Emgold Mining Corporation announces it has staked 92 additional claims, expanding the size of its recently optioned New York Canyon Property.Read full newsRead More

"Thor Mining (#THR) announces that field pumping tests have begun at its part-held Kapunda copper project in South Australia.More to follow.https://t.co/GdIJAP0VDg"Read full newsRead More

The stock market at all-time highs feels good. Your account should be swollen. I hope it's not an infection.What we do here is only a piece of the larger puzzle. You won't see me writing about low-cost Vanguard Admiral shares here, but stuff like that should be the anchor of your overall portfolio. Here, we do hard assets, wealth protection, and contrarian commentary and ideas. That last part...Read More

Canadian music streamer and broadcaster Stingray Group (RAY.A) heads into the INK Canadian Insider Index after the close on Friday, November 15th. Investors were singing the blues a while back, but INK suggests the stock is now finding its groove. Below is a free version of the video that was distributed earlier on INK Ultra Money.Stingray streams music from malls to parking stallsFor a list of a...Read More

While the #FederalReserve has yet to fully explain what the problem is that's requiring more printed money than during the quantitative easing programs, Jim Willie, editor of #TheHatTrickLetter on #TheGolden-Jackass.com, has been forecasting it years in advance.He's been explaining why foreign countries are walking away from the dollar, and why the system is finally breaking now. And fortunately h...Read More

Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom,...Read More

Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More

Globalization is a force both more powerful and ancient than Trump. Too often we think of it of economic integration and the exchange of ideas, people and goods that comes with it as a recent phenomenon.The reality is it has been with us since the dawn of time. But we are entering a new era in which data is the new shipping container and there are far more disruptive forces at work in the world ec...Read More

Brazilian miner Vale has diversified its iron ore sales to yuan-denominated futures contract pricing, which is the first time for global miners to use such pricing.Vale's Shanghai branch has signed a deal with the trading arm of Shandong Laigang Yongfeng Steel for a Qingdao-port-delivered cargo of Brazilian Blend fines to be priced against the May 2020 iron ore futures contract on China's Dalian C...Read More

Guinea's largest bauxite developer, SMB-Winning Consortium, has won a tender to develop two blocks of the Simandou project, the site of what is considered one of the world's largest untapped deposits of high-grade iron ore.Shareholders of SMB-Winning Consortium include China Hongqiao Group Limited, a leading manufacturer of aluminum products in China, and Yantai Port Group, a port operator in the...Read More

Brazilian apparent steel use is showing signs of recovery and will increase significantlyfrom next year, ArcelorMittal Long Carbon Latin America chief executive officer Jefferson de Paula said this week. Brazil's steel consumption reached an all-time high of 28.02 million tonnes in 2013, according to the national steel association, Instituto A??o Brasil, De Paula told delegates at the La...Read More

1. Gold’s annual returns 2000 to presentIn the February edition of this newsletter, we ran an article under the headline:  Will 2019 be the year of the big breakout for gold? Though we would not characterize gold’s move to the upside so far this year as ‘the big breakout,’ 2019 has been the best year for gold since 2010 even with the recent correction taken into accoun...Read More

In the first part of this research article, we shared our ADL predictive modeling research from July 10th, 2019 where we suggested that Oil prices would begin to collapse to levels near, or below, $40 throughout November and December of 2019.  Our ADL modeling system suggests that oil prices may continue lower well into early 2020 where the price is expected to target $25 to $30 in February~A...Read More

With gold and silver prices having tumbled, sector expert Michael Ballanger outlines how he will weather the storm."People everywhere are being fed propaganda, lies and false stimuli of all kinds, but deep in their hearts, deep in their instincts, they know something is wrong."—G. Edward Griffin, author of The Creature from Jekyll IslandMy usual weekend missive was mildly delayed for a very...Read More

Yes, you read thatright. Despite all the bearish developments that we described in the previousanalyses,and despite myriads of bearish factors that remain in place for the followingmonths, it seems that the white metal is about to rally. Gold, and miningstocks could move higher as well, and we’ll move to that shortly. For now,let’s talk silver. Inparticular, we’re going to discus...Read More

Currently, commodity prices are the cheapest they’ve been in over 40 years compared to equity prices.  US Equities have continued to rise over the past 7+ years due to a number of external processes.  QE1, 2, 3, and Fed Debt Purchases Share Buy-Backs and creative credit facilities.  Only recently have investors really started to pile into the US stock market (see charts below)...Read More

The prevailing wisdom that sees explosive and long-term potential for U.S. shale may rest on some faulty and overly-optimistic assumptions, according to a new report.Forecasts from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), along with those from its Paris-based counterpart, the International Energy Agency (IEA), are often cited as the gold standard for energy outlooks. Businesses and govern...Read More

If you are a producer or consumer, or are active in the physical markets, then you had better be aware of a new set of regulations that will make it all the more important for you to choose the right logistics partner from next year.The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has ruled that from January 1, 2020, the marine sector will have to reduce sulfur emissions by more than 80% by switching...Read More

Most major aluminium producers agree that tackling the carbon intensity of the smelting process is one of the biggest challenges facing their industry. What they cannot agree on is how to deal with the situation, as a lively panel hosted by Fastmarkets during LME Week at the end of October showed. Aluminium smelting is an energy-intensive business and the market is starting to differentiate b...Read More

Copper has attempted to rebound since early September following a marked sell-off in the summer months where macro and fundamental forces have been prevalent.On the macro front, copper has benefited from a slight easing in US-China trade tensions and more monetary policy easing across the globe - including China, where copper consumption is the most exposed - that has shored up investor sentiment....Read More