KHARTOUM - Sudan will allow local private sector firms to export gold, Prime Minister Moataz Moussa said on Monday, relaxing the central bank's grip over exports of the metal as the government tries to shore up the country's struggling economy.The measure is part of efforts to stem smuggling of gold, one of the country's main sources of foreign currency."With the blessings of the president of the...Read More

Assays from holes drilled into the southwestern part of the Marathon deposit intersected intervals of high-grade gold over wide intervals at open-pit depths, Marathon Gold Corp. (TSX: MOZ) reports.Highlights include 17.39 grams gold over 5 metres from 213 metres downhole including 1.9 metres of 42.76 grams gold in drill hole MA-18-343, and 19.63 grams gold over 2.3 metres from 67 metres downhole,...Read More

Assays from holes drilled into the southwestern part of the Marathon deposit intersected intervals of high-grade gold over wide intervals at open-pit depths, Marathon Gold Corp. (TSX: MOZ) reports.Highlights include 17.39 grams gold over 5 metres from 213 metres downhole including 1.9 metres of 42.76 grams gold in drill hole MA-18-343, and 19.63 grams gold over 2.3 metres from 67 metres downhole,...Read More

Updated - Bear market forces are building according market historian Bob Hoye from ChartsandMarkets.com. In his latest interview with Jim Goddard, Hoye points out that the world stocks outside of the US hit their highs in January, the month after the bitcoin bubble blew out. Those peaks foreshadowed the setup for a potential bear market in stocks.Click to listen to Bob Hoye's November 30th broadc...Read More

The VIX is heading toward its lowest close in almost four weeksThe stock market is starting December off strong, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) up 441 points at its intraday peak. The Dow has since pared these gains, but is still enjoying a triple-digit lead thanks to a trade truce between the U.S. and China. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are boasting large gains...Read More

Macau's increased gambling revenue is also bolstering WYNNShares of Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) are up 9.3% this morning, to trade at $119.89, on news of the G-20 summit's temporary U.S.-China trade truce, as well as the recent spike in gambling revenue in the Chinese territory of Macau, where several of the company's operations are located. Specifically, Macau revenue jumped 8.5% in Nov...Read More

From riding high on cobalt's boom, Glencore Plc traders are feeling the heat as falling prices and reneged contracts put a dent in profit.The world's largest commodities merchant on Monday downgraded its full-year earnings target for the trading division to $2.6 billion to $2.8 billion, down from an earlier estimate of $2.7 billion to $3.2 billion.Some cobalt buyers in China reneged on contracts a...Read More

Glencore Plc is updating investors Monday as the world's biggest commodities trader nears the end of a tough year. The company's faced challenges spanning the Democratic Republic of Congo to Russia and a U.S. Department of Justice probe that have weighed on its shares. There comes a time where the younger generation needs to take over - Ivan Glasenburg.Here are the latest developments, to be upda...Read More

BEIJING - Premiums for imports of copper into China, the world's biggest copper consumer, sank to an 18-month low on Monday in a sign that demand for physical metal is waning after a buying spree.The premiums, paid on top of benchmark three-month London Metal Exchange (LME) prices, fell 10.7 percent from Friday's levels to $62.50 a tonne, the lowest since June 2017. China imposing a 25% tariff on...Read More

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc (ISS) has advised shareholders to vote for Detour Gold Corp's refreshed board of directors at an upcoming special shareholders' meeting, stopping short of more aggressive changes demanded by activist investor Paulson & Co, the company said on Monday.Detour's existing management has been resisting Paulson's call for a complete overall of the board and immediat...Read More

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc (ISS) has advised shareholders to vote for Detour Gold Corp's refreshed board of directors at an upcoming special shareholders' meeting, stopping short of more aggressive changes demanded by activist investor Paulson & Co, the company said on Monday.Detour's existing management has been resisting Paulson's call for a complete overall of the board and immediat...Read More

RBC said the cease-fire 'lifts one major near-term overhang' for one stockThe temporary trade truce between the U.S. and China has lifted several stocks today, and garnered bullish analyst attention for the likes of Caterpillar (CAT), Roku (ROKU), and more. In fact, construction issue Masco Corp (NYSE:MAS) and semiconductor concern Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) have received upbeat attentio...Read More

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KINSHASA - Democratic Republic of Congo has declared cobalt a "strategic" substance, a government decree showed on Monday, nearly tripling the royalty rate miners will pay on the key component in electric batteries to 10 percent.Prime Minister Bruno Tshibala signed the decree, which is dated Nov. 24, despite fierce opposition from leading investors including Glencore and China Molybdenum, who have...Read More

LONDON - Is it a ceasefire, a truce or the opening to a lasting peace deal?The jury is very much out on exactly what Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed during their talks at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires. But for industrial metals it's enough.The London Metal Exchange (LME) suite of base metals is today enjoying a relief rally after weeks of bludgeoning from bearish funds.Speculators h...Read More

"Deutsche Bank (DB) poses as what is called a 'National Champion' bank and the largest bank by far in Germany, but it's actually the largest criminal enterprise in Germany. This is quite a statement because VW is such a massive fraud...Read full newsRead More

Shares in Canada's Nautilus Minerals (TSX:NUS), one of the world's first seafloor miners, climbed more than 10% on Monday as the company disclosed is negotiating the terms of an agreement with arm's length third parties that would involve the creation of a joint venture company.The purpose of the new firm, Nautilus said, would be to fund the acquisition of the Production Support Vessel (PSV) that...Read More

Shares in Canada's Nautilus Minerals (TSX:NUS), one of the world's first seafloor miners, climbed more than 10% on Monday as the company disclosed is negotiating the terms of an agreement with arm's length third parties that would involve the creation of a joint venture company.The purpose of the new firm, Nautilus said, would be to fund the acquisition of the Production Support Vessel (PSV) that...Read More

Shares in Canada's Nautilus Minerals (TSX:NUS), one of the world's first seafloor miners, climbed more than 10% on Monday as the company disclosed is negotiating the terms of an agreement with arm's length third parties that would involve the creation of a joint venture company.The purpose of the new firm, Nautilus said, would be to fund the acquisition of the Production Support Vessel (PSV) that...Read More

Mr. Jeff Chisholm reportsPAN ORIENT ENERGY CORP. L53-DD2 OIL APPRAISAL - 658 BOPD Pan Orient Energy Corp.'s L53-DD2 appraisal well is on a 90-day production test and currently producing at a steady state of approximately 659 barrels per day (b/d) of 23.9-degree API oil with a basic sediment and water (BS&W) of 1.47 per cent from the "EE sand" through 6.4 metres of perforations between the dept...Read More