The Daily Gold, Released on 4/20/22In this video we show two breadth indicators that highlight gold stocks being overbought but nowhere near a top. Both indicators show two things: why overbought early in an initial bull move is a good omen and secondly, why gold stocks are nowhere near a significant top.Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT is a Chartered Market Technician and member of the Market Technicians As...Read More
Despite increased war tensions, goldfailed to break above $2,000. What’s worse, rising USDX and interest rates arealready lurking on the horizon.The precious metals just performedexactly as they were likely to. Despite the increase in war tensions, PMs andminers reversed instead of rallying, which indicated that the rally hasprobably run its course. Since the tensions can now (most likely) e...Read More
The only place to get the metal is from the exchanges. But supply is running out, and the market is...by Rafi Farber via Arcadia EconomicsBelieve it or not, most silver is a byproduct of base metal mines like zinc.Yet right now, zinc smelters are shutting down because energy prices are too high, so the only place to get zinc is from the exchanges. But supply is running out, and the market is getti...Read More
The silver market is in stress...by Harvey Organ of Harvey Organ BlogTYPICAL TUESDAY RAID//GOLD DOWN $26.05 TO $1956.95//SILVER DOWN 62 CENTS TO $25.29//BOTH PALLADIUM AND PLATINUM ALSO FELL//GOLD STANDING FOR APRIL AT THE GOLD COMEX ROSE BY 4700 OZ AND THUS NEW STANDING 81.953 TONNES//SILVER STANDING REMAINS PAT AT 6.3 MILLION OZ//EU BANS ALL OIL SHIPPMENTS FROM RUSSIA//YEN COLLAPSES//SOUTH AFRIC...Read More
Cascabel would produce an average of 132,000 tonnes per year of copper, 358,000 ounces a year of gold and 1Moz/y of silver, or 212,000tpy copper equivalent for an initial 26 years in a cleanRead More
Hole 58, which is outside the current resource shell and ended in mineralisation, also intercepted 6m grading 398 grams per tonne silver in the silver zone.Read More
Historic assays build hype for Alicanto at SalaSPONSOREDalicanto mineralsMakuutu magnetises support for Ionic Rare EarthsSPONSOREDionic rare earthsFortuna backs West Africa for growthSPONSOREDfortuna silver minesWest Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDBig River's undeveloped Borborema project has 2.43 million ounces in resources, meaning the transaction equates to about $38/oz.The 36c per shar...Read More
Gold production at the Sukari mine was down 11% year on year in the first quarter, at 93,109 ounces. Revenue was down 8% to US$174.Read More
News: Diamond market quiet over Passover and Easter holidays. Steady US demand for 1 to 1.50 ct. sizes supporting the trade, but dealer prices continue to soften. US retail solid; jewelers expecting strong summer wedding season. Dealers cautious due to Russia crisis and China Covid-19 lockdown. Rough trading slow. Uncertainty surrounds upcoming Alrosa sale (April 26 to 29). Long gap until next De...Read More
Petropavlovsk has been asked to immediately repay a US$201.0 million loan by Gazprombank, with another US$$87.1 million demanded by April 26.Read More
RAPAPORT... Petra Diamonds' revenue rose in the third fiscal quarter amid the sale of high-value stones and continued strong prices for rough.Sales climbed 33% year on year to $140.6 million for the three months ending March 31, the company said Wednesday. At Petra's March tender, prices increased 38% on a like-for-like basis compared with the previous sale in December. The hike outweighed a 31% d...Read More
(IDEX Online) - De Beers today signed diamond-mining agreements with the government of Angola, signaling its return to the country after more than two decades. Both sides appear to be patching up a "difficult" relationship, after Angola halted all diamond contracts in 2000 and granted a monopoly to Sodiam, the newly-created, state-run company.De Beers went on to file arbitration proceedi...Read More
RAPAPORT... Production at the Diavik diamond mine in Canada slipped in the first quarter amid "significant" impacts from the coronavirus pandemic, owner Rio Tinto reported Wednesday.Output fell 2% year on year to 991,000 carats for the three months ending March 31. Production was 14% lower than the previous quarter. During the period, the availability of ore was lower than the year before as...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The Kimberley Process faces criticism for failing to act on Russian diamonds, in a hard-hitting report by a Belgium-based independent research institute."Following several failed reform attempts, the Kimberley Process still looks at conflict through a 20-year-old lens," says Hans Merket, (pictured) researcher for the International Peace Information Service (IPIS) in a report entitl...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Australia's diamond industry is to be revived with the launch of Burgundy branded gems, with price tags of up to US$7.5m.It hasn't produced diamonds since the closure of the iconic Argyle mine, in November 2020, but Ellendale, famous for its yellow gems, is due to resume operations by the end of the year.Perth-based Burgundy, which now owns the deposit, will mine, polish...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A New York jeweler has been charged with laundering money for violent gang members.Stanislav "Steve" Yakubov, allegedly acted as a fence for armed attackers who stole watches and jewelry worth $2m in a series of assaults on jewelers near their homes in New York and New Jersey.He was arrested last month and has since been indicted in Manhattan Federal Court on allegations that he bo...Read More
The Q1 production fell 38% year-on-year to 15.9Mlb CuEq, which Sierra blamed mainly on a 50% decrease in throughput at Bolivar mine in Mexico, in conjunction with lower-grade ore. "An improvement is expected on a quarterly basis, in particular during the second half of the year, due to the full turn-around effort currently underway," Sierra's CEO Luis Marchese said. He said that the turn...Read More
Historic assays build hype for Alicanto at SalaSPONSOREDalicanto mineralsMakuutu magnetises support for Ionic Rare EarthsSPONSOREDionic rare earthsFortuna backs West Africa for growthSPONSOREDfortuna silver minesWest Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDVale's iron ore production stood at 63.93 million tonnes in Q1, having dropped 6% year-on-year and 23% quarter-on-quarter. Pellet productio...Read More
Historic assays build hype for Alicanto at SalaSPONSOREDalicanto mineralsMakuutu magnetises support for Ionic Rare EarthsSPONSOREDionic rare earthsFortuna backs West Africa for growthSPONSOREDfortuna silver minesWest Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDShipments were 71.5 million tonnes, well below consensus estimates of 76.6Mt and missing RBC Capital Market's more conservative forecast of 73.1...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 19 points in pre-opening trade.Investors are watching for news on U.S. interest rate trends in the Beige Book to be released at 2:00 PM EDTThe Canadian Dollar added 0.06 to U.S.79.82 cents following release of the March Canadian Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. On a year-over-year basis, consensus for March C...Read More