* QR CEO says Mt Isa railway fixed as soon as end April* Repair estimate reduced from 6 months to 8-12 weeks* Line carries 5 pct of global zinc supply from mine to portAustralia's Queensland Rail said on Monday that it expects a railway hit by flooding this month, which disrupted zinc shipments from major producers such as Glencore, to be fixed as early as the end of April, sooner than it had expe...Read More
Freeport-McMoRan Inc Chief Executive Richard Adkerson said on Monday his company has been investing heavily to mitigate any danger from tailings dams and is "comfortable" with engineering designs in place at existing dams.Adkerson's comments come a month after a Brazilian tailings dam controlled by rival Vale collapsed, killing more than 300.Phoenix-based Freeport controls 19 active tailings dams...Read More
Israeli mining tycoon Beny Steinmetz is making a dramatic return to Guinea after the billionaire ended a bitter dispute with the West African country that brought his business empire to its knees.The settlement, brokered by former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, ends a seven-year-old dispute centered around one of the world's richest mineral deposits that included a colorful list of characters f...Read More
Mr. Darin Wagner reportsBALMORAL REPORTS 124.50 METRES GRADING 1.05 G/T GOLD FROM AFRIC GOLD DEPOSIT, NORTHSHORE JOINT VENTURE, ONTARIO Balmoral Resources Ltd. has received, from joint venture partner GTA Resources and Mining Inc., results from three drill holes completed on the Northshore property located near Schreiber, Ont., late in 2018. Two holes tested the Afric gold deposit beneath the prev...Read More
Mr. Keith Neumeyer reportsFIRST MAJESTIC ANNOUNCES FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR Q4 AND YEAR END 2018First Majestic Silver Corp. has released the consolidated financial results for the company's fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2018.The full version of the financial statements and the management discussion and analysis can be viewed on the company's website, on SEDAR and EDGAR. All amounts are in U....Read More
Mr. N. Eric Fier reportsSILVERCREST ANNOUNCES MORE HIGH-GRADE IN-FILL + EXPANSION DRILL RESULTSSilvercrest Metals Inc. has provided further phase III drill results for the Las Chispas property located in Sonora, Mexico. The 19 reported infill and expansion drill holes in this news release were targeting mineralization in the Babicanora vein, Babicanora Norte (Babi Norte) vein, the Babicanora footw...Read More
Niron Metals, headed by the former boss of Xstrata Mick Davis, will develop Guinea's Zogota iron ore deposit, previously owned by BSG Resources (BSGR).The news, confirmed via an emailed statement, follows a Monday agreement between Israeli tycoon Beny Steinmetz, BSGR's owner, and the government of Guinea over the rights to Simandou, one of the world's largest untapped reserves of iron ore."[BSGR's...Read More
Perth-based Titan Minerals (ASX: TTM) and Vancouver-based Core Gold (TSX-V: CGLD) announced that they are joining forces to create a diversified Latin America-focused, ASX-listed gold company with a portfolio of projects in Ecuador and Peru.In a press release, the miners explained that they signed a binding arrangement pursuant to which Titan will acquire all of the issued and outstanding Core Gol...Read More
Vancouver-based Maverix Metals (TSX-V: MMX) revealed that it achieved record annual gold equivalent production for 2018 with an output of approximately 20,900 ounces. Such a figure exceeds the high end of the company's increased guidance of 19,000 ounces and represents an increase of 75% compared to 2017.According to Maverix, only in the fourth quarter of last year, it produced 5,650 equivalent ou...Read More
"Seahawk Ventures Inc. (CSE:SHV US:SEHKF) is a gold exploration company and the second-largest landholder in the Abitibi greenstone belt's Urban-Barry gold camp in Quebec, Canada. For more info https://t.co/mxJ7lRMvAO @SeahawkVentures #exploration #gold #abitibi #investing #INN"Read full newsRead More
Australian gold company Evolution Mining Ltd said on Monday it had acquired a 19.9 percent stake in smaller peer Tribune Resources Ltd for A$41.3 million ($29.55 million).Evolution said Tribune's major asset was its interest in the East Kundana mining operation in Western Australia, a joint venture between Northern Star Resources Ltd, Rand Mining Ltd and Tribune.Australian gold producers have stro...Read More
Gold has been on a tear, thanks to the patient Fed and the investors' flight to safety. The trend is likely to continue in the coming weeks as well.Read full newsRead More
Canada's Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD), the world's second-largest bullion producer, is going hostile in its bid to acquire U.S. rival Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) and create a mega-gold corporation with a $17.8 billion all-share offer.The move, announced before markets opened on Monday, increases the potential for a three-way fight among some of the world's largest gold miners, and comes after N...Read More
Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, the Index tacked on another 9.1 points to end at 1153.11 for a gain of 0.7%. Over the last 2 weeks, it has climbed 3%. MACD moved up to 0.75. RSI rose to even more elevated levels with a 3.17 point gain as it reached 78.34. It is also worth noting RSI has not been this high in...Read More
Gold has been on a tear, thanks to the patient Fed and the investors' flight to safety. The trend is likely to continue in the coming weeks as well.Read full newsRead More
A judge rejects a challenge to proposals to build a controversial gold mine in the Sperrin Mountains.Read full newsRead More
A jump in the reserve grade and tonnage at Fosterville in Australia - already one of the highest grade and most profitable gold mines in the world - will help increase Kirkland Lake Gold's (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL) total gold production this year to between 920,000 and 1 million oz., up from its previous guidance of 740,000 to 800,000 oz. in December.The company revised its consolidated production guida...Read More
Regional exploration last year on its Indin Lake gold property, 200 km north of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, turned up high-grade gold in grab samples from three areas, including 174.50 grams gold per tonne at Fishhook, the southernmost project on its 899 sq. km land package, Nighthawk Gold (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) reports.Fishhook consists of several historical gold showings spannin...Read More
The gold miners' stocks surged strongly last week, blasting to new upleg highs. The mounting gains are naturally driving more interest in this small contrarian sector, shifting sentiment towards bullish. Despite their accelerating rally, gold stocks still remain fairly low technically and deeply undervalued relative to gold. So their strengthening upleg likely has plenty of room to run consi...Read More
Investors in Cameco Corp (TSX:CCO)(NYSE:CCJ) enjoyed a nice rally in the stock price in 2018 as deliberate production shut ins by producers and emerging new demand helped reduce excess supply and pushed equilibrium prices higher during the year. Could we see further share price gains this year?A combination of company specific and market factors will decide the fate of Cameco’s equity valuat...Read More