Strengths? The top performing precious metal for 2019 was palladium, gaining 54.20 percent. In a weekly Bloomberg survey of analysts and traders, gold sentiment remained marginally bullish the first days of the New Year. The survey showed eight bullish, two bearish and seven neutral. At week-end, gold advanced toward a six-year high, climbing 1.5 percent to $1,551 an ounce in Lon...Read More

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:Our friend B.A. tonight challenges optimism among gold and silver investors that the latest crisis in the Middle East will explode Western central banking's longstanding gold price suppression policy.Ordinarily your secretary/treasurer would agree with him and change the channel from news to anything promising comic relief. After all, these geopolitical crises never...Read More

Gold faces big resistance between $1590-$1610 zone. Only a break of this zone will result in $1707.50 and $1822 in the near term. Short term hot money will flow into gold if it rises this week. Gold could be a Las Vegas if it rises this week. The quicker the pace of rise, the more will be short term volatility in gold. I will be closely watching the pace of rise and not the actual rise. Silver i...Read More

RAPAPORT... Lucapa Diamond Company earned $6.4 million from its last rough sale of 2019, bringing its total for the year to $55 million.The miner sold 3,274 carats from its Lulo mine in Angola for $3.4 million at an average price of $1,037 per carat, it reported in December. Additionally, the company sold a total of 6,617 carats of rough from its Mothae mine in Lesotho, netting $3 million at...Read More

RAPAPORT... Consumer confidence fell slightly in December, The Conference Board reported, forecasting that spending would not improve significantly in early 2020.The business-data provider's Consumer Confidence Index decreased marginally in December to 126.5 from 126.8 in November, reflecting Americans' lower short-term expectations for income and jobs. Consumers' assessment of current market...Read More

RAPAPORT... De Beers and Dominion Diamond Mines have submitted paperwork indicating their desire to expand exploration at their current projects in Canada.In a December 31 permit request to Canada's Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, De Beers noted interest in exploring 11 new targets at the Gahcho Ku?(C) mine by the end of February.Of the 11 locations, three are currently ready for drill...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A panel debate about the future of diamonds will take place at the upcoming Vicenzaoro January show. The debate, which has been organized by The Futurist CEO Paola De Luca, will be introduced by Gaetano Cavalieri, president of CIBJO. The speakers are designer Tomasz Donocik; Esther Ligthart,  jewelry blogger and writer, David Brough, editor and co-founder of Jewellery Out...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lucapa Diamond Company Limited said its production hit a record high in 2019. Annual production reached 49,120 carats with sales from the Mothae kimberlite mine in Lesotho and the Lulo alluvial mine in Angola in totaling $55 million. During Q4 they produced 287 +4.8 carat diamonds, making a combined total of 1,164 such stones during the year including five diamonds sized over...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The non-profit organization Mercury Free Mining (MFM) will test a new technique that could end the use of toxic mercury in artisanal gold mining. The new technique has been developed by Sluice Goose Industries and uses the Goldrop gold separating processor, which it says is significantly more efficient than traditional gold panning. The process will be tested over a 10-da...Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesProvincial governor Rodolfo Suarez issued law 9209 to reform water protection law 7722 of 2007, which effectively prohibited mining through banning the use of cyanide (used in gold processing) and sulphuric acid (used in copper processing).Suarez also announced his support for 19 mining projects including those seeking to exploit u...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. Index futures are responding to increasing tensions between the U.S. and Iran. S&P 500 futures were down 17 points to 3,222 in pre-opening trade. Gold jumped $24.50 per ounce to $1,577.00 per ounce on increasing Middle East tensions. Gold moved above $1,566.40 to a seven year high. Also, Goldman Sachs upgrade gold to Buy.Crude Oil also respond...Read More

Dear Reader,Stocks ran red this morning… stained crimson by the blood of Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani.A Reaper drone of the United States Air Force sent this hellcat over the rainbow early Friday.The late departed was no second-rater, no minion. Explains Matthew Hoh of the Center for International Policy:The equivalent of the killing of Gen. Soleimani would be as if the Iranians assassinate...Read More

QUESTION: Marty, Do you think it will be time to short the bonds with the ECM? Gold had bounced off the Downtrend line instead of electing the bearish reversals and it rallied after the Pi turning point. You said if gold peaked with the bottom of the ECM it could then fall back to retest support. It looks as if that happens, the Fed will lose the battle and interest rates will rise after the ECM....Read More

Revival takes staged approach to Beartrack-ArnettSPONSOREDSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesArtemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesMincor Resources, a small nickel mining specialist, earlier this week reported a hit of 17.6m assaying 5% nickel from work at i...Read More

Revival takes staged approach to Beartrack-ArnettSPONSOREDSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesArtemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesIn ‘Building uncertainty advantage in a climate of change', our colleagues cited examples of mining companies that are st...Read More

The latest results from the Silver Coin deposit at Ascot Resources' (TSX: AOT) Premier gold project continue to show high-grade mineralization at this zone.Drill highlights include 7 metres of 30.81 grams gold per tonne; 3 metres of 28.96 grams gold per tonne; and 5 metres of 12.24 grams gold per tonne."The new intercepts underpin a better understanding and predictability of the geological model a...Read More

El REDIM lanz?? una alerta por la situaci??n que enfrentan los ni??os y adolescentes en Mexico, al ser considerados invisibles ante el gobierno.6 de enero de 2020COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexTwitter: https://twitter.com/E...Read More

De acuerdo con el informe presentado por la Secretar?-a de Gobernaci??n,la cifra de personas reportadas como desaparecidas asciende a casi 62 mil.6 de enero de 2020COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexTwitter: https://twitter.com...Read More

Margarita R?-os rindi?? protesta como Ministra de la SCJN y asegur?? que sin importar las influencias, mantendr?? la autonom?-a de su cargo.6 de enero de 2020COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexTwitter: https://twitter.com/Excel...Read More

Lorena Rivera, Colaboradora, habla en entrevista sobre la prohibici??n del uso de bolsas de pl??stico y su impacto en el medio ambiente.6 de enero de 2020COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexTwitter: https://twitter.com/Excelsior...Read More