The next steps for this the precious metals company are provided in a ROTH Capital Partners report. In a Jan. 17 research note, analyst Jake Sekelsky reported that ROTH Capital Partners raised its price target on SilverCrest Metals Inc. (SIL:TSX.V) to $7.75 per share from $7.25. The current share price is $6.85. "Our increased valuation is primarily a reflection of rolling our model forward to 20...Read More
An update on the project and its production is provided in a Haywood report. In a Jan. 10 research note, Haywood analyst Kerry Smith reported that Lundin Gold Inc. (LUG:TSX) remains on track and on budget to achieve commercial production at its Fruta del Norte project in Ecuador in Q2/20. "Fruta del Norte is one of only a few new large mines being built," Smith highlighted.Lundin poured first gol...Read More
Low acquisition and exploration costs and high-grade sampling are some of the reasons why two industry observers have a Buy rating on this company. Nevada RandGoldcliff Resource Corp. (GCN:TSX.V; GCFFF:OTCBB) is exploring the Nevada Rand property in Mineral County, Nevada, not far from the town of Hawthorne. Located in the Walker Lane Structural Corridor, the property, which looks like something...Read More
The work is scheduled to begin later this month. Black Tusk Resources Inc. (TUSK:CSE; BTKRF:OTCMKTS; 0NB:FSE) announced in a news release it engaged Geophysique TMC to conduct a magnetometer survey over the McKenzie East project north of Val d'Or in Quebec.Geophysique expects to begin the survey later this month, and will use Vision 4K drone technology with a Scintrex Cs-VI cesium vapor magnetome...Read More
Latest economic data were published last week, indicating that the U.S. economy remains on solid footing. Gold prices held up relatively well – but can it last?Recent U.S. Economic Data Show General HealthLast week was full of economic reports. Let’s analyze them. First, the CPI rose 0.2 percent in December, slightly below expectations and the 0.3-percent increase in November. But as t...Read More
The gold bull market ended 2019 with a strong gain of 19%. The first half the year was marked with uncertainty as the price after an early year surge to $1350 gave up all of it's gains to drift lower to trade down on the year by early May. However, this was the calm before the bull market storm and that set the stage for a powerful bull run starting early June that saw the Gold price rocket higher...Read More
Jim Willie CB, editor of the "HAT TRICK LETTER" Subscribe: Hat Trick Letter Use the above link to subscribe to the paid research reports, which include coverage of critically important factors at work during the ongoing panicky attempt to sustain an unsustainable system burdened by numerous imbalances aggravated by global village forces. The historically unprecedented ongoing collapse has be...Read More
- Clive MaundAt first glance gold looks like it may be about to advance out of a bull Flag, but there are a number of factors in play that we will examine which suggest that any near-term advance won't get far before it turns and drops again, and that a longer period of consolidation and perhaps reaction is necessary before it makes significant further progress.On the 6-month chart we can see ho...Read More
1. Chinese New Year buying and more deaths in war-torn Yemen have ignited yet another solid rally in gold.2. Please click here now: https://gracelandupdates.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2020jan21gold1.png Double-click to enlarge. Gold is staging a breakout from an irregular bull flag pattern and doing so from strong support in the $1550-$1530 zone. 3. I'm projec...Read More
StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was palladium, up 17.92 percent on tight supplies and strong demand. One-week lease rates for palladium rose for a seventh day to 32.56 percent. The majority of gold traders and analysts were bullish on gold in the weekly Bloomberg survey, as attention turns to the next stage of the U.S.-China trade deal. Turkey's gold reserves rose $478 million from...Read More
Clint Siegner, Money MetalsNarayana Kocherlakota, the former President of the Federal Reserve bank of Minneapolis wants you to know the Federal Government can never borrow too much money.Our government already borrowed $23 trillion and deficits are expected to exceed $1 trillion per year. He knows many Americans feel anxious about the federal government going bankrupt, and he has a simple soluti...Read More
I've been a hardcore deflationist for so long that it took a wake-up call from the always astute Jesse Felder to jolt me out of my complacency. His latest report is headlined Dr. Copper Could Soon Deliver a Diagnosis of Inflation, and it's an eye-opener. The chart accompanying Felder's think-piece suggests that copper futures have been developing thrust for the last several years that could l...Read More
The IMF now sees growth at 3.3% this year, down from 3.4% and also cut the 2021 forecast to 3.4% from 3.6%. Yet it still lifted the outlook for China to 6%. Slower growth rates imply lower interest rates. Low interest rates along with high inflation will result in continued rise on gold investment demand for the rest of the year. If gold price rise sharply and silver lags, then retail investor...Read More
Yesterday we said if the cartel could smash, they would smash. Some might call it a flash-sale, however, which could end at any moment...(Silver Doctors Editors) As stated in yesterday's outlook, the next two weeks could see some random smashes on price here and there.On Tuesday morning, it seems the cartel is wasting no time.The selling was heavy into the COMEX open:Gold is holding up slightly b...Read More
RAPAPORT... BlueRock Diamonds reported the first annual profit in its history, as sales grew amid increased production and a higher average price, the miner said Tuesday.The improvement was the result of a new initiative the miner implemented at its Kareevlei deposit in South Africa to stabilize production and offset the impact of the rainy season, during which operations are difficult.Revenu...Read More
RAPAPORT... Alrosa's unusual diamond-within-a-diamond formed when material partially dissolved over millions or billions of years, according to a report by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA).The GIA's team, which examined the stone at its New York lab, found that over time, approximately 0.11 carats of diamond disappeared through two small channels that extended from the surface of th...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Holiday retail sales grew 4.1 percent year-over-year to $730.2 billion, reported the National Retail Federation (NRF). This result is in line with the NRF's October forecast that sales would rise between 3.8 percent and 4.2 percent for a total of between $727.9 billion and $730.7 billion.That forecast also called for online sales to increase between 11 percent and 14 percent t...Read More
Aim-listed BlueRock Diamonds turned a profit for the first time during the second half of the 2019 financial year, the success of which was based on the diamond producer having sold 12 675 ct of diamonds for the year, marking an increase of 118% over the year before.While grades and prices per cart had also improved, BlueRock on Tuesday noted that its production volumes had increased by 70% y...Read More
Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.This year may prove to be a strong one for the refining sector, but 2020 has had a difficult start. Wood Mackenzie expects some turbulence this year as a number of factors come together – geopolitical risk, the impact of IMO 202...Read More
The artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector is in need of formalisation in order to establish itself as a legitimate source of diamond supply; however, faced with complex mining ecosystems and operating conditions that are vastly different from the large-scale diamond mining sector, De Beers says “the approach to supporting formalisation must be tailored, incremental and robust”....Read More