RAPAPORT... The Botswana government has refuted a report that the country might scale back its sales partnership with De Beers.The local Sunday Standard claimed Botswana was expected to offer most of its large stones through parastatal Okavango Diamond Company to a partnership between Lucara Diamond Corp. and Belgian manufacturer HB Antwerp.President Mokgweetsi Masisi "publicly and forcefully...Read More
Just as I predicted, the Fed raised the fed funds target rate (also called the policy rate) today by 0.75%.The new target rate is a range of 3.75-4.00%, the highest since 2008. This is the sixth rate hike this year and the fourth consecutive 0.75% rate hike.That's the steepest, fastest series of Fed rate hikes since the Paul Volcker days in the early 1980s.Today's hike demonstrates that the Fed is...Read More
The federal government has been getting tough with some Chinese companies, forcing some foreign owners of Canadian critical mineral projects to divest their holdings in the name of national security. On a Wednesday list of forced divestitures were Sinomine Rare Metals Resources's holdings in Vancouver-based Power Metals (CVE: PWM); Chengze Lithium International's investment in Calgary-based Lithi...Read More
Canada's top potash producer Nutrien (TSX: NTR) has guided for lower full-year headline profit as September-quarter sales volumes and prices slid lower than expected.The Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-based crop nutrient producer, distributor and retailer now guides for adjusted earnings per share of US$13.25 to US$14.50, below average analyst forecasts calling for US$14.45, and down from its prior Aug....Read More
Arizona Sonoran Copper's (TSX: ASCU) ongoing 32,000-metre infill drill program at its Parks-Salyer (P/S) porphyry copper deposit has delivered an intercept of 217.7 metres grading 1.01% copper.The robust intersection comes from an additional three drill holes drilled at P/S, following the initial Inferred resource in September of 143.6 million tonnes grading 1% copper for 2.92 million lb. of conta...Read More
The latest assay results from New Found Gold (TSX-V: NFG; NYSE-A: NFGC) show near-surface, high-grade mineralization at its Lotto zone in northeast Newfoundland.The drilling shows that Lotto North is in fact a new, shallow and brittle fault zone north of Lotto proper, which hosts high-grade, epizonal-style gold mineralization in a north-south striking open-ended structure.Highlights from recent dr...Read More
Critical Elements Lithium (TSXV: CRE; US-OTC: CRECF) has received a certificate of authorization (CA) under Quebec's Environment Quality Act for its Rose lithium-tantalum project located in the province's James Bay region. The CA was issued by the Quebec Minister of the Environment, the Fight against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parcs.The CA is an important milestone that would allow Critical Elem...Read More
Maverix Metals (TSX: MMX; NYSE-AM: MMX) says it's on track to meet its revised 2022 guidance of 28,000 to 31,000 attributable gold-equivalent ounces and unveiled a new royalty deal on the Sleeping Giant mine in Quebec's Abitibi region.The company acquired a 2% net smelter return royalty (NSR) on all metallic and non-metallic minerals recovered from the Geant Dormant and Dormex claims of the Sleepi...Read More
The Kimberley Process (KP), an international scheme that certifies rough diamond exports, is expected to decide this week whether Russian diamonds should be declared conflict gems.Members of the KP are meeting in Gaborone, Botswana, until Friday and one of the main topics in the agenda is to discuss whether Russian diamonds are funding the war in Ukraine.The debate would be around whether to broa...Read More
Vale (NYSE: VALE) has signed three memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to jointly study the feasibility of developing industrial complexes or 'mega hubs' in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the Sultanate of Oman.The hubs will produce hot briquetted iron (HBI) and steel products, Vale says, noting that "the production of HBI using natural gas emits around 60% less CO2 [car...Read More
Canada's B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) and South Africa's AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU; ASX: AGG) have decided to put their US$925-million Gramalote gold project in Colombia up for sale before year-end.After completing a comprehensive review of the alternatives for the gold project in the northwestern department of Antioquia, the joint venture (JV) partners determined it would be in the best inte...Read More
Daily Reckoning, Released on 11/2/22Every single time the Fed raised interest rates this quickly in the past, a crisis occurred in either Continue... Rickards: Look Out Below! added by Herman James on 11/04/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
The Felder Report, Released on 11/2/22Despite all the worries over the possibility of a recession in the quarters ahead, theContinue... Jesse Felder: Equity Investors Are Betting Heavily On A 'Soft Landing' For The Economy added by Herman James on 11/04/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
Chartwell Capital Limited Hong Kong, Released on 11/2/22The recent market rout due to rising interest rates, high inflation, and geopolitical tensions is worrying investors that the global economy is collapsing, and stagflation is returning. Is this a 1970s market d?(C)j? vu all over again? From the few fund managers who had navigated through the 70s, we can think of no better expert than Jim Rog...Read More
Kurt Nimmo on Geopolitics, Released on 11/2/22We are now perilously close to descending into a nuclear abyss.If this editorial by Continue... Former CIA Boss Petraeus Demands US Forces Enter the Fight in Ukraine added by Herman James on 11/06/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
From 2003-2011, the price of gold increased from about $400 an ounce to over $1,900. And by the summer of 2011, the market was going crazy with expectations.There were predictions of $10,000 an ounce... $50,000 an ounce... even $100,000 an ounce. And people were talking about gold everywhere. If you think back, I bet you'll remember all those "cash for gold" advertisements that ran back in 2011.Bu...Read More
Unreported Truths, Released on 11/2/22How bad is the rise in mortality?So bad funeral companies are starting to worry.Today Service Corporation International, the largest for-profit funeral Continue... The Funeral Business Is Booming (And Not Because Of COVID) added by Herman James on 11/08/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
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Novo Resources's Executive Co-Chairman & Acting CEO, Mike Spreadborough, and GM of Exploration, Kas De Luca, share ...Read More