I’ve never been a big fan of mining stocks for what I’ve always thought as obvious reasons.I strive to own a portfolio full of excellent businesses with superior moats, certain characteristics that protect them from competition. It’s very rare to find that in a mining stock. After all, every gold, silver, or other mineral producer ends up with a product that is the exact same as...Read More
MINING.COM MINUTE is a roundup of the biggest stories from the global mining and metals industry. Share and get up to speed in a mining minute.This week's top stories:Vale to resume operations at Voisey's Bay in July - Read the story here.$37 billion gold project spend needed by 2025 - Read the story here.Dominion Diamond sues partner in Diavik mine - Read the story here.Nexa issues $500 milli...Read More
Appian Capital Advisory has announced the appointment of Igor Gonzales as the company's Chief Operating Officer.Gonzales will manage the company's technical team working across Appian's portfolio, with direct oversight of the firm's operated assets including Atlantic Nickel's producing Santa Rita nickel-copper-cobalt project and Minera????o Vale Verde's copper-gold Serrote project in Brazil, which...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesJun 18, 2020We are in a depression. Don’t let the idiots buying Tesla at a new high and pumping money into bankrupt Hertz lead you into believing we are in some new economic paradigm. We aren’t. The crash will resume soon and some day shortly down the road Americans are going to be presented a bill for the orgy of money hurling being done by the Fed. The butcher&rs...Read More
The term sheet was agreed with investment firm Lionhead Capital, whose founding partner Paul Quirk is a non-executive director at Cora.It includes US$6 million of equity, US$6 million of convertible debt and US$10 million of debt financing, and is dependent on Cora completing a positive definitive feasibility study (DFS) by the end of 2021.Cora's DFS needs to deliver a minimum six years' mine life...Read More
"Although we continue to hold significant reservations about the eventual path of the earnings recovery and warn there are many challenges yet to be faced, our analysis now suggests that there isRead More
Last week, I spent most of my time in front of the television.I was battling a serious case of vertigo, and it made it nearly impossible to work on my computer, read a book, or do any kind of physical activity.So, I parked it in front of the idiot box and binged watched Vikings.Without a doubt, one of the best series on television. I got so caught up in it, that when the room stopped spinning and...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:In a discussion with your secretary/treasurer this week, London metals trader and Kinesis Money founder Andrew Maguire says longtime metals bank Scotiabank is not only closing its metals trading desk but getting out of the vaulting business and all involvement with gold. Maguire says Scotiabank's withdrawal is a "forced regulatory decision," puts in doubt the resolut...Read More
By: Gary SavageSPX short-term cycles, a head and tops topping pattern?Read More
David Haggith "Jerome Powell burst the stock market bubble by publicly acknowledging there will not likely be a "V"-shaped economic recovery. He indicated that it will take years for the economy to return to the recent levels ... we experienced just a mere four months ago. Seeking AlphaThat was actually the point of my recent article that unfortunately became, in the comments, all about my disc...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold is stuck in the middle of this dead zone. What is needed to get out of the range?Read More
Black Tusk Resources reported that it has begun preparations for a 3D IP Survey on the McKenzie East Gold Project. In a news release, gold development company Black Tusk Resources Inc. (TUSK:CSE; BTKRF:OTCMKTS; 0NB:FSE) announced that "the company has begun preparation for the 3D Induced Polarization (IP) survey on the McKenzie East gold property located north of Val d'Or, Quebec." The firm noted...Read More
Azarga Metals CEO Michael Hopley speaks with Peter Epstein of Epstein Research about exploration at the company's silver-copper project in Siberia and the resource estimate that will be released in the next few weeks. WOW. What a three months it's been. Things appear to be relatively better now, but I was very worried. At its worst, four major U.S. stock market indexes were down an average of 37....Read More
Ely Gold aims to emulate the early years of today's royalty majors. Ely Gold Royalties Inc. (ELY:TSX.V; ELYGF:OTCQB; I4U:FSE) features a unique business model: in addition to purchasing royalties outright, it engages in royalty generation, which is acquiring properties mostly through staking, optioning them out and retaining a royalty when the sale is completed. Ely Gold's market cap, around CA$2...Read More
Bob Moriarty of 321gold awaits results from this explorer's drill program. The market was waiting for definitive news from Blackrock Gold Corp. (BRC:TSX.V; BKRRF:OTCMKTS) about their upcoming drill program at Tonopah West. On the 17th of June the market got it and liked it a lot. The shares were up 18% on the day and 50% over the past three weeks.Investors have been waiting patiently for assay re...Read More
Inflationremains low, while Powell signals dovish Fed for years. Good for gold. The US CPI inflation ratedeclined 0.1 percent in May, following a0.8 percent drop in April. The decrease was mainly driven by decreases in energy,transportation and apparel prices. The core CPI also declined 0.1 percent, following a 0.4percent drop in April. It was the third consecutive monthly decline, whichhappened f...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:In a discussion with your secretary/treasurer this week, London metals trader and Kinesis Money founder Andrew Maguire says longtime metals bank Scotiabank is not only closing its metals trading desk but getting out of the vaulting business and all involvement with gold. Maguire says Scotiabank's withdrawal is a "forced regulatory decision," puts in doubt the resolut...Read More
By: Gary SavageSPX short-term cycles, a head and tops topping pattern?Read More
David Haggith "Jerome Powell burst the stock market bubble by publicly acknowledging there will not likely be a "V"-shaped economic recovery. He indicated that it will take years for the economy to return to the recent levels ... we experienced just a mere four months ago. Seeking AlphaThat was actually the point of my recent article that unfortunately became, in the comments, all about my disc...Read More