In its first estimate since 2010, Western Copper and Gold (TSX: WRN; NYSE-AM: WRN) has updated the resource for its wholly owned Casino project in the Yukon with more drill results that would make it one of the largest copper-gold deposits in the world.The new resource includes results from the 2019 drill program and drilling performed from 2010 through 2012 that was unavailable when the company p...Read More
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE: BTG) reported consolidated gold revenue for the second quarter of the year at a record high of US$442 million, a 65% increase from the same period last year.The mid-tier Canadian miner attributed the results to a 31% rise in the average realized gold price during the period, as well as to sales jumping by 26%.The Vancouver-based company also saw overall production increase...Read More
RAPAPORT... Mountain Province has obtained a waiver for its revolving-loan agreement as it struggles with challenges in the diamond market amid the coronavirus pandemic.The Bank of Nova Scotia and Nedbank, which hold the loan, have agreed to exempt the Canadian miner from complying with the terms of the credit agreement, including maintaining a minimum cash balance, Mountain Province said Tue...Read More
The numbers are coming in and they are grim.We already know that second-quarter earnings results are going to be a disaster, yet we'll get the "better than expected" bumps.It's absurd when profits are plunging into steep losses, but earnings hype has always been a charade.What I want to highlight are the "big picture" numbers emerging and, boy, are they scary.While we're talking about what corpora...Read More
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Strengths? The best performing precious metal for the week was silver, up 4.25 percent. Investors poured money into silver-backed ETFs this week as the precious metals trade begins to increase in scope. Spot gold prices reached the key $1,800 an ounce level. This milestone could help push the metal closer to its all-time high above $1,900. Bloomberg notes that gold futures traded alm...Read More
Richard (Rick) Mills, Ahead of the herdThe US economy is nowhere near recovering from the lockdown measures imposed by cities and states during the covid-19 pandemic, and that is weighing on the US dollar, which has fallen sharply since March. The beneficiary, as expected, has been gold (and silver), which normally moves in the opposite direction as the greenback. Year to date, spot gold has ri...Read More
Strengths? The best performing precious metal for the week was silver, up 4.25 percent. Investors poured money into silver-backed ETFs this week as the precious metals trade begins to increase in scope. Spot gold prices reached the key $1,800 an ounce level. This milestone could help push the metal closer to its all-time high above $1,900. Bloomberg notes that gold futures traded alm...Read More
Richard (Rick) Mills, Ahead of the herdThe US economy is nowhere near recovering from the lockdown measures imposed by cities and states during the covid-19 pandemic, and that is weighing on the US dollar, which has fallen sharply since March. The beneficiary, as expected, has been gold (and silver), which normally moves in the opposite direction as the greenback. Year to date, spot gold has ri...Read More
Great Bear Resources Ltd. today reported a return to pre-pandemicRead full newsRead More
MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. announces that, due to continuedRead full newsRead More
Russia kept fuel oil exports to the United States close to its record-highs in the first six months of this year, as Washington looks to replace the heavy Venezuelan barrels it stopped buying a year ago, traders said and data showed.Read full newsRead More
BRAZIL-INDIGENOUS/MINING (INSIGHT, PIX, GRAPHIC):INSIGHT-Amazon gold rush: illegal mining threatens Brazil's last major isolated tribeRead full newsRead More
Adapting Mining Operations to Times of InstabilityThe world economies have slowed, and commodities prices have changed significantly as demand decreases, forcing several major mining companies to revisit and adjust their plans for 2020. Regardless of size or commodity, almost all mining organizations across the world have changed the way they operate, adopting a wide variety of measures to keep st...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday July 10 that are worth another look.The United Steelworkers union in Canada has warned that certain steel products from the nation, along with aluminium, could again be hit with Section 232 tariffs by President Donald Trump's administration.Aluminium has an opportunity to play a key role in the government-led rebuilding of economies...Read More
WHO said there were 230,370 new cases in the 24 hours to 10am yesterday, taking the global tally to more than 12.5 million, while the death toll is above 561,600.The silver price strengthened towards $19/oz and gold price had risen above $1,800/oz again last week."Not much appears to stand in the way of gold challenging the all-time high of $1,921/oz set in September 2011," World Gold Council chie...Read More