The silver miners’stocks have rallied in recent months, but are still underperforming gold stocks. Silver lagging gold is mostly responsible, drivenby big stock-market down days dampening enthusiasm for speculation. But silver will ultimately mirror and amplifygold’s bull upleg, fueling strong leveraged gains in its miners’ stocks. Their just-finishing Q4’...Read More
GOLD AT $2000 Gold flirted briefly with the $2000 number last month. At $2043 oz., it was several dollars shy from matching its peak price eighteen months earlier at $2058 oz.With the current gold price at $1958 oz., the $2000 number is the sweet midpoint of that range. It is a nice round number and seems to be the price most gold traders and investors are focusing on at this time.It is proba...Read More
World events are driving a volatile andpotentially pivotal environment ahead for investors.Huge swings in financial markets are likely still to come.Direction, magnitude, and timing aredifficult to predict. But precious metals bulls are eying massive upsidepotential for gold and silver as war and inflation stoke safe-haven buying.What follows are four major macro scenariosthat could impact metals...Read More
Commoditiesare on fire.Theprice of oil has soared 43% since the start of the year.Palladium—ametal most often used in catalytic converters—has increased 28% over the sameperiod, while wheat has spiked 39%...Theseare major moves. But I see commodity prices headed even higher this year.Specifically,a huge opportunity is setting up in one of the most overlooked corners of thecommodity mar...Read More
In response to Russia’s war on Ukraine, the U.S. and G-7 countries have launched a currency war against the Kremlin. Sanctions imposed on the Russian central bank have effectively blacklisted the country from the U.S. dollar-dominated global financial system.Now the Biden administration is attempting to prevent Russia from using gold as an alternative medium of exchange.Last week, the Treasu...Read More
Imagine all the people… living life inthe Metaverse. Once we immerse ourselves in the digital sphere, gold may go outof fashion. Or maybe not?Do you already have your avatar? If not,maybe you should consider creating one, as the Metaverse is coming! What is the Metaverse? It is a digital,three-dimensional world where people are represented by avatars, a network of3D virtual worlds focused o...Read More
FREE March 28 - April 1.Hi,You may already know that the CRB Commodities Index is up 200% since the April 2020 low.Even if you haven’t been following the broad Index, you've no doubt felt the effects of rising commodity prices in your wallet.But there is a silver-lining flip side: Over the past 2 years, commodities have also offered massive opportunities. And they're not done. That's why on...Read More
Spring is in the air! What about the price of silver?(by Half Dollar) Among other things, silver faces the normal barrage of market events and economic conditions this week.Will silver spring forward?"It won't be long before we take out $30!", they say:"It will happen super-duper fast", they also say.Indeed, there is no shortage of Silver "Advocates", much less of Silver Market "Experts".Dang sham...Read More
West Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Marvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldAnglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining Roger was an experienced geologist, who brought his love of the subject to bear in his editing of t...Read More
Bolivia authorized several groups to take samples from its salars, or salt lakes, to develop pilot DLE projects capable of producing lithium-ion battery grade lithium hydroxide.Read More
The resource is based on 127 drill holes for 54,893m, with the company stating that it is a large low-grade deposit, with a smaller high-grade core which lends itself to conventional large-scale open pit mining. The resource does not include the Merlin zone, 2km south of Central-Silicon, and on the same structural trend.The company said it evaluated three broad flowsheets in a conceptual study to...Read More
West Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Marvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldAnglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining The company said the board took the decision after completion of a feasibility study that suggested offer...Read More
Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Both nickel and copper possess properties that give them a central role in the drive for a greener future. While demand from existing use cases will continue to grow steadily, electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage applications will...Read More
Shares in the firm fell 10.7% or C$0.12 to C$1.00 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.Read More
Canada-based The Metals Company (TMC), which is aiming to develop deepsea polymetallic nodules in the Pacific Ocean, has successfully lowered its pilot nodule collector vehicle to the North Sea seabedRead More
RAPAPORT... Two more luxury brands have curtailed their involvement in the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) as the fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war continues.Bulgari stepped down from the organization's board last week, parent company LVMH said Monday in an email to Rapaport News. The Italian jeweler - which represents LVMH and its other brands at the RJC - will remain a member of the s...Read More
RAPAPORT... Christie's is set to offer 128 Patek Philippe watches from a private collector in three sales across the globe.The assortment, called the Kairos Collection, is the finest group of contemporary timepieces by the designer ever to come to auction, Christie's said last week. The watches were acquired over 35 years.The auction house will feature 30 pieces in the first part of its May 9 Gene...Read More
EMX Royalty posted a loss of C$29.7 million for 2021, higher than the C$6 million loss made in the previous year. The loss included C$10.Read More
RAPAPORT... An early 20th-century ruby and diamond ring garnered nearly eight times its high estimate following a bidding war at a recent Fellows auction.The piece, which featured an unheated 2.20-carat Burmese ruby and 0.65 carats of old-cut diamonds, fetched GBP 19,140 ($25,265) at the March 31 jewelry sale, smashing its upper presale estimate of GBP 2,500 ($3,300). The final price is one of the...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The planet Mercury could be awash with diamonds, say experts.Their research suggests its heavily-cratered surface could be home to 16 quadrillion tons of diamonds.A quadrillion is a million billion - or one followed by 15 zeros. And that measurement is in tons, not carats.The research was presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) in Houston, Texas, USA. Ke...Read More