Accordingly, the company continues an expanded, aggressive stepout drill program there. Gatling Exploration Inc. (GTR:TSX.V; GATGF:OTCMKTS) connected two of its three deposits at its Larder gold project in Ontario, it announced in a news release. "These results mark an important milestone for our drilling program," Nathan Tribble, vice president of exploration, said in the release.The link betwe...Read More

Drilling is about to start at one of the company's projects and continues at the other two. Liberty's Goldstrike ProjectLiberty Gold Corp. (LGD:TSX; LGDTF:OTCQB) provided in a news release an update on its three past-producing gold properties in the United States' Great Basin: Black Pine, Goldstrike and Kinsley.At Black Pine in southern Idaho, drill results have repeatedly returned thick, high-gr...Read More

In January 1980, the price of silver peaked at just under $50.00 per ounce. From its low in October 1971 at $1.27, silver had risen thirty-nine fold in little more than eight years.There was talk about higher silver prices, as much as $100.00 per ounce and more. Yet, only a few months later, silver was down to $10.00 per ounce. That amounted to a decline of nearly eighty percent from its peak.Silv...Read More

Crude oil bounced from its yesterday’s lows, and the oil bulls rebuffed another attempt to move lower earlier today. Does that mean that the upswing can continue now, or a cautious approach would win the day? In yesterday’s Alert, we wrote the following:Crude oil moved higher last week, especially on Thursday and Friday. This rally was in tune with the clear buy signals from the CCI an...Read More

Gary Christenson, The Deviant InvestorThe music died many times in the past. To name a few:1929 Market crash1933 President Roosevelt confiscates citizen gold and declares it illegal to own more than a few ounces.1971 President Nixon "closed the gold window" and severed the last link between the devaluing dollar and gold.1987 Stock market crash2000 Stock market and "dot-com" crash2008 Stock marke...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold weekly chart 18-Weekly MA near $1,469. Gold bias yesterday went to the downside. Under the 18 day moving average, 1474 area support..Read More

Investors are preferring stock over gold. This has resulted in the correction and not a bear rally. Bear rally will be there if gold does not break $1466 by 15th November. I will prefer to remain on the sidelines in gold today. I will still prefer to use crashes of $100 and more in silver (if any) to invest for the long term. Day traders have to remain on the sidelines in silver. Trump impeachme...Read More

As the Department of Justice's investigation into the manipulation of the gold and silver markets continues on...by Chris Marcus with Bix Weir via Arcadia EconomicsAs the Department of Justice's investigation into the manipulation of the gold and silver markets continues on, perhaps the most amazing thing is that the bizarre trading patterns that the market has grown accustomed to continue on. Eve...Read More

Silver hasn't felt the most recent price hit quite like gold has, and that may be a sign of things to come for silver. Here's why...Mike & Half Dollar host Silver Doctors Live on Mondays & Wednesdays at 12:00 p.m. EST.Watch the show live, or the replay of it, in its entirety below!There may be economic and market chaos all around the world, but that doesn't stop the US from having the greatest...Read More

RAPAPORT... The World JewelleryConfederation (CIBJO) has produced a special report on ethics ahead of its annualcongress in Bahrain next month."Weaving It All Together: An Ethical Status Report at the End of2019," released on Wednesday, covers a variety of topics, ranging frominternational frameworks to advertising and disclosure. Its author is TiffanyStevens, president of CIBJO's ethics commissio...Read More

RAPAPORT... Christie's has appointed AntiquesRoadshow watch expert Michael Fossner to lead its west coast watchdepartment. The auctioneer has charged Fossner with leading appraisals whileguiding and growing the company in the region. He is also expected towork with colleagues in New York and internationally to win new business andbring key pieces to market. Fossner, who has appeared on PBS's...Read More

(IDEX Online) - CIBJO (the World Jewellery Confederation) has published a report by its Ethics Commission ahead of its Congress in Bahrain in November.Weaving it all together: an ethical status report at the end of 2019 covers topics such as the increasing number of international conventions with which members of the jewelry industry are expected to comply and recommended processes of disclosure."...Read More

RAPAPORT... Costco sold a diamond ring worth $220,000 in the fourth fiscal quarter, the membership-based warehouse retailer saidearlier this month. Executivevice president and chief financial officer Richard Galanti confirmed thesale during the company's fourth-quarter earnings call on October 3, just months after another big-ticketjewelry sale for the American multinational. The retailer noted a...Read More

RAPAPORT... Lucapa Diamond Company earned $10.4 million fromits latest sale of rough stones, bringing its total for the year to date to$45.9 million. The miner sold 5,469 carats from its Lulo mine inAngola for $5.9 million, at an average price of $1,087 per carat, it reportedThursday. This figure does not include a 46-carat pink diamond recovered lastyear that is currently being assessed for polis...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The power is still out at Firestone Diamonds plc's Liqhobong mine in Lesotho. The company said that despite attempts to resolve the problem of power fluctuations, there is not enough power to operate the mine's processing plant. The disruption is part of two-month maintenance shutdown by the Muela Hydropower Station (MHS), which supplies the mine's power. Since...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The GIA (Gemological Institute of America) is expanding an education program that helps artisanal gemstone miners evaluate the quality of the rough they mine. The organization is committing $1.3 million to bring the program, which started in Tanzania, to Madagascar, Nigeria, Rwanda and Zambia. Working with Pact, a Washington D.C.-based international development nonprofit organ...Read More

Aim-listed BlueRock Diamonds achieved record production of 92 500 t in the third quarter, compared with the 63 600 t produced in the third quarter of last year.This was 45% higher year-on-year, notwithstanding the suspension of operations for 19 days in July owing to crushing circuit works.AdvertisementThe company, which owns and operates the Kareevlei diamond mine, in Kimberley, achieve...Read More

Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesSince mid-year, the miner has been facing a local government blockade of the access roads, and after a while critical supplies were choked, and with no consumables coming in the company had to suspendRead More

U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures slipped 5 points in pre-opening trade.Index futures moved slightly lower following release of September Retail Sales at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 0.3% versus a revised gain of 0.6% in August. Actual was a drop of 0.3%. Excluding auto sales, consensus was an increase of 0.2% versus no change in August. Actual was...Read More

A few weeks ago, we talked about a recent offer that I received in the mail - one that promised a dirt-cheap trip to Kauai for two hours of my time.It was a good deal, but as I mentioned in that article, I was just in Kauai less than a year ago, so it wasn't some must-do thing.Meanwhile, I'm in Italy right now - taking my mom and daughter across the country from Rome to Venice.Based on these littl...Read More