TORONTO — The Chilean government has ordered Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) to permanently close all surface facilities at its troubled Pascua-Lama project high in the Andes.The government had suspended the massive project that straddles the Chile-Argentina border in 2013 over concerns of environmental damage and water contamination during development.Barrick was fined the maximum US$16 millio...Read More

 CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1332.20+$5.90-0.43%Silver$17.02+$0.08-1.28%XAU87.97+0.46%-1.28%HUI196.93+0.20%-2.19%GDM662.24-0.01%-1.21%JSE Gold1297.69-11.87-2.53%USD90.67+0.15-0.31%Euro122.19-0.22+0.11%Yen90.42+0.26+0.43%Oil$63.37-$0.58-1.45%10-Year2.661%+0.041+4.43%Bond148.59375-0.84375-1.25%Dow26071.72+0.21%+1.04%Nasdaq7336.38+0.55%+1.04%S&P2810.30+0.44%+0.86%  The Metals: ...Read More

Mike Mozak's union was in the middle of labour negotiations with Teck Resources Ltd. last spring when the company announced a proposed $1.2-billion deal to sell its hydroelectric dam that powers the lead and zinc smelter where his members worked."It was a shock to all of us," said Mozak, president of United Steelworkers Local 9705, who questions how the sale could affect the smelter's future. Nest...Read More

Recently, Russian television network RT extensively quoted me in a series of articles about the US Government's gold reserves. The RT articles, published on the RT.com website, were based on a series of questions RT put to me about various aspects of the official US gold reserves. These gold reserves are held by the US Treasury, mostly in the custody of the US Mint. The US Mint is a branch of th...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1334.60+$2.40Silver$17.01-$0.01XAU88.31+0.38%HUI197.66+0.37%GDM663.51+0.15%JSE Gold1268.77-28.92USD90.39-0.28Euro122.60+0.41Yen90.10-0.32Oil$63.49+$0.1210-Year2.660%-0.001T-Bond148.75-0.25Dow26214.60+0.55%Nasdaq7408.03+0.98%S&P2832.97+0.81%  The Metals: Gold waffled between $1335.60 and $1328.60 in Asia before it climbed back up to $1335.50 in late morn...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1341.00+$6.40Silver$17.05+$0.04XAU89.91+1.81%HUI202.74+2.57%GDM673.84+1.55%JSE Gold1265.07-3.70USD90.12-0.27Euro122.98+0.38Yen90.79+0.69Oil$64.47+$0.9010-Year2.646%-0.014T-Bond149.3125+0.625Dow26210.81-0.01%Nasdaq7460.29+0.71%S&P2839.13+0.22%  The Metals: Gold gained $3.80 to $1338.40 in London before it dropped back to $1331.70 by midmorning in New Yor...Read More

MinRex Resources Limited (ASX: MRR) thismorning updated shareholders on the pre-acquisition due diligence that'scurrently underway on the Pacific Express project in NSW. MRR assessed the extent of scandiummineralisation at the project in more detail, especially the prospect ofdeveloping a potential standalone deposit at the Houston Mitchell prospect,following the discovery of legacy metallurgical...Read More

* Dollar lifted as euro slides on Italian political uncertainty* Dollar index near fresh 5-month high brushed overnight* Aussie, loonie, kiwi supported by ebb in risk aversionBy Shinichi SaoshiroTOKYO, May 17 (Reuters) - The dollar stood tall against a basket of currencies on Thursday, as the euro retreated to a five-month low on concerns the political developments in Italy could cause wider disru...Read More

Classic Minerals (ASX:CLZ) this morning announced that its recentRC drilling program has unearthed high grade gold at the Forrestania GoldProject (FGP) in Western Australia.The company drilled a total of 11 holes for 750m, including twoholes for 174m at new prospect Van Uden West, five holes for 366m at Lady Lila,and four holes for 210m at Kat Gap. The aim of the program was to uncover a newgold s...Read More

