Roger March, VP of Exploration at Foran Mining, takes us through what VMS deposits are, how they are formed, and why they are ...Read More
PRESCOTT, Ariz.- The Prescott National Forest today withdrew its decision to proceed with a controversial mine, the River Bend Placer Mine project, on the Hassayampa River. The withdrawal comes after the Center for Biological Diversity delivered a forceful objection to the project's impacts on the globally imperiled Phillip's agave (Agave phillipsiana), a rare plant domesticated by Native American...Read More
Gary Tanashian, NFTRHGold stocks have led the market for a year, and with economic deceleration and Fed policy response that leadership looks to continue [edit: today's 'in the bag' bounce-back Jobs report does little to alter the economic deceleration theme]We have been on a bullish gold mining view for over a year now. Over that time there have been three interruptions, the downward-biased c...Read More
Marin KatusaFor the first time since November 9th 2011, front month gold futures traded hands above $1,800 per ounce. It's now knocking on the door of a major technical resistance level.Naturally, this has every goldbug and self-proclaimed expert on YouTube shouting from the rooftops.Before we jump into what is going on in the current gold markets, lets first take a look at past gold bull marke...Read More
Gold, silver, and their miners' stocks suffer their weakest seasonals of the year in early summers. With traders' attention normally diverted to vacations and summer fun, interest in and demand for precious metals usually wane. Without outsized investment demand, gold tends to drift sideways dragging silver and miners' stocks with it. Feared as the summer doldrums, sometimes unusual cata...Read More
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Gary Tanashian, NFTRHGold stocks have led the market for a year, and with economic deceleration and Fed policy response that leadership looks to continue [edit: today's 'in the bag' bounce-back Jobs report does little to alter the economic deceleration theme]We have been on a bullish gold mining view for over a year now. Over that time there have been three interruptions, the downward-biased c...Read More
Marin KatusaFor the first time since November 9th 2011, front month gold futures traded hands above $1,800 per ounce. It's now knocking on the door of a major technical resistance level.Naturally, this has every goldbug and self-proclaimed expert on YouTube shouting from the rooftops.Before we jump into what is going on in the current gold markets, lets first take a look at past gold bull marke...Read More
Gold, silver, and their miners' stocks suffer their weakest seasonals of the year in early summers. With traders' attention normally diverted to vacations and summer fun, interest in and demand for precious metals usually wane. Without outsized investment demand, gold tends to drift sideways dragging silver and miners' stocks with it. Feared as the summer doldrums, sometimes unusual cata...Read More
Income investors who rely on stable and steady dividends in retirement haven’t had much to cheer about recently. Dividends stocks have been highly volatile, and investors are rightfully nervous. However, there is some good news. For the first time since the pandemic began, dividends are stabilizing. This means that we are seeing fewer dividend cuts and more dividend raises. In fact, Jun...Read More
Dhanbad mine complex in the eastern Jharkhand state. (Image by Nitin Kirloskar, Flickr). India's Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi said that just a few days into the auction process of coal blocks to commercial mining operators, 1,140 parties have shown interest in taking part in this new chapter in the country's mining history.In mid-June 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi India announced that his adm...Read More
Tenguel river after the tailings dam breach. (Screenshot from video by Diario El Mercurio). The Ecuadorian Ministry of Energy and Nonrenewable Natural Resources informed that a small tailings dam breached in the southern Azuay province, releasing about 50 tonnes of pollutants into the Tenguel river.The accident was caused by the collapse of a retaining wall at the Armijos tailings station, locate...Read More
Diver Christophe Le Maillot documents the rock-crowding activity at La Mina. (Image by Sam Meacham, courtesy of CINDAQ). Archaeologists and cave divers found in Mexico what they believe is the oldest known mine in the American continent.In a paper published in the journal Science Advances, the explorers explain that a flooded cave in the southeastern state of Quintana Roo hosts irrefutable eviden...Read More