Victoria Gold's (TSX: VGCX) Eagle gold mine in central Yukon reached the commercial production milestone on Canada Day. As of July 1, all of the facilities required for this stage of the mine life are now complete and, according to Victoria, the mining and processing operations are performing well."Site activities continue to progress well, and all facilities and operations are now at, or approach...Read More
As the United States pushes to dilute China's monopoly on rare earths and develop a domestic supply, Colorado-based Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR) is working towards being at the forefront of the race.Energy Fuels is the owner of the White Mesa mill in Utah, the only fully-licensed and operating conventional uranium mill in the United States. The facility is normally used to process radioactive ore and p...Read More
Victoria Gold Corp.'s Eagle Gold Mine Credit: Victoria Victoria Gold's Eagle gold mine reached the commercial production milestone on Canada Day. As of July 1, all of the facilities required for this stage of the mine life are now complete and, according to Victoria, the mining and processing operations are performing well."Site activities continue to progress well and all facilities and operati...Read More
An outcrop at the Juby gold project in Ontario. Credit: Temex Resources Colombia-focused Gran Colombia Gold has invested C$14 million in a private placement in its recent spinoff, Caldas Gold, to fund the acquisition of a project in Ontario's Abitibi greenstone belt.In a deal announced in May, Caldas Gold is acquiring the Juby project, 100 km southeast of Timmins, from South American Resources...Read More
Cerro Lindo zinc-copper-lead mine in Peru. (Image: Nexa Resources | Flickr.) Globally, mined zinc production will continue to ramp up over the coming years as elevated prices encourage miners to restart idled capacity and begin production at key new mines, according to Fitch Solutions' latest industry report. Global mined zinc production is poised for gains over the coming years, Fitch predicts....Read More
(Image courtesy of Vale) Vale (NYSE: VALE) is ready to resume dividend payments to investors and is just waiting for more certainty around the coronavirus pandemic before approving the move, Chief Financial Officer Luciano Siani Pires told investors on Friday.Speaking on a live conference promoted by XP Investimentos, Siani Pires said that the uncertainties depend on the behavior of China, the de...Read More
Image courtesy of Komet Resources Inc. Roscan Gold (TSXV: ROS) has completed its previously announced acquisition of the Dabia South project in Mali from fellow Canadian mining junior Komet Resources (TSXV: KMT).The Dabia South property comprises 35 square kms of mining concessions adjacent to Roscan's Kandiole project. Total consideration for the acquisition amounted to C$3.2 million in cash and...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesJul 3, 2020I fully approve of garimpeiro miners. Rarely can they read and write. They can live under conditions that the majority of us could never handle. They mine in a totally different way than do the junior resource companies in the space. They all make money. That’s right, 100% of garimpeiro miners make money regardless of what the price of the commodity is. They h...Read More
The maiden in-situ reserve estimate is 30.6Mt, using an 8.2% iron cut-off, which is higher than the 5.25% cut-off used previously, as the company has optimised its mine schedule.Read More
Gold is set to experience one of the greatest and most powerful bull markets in history.Forget the run-up in gold prices back in 2011. We called that a "bull market" back then. But what's coming will make the 2011 gold rally look minor in comparison.And forget the gold bull market of the 1970s. Although it's often hailed as the greatest bull market for gold ever, the 1970s gold bull market will be...Read More
Bob Moriarty of 321gold does the math on the two companies. WingdamOmineca Mining and Metals Ltd. (OMM:TSX.V; OMMSF:OTCMKTS) will be in production shortly at the Wingdam project on Lighting Creek in BC. They are being very quiet about it but it's happening. That's a big deal and why the shares have shot from $0.15 in the middle of May to a high of $0.70 on July 2, 2020. Tom MacNeill as President...Read More
Formulating a Trend ForecastIt is clear that Silver is NOT Gold, so NOT to make the mistake of looking at what Gold has done and thinking Silver will replicate that move, it rarely does! At best Silver tends to play catchup towards the end of precious metals bull trends.Silver is in a strong bull trend off the March low that is targeting resistance at $19 and then $20, beyond which lies $21. The b...Read More
Technical analyst Clive Maund charts his expectations for how silver prices will respond to movement in the stock market.Much of what is written in the parallel Gold Market update is equally applicable to silver and it will not be repeated here. Although silver has picked up significantly since its March low it has greatly underperformed gold over the past two years. But this is normal during the...Read More