U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P futures were up 16 points in pre-opening trade. G7 central bank members confirmed this morning that they are willing to take measures as needed to offset a slowdown in economies related to the coronavirus breakout. However, no specific action was announced. Target slipped $0.23 to $108.83 after reporting lower than consensus fourth quarte...Read More

The 11sq.km Airstrip target was the largest gold-in-soil anomaly outlined so far on the greater 1,700sq.Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resources"This arbitration procedure will not affect our current operations. The amounts discussed have been paid, under protest, and are promptly related to past activities. Currently, we operate under a new contract for guarantees and investment promotion measures," said Cerro Verde in a statement.The dispute with tax agency Sunat relates...Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesGrowing social tensions in Chile, as the process leading to a public vote on whether or not to create a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution, is also likely to have been a factor in the cancelation.The event website referred to growing social unrest and the precautions the organisers were taking.Artemis all set thanks t...Read More

A buildup of manganese ore at Chinese ports is set to escalate in the coming weeks when a jump in fresh imports adds to a spillover of material into minor ports, manganese market sources predict. Manganese ore stocks in main Chinese ports stand at 4.64-4.85 million tonnes according to Fastmarkets' latest assessment on Monday March 2, compared with 4.52-4.64 million tonnes at the end of 2019....Read More

QUESTION: This is what infuriates those that like gold. All of the shorting. Why? No other sector looks like this. So how is it that gold miners are restricted but no other sector sees shorting to the extent that restrictions are in place??? Gold is $1600 and these stocks traded double this price in 2008 with gold at $800. You ask why “goldbugs” are so angry, this is your answer.SANSWE...Read More

Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) continues to intersect high-grade mineralization below and adjacent to the reserve pit limits at its 22-sq.-km Magino project, 40 km northeast of Wawa, Ontario.The most recent drill highlights include 11 metres of 11.68 grams gold per tonne, 6 metres of 10.79 grams gold and 2 metres of 17.26 grams gold. As reported in December, the ongoing drilling continues to intercept tw...Read More

Drilling between the Marathon and Leprechaun deposits at Marathon Gold's (TSX: MOZ) Valentine Lake project in Newfoundland has confirmed a new area of mineralization: the Berry zone.Drill highlights include 55 metres of 2.24 grams gold per tonne, 8 metres of 3.92 grams gold, and 8 metres of 3.02 grams gold.The eight holes in the latest release tested a 200-metre long section of the 6-km long Spri...Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesIn a typical tour de force performance at PDAC in Toronto, Friedland trotted out a vast array of miscellaneous numbers, facts, and quirky asides promoting the outlook for copper and all the otherRead More

In a capital markets session at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, investment bankers from BMO Capital Markets, TD Securities, CIBC Capital Markets and RBC Capital Markets discussed the impact the outbreak of the coronavirus, or Covid-19, is having on markets and banking. Anthony Vaccaro, group publisher of The Northern Miner, moderated the session, with Michael Faralla, manag...Read More

This episode features a speech by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on his vision for the mining industry in the context of climate change at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada conference in Toronto on March 2, 2020. Trudeau draws comparisons between today's climate debate and the NAFTA debate from the late-1980s; responds to Teck's decision to cancel its Frontier oil sands...Read More

It's usually difficult to find a seat at the commodities session on the opening day of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention held in early March in Toronto, but there was a noticeably smaller crowd at this year's Sunday afternoon talks.At the start of his talk on the outlook for metals and mining in 2020, Paul Robinson, a director at CRU Group, noted the unusually...Read More

Sociedad Quimica y Minera or SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world's second-largest lithium producer, continues to suffer from sustained weak prices for the metal used in batteries that power electric vehicles and high-tech electronics, with profit falling almost 38% in the last quarter of 2019.The Santiago-based company posted fourth-quarter net income of US$66.9 million, compared to US$108.6 million in the...Read More

Last year was the busiest year for mergers and acquisitions in the precious metals sector since 2010, Catherine Raw, the executive responsible for Barrick Gold's (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) North America region, told a luncheon at the Prospectors & Developers Association in Toronto on Mar. 2.Over the last eighteen months, the market has witnessed the $5 billion merger of Randgold Resources and Barrick...Read More

Audience was unimpressed but Bristow was composed.Read full newsRead More

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 2, 2020) - Pancontinental Resources Corporation (TSXV: PUC) (Read full newsRead More

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 2, 2020) - Pancontinental Resources Corporation (TSXV: PUC) (Read full newsRead More

GoldMining Inc. announces the completion of its previously announced indirect acquisition of the Almaden Gold Project.Read full newsRead More

With the Fed cutting the interest rate by half a point, and a potential rate cut of our own on the way, the stage is set for a season of heightening uncertainty. The cut caught some pundits by surprise, pushed gold and silver prices higher on Tuesday, and initially stimulated international markets. So, how should investors react, and should Canadians still be buying TSX stocks right now?While ther...Read More

Apart from its terrible human cost, the coronavirus has effectively ground China’s economy to a halt, with February factory activity plummeting to all-time lows and causing havoc across global supply chains.Now, even with central banks ready to step in and cut interest rates, the economic situation will most likely get worse before it gets better. Based on where we stand, here are three stoc...Read More