We are in a period of high inflation. Even though the CPI states that inflation is low, the truth remains that we are suffering from this dilemma. If you know where to look, there are a few benchmarks that demonstrate that there is more inflation than the official index seems to indicate.Think of it this way. You are standing in an elevator without any windows with a few friends. The elevator is o...Read More
Ready or not, a market crash is coming. It’s always coming, though. Nobody knows when it’ll hit, how bad it’ll be, or what the recovery will look like. But those who try to time it, predict its severity, or the “shape” of the ensuing recovery could find themselves being completely wrong and will be left behind should this unpredictable market zig as they zag.The best...Read More
The 2020 iX3. Image: BMWGerman luxury vehicle maker BMW this week signed a $2.3 billion long-term deal with Swedish battery maker Northvolt, the latest of such deals, as European carmakers try to compete with Tesla in the burgeoning electric vehicle market. Managem owns Bou-Azzer, the only primary cobalt mine in the world and in operation since 1930.Tesla's gigafactories and battery technology...Read More
Mines and energy minister Bento Albuquerque. Image courtesy of Wikipedia The positive performance of Brazilian mining, even with the ongoing pandemic, reflects expectations of improvement in the country's economy, said Minister of Mines and Energy Bento Albuquerque on Thursday.Talking to investors on an e-mineracao symposium, the minister said revenue from mineral production in H1 2020 was 1% hig...Read More
Image of brown diamond provided by Lucrara Diamond. Lucara Diamond has found an avenue to sell its large diamond production from its Karowe mine in Botswana, through an agreement with HB Group, an Antwerp-based diamond manufacturer. The deal will ensure the company will see cash flow this year from a category of diamonds that normally accounts for 70% of its revenue.The diamond market has been s...Read More
OceanaGold operates both the Martha open pit and the Correnso underground mines in Waihi. (Image courtesy of OceanaGold.)The Waihi District preliminary economic assessment (PEA) from OceanaGold suggests an additional 2.2 million oz. of gold output from the Waihi district between 2021 and 2036.These additional ounces would be sourced from the Marth and Gladstone open pits as well as from the und...Read More
Mobility solutions kits Credit: TE TE Connectivity, a company specializing in connectivity and sensors, is now offering a new purchase option for high voltage terminals and connectors - hybrid and electric mobility solutions kits, which contain all of the parts needed to create an assembly in one easy-to-order package.These kits are available for several of the company's connector systems and ar...Read More
Silver investment demand is exploding in recent months, skyrocketing higher in wildly-unprecedented fashion! That has catapulted silver sharply higher since mid-March's COVID-19-lockdown stock panic. Accelerating even in this usually-weak summer season, the massive capital inflows deluging into silver show no signs of abating. This is very bullish for silver, yet most traders remain unaware it is...Read More
Azure will have a 70:30 joint venture with Creasy at Turner River plus the Meentheena and Coongan prospects, and a 60:40 JV at the Andover nickel-copper prospect.Read More
Mastermyne managing director Tony Caruso told the Noosa Virtual Mining Conference he believed the acquisition provided a path for expansion of the ground consolidation business from coal into the hardRead More
Share this articleCALGARY - Despite negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on production and costs, rising prices for gold are expected to buoy results as Canada's precious metals miners begin rolling out second-quarter financial results next week.In the three months ended June 30, the average gold price was US$1,713 per ounce, up eight per cent over the first quarter, said RBC Capital Mark...Read More
In a recent Kitco editorial, writer Lobo Tiggre asks, "What if gold really does go to $5,000 or $10,000 an ounce?"Good question.Tiggre answers by speculating on how the world might look in an environment with $5,000 or $10,000 gold. As you might expect, he notes that such prices would be accompanied by high levels of economic, political, and social uncertainty -- which may have resulted in hyper...Read More
Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort330,20567,77759,596125,909427,927515,710555,300Change from Prior Reporting Period -6,825-1,8955,5667,4856,9116,22610,582Traders22765875666318190 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 64,46524,875580,175 1,173-3,1837,399 non reportable positionsChange from the previous reportin...Read More
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his and are not investment advice.Breaking News:? Gold reached $1,800, close to its all-time high of $1,923.? Silver reached $19, a long way from its high of $50.? The NASDAQ hit another new high.? Tesla closed on July 10 at $1,544, a new high. Tesla looked outrageously high at $1,200...Read More
This is an interesting interview between Professor Brian Lucey and Dr. Fergal O'Connor, lecturer in finance and economics at University College Cork (UCC) on gold's performance as a safe haven asset in the last 200 hundred years and in recent history including the 2008-2012 global financial crisis. The pandemic is one moment in history and Brian and Fergal discuss what gold has done in oth...Read More
Peter Schiff appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience this week. The wide-ranging, three-hour interview covered a number of topics, including a critique of socialism, the 2020 presidential election, the recent social unrest and how to fix troubled communities, how the minimum wage hurts workers, and the economic impacts of the coronavirus.Peter Schiff on Joe Rogan's podcast on July 15, 2020As far...Read More
Spot gold getting higher than comex gold futures. Silver is still in bullish zone. Covid is spreading in nations which have opened after lockdown. Gold and silver are soft just due to vaccine hopes and nothing else. Rest of the factors are all bullish. Gold investment demand from ETF and others will not fall significantly unless there are other safe options. Federal Reserve meeting on 29th July...Read More
The Critical Investor examines the latest news from this junior with a flagship copper-zinc project in Portugal, which also includes finalizing a joint venture with MATSA and preparing for the season's drill program. As gold stocks are getting all the attention at the moment, with gold firmly in an upward trend, it seems, one could almost forget the existence of base metal juniors. This is not e...Read More
Bob Moriarty of 321gold discusses a junior that is exploring a past-producing gold mine in Nevada. Alta Gold went bankrupt in April of 1999 due to low gold prices. They had an existing gold producing mine near Ely in Nevada they called the Griffon Mine. Nevada Sunrise picked up the project almost twenty years ago but didn't move it forward. Nevada Sunrise was bought out by Pilot Gold. Pilot chang...Read More