In the latest issue of Insights, we look at some concerning market developments ahead Wednesday's Federal Reserve interest rate decision. The breakdown in oil & gas stocks is particularly troubling. Our broadcast of the week looks at what we want to see for us to believe we are at a potential turning point for the Canadian Energy sector. Finally, our insider of the week had a major score in the...Read More
The precious metals sector appears to have started a correction.It was roaring higher until natural resistance kicked in and the U.S. Dollar grinded its way higher, towards its 2019 high. Factor in the Fed decision this week and it has created a natural "buy the rumor, sell the news" event.We cannot know for certain what the Federal Reserve will do or even more importantly, how the market will rea...Read More
He was corporate broker to a dozen UK-listed miners and worked on the US$3 billion financing of Aluminium Bahrain's 500,000 tonnes per annum aluminium smelter expansion, the recapitalisation of Kenmare Resources, the acquisition of Stillwater by Sibanye and Rio Tinto's Ivanhoe Mines transactions. SolGold says Hofmaier funded bulk and base metals mines into production and counted numerous global he...Read More
The Large-Cap March of DoomIt has been Wall Street cannon that small-cap stocks beat the large-cap stocks over time. While this has been true over the past 30 years, it is a bit more nuanced than that. And when it isn't true, like right now, it is a sign of a looming equity apocalypse.And by nuanced, I mean that small-cap stocks lead the market out of corrections but large-cap stocks lead the mark...Read More
Drilling a single oil or natural gas well with hydraulic fracturing requires between 1.5 to 16 million gallons of water. When the well starts flowing, the fluid that is brought back to the surface alongside the oil and gas is a combination of the injection fluid and brine from aquifers - a difficult-to-treat mixture known as produced water. Brimming with hydrocarbons, harsh salts and industrial ch...Read More
This episode features a speech on the difficulties of raising capital by Iamgold president and CEO Steve Letwin at The Northern Miner's Canadian Mining Symposium, which took place at Canada House in London in May 2019. In his trademark plain-spoken style, Steve explains the pre-eminent importance of cash flow to the current market environment and why capital intensive businesses such as junior mi...Read More
President and CEO Patrick Soares takes us through what he looks for to invest in a company and why this criteria led him to Foran ...Read More
The top gainers on the TSXV last week were Mineral Mountain, Meridian Mining, American Manganese, Highland Copper and American Creek.Read full newsRead