RAPAPORT... Pritesh Patel, chief operating officer at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), explains the organization's digital strategy in this episode of the Rapaport Diamond Podcast. In a conversation with Rapaport's Avi Krawitz, Patel discusses the GIA's move toward paperless reports, its use of artificial intelligence, the launch of its source-verification service and its general a...Read More
RAPAPORT... US e-commerce spending rose in July as Amazon Prime Day drove record online sales, according to Adobe Analytics.Shoppers shelled out $73.7 billion online during the month, up 21% compared to the same month in 2021. However, that figure is 1% lower than June's $74.1 total and 6% less than the $78.8 million spent in May, Adobe said Tuesday. Prime Day - which historically fuels higher lev...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The State Bank of India (SBI) is to start lending to manufacturers of lab grown diamonds.The move, by the country's largest private lender, is widely seen as boost to an emerging sector. India produces 15 per cent of the world's lab growns, but has been calling on the government to invest and help it grow into $5.1bn-a-year industry.The government-owned SBI has formalized...Read More
(IDEX Online) - India's gem and jewelry trade faces a major "round tripping" probe after it emerged that documented imports of pearls exceeded global production by as much as 10 times.The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) suspects fraud on a massive scale.It reports evidence of round tripping, when companies sell and buy back the same assets in to artificially increase their...Read More
Osisko Gold Royalties posted higher second-quarter adjusted earnings from its royalty and stream segment of C$25.7 million or $0.14 per basic share versus $23.9 million and $0.Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 60 points in pre-opening trade.Index futures moved higher following release of the U.S. July Consumer Price Index report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 0.2% versus a gain of 1.3% in June. Actual was unchanged from June. On a year-over-year basis consensus was an increase of 8.8% versus 9.1% in June. Actua...Read More
The interactive VRIFY 3D model visualizes and validates the Project's drilling results, resource potential, proposed pit, and project advancement from initial mining through closure in an immersive, interactive environment. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Gold Corp. ("U.S. Gold," the "Company," "we," "our" or "us") (NASDAQ: USAU) a gold exploration and development company, toda...Read More
Pure Gold Mining (TSXV: PGM) has released an updated mineral resource estimate for its namesake operation in Ontario's Red Lake gold camp, reporting 20% fewer ounces in the resource categories.A new technical report completed by SRK sees the mine's global resource base falling to 2 million oz. from 2.5 million oz. and the average grade reduced to 7.2 grams gold per tonne from 8.7 grams per tonne.T...Read More
St Barbara (ASX: SBM) has released its fiscal 2023 guidance after receiving approval of a tailings raise for its Touquoy gold mine in Nova Scotia. The Australian miner's consolidated gold production is now expected to total between 280,000 and 315,000 oz. at an all-in sustaining cost (AISC) of US$2,050 to US$2,150 per oz.The company's guidance was previously in question as it awaited provincial go...Read More
K92 Mining (TSX: KNT) has released a first resource for its Blue Lake gold porphyry project, only 4 km southwest of its Kainantu mine in Papua New Guinea. Inferred resources total 10.8 million oz. of gold equivalent at 0.61 gram gold equivalent per tonne, based on 549 million tonnes averaging 0.21 gram gold per tonne, 0.23% copper and 2.42 grams silver. The estimate used a 0.4 gram gold equival...Read More
Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) has raised its production guidance and decreased its cost estimates for 2022, based on strong results in the first half of the year.The Vancouver-based miner now expects to produce between 430,000 and 460,000 ounces of gold, from a previous guidance of 405,000 to 445,000 ounces.All-in sustaining costs (AISC) are forecast to be in the US$820 to US$930 per oz. range, down from...Read More
Precious metals producer Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) has been granted a key permit that allows it to build a processing plan and kick off mine pre-stripping at the Mara Rosa gold project in Brazil's central state of Go?-as.The environmental licence also means that the Latin America-focused miner can begin construction of all the required site infrastructure.Chief executive officer Ignacio Bustama...Read More
Iain Fleming Downie, of Thunder Bay, Ont., passed away peacefully with his wife Anne and children Malcolm, Ewan and Andrea by his side on Aug. 5 at the age of 83. Iain was born in Scotland and attended the University of Toronto where he graduated as a PEng geologist. He had a successful career in mineral exploration across North America: a pioneer of diamond exploration in Canada, a recipient...Read More
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Aug. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Asante Gold Corporation (CSE:ASE | GSE: ASG | FRANKFURT:1A9 | U.S.OTC:ASGOF) ("Asante" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, further to its news release dated April 25, 2022, it has closed the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Red Back Mining Pty Ltd, which indirectly holds a 90% interes...Read More
(All dollar amounts are expressed in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.) TORONTO, Aug. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX:K; NYSE:KGC) ("Kinross" and the "Company") announced today that it has completed the sale of all its interest in the Chirano mine in Ghana to Asante Gold Corporation (CSE: ASE; FSE: 1A9; GSE:ASG) ("Asante") for a total consideration of $225 million in...Read More
Systemic risks abound right now that, in my view, could favor allocations to physical gold and gold mining stocks. Those risks include sustained inflation, a potential global recession, looming food and energy crisis, and an escalation of hostilities in Eastern Europe.Read full newsRead More
Chief Financial Officer Ryan Snow said the gold prepay and silver purchase and sale agreements of $75 million funded during the second quarter and gold sales that continued from theRead full newsRead More
Nova Scotia has approved an application from the owners of the Touquoy gold mine to raise the height of the wall of its existing tailings waste pondRead full newsRead More
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Environment Department has approved an application from the owners of the Touquoy gold mine to raise the height of the wall of its existing tailings waste pond. Australian-based St Barbara's proposal to raise the tailings wall has been opposed by environmental groups, such as the Ecology Action Centre, which have voiced concerns about the potential for a dam breach. Bu...Read More