Ely Gold Royalties' new royalty will be on 46 mining claims surrounding the Cot? gold project. In a news release, Ely Gold Royalties Inc. (ELY:TSX.V; ELYGF:OTCQX; I4U:FSE) announced it agreed to purchase a 1% net smelter returns royalty on 46 mining claims in Ontario from Sanatana Resources for total consideration of $3 million.The claims, also known as the Watershed property, are located in Onta...Read More
The Fed Vice Chair says that the Fed will not even think about hiking interest rates until the inflation reaches 2 percent. Meanwhile, the price of gold decreases further. What is exactly happening in the gold market?Over the last week, several Fed officials spoke publicly with the purpose of convincing investors that their new policy strategy would be positive for the economy. Powell himself test...Read More
The notion that silver is just an "Industrial Metal" was utterly destroyed today. The silver market is rapidly changing... by Steve St Angelo of SRSrocco ReportThe notion that silver is just an "Industrial Metal" was utterly destroyed today as both the copper and oil prices were crushed as silver surged higher. This is precisely what I was looking for as a positive sign showing that silver is...Read More
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Stitcher | RSSSure, the DOJ & JP Morgan say there was some spoofing, a few traders got convicted and some fines got paid, but there has been no wrong that has been corrected...Rob Kirby of Kirby Analytics interviewed by Paul "Half Dollar" Eberhart of Silver DoctorsRob Kirby of Kirby Analytics sat down with Paul "Ha...Read More
Trading quiet due to Chinese and Jewish holidays and Covid-19 uncertainty. Expectations low for Oct. 1 Golden Week Hong Kong retail sales. Global brands focusing on China and e-commerce as mainland luxury shoppers limit travel, impacting seasonal sales at Hong Kong, New York and London flagships. Government crackdown on diamond smugglers ensures level playing field for legitimate traders looking t...Read More
RAPAPORT... The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) has reshuffled its leadership team, with president Nishit Parikh retiring and six new members joining the board.Parikh, the CEO of Diarough, chose not to run again following two years in the position, the AWDC said Thursday. The Belgian organization will elect a new president from among its members.Meanwhile, the AWDC held "Covid-19-safe" el...Read More
(IDEX Online) - An exceptional 119-carat untreated royal blue Burmese sapphire is to be sold by Sotheby's.The auction house says it's the largest sapphire of its kind it has ever offered.The legendary Rockefeller Sapphire, which is half the size, sold for $3m in 2001. The 62.02 carat rectangular step cut stone was bought in 1934 by the billionaire John D. Rockefeller Jr from an Indian Ma...Read More
RAPAPORT... The Indian government has permitted rough-diamond importers to correct errors on Kimberley Process (KP) certificates, removing an obstacle that had been preventing the clearance of goods.The country's Directorate General of Foreign Trade has empowered the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) to approve fixes to technical or typographical mistakes. The new rule appl...Read More
RAPAPORT... China has arrested 121 people suspected of bringing CNY 3.88 billion (around $570 million) in diamonds into the country through illegal channels since 2015, according to a state-owned newspaper.Officials seized more than 2,520 diamonds, more than 4,000 broken diamonds, and 158 pieces of diamond jewelry during the raid in early September, China Daily reported last week. Authorities...Read More
RAPAPORT... Mountain Province shareholders have approved a refinancing deal that will allow one of its major investors to buy out its current credit facility.Dunebridge Worldwide, which is controlled by Dermot Desmond, who owns just over 32% of Mountain Province's stock, will take ownership of the $25 million secured loan held by the miner's existing lenders, Mountain Province said Wednesday. Dune...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Diamond factories will remain open in Surat, India, over the Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, to fulfil export orders.Manufacturers in the world's cutting and polishing capital say they can't afford to turn away business and take the traditional two-to-four-week break.An estimated 650,000 artisans will carry on working over the festive period (Diwali is 14 November th...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Jewelry sales in Hong Kong continue to suffer from the pandemic and quarantine restrictions, but August's slide was less dramatic than recent months.Revenue from jewelry, watches, clocks and other valuable gifts was down 38 per cent year-on-year to $317.5m according to figures published yesterday by the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department (there is no further breakdown...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The global pandemic has seen another month of uncertainty in the diamond world. Most prices and many of the size categories shown remained virtually unchanged during September. Overall, the gains outweighed the losses, but only just, suggesting the industry is still playing more of a waiting game than returning to "business as usual".HIGHLIGHTSROUNDS0.50-0.69 c...Read More
RAPAPORT... The International Gemological Institute (IGI) recently graded a 116-carat, black synthetic diamond that ranks as the largest lab-grown diamond of its color.The 115.65-carat, type IIb stone was produced by UK-based Meylor Global using High Pressure-High Temperature (HPHT), and was accompanied by a second black lab-grown diamond weighing 109.58 carats, IGI said Wednesday."The innova...Read More
Scoped for growth: Nevada Copper shifts into production modeSPONSOREDnevada copper corp.The world's top ten copper producers posted a collective 3.Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange and pre-market western equity index futures were for the most part firmer this morning, Thursday October 1, albeit in quiet conditions with China, Hong Kong and South Korea closed for holidays and technical problems meaning the Tokyo Stock Exchange could not open.* Japan’s manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) climbed to 47.7 in Se...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 28 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures responded to continuing talks to extend COVID 19 benefits.Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for Weekly Initial Jobless Claims was 850,000 versus 873,000 last week. Actual was 837,000. Consensus for August Per...Read More
October 1, 2020 - Brixton Metals Corporation (the “Company“) (TSXV: BBB) (OTCQB: BBBXF) is pleased to provide an update on exploration activities at its wholly-owned Langis Silver Project located in Ontario, Canada. During 2018 and early in 2020, Brixton drilled very high-grade, native silver over considerable widths near the historical shaft #3 of the Langis Project. The surface...Read More
Fall is traditionally the start of conference season and networking for the mining industry. Events including Mines and Money, the Northern Miner's Global Mining Symposium, Precious Metals Summit, Denver Gold Forum, and 121 Mining Investment have moved seamlessly on-line, and back to back video meetings are now the 'new normal' for executives and investors alike.The investments that flow from thes...Read More
The most recent drilling at Corvus Gold's (TSX: KOR; NASDAQ: KOR) Mother Lode property in Nevada targeted three vertically related zones at the 37-sq.-km property. Data from the eight holes reported continues to define a near-surface body of mineralization at the Upper Oxide zone, infill the Central Main zone sulphide resource with higher-grade intercepts, and outline a broad zone of mineralizatio...Read More