Kirkland Lake Gold's (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL) proposed $4.9 billion all-share acquisition of Detour Gold (TSX: DGC) and its open-pit mine in northeastern Ontario will add 15.4 million oz. gold, or eight years, to Kirkland Lake's mineral reserve base and lift the company's annual gold production to 1.5 million ounces.Kirkland Lake Gold's Macassa mine in northern Ontario and Fosterville mine in Australia...Read More
BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) is spending US$22 million to boost its stake in SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG) to 14.7% from 11.1%, making it one of the two largest shareholders in the Ecuador-focused junior exploration company. Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) owns 14.8%.BHP is acquiring 77 million shares at 22.15 pence per share - a 13% premium to SolGold's closing share price on Nov. 22.Under the deal, BHP...Read More
An overview of the latest news from active diamond explorers, developers and miners in Canada, and Canadian-listed companies working abroad.Adia ResourcesThis spring, Adia Resources completed an initial diamond drilling program and ground gravity survey at its Lynx project near Oxford House, Man. While the company had planned to drill eight holes totalling 3,000 metres, a late start and mechanical...Read More
The Guigues kimberlite pipe in northern Quebec, 10 km from Notre- Dame-du-Nord, was discovered by De Beers in 1983. But despite its long history, it has never seen modern microdiamond testing.Tres-Or Resources (TSXV: TRS) is hoping to change that this year with a five-hole drill program. The junior, which acquired the pipe in 2003, says advances in knowledge about diamond indicator mineral chemist...Read More
US takes long-term position on mineral supplySPONSOREDverisk maplecroftMacarthur's high-grade iron project set to rollSPONSOREDArtemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesDark Horse could be 2020 bolterSPONSOREDdark horse resourcesFor most people in Dalio's line of business, gold is either too exotic, too unpredictable, or simply too primitive to be given a prominent pla...Read More
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) has completed its 2019 bulk sampling program at Star Diamond's (TSX: DIAM) Star-Orion South diamond project, 60 km east of Prince Albert, in central Saskatchewan.Using novel technology - a trench cutter sampling rig normally used in civil engineering projects that has been adapted for use at the project - the company has collected 8,271 wet tonnes of material. Each...Read More
Nov 26, 2019 Guest(s): Max Keiser China's big move for the 21st century is to pull a "trap door" on the U.S. by launching a gold-backed crypto currency that will devalue the U.S. dollar to "zero," this according to Max Keiser, host of the Keiser Report. "[China] is rolling out a cryptocurrency, a lot of the details have not been divulged. I can tell you that the cryptocurrency that China's roll...Read More
Protests that began in Santiago in mid-October as a response to higher metro fares have since spread throughout Chile, leaving more than 20 people dead, according to the country's human rightsRead More
With civil unrest going global, one seasoned analyst suggests that banks, central banks, and governments may be near the end of their rope, and poised to pivot to a survival strategy.John Rubino, founder of DollarCollapse.com and co-author with James Turk of "The Money Bubble - What to Do Before it Pops," returns to Finance & Liberty to lay out his observations on global patterns now coming to a h...Read More
Max talks to Alasdair Macleod of Goldmoney.com about 'plans for global dystopia,' and why and how it is that policy planners are prepping for a post-fiat world.Alasdair Macleod is head of research for GoldMoney. He also runs FinanceAndEconomics.org, a website dedicated to sound money and demystifying finance and economics. He has a background as a stockbroker, banker and economist. Max Keiser is a...Read More
Morgan Stanley Asia former chairman Stephen Roach predicts Washington and Beijing will sign a "phase one" deal - but there will be no "phase two."Stephen S. Roach, former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the firm's chief economist, is a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute of Global Affairs and a senior lecturer at Yale's School of Management. He the author, most recently, of Un...Read More
What would happen if China or Russia cut off the United States from key supplies of aluminum or uranium? This scenario is what keeps Michael Fulp, AKA the Mercenary Geologist, up at night. The experienced explorer, analyst, and consultant believes the United States could fall into dependency from other nations unless she rolls back anti-development regulations.Michael S. "Mickey" Fulp is a Certifi...Read More
A startling development in the alleged gas attack in Douma, Syria in April, 2018: Whistleblowing inspectors from the OPCW - the UN Agency that investigated the attack - have come forward to Continue...Read More
Talk about a crazy propaganda/surveillance tool.Read More
Continue...Stephen S. Roach, former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the firm's chief economist, is a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute of Global Affairs and a senior lecturer at Yale's School of Management. He the author, most recently, of Unbalanced: The Codependency of America and China and Stephen Roach on the Next Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Globalizatio...Read More
When I am speaking in Australia, New Zealand, and the U.K., all of whom have big real estate bubbles, I always ask: How do you think this is good for your country that it costs so much to Continue...Read More
"Investment deficit creates excess savings, supporting gold. In theory, savings should equal investment, but due to Continue...Read More
Sector expert Michael Ballanger interprets year-end investment tactics by looking back at a childhood encounter. "Gold is money; everything else is credit." J.P. MorganMy first faithful dog Fido (circa 1963) and I used to play a game years ago before his eyes and hips started to go a tad "wonky," and in that respect, we were and are quite similar. They say that dogs tend take on the appearance o...Read More
RAPAPORT... Burglars stole jewelry, diamonds andgemstones valued at more than $1 billion from the historic Green Vault museum in Germany on Monday morning, according to media reports. The thieves gained access to the Dresden museum by twistingback iron grill bars on a ground-floor window, after a nearby fire at a powerdistributor likely disabled the museum's alarm system, German news outlets said....Read More
RAPAPORT... Hong Kong-based jeweler Tse Sui Luen (TSL) raised concerns about theimpact of the Hong Kong protests on its business, as weak consumer sentimentdented sales. "The weak local consumer sentiment as a result of citywideprotests has made it challenging for retailers to operate," the company saidlast week. "The situation was exacerbated by the significant drop in visitorarrivals, parti...Read More