a year, but demand always outstrips supply. Rolex had a turnover of almost $8 billion in 2021, according to Morgan Stanley.Acccording to Swiss TV and newspaper rep...Read More
The desalinated water supply under this agreement will provide more than 45% of Los Bronces' needs while also providing clean water to about 20,000 people in nearby communities.Read More
"Our disagreement with consensus is even more visible when we focus on recession probabilities," Goldman said.Read More
With U.S. equity markets on holidays today, no pre-opening comments are offered. Responses to FOMC Meeting Minutes Minutes were released at 2:00 PM EST yesterdayU.S. equity indices moved higher after 2:00 PM ESTU.S. Dollar and related ETN: UUP moved lower after 2:00 PM ESTLong term U.S. Treasury bond yields moved lower. Long term U.S. Treasury bond prices moved higher after 2:00 PM ESTGold p...Read More
Ontario is starting a two-year, $5 million critical minerals innovation fund to support research and development of new technologies. The fund is to support Ontario-based new technologies in the supply chain for green energy like electric vehicles by connecting mineral resources in the north with manufacturing in the south, provincial mines minister George Pirie said in a news release on Thursd...Read More
There's got to be a sense of schadenfreude in some circles of the mining business watching the implosion of FTX this month. Somehow, cryptocurrencies have competed with the mining sector as both a speculative investment - squeezing out money that might otherwise be directed to junior miners - and also been sold as a store of wealth and inflation hedge, competing with precious metals. While some...Read More
American Creek Resources (TSXV: AMK) and Tudor Gold (TSXV: TUD) say step-out drilling at their Treaty Creek joint project in northwestern British Columbia's Golden Triangle shows higher grades than in last year's initial resource estimate. Drill hole GS-22-159 cut 180 metres grading 1.71 grams gold equivalent per tonne with 0.92 gram gold, 6.1 grams silver and 0.61% copper, the compact reported...Read More
Mexico-focused Vizsla Silver (TSXV: VZLA; NYSE: VZLA) has entered into a non-binding letter of intent with Prismo Metals (CSE: PRIZ) for a strategic investment totalling $2 million. In exchange, Vizsla would receive a right of first refusal to purchase the Palos Verdes project from Prismo as well as 4 million units of Prismo.The Palos Verdes concession sits in the eastern area of Vizsla's Panuco...Read More
Codelco, the world's biggest copper producer, warned on Thursday that global shortages of the metal may reach 8 million tonnes by 2032, as soaring demand continues to offset the number of new projects.Maximo Pacheco, chairman of the board of Codelco, said at an industry conference that while a surplus is expected in the short term due to new projects in Chile, Peru, the Democratic Republic of the...Read More
Twenty-one Tanzanian nationals filed a lawsuit in Ontario Supreme Court Wednesday morning against Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX) for alleged human rights violations at the company's North Mara gold mine in Tanzania. It is the first time the Canadian gold giant has faced legal action in its home country for alleged abuses abroad, but it has faced prior allegations in the U.K.In 2020, a group of eight Tan...Read More
SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LSE: SOLG) announced Wednesday that certain investors, including China's Jiangxi Copper (Hong Kong) Investment Co.. have agreed to purchase 180 million shares of the company at a price of US20 ? per share for gross proceeds of US$36 million.Among the new investors, Jiangxi Copper is expected to purchase 155 million shares. Once the financing closes (subject to due diligence wit...Read More
Camino Minerals (TSXV: COR; US-OTC: CAMZF) has announced high solubility results over significant copper oxide intercepts in the Lourdes zone at its Los Chapitos property in Peru. Lourdes is one of several new zones identified by the company to target additional drilling campaigns to expand known copper mineralization at Los Chapitos for an envisioned copper oxide heap-leach mine."A copper oxide...Read More
Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPV) has found a new kimberlite on the claims and leases surrounding its Gahcho Ku?(C) joint venture operation in the Northwest Territories, about 280 km northeast of Yellowknife.The company owns a 49% stake in the mine, with De Beers owning 51%. The new KE kimberlite is a distinct occurrence that is located about 450 metres east of the Kelvin kimberlite, the Tor...Read More
Amarc Resources ( TSXV: AHR; OTCQB: AXREF) has signed an earn-in agreement with the Boliden Group whereby the Swedish major can earn up to a 70% ownership in the DUKE copper-gold district by funding $90 million in exploration and development expenditures on the project.Amarc's 678 sq. km DUKE District is 80 km northeast of Smithers within the Babine Region, one of B.C.'s most prolific porphyry cop...Read More
Lion One Metals (TSXV: LIO; US-OTCQX: LOMLF; ASX: LLO) continues to expand the Deep Feeder Zone 500 at its Tuvatu alkaline gold project in Fiji.The latest assay results reveal how the company traces bonanza-grade intercepts in a new feeder zone. It is interpreted as confirming a significant vertical extension and proving the continuity of the URW3 mineralized zone, which occurs on the western marg...Read More
A new shallow-depth gold discovery at Skeena Resources' (TSX: SKE; NYSE: SKE) Eskay Creek project means the open-pit concept could be expanded and offer greater returns than initially thought, the company and analysts said. Drilling at the project in northwestern British Columbia's Golden Triangle area found rhyolite-hosted mineralization about 200 metres east of the site's 22 Zone at a vertica...Read More
This week's episode features the Thought Leadership panel at the Global Mining Symposium, featuring Jean-Marie Clouet, Corporate Director, Investor Relations, Agnico Eagle Mines; Stephen Crozier, Vice President, Sustainability, Noront Resources; Kevin D'Souza, Chief Sustainability Officer, Resource Capital Funds; Pierre Gratton, President and CEO, Mining Association of Canada (MAC); and moderator...Read More
SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LSE: SOLG) announced Tuesday that it will delay the Cascabel feasibility study and Porvenir preliminary economic assessment (PEA) due to the evolving capital cost environment and its study of value-enhancing opportunities."Our top priority is to allocate our human and capital resources efficiently to unlock shareholder value," said interim CEO Scott Caldwell, who took on the jo...Read More
Dor?(C) Copper Mining (TSXV: DCMC; US-OTC: DRCMF) says drilling at its Corner Bay copper project in Quebec will help expand its mineral resource estimate as it aims to complete a feasibility study in 2024. The Toronto-based company finished almost 40,000 metres of drilling this year at the site about 500 km northwest of Quebec City, it said in a news release on Tuesday.Drilling highlights from th...Read More