Castillo Copper Limited (ASX:CCZ)today announced that it has finished up its first round of drilling at theCangai Copper Mine in NSW and is shifting its focus onto the next campaign. Phase I of the drilling program,which comprised 18 holes along the line of lode targeting deeper sulphidemineralisation, has successfully concluded with assays confirming extensivemineralisation outside the JORC model...Read More

Bob Moriarty Archiveswritten May 18, 2018published May 21, 2018That title may sound a little cruel of me but when a company plucks a company out of bankruptcy court with a 424,000-oz gold resource for a nickel an ounce, what the hell am I supposed to call it? But it gets worse.Midway Gold had gold projects in Nevada and was going into production when a whole bunch of things went south at the same...Read More

LithiumAustralia NL (ASX:LIT) this morning reported that its subsidiary, the VerySmall Particle Company Ltd (VSPC), is making strong progress towardscommercialisation of its patented battery cathode materials productiontechnology.VSPC'sadvanced laboratory facilities are now operational and production of lithiumion battery (LIB) cathode materials has begun at bench scale. Preparation ofLIB coin cel...Read More

Archer Exploration Limited (ASX:AXE)has today announced that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with TheUniversity of Sydney for exclusive rights to develop and commercialiseintellectual property (IP) related to graphene-based quantum computingtechnology. AXE is working with theUniversity's office of Commercial Development and Industry Partnerships (CDIP). The patent rights are jointlyhel...Read More

LithiumAustralia NL (ASX:LIT) reports that it has identified lithium pegmatite swarmsat the Medcalf Lithium Project. Medcalfis located in the southeast part of the Lake Johnson Project in the highlylithium-prospective Yilgarn Block in WA - some 45 kilometres south-east ofLIT's existing Mt Day Lithium Prospect area. Thelithium pegmatites of the Yilgarn Block are attracting investment from some ofth...Read More

Drilling by Archer Exploration Limited (ASX:AXE) has confirmed 'particularly encouraging' copper and gold mineralisation at its Blue Hills Copper Project in South Australia.The recently completed Rotary Air Blast (RAB) geochemical drilling program at the project comprised 226 holes for 2,661m, providing a first pass test of previously identified soil geochemical anomalies. It intersected strong an...Read More

Investing.com - Gold inched higher on Friday, with prices tallying their first weekly gain in a month amid expectations the Federal Reserve will maintain a slower pace of interest rate hikes next year.Gold futures for February delivery tacked on 80 cents, or around 0.1%, to settle at $1,257.90 on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.For the week, the precious metal gained about 0...Read More

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks shot to new highs after Republican leaders said they’ll release the final version of the tax overhaul bill Friday evening. The dollar gained as investors assessed messages from the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank meetings this week.All major equity gauges spiked higher earlier in the session, after fence-sitting Senator Marco Rubio said he’d support...Read More

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. equities turned lower with the dollar as investors try to assess the tax overhaul package with leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives aiming to finalize compromise legislation and hold floor votes next week. The euro retreated with the European Central Bank remaining cautious about the prospects of reaching its inflation goals.The S&P 500 Index climbed at the op...Read More

(Bloomberg) -- Mark Schmehl flouts Warren Buffett, thinks valuation is overrated and says most other rules of investing are “total baloney.”The portfolio manager, who just completed Fidelity Investments’ most successful Canadian fund launch ever, eschews investing obsessions such as earnings, cash flow and price-earnings ratios and invests at the extremes of the market instead, i...Read More

* Graphic: World FX rates in 2017 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh* European shares dip* Dollar nurses losses after Fed decision* Pound slips after BoE keeps rates on hold* Euro steady after ECB keeps rates on hold* Stronger than expected German, euro zone PMIsBy Ritvik CarvalhoLONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - World shares eked out modest gains on Thursday as cautious comments on inflation from the U.S. Federal...Read More