"If it was a mistake, a mistake is a mistake. But if they were knowingly responsible, yeah, then there should be consequences."Continue...Read More
The following profound and accurate comment was written by Rick Mills of the Aheadoftheherd.com site"Historically, and especially so today, for all the reasons to like gold, the greatest leverage to rising precious metals prices has been owning the shares of junior resource companies focused on acquiring, discovering and developing precious metals deposits.Importantly, juniors are a cost-effect...Read More
The metals markets are being pulled in multiple directionssimultaneously like never before. The global virus-triggered economic freezehas caused industrial demand for all commodities to crater. At the same time, mining output is also crashing as virus fearsforce many mines around the world to suspend operations.What is the “right” equilibrium price for copper, silver, go...Read More
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, April 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American: GORO) (the "Company") reports preliminary consolidated production results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020 of 10,142 gold ounces, 407,625 silver ounces and significant copper, lead and zinc. Gold Resource Corporation is a gold and silver producer, developer and exp...Read More
"After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying selling, investing and prospering in the world." John Calvin Coolidge Jr., American politician, lawyer, 30th President of the United States 1923-1929, Republican; 1872-1933 "The diseconomies of capitalism are treated as the public's responsibility. Corporate America skims the...Read More
By Clint SiegnerInvestment demand for physical gold and silver is unrelenting. Buying activity actually picked up slightly last week as paper gold and silver prices drifted sideways to lower.Once again, anyone simply watching the gold price on CNBC would be shocked to know just how many people are buying gold.The Fed, and the cabal of Wall Street Banks it represents, are undoubtedly relieved to...Read More
Strengths? The best performing metal this week was platinum, up 3.45 percent despite hedge funds cutting their net-long positions to an eight-month low. However, platinum mines in South Africa are to remain closed for time being. ETFs added 73,044 troy ounces of gold to their holdings in the trading session ended Thursday - marking the 19th straight day of inflows. Gold rose towa...Read More
By RambusAfter a long term bear market in most commodity related stocks we are starting to hear analyst talk about inflation. From a Chartology perspective the deflationary scenario is still in play but how much lower can this sector go? In tonights Weekend Report, I'm going to update some long term commodity charts we've been following for years to see where they are currently trading in their...Read More
By: Avi GilburtI know the title may sound unusual and almost unrealistic to those following the media cycle. With unemployment skyrocketing, GDP projections in the tank, bankruptcy expectations running sky high, and the average person on Main Street struggling terribly, how is this action even possible?So, before I outline my analysis, which is actually rather simple right now, I want to re-post...Read More
The news media and the pundits flailed around over the weekend trying to come up with reasons why the broad averages have rallied to within 10%-20% of record highs even though the global economy could be headed into a depression. ZeroHedge is usually able to provide plausible answers to such questions, but here's an attempt that fell short. It places commodity trading advisors at the center of...Read More
The catastrophic psychological damage wreaked by stock panics makes silver look way more attractive for diversifying stock-heavy portfolios... by Adam Hamilton of Zeal LLCSilver is blasting higher after mid-March's stock-panic-spawned near-crash. This normal oversold mean reversion looks like the start of something much bigger though. Speculators' positioning in silver futures utterly collapse...Read More
RAPAPORT... The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) has named Yoram Dvash as acting president following Ernie Blom's decision to stand down temporarily.The WFDB's executive committee elected the Israel Diamond Exchange president in a Zoom meeting Sunday, it said in a statement. He had already been named president designate at a previous WFDB congress."The diamond industry, like all oth...Read More
RAPAPORT... The number of jewelry stores operating in the US fell 4.2% year on year to 24,280 in the first quarter as exits from the industry more than doubled, according to data from the Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT).The number of companies leaving the sector rose to 323 for the quarter, from 125 in the same period of 2019, the JBT's figures showed. The number of new businesses declined 19%...Read More
RAPAPORT... LVMH has withdrawn its four watch and jewelry brands from the 2021 Baselworld show after several of its heavyweight competitors quit the event.Bulgari, TAG Heuer, Hublot and Zenith will instead take part in a new exhibition in Geneva next April, LVMH said in a statement Friday. They will join Rolex, Tudor, Patek Philippe, Chanel and Chopard, which pulled out of Baselworld last wee...Read More
RAPAPORT... Michael Hill's sales fell 12% in the third fiscal quarter as stores closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.Group revenue dropped to AUD 105.1 million ($66.8 million) in the three months ending March 31, the jeweler reported last week. The company was forced to close all its retail locations in Canada on March 20, and shut stores in Australia and New Zealand a few days later. Same-...Read More
RAPAPORT... Lucapa Diamond Company has put its Mothae mine in Lesotho on care and maintenance until the global market recovers.The miner temporarily closed the asset last month after the government placed the country on lockdown. Lesotho is also dependent on neighboring South Africa - which is also on lockdown - for its essential mining supplies. While the initial closure was only supposed to...Read More
RAPAPORT... Earlier this month, the Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT) said it would issue two parallel ratings in its company credit reports to show the effect of COVID-19 on liquidity. In an April 6 interview with Rapaport News, Erich Jacobs, president of the Rhode Island-based credit agency, explained the impact of the crisis, how the ratings work, and why some businesses might not survive.Rapa...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Canadian miner Mountain Province Diamonds has drawn $25m from its credit facility and halted sales indefinitely in response to coronavirus. It is still operating its Gahcho Ku?? (C) mine, in Northwest Territories, albeit with COVID-19 distancing protocols and four-week rather than two-week crew rotations to minimize movement in and out. And the company's third sale of the year...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Baselworld, the world's largest watch and jewelry event, has been dealt another blow with the departure of four more luxury brands. Bulgari, TAG Heuer, Hublot and Zenith, all part of the LVMH Group, say they won't exhibit at the event, rescheduled to January 2021 because of coronavirus. Instead they will be joining the new rival event in Geneva, in April 2021, along with...Read More
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Anglo American and De Beers on Monday announced additional donations of $2-million to South Africa’s Solidarity Fund, which addresses the impacts of Covid-19, and $1-million to the Oppenheimer family’s South African Future Trust, established to support small and medium-sized businesses through the crisis.These additional donations were...Read More