The snowpack is melting in the mountains of the Golden Triangle gold mining region in British Columbia, heralding a summer of increased drilling activities for Aben Resources. Aben Resources Ltd. (ABN:TSX.V; ABNAF:OTCQB) is gearing up to sink clusters of exploratory holes in its Forest Kerr project which is centered on a fault-fractured valley in the middle of the legendary Golden Triangle. The m...Read More
Frank Holmes, CEO and chief investment officer of U.S. Global Investors, speaks to Streetwise Reports about the fundamentals for gold, his company's funds and a handful of companies on his radar screen. Streetwise Reports: Since the beginning of the year, gold has been trading fairly narrowly in the $1,300 range. What are some of the macro factors working behind this and how do you believe they'l...Read More
Bob Moriarty of 321 Gold explains why he sees this explorer as undervalued and details the ways it is advancing its properties. GFG Resources Rattlesnake Hills Gold ProjectIn my latest book I try to make the point that at resource stock market lows, you can't give shares away. That is all by itself a great indicator of where we stand in the cycle. We are now easing into the weakest seasonal perio...Read More
The benefits and terms of the transaction, termed an "astute deal" that both adds value and "removes the M&A overhang," are discussed in an iA Securities report. In an April 16 research note, iA Securities analyst George Topping reported that Lundin Mining Corp. (LUN:TSX) entered into a definitive purchase agreement to wholly acquire Yamana Gold Inc.'s (YRI:TSX; AUY:NYSE; YAU:LSE) Chapada copper-...Read More
The Monday’s fire of Notre Dame Cathedral shocked the world. Since then, the French, the Catholics, and the architecture and art lovers hadn’t been talking about anything else. The precious metals community was less disturbed – even though it turns out that gold investors can actually learn a lot from the Notre Dame’s fire.We have visited Paris for the first time only a mon...Read More
By: IRA EPSTEINAbbreviated trading in many markets, lower volumes. Friday closed. Gold in bearish trend, $1297-1300 resistance. Market oversold, bearish tone unless moves back above $1,300:Read More
Today's chart shows why it can be so difficult to make money in a bull market, even when one "knows" how high a stock is headed. We've been confident that Facebook will eventually hit 190, a Hidden Pivot target first aired here more than three weeks ago when the stock was trading around 167. We still think it'll get there, come hell or high water. But what an agony it has been to simply go w...Read More
By: David Chapman Coimbra, Portugal Not much happened this past week. The S&P 500 gained 0.5% while the Dow Jones Industrials (DJI) was essentially flat. Gold was also flat but silver lost 0.9%. Here in Canada the TSX Composite gained 0.5% while the TSX Venture Exchange (CDNX) lost 0.7%. The US$ Index fell 0.4% while the Canadian dollar gained 0.4%. Gold stock indices fell portending a further...Read More
There is no hope for gold and silver next week if they do not see short covering and rise. Physical demand for gold and silver will be high in Asia and more so in India and Indonesia as they open after a holiday. Risk traders use a buy on sharp dips strategy with a stop loss below $1255 for Monday and a stop loss below $1440 for silver for Monday. Copper is bullish and seems headed for $310 next...Read More
Silver investment demand has been significantly higher than many analysts have forecast. How much higher? Steve St. Angelo has the details...by Steve St Angelo of SRSrocco ReportAccording to the recently released 2019 World Silver Survey, silver investment demand was significantly higher than analysts forecasted. How much higher? A lot, especially since the analysts stated that silver coin and...Read More
Polished market slow amid tight liquidity. Business activity disrupted by national elections. Parcels of 0.30 to 0.50 ct. diamonds selling better than certs. Manufacturers reducing polished production, leading to selective shortages. Steady US demand for 1 ct., SI-I1 diamonds supporting the trade. Dealers expecting more trading to shift from Mumbai to Surat in coming years. RoundRead More
Sentiment mixed, with slow trading before Easter andPassover. Selective buyers looking for 3X (X3) fine VS-SI diamonds. Steady USdemand for 1 to 1.50 ct. goods ahead of summer wedding season. Diamond cuttersreducing production and seeking to offload excess 0.30 to 0.50 ct. inventory.Alrosa 1Q sales -37% to $988M, rough-price index -3%. Chow Tai Fook and LukFook signal slowdown during Chinese New Y...Read More
RAPAPORT... Gitanjali Gems, whose chairman is a suspect in India'slargest bank fraud, is expected to go into liquidation, after its lendersrejected a recovery plan.Creditors voted by a 54% majority on March 28 not to extend Gitanjali's "corporate-insolvency resolution process," a six-month window during which a company's ability to repay its debts is assessed. That process therefore lapsed on...Read More
RAPAPORT...What's the current state of the rough, polished and retail markets?Avi Krawitz, Rapaport's Senior Analyst and News Editor, analyzes the key trendsin this hour-long webinar. Click here for more.Read More
RAPAPORT... Alrosa has started diamond production at a newdeposit in Yakutia with an expected mine life of 11 years, it said Wednesday. The Zarya pipe will help compensate for the diminishing resources at the miner's Komsomolsky open-pit site, Alrosa noted. It will havethe capacity to process 1.25 million tonnes of ore per year. Zarya, which is inthe Aikhal division, cost the Russia-based min...Read More
RAPAPORT... Two Sotheby's New York auctions brought in a combined $21.5million Wednesday, with a blue-diamond ring achieving the top price. The cut-cornered square modified brilliant-cut, 3.24-carat,fancy-intense-blue, VVS1-clarity diamond ring, flanked by two pear-shapeddiamonds, fetched $2.3 million, or $709,877 per carat. It had been estimated at $2.5million to $3 million for the Magnificent Je...Read More
Alrosa reported the results for its diamond production during the first quarter of 2019. The company mined and processed 7.8 million carats, an increase of 18 percent compared to the first quarter of 2018. Alrosa sold 10.6 million carats for $1billion, an increase of 19 percent for the quarter. The average diamond recovery per ton was 1.23 carat. Of the 10.6 million carats sold, some 7.9 mi...Read More
RAPAPORT... The US government wants the jewelry industry to declare the origin of all materials in products, trade organizations learned this week.State Department officials met with industry representatives on Monday to brief them on the plans.The possible rules would cover all raw materials in jewelry,including diamonds, other gemstones, metals and additional parts, according to a source pr...Read More
Petra Diamonds confirmed that it recovered a 209.9 carat D colour Type II gem quality diamond at its Cullinan Diamond Mine on April 18, 2019. This is the third +100ct Type II D colour gem quality diamond recovered since March 2019, and the fourth such stone in the current financial year. Petra noted in a statement that this recovery "again demonstrates the prevalence of these types of stones in th...Read More
The Okavango Diamond Company (ODC) revealed a unique polished blue diamond weighing over 20 carats, the biggest blue diamond discovery ever made in Botswana. GIA graded the 20.46-carat gem as a type IIb, Fancy Deep Blue, oval brilliant cut, VVS2. The diamond was discovered at Botswana's Orapa mine as a 41.11-carat rough stone. Its unique and vibrant blue color is the result of the inc...Read More