(IDEX Online) - Gitanjali Gems, the company established by Mehul Choksi, the fugitive diamantaire, has been named India's biggest willful defaulter, with unpaid loans of Rs 7,848 crore ($947m). The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has announced a Top 50 of "can pay, won't pay" borrowers.Gitanjali once had 4,000 points of sale, and more than a 50 per cent share of India's overa...Read More
4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingCypress Development advances Nevada lithium project towards productionSPONSOREDcypress development corpProduction during the company's third quarter of this year, which runs to the end of November 2022, was impacted by a planned 5-week pr...Read More
"The government of Canada has determined the significant adverse environmental effects of the proposed Sukunka coal mine…could not be mitigated.Read More
4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingCypress Development advances Nevada lithium project towards productionSPONSOREDcypress development corpWith hundreds, perhaps thousands, of indicators tracking aspects of mining industry investment attractiveness, confusion comes easily.Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 20 points in pre-opening trade.Index futures moved lower following release of the updated U.S. third quarter annualized GDP growth report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was unchanged at 2.9%. Actual was growth at a 3.2% rate.Micron dropped $0.93 to $50.26 after reporting lower than consensus fiscal first quarter results. T...Read More
"Securing project finance is a very significant milestone for the Company, and we believe this agreement maximises risk-adjusted value per share for existing shareholders," Foran's executive chairmanRead More
Premium Nickel Resources (TSXV: PNRL) says drill results at its Selebi nickel-copper-cobalt project in Botswana advance the concept that two past-producing deposits there are connected at depth. The Toronto-based company acquired the project, 400 km north of the capital of Gaborone, in January and is aiming to find links between the Selebi north and south deposits, which are separat...Read More
The past few days have seen a flurry of activity in the lithium space, with four Canadian and Australian firms announcing acquisitions and earn ins.Li3 Lithium (TSXV: LILI) announced Wednesday that its 50%-owned Li3 Resources has earned a 50% interest in the Mutare lithium project in eastern Zimbabwe through its US$250,000 funding of initial exploration at the site.Li3 Resources has until Dec. 31...Read More
Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS; US-OTC: SLSSF) has signed an investment contract with the government of Ecuador on its 100%-owned Warintza copper-gold project, which president and CEO Daniel Earle says "provides a foundation of certainty" and represents a "major milestone" for the company.The investment contract ratifies the Investment Protection Agreement announced in June and "significantly" de-ris...Read More
Nuton, a Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO; LSE: RIO; NASDAQ: RIO) venture that has developed innovative copper sulphide leach technologies, is taking a 16.5% stake in Regulus Resources (TSXV: REG; US-OTC: RGLSF) for US$15 million.Nuton's technologies have the potential to process arsenic-bearing copper sulphides with a lower carbon footprint and less impact on water resources than traditional concentrator proc...Read More
Canada has rejected Glencore's (LSE: GLEN) proposed open-pit Sukunka coal mine project near Tumbler Ridge in British Columbia on environmental grounds.The coal mine, 55 km south of Chetwynd and 40 km west of Tumbler Ridge, would have produced three million tonnes of hard coking coal per year.The metallurgical coal mine would have had a mine life of up to 20 years, and a coal handling and processin...Read More
Argosy Minerals (ASX: AU) has produced battery quality lithium carbonate at its Rincon lithium project in Argentina's Salta province.The 99.76% lithium carbonate was produced as part of the commissioning phase of the 2,000 tonne per year lithium operation and the company says it plans to finish the ramp-up phase and achieve steady-state production by the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2023.Au...Read More
Fury Gold Mines (TSX: FURY, NYSE-AM: FURY) says drill results from its Percival prospect may expand the resources at its Eau Claire project near James Bay in Quebec.The Vancouver-based company drilled five step-out holes on the westerly down plunge of its "considerably under-explored" Percival target, where high-grade mineralization has been defined in a 500 metre by 100 metre surface footprint to...Read More
Australia-based Vital Metals (ASX: VML; US-OTCQB: VTMXF) says it is pivoting from completing the rare earths separation plant in Saskatoon to better align with its Norwegian offtake partner while the cost of the processing facility has doubled.The cost of the Saskatoon plant has been estimated at "over $20 million" as recently as Vital's Sept. 20 press release. It now says the amount spent to date...Read More
Dec 22, 2022 Join Regulus Resources' CEO & Director, John Black, for a corporate update. Regulus Resources Inc. (TSX.V: REG ...Read More
SF Live, Released on 12/22/22Legendary mining investor Rick Rule joins us for a recap of 2022. We discuss the FTX collapse, lessons for dumb money, and opportunities in mining. We discuss Oil & Gas (briefly), disappointments in the silver industry, and tier 1 copper deposits. Rick Rule, founder and chairman of Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd., began his career in the securities business in...Read More
Kitco News, Released on 12/22/22Peter Schiff, Chief Market Strategist of Euro Pacific Asset Management, discusses the 2023 outlook for inflation, stocks, and gold with David Lin, Anchor for Kitco News. 0:00 - Leading Economic Indicators2:10 - Recession in 20234:40 - U.S. dollar8:06 - Inflation in 202215:55 - Inflation outlook17:47 - How to fix inflation24:16 - Inflationary depression27:45 - Stocks...Read More
Wall Street Silver, Released on 12/22/22Technical analyst Gareth Soloway joins the show to discuss the latest breakouts on the Silver and Gold markets and what we could expect for the first quarter of 2023. Furthermore, we talk bout the unenviable Fed's pivot, and the similarities between the S&P500 recent crash and the Great Stock Market crash of 1929.Gareth Soloway is a professional trader with...Read More
Wealthion, Released on 12/22/22Stephanie Pomboy returns to Wealthion to interview highly-respected economist David Rosenberg about his macro & market outlook for 2023. Without revealing too many spoilers, David sees a painful recession and new bear market bottom ahead for the coming year.Part 1 (part 2 below)Here in Part 2 of of interview with economist David Rosenberg, guest host Stephanie Pomboy...Read More
The Julia La Roche Show, Released on 12/22/22In this episode, Bianco makes the case that we've entered a different market era from 2009 to 2021 and why he doesn't expect the Fed to cut rates or pivot anytime soon. He also breakdowns this paradox where for the first time, most Wall Street strategists expect a decline in the stock market in 2023, which wasn't the case during the Great Recession or a...Read More