The Critical Investor profiles a hybrid prospect generator with projects throughout the Americas. Haldane Project1. IntroductionAlianza Minerals Ltd. (ANZ:TSX.V) is the second hybrid prospect generator I am discussing in a short period of time, after closely related Avrupa Minerals (AVU.V). Both companies are guided by Pacific Opportunity Capital, a Vancouver financial consulting and merchant ban...Read More
GATA's Sheer Ignorance About GoldAs I have said before, my job on FATrader.com is to further intellectual honesty about financial markets but cutting through much of the dross being presented by most analysts and media outlets.So, as I am known to do, I will peruse the various posting through the interest for something interesting and then write about it.And, while I cannot say what GATA writes is...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 254,086108,43953,521146,161312,638453,768474,598 Change from Prior Reporting Period 39,916-857133-13,51526,85126,53426,127 Traders 21872684755291173 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 50,87130,041504,639 2,0222,42928,556 non reportable positionsChan...Read More
The gold miners' stocks have been climbing higher on balance, enjoying a solid upleg that is gathering steam. That's fueling improving sentiment, driving more interest in this small contrarian sector. This gold-stock upleg is likely to grow in coming months, partially because of very-favorable spring seasonals. The gold stocks' second-strongest seasonal rally of the year typically unfolds...Read More
It's hard to believe, but the year 2019 is already about 15% in the books. So, with two months behind us, perhaps it's a good time to check in, assess what we've accomplished thus far in COMEX gold and silver, and then look ahead to what's coming as the year progresses.The focus of this post is to update our primary forecasts from December and January. These were each posted at Sprott Money an...Read More
(I wrote here earlier that a public-pension bust is coming that will usher in the Second Great Depression. Could California, Illinois, Connecticut, New Jersey et al. avoid disaster by raising taxes? That's what John Jay, a regular contributor to the Rick's Picks forum, thinks they will do. I strongly doubt it, however, since there is no way the revenuers will be able to squeeze blood from a s...Read More
By: IRA EPSTEINBig volatility can create no volatility for a while, everyone worn out. Gold in a correction phase, nothing bearish looking on the weekly chart.Read More
The term ‘mining auction’ refers to a range of disposals in the mining sector, including the disposal of scrap and/or surplus yellow equipment, assets from business rescue and/or liquidation, and the disposal of mining concessions, explains Hogan Lovells partner Nicholas Veltman.The primary distinction between a bidding process and an auction process is that, under a bidding process, t...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures gained 16 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures are responding to a 1.8% gain by the Shanghai Composite Index in anticipation of a trade deal between China and the U.S. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for January Personal Income was an increase of 0.3% ve...Read More
An award-winning scientist, engineer, and millionaire several times over predicted that by 2029, humans could start living forever. That's right. Immortality is almost here. This 'futurist' has been frightening the masses with his predictions for years. He predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union, described the rise of the Internet, and foretold the year a computer would beat a World chess ch...Read More
The mineral development industry continues to rely on and support a varied network of suppliers. From early-stage exploration to decommissioning, suppliers are there every step of the way, providing the goods and services that keep the industry humming.DSI UndergroundLuxembourg-based DSI Underground has bought Fero Group, an Australian galvanizing services and mesh-making firm. DSI's Australian o...Read More
SANTIAGO, CHILE - From barely featuring on the global mining map at the start of this century, Ecuador has moved rapidly to become one of the most dynamic jurisdictions in South America, with two mines due to enter production later this year.The sector's flagship venture is Lundin Gold's (TSX: LUG; US-OTC: FTMNF) US$692-million Fruta del Norte high-grade gold mine development, whose history mirror...Read More
Emerging copper-gold developer SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG) is steadily progressing toward its ultimate goal: to develop a province of discoveries across the under-explored Ecuadorean section of the Andean Copper Belt.SolGold is continuing to drill its Alpala copper-gold project in northern Ecuador, where in late 2018 it doubled its resource and substantially upgraded inferred resources to the i...Read More
The year was 1975, and I was involved with initial exploration of the Ertsberg East skarn system (GBT, IOZ and DOZ copper deposits) for Freeport Exploration on the island of New Guinea. This was a helicopter-supported drill project, 2 km away from the yet-to-be-discovered Grasberg copper-gold deposit. I had a crew of about 20 locals, mostly building camps, drill sites and trails at elevations of a...Read More
Marathon Gold Corporation's (TSX: MOZ) Valentine Lake project is the largest gold resource in Atlantic Canada with four near-surface deposits called Marathon, Leprechaun, Victory and Sprite.The majority of the resources are found in the Marathon and Leprechaun deposits, which also have resources below the current open-pit shell. Gold mineralization has been traced down over 350 metres vertically a...Read More
The Peter Schiff Show Podcast - Episode 449RATE AND REVIEW this podcast on Facebook.https://www.facebook.com/PeterSchiff/...Market Keeps Rallying on Regurgitated News - The Dow Jones started off the final day of the week with a pretty strong rally; we were up a little better than 200 points earlier in the day. Then we got some weaker than expected economic data which I will get to a bit later, a...Read More
Eric Sprott discusses the current pullback in precious metal prices and looks ahead to what will be an eventful month of March.Read More
Economist Harry Dent gives an update on the "Dark Window" scenario he's been talking about and exactly why investors have been presented with one last huge opportunity that we won't see again for a long time. More details on Harry's latest research into these opportunities here: https://bit.ly/2RYxCxmRead More
One of the most prominent companies of the current bull market bubble, Economist Harry Dent takes a look at Amazon, why they represent one of the biggest problems with this bubble, and why you should watch the e-commerce giant so closely...Harry still sees great opportunities in the stock market, but for only a limited window of time he talks about here: https://bit.ly/2RYxCxmRead More