Market for 0.30 to 0.40ct. stabilizing due to lower production. Buyers looking to fill specific requestsrather than build inventory. Fewer dealers than usual going to Hong Kong showdue to ongoing protests and drop in Chinese wholesale demand. Suppliers focusedon 0.30 to 1 ct., D-H, VS-SI goods. Manufacturers maintaining low polishedproduction but starting to consider rough purchases before Diwali...Read More
RAPAPORT... If anyone in the industry wanted to know how to transform a diamondbusiness and safeguard its future, they might do well to speak to the 25members of the Young Diamantaires group who went on last week's mission toSouth Africa.The delegates from 10 countries included a jeweler who setup a museum to boost interest in gems, another who began offering lab-growndiamonds, and several so...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Botswana Diamonds (BOD) has announced that its associate Vutomi, in which it holds a 40-percent interest has been granted environmental authorization over a substantial portion of diamond-bearing gravels at the high-grade Marsfontein mine. The mine is contiguous to Botswana Diamonds Thorny river operation. The stockpiles are believed to contain commercial-grade diamonds. "This faci...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The CIBJO Marketing & Education Commission has released a report on Gen Z, young consumers who are currently 15-25 years old. The report is the first of the CIBJO commissions special reports to be released in the run up to the 2019 CIBJO Congress in Bahrain. The report provides a breakdown of what the industry needs to consider if it is to ensure that jewelry remains a favored...Read More
(IDEX Online News) - The U.S. Department of the Treasury has released a statement in which it singles out the Al-Hebo Jewelry Company (al-Hebo) for its support of ISIS. The statement claims the Turkish-based al-Hebo has "materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to ISIS." The company also operates under the names Al-Hab...Read More
(IDEX Online) - DRC Techno, a company focused on diamond identification technology, has added the J-Mini and the J-Detect 9000 to its growing inventory of lab-grown diamond technology. The J-Mini is designed for over-the-counter use while J-Detect 9000 is made for larger applications. Both machines make identification conclusions based on a diamond's phosphorescent and photoluminescent proper...Read More
JOHANNESBURG – South African mining output increased for the first time in nine months in July as coal and iron-ore production surged.Mining production rose 2.4% from a year earlier compared with a revised 4.1% decline in June, Pretoria-based Statistics South Africa said in a report on its website Thursday. The median estimate of five economists in a Bloomberg survey was for a 1% increase.Ad...Read More
Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds’ associate, Vutomi, has been granted an environmental authorisation over a substantial portion of the residual diamond-bearing gravels produced from the high-grade Marsfontein mine, which is contiguous to the Thorny River operation, in South Africa’s Limpopo province.In a statement on Thursday, Botswana Diamonds highlighted that this authorisation was a cri...Read More
White Gold turns heads as exploration steps up a gearSPONSOREDwhite gold corpSilver Mines times Bowdens to perfectionSPONSOREDsilver mines limitedPoster South Africa mine regeneration on trackSPONSOREDorion minerals"He has changed a lot of the rules, released a lot of permits"SPONSOREDAs the market regained interest in gold, at the expense of early stage copper-zinc plays, Aston Bay late...Read More
Stellar result for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxLast week, long-time Trilogy CEO Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse stepped down for personal reasons and Jim Gowans was appointed as interim CEO.Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 7 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures moved higher on news that the European Central Bank lowered its Deposit Facility Rate to -0.50%.Gold jumped $21.30 to $1524.50 following release of the ECB report.U.S. equity index futures were virtually unchanged following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus...Read More
When the "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin died last year, it was believed that she hadn't prepared any kind of estate plan, including a last will and testament.But, a few months ago, three handwritten wills were found in her home near Detroit. Two were in a locked closet and one was stuffed beneath the cushions of a couch!If you're wondering whether the handwritten wills are valid, join the crowd.I...Read More
Teranga Gold's (TSX: TGZ; US-OTC: TGCDF) Wahgnion open-pit gold mine in Burkina Faso started processing ore in August, two months ahead of schedule, and is expected to produce 30,000 to 40,000 oz. gold in 2019.The company poured about 1,700 oz. during commissioning in August.Throughput and grade will continue to ramp up as it continues to work the commissioning process, the company says.During th...Read More
New drill results from Liberty Gold (TSX: LGD; US-OTC: LGDTF) have defined a second, high-grade zone of oxide gold mineralization at the company's Black Pine project in Idaho.The mineralization was encountered in the Discovery 2 zone, which is subparallel to and 250 metres northeast of Discovery 1.Drill hole LBP043 returned 6.11 grams gold per tonne over 9 metres from 159 metres, and 4.39 grams...Read More
The following is an edited summary from the World Gold Council, based on its "Gold Demand Trends Q2 2019" report. To access the report, visit www.gold.org.Global gold demand grew to 1,123 tonnes in this year's second quarter - an 8% rise on the same period last year, according to the World Gold Council's latest Gold Demand Trends report. Continued central bank buying and sustained growth in gold-b...Read More
White Gold turns heads as exploration steps up a gearSPONSOREDwhite gold corpSilver Mines times Bowdens to perfectionSPONSOREDsilver mines limitedPoster South Africa mine regeneration on trackSPONSOREDorion minerals"He has changed a lot of the rules, released a lot of permits"SPONSOREDIron ore prices rose nearly 80% through the first half of 2019, helping the S&P/ASX 200 resources sh...Read More
UPDATE: I have to include still images instead of video to avoid copyright, hopefully you all still get the same feel as you did with the live video! Thanks for watching ;)Read More
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Graham Carman, President & CEO of Tinka Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: TK) and Gwen Preston of Resource Maven discuss the company's flagship Ayawilca project at the Metals Investor Forum on Sep 6-7, 2019 in Vancouver, BC.The 150 square kilometre project is located 40 km northwest of Cerro de Pasco in the richly mineralized silver-lead-zinc belt of Central Peru._____________________________________________...Read More