Legendary silver analyst Ted Butler of Butler Research returns to Reluctant Preppers to answer your questions about recent revelations on massive physical shipments of silver at the COMEX, where all the silver is coming from and going to, who the "WHALE" is, what JP Morgan has to do with all this, and most importantly: what we can learn about it for our own families' well-being!Theodore Butler is...Read More
The Canadian company achieves this through underground channel sampling. Newrange Gold Corp. (NRG:TSX.V; NRGOF:OTC) announced in a news release that through underground channel sampling at Pamlico, it confirmed continuous gold and silver mineralization between the 5570 and 5518 levels of the Good Hope mine in Nevada."Our underground sampling program at Pamlico is continuing to provide valuable in...Read More
Shares of gold royalty firm Sandstorm Gold traded more than 9% higher today after reporting record revenue for Q3/19. Vancouver, Canada-based gold royalty company Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (SSL:TSX; SAND:AMEX), yesterday announced what it called record 2019 results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2019.The company advised that in Q3/19 it achieved record revenue of $25.8 million, a 49% increas...Read More
This exploration tool also assists the property's explorer with outcrop detection. Gatling Exploration Inc. (GTR:TSX.V; GATGF:OTCMKTS) announced in a news release it received and analyzed results of the recent Lidar survey of its largely unexplored, 3,370 hectare Larder gold property in Ontario, Canada.The Lidar method records detailed ground elevation measurements via laser light and sensors. At...Read More
Doyou know what mining companies did yesterday? They verified a major breakdown,confirming the extremely bearish outlook for the following months. What? Theminers rallied? Oh, you mean the senior mining stocks (HUI, GDX…) – then yes,they moved a bit higher. But the junior miners (TorontoStock Exchange Venture Index) just declined after confirmingbreakdown below the very important risi...Read More
A case can be made that silver's current price “stability” –believed by many to be well below where it "should" be – is theresult of at least three interlocking factors.There are certainly other considerations, but the following seemespecially relevant today…Our chosen metaphor is the three-legged stool. Take one legaway, and the stool topples. In the case...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold bears in a trap? They are under the pressure on the outside day out. The battle ground in gold is seen..Read More
Something will be our medium of exchange after the coming grotesque inflation, and Kunstler says it will be silver. Here's why...by Greg Hunter with James Howard Kunstler via USAWatchdog.comRenowned author and journalist James Howard Kunstler is not sure there is going to bed a 2020 Presidential Election. Kunstler predicts, "When all is said and done, I am not convinced there is enough there to c...Read More
Plan view of the Phoenix zone A with the ISR test sites indicated. (Image: Denison Mines)SASKATCHEWAN - Denison Mines Corp. of Toronto has installed two ISR wells at the Phoenix uranium deposit at the Wheeler River property near the southeast part of the Athabasca Basin. Denison holds a 90% interest in the project, and JCU (Canada) Exploration Co. holds the remaining 10%.In announcing the news, De...Read More
Polished trading improving as jewelers prepareholiday inventory. US demand supporting the market. China cautious due to tradewar and Hong Kong unrest. Luk Fook 2Q same-store sales -37%. Indian dealers andmanufacturers on Diwali vacation. Specific demand creating high inventory ofless popular qualities. De Beers 2018 global market estimate finds rough sales+3% to $16.9B, production volume -3% to 15...Read More
RAPAPORT... The Diamond Producers Association (DPA) has appointed RalucaAnghel to fill a new post as head of external affairs and industry relations,starting November 1. Anghel will be based in London, reporting to CEO Jean-MarcLieberherr, the DPA said Thursday. She will oversee the organization'sinteractions with major trade bodies to ensure the industry works together. Herrole includes leading t...Read More
RAPAPORT... Imagine the following: A diamond-mining company operating with self-driving trucks loads its haul of ore to the processing plant, where rough diamonds are separated from waste and arranged in their rough forms into different sizes before being sent for further aggregation. The goods are fed into machines that determine their color and clarity potential while also assessing where the st...Read More
RAPAPORT... Petra Diamonds has launched a small-scale mining initiativeat its Koffiefontein deposit that will provide work for the local South Africancommunity. The miner will give some of its tailings - ore thathas already been treated - to the Koffiefontein Community Mining PrimaryCooperative (KCM) for processing. The company met with the Department ofMineral Resources and Energy, the regul...Read More
RAPAPORT... Secondhand luxury retailer Circa has tapped De Beers Group Industry Services to help it authenticate all diamonds in the jewelry it purchases.Circa will use De Beers detection equipment to testpieces for synthetics before purchasing, as part of a wider collaboration.The two will also conduct joint educational consumer events in Asia, Europe andthe US, and will offer diamond-apprec...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) has produced a special Pearl Commission report ahead of its annual congress in Bahrain next month. This is the eighth in a series of reports prepared for the congress.The report, prepared by the CIBJO Pearl Commission, headed by Kenneth Scarratt, looks at the growing impact of environmental and conservationist factors on the pearl sector. T...Read More
(IDEX Online) - De Beers Group Industry Services today announced it will provide proprietary diamond detection technology to CIRCA. The company is a global buyer of pre-owned fine diamond jewelry and watches.De Beers Group Industry Services will roll-out the detection equipment across CIRCA's global offices, to provide CIRCA's buyers assurance that the diamonds in the jewelry and watches...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Delgatto DIamond Finance Fund (DDFF) has announced it can now offer full commercial bank services through its partnership with The MFO AG, Plaffikon Zurich. This will include cash and investment accounts, the ability to send and receive wire transfers and card services. "Through the Delgatto Diamond Finance Fund we have begun to address the lack of capital available to th...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Petra Diamonds Limited has announced the launch of an Artisanal Small Scale Mining (ASM) initiative in the Free State town of Koffiefontein in South Africa. The miner said it believes there is a space for artisanal miners to co-exist with formalized mining because ASM can often profitably recover diamonds from resources that would be unprofitable for a larger operator because...Read More
Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer unpacks green worker transport in Chile, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation and De Beers’ interest in Cobalt. Advertisement To watch Creamer Media's latest video reports, click here AdvertisementRead More
Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesWork on the 120,000 tonnes per year project stopped in August after the government suspended the licence to evaluate objections from residents and regional authorities. Locals oppose the project as they fear it will negatively impact crops and water supplies in the region."This ruling not only gives viability to the execution of a pr...Read More