MADRID (Reuters) - Spain on Tuesday raised its growth forecast for this year to 2.7 percent of economic output from 2.3 percent previously.The economy ministry said the new forecast were the result of political uncertainty easing in Catalonia after the state assumed direct control of the restive region and as the world and European economies are seen expanding more than initially thought in 2018.T...Read More
Afterhaving a great four-day run from the bottom, gold is now starting to fail fromthe top end of the range. Last week gold had one of its best weeks of the year,covering from the lows to the highs, similar to the pattern it had the week ofFeb. 12.TheFeb. 12 rally failed at resistance, and this rally looks like it will fail aswell. The market footprints indicate consolidation and with gold down $7...Read More
After having a great four-day run from the bottom, gold is now starting to fail from the top end of the range. Last week gold had one of its best weeks of the year, covering from the lows to the highs, similar to the pattern it had the week of Feb. 12.The Feb. 12 rally failed at resistance, and this rally looks like it will fail as well. The market footprints indicate consolidation and with gold d...Read More
Mr. Darin Wagner reportsBALMORAL RELEASES INITIAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE FOR MARTINIERE GOLD SYSTEM, DETOUR GOLD TREND PROJECT, QUEBEC Balmoral Resources Ltd. has provided the initial resource estimate for the near-surface portion of the Martiniere gold system on the company's wholly owned Martiniere property in Quebec.The initial resource estimate confirms the continuity of the gold mineralization wit...Read More
Mr. Darin Wagner reportsBALMORAL RELEASES INITIAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE FOR MARTINIERE GOLD SYSTEM, DETOUR GOLD TREND PROJECT, QUEBEC Balmoral Resources Ltd. has provided the initial resource estimate for the near-surface portion of the Martiniere gold system on the company's wholly owned Martiniere property in Quebec.The initial resource estimate confirms the continuity of the gold mineralization wit...Read More
Mining giant Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO) has agreed to sell its Kestrel coal mine in Australia to private equity manager EMR Capital and Indonesian coal company Adaro Energy, in a deal worth $2.25 billion.The transaction makes of Rio Tinto the first major miner to exit the coal industry, and comes only a week after it announced the $1.7 billion-sale of its Hail Creek Mine, also in Australia, to Glen...Read More
Mr. Nav Dhaliwal reportsBONTERRA ANNOUNCES VICE PRESIDENT OPERATIONS AND PROVIDES UPDATE ON WINTER DRILL PROGRAM AND METALLURGICAL STUDIES Bonterra Resources Inc. has appointed Peter A. Ball as vice-president of operations and is providing an update of the continuing winter drill program and metallurgical studies."I am pleased to have Peter formally join the Bonterra team, as he has been a board...Read More
Mr. Nav Dhaliwal reportsBONTERRA ANNOUNCES VICE PRESIDENT OPERATIONS AND PROVIDES UPDATE ON WINTER DRILL PROGRAM AND METALLURGICAL STUDIES Bonterra Resources Inc. has appointed Peter A. Ball as vice-president of operations and is providing an update of the continuing winter drill program and metallurgical studies."I am pleased to have Peter formally join the Bonterra team, as he has been a board...Read More
Vancouver, BC - Select Sands Corp. (TSX-V:SNS | OTCQX: SLSDF) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it will be releasing its fourth quarter and full 2017 year end results on Wednesday April 11, 2018 before market open. A conference call to discuss these results will be held on the same day at 8:45 AM EST (5:45 AM PST).Zig Vitols, President and CEO of Select Sands states, "We have m...Read More
Canada's Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC) has obtained shareholder approval for its planned acquisition of Australian junior Altona Mining (ASX:AOH) in a deal worth A$93 million, or about $71m at today's rates.Under the agreement, each Altona share will be exchanged for 0.0974 Copper Mountain shares, which equates to a 41.7% premium based on closing prices at the time of both companies first...Read More
Canada's Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC) has obtained shareholder approval for its planned acquisition of Australian junior Altona Mining (ASX:AOH) in a deal worth A$93 million, or about $71m at today's rates.Under the agreement, each Altona share will be exchanged for 0.0974 Copper Mountain shares, which equates to a 41.7% premium based on closing prices at the time of both companies first...Read More
Canada's Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC) has obtained shareholder approval for its planned acquisition of Australian junior Altona Mining (ASX:AOH) in a deal worth A$93 million, or about $71m at today's rates.Under the agreement, each Altona share will be exchanged for 0.0974 Copper Mountain shares, which equates to a 41.7% premium based on closing prices at the time of both companies first...Read More
So called criminal 'coin miners' are taking control of our computers, mobiles and 'Internet-of-Things' devices to turn them into crypto-mining slavesRead full newsRead More
Emergent Technology Holdings is hoping to digitally encode the gold supply chain using blockchain tech in the first half of this year. This isn't the only attempt at tracking gold on a blockchain, but the company said its approach is "fundamentally different" from what others have adopted so far in part because of its focus on "responsibly sourced gold." Olivia PohPublished 21 Hours AgoUpdated...Read More
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Newcrest Mining, Australia's largest independent gold miner, said on Tuesday it will recommence mining operations at its flagship mine which was closed following damages to a tailings dam wall.Read full newsRead More
(c) 2018, Bloomberg. It's one of the more unusual deals in the art world: After more than a decade, an Alberta businessman has finally found a buyer for his prized collection of gold castings of...Read full newsRead More
GIG HARBOR, Wash., March 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- LKA Gold Incorporated (OTCQB: LKAI) reports that certain of the Company's largest shareholders and insiders have agreed to convert their 7.5% convertible debentures, plus accrued interest, to LKA common stock at a price of $.20 per share. When originally issued, the debentures carried a conversion price of $.50 per share. All LKA debenture hol...Read More
Vedanta, the London-listed natural resources company controlled by one of India's richest men, said Tuesday it was shutting its copper smelting operations in the south of the country, for a 15-day planned maintenance.The halt, originally scheduled for April, comes amid local media reports of massive protests around the smelter and even in front of the home of Vedanta's chief executive Anil Agarwal...Read More
Vedanta, the London-listed natural resources company controlled by one of India's richest men, said Tuesday it was shutting its copper smelting operations in the south of the country, for a 15-day planned maintenance.The halt, originally scheduled for April, comes amid local media reports of massive protests around the smelter and even in front of the home of Vedanta's chief executive Anil Agarwal...Read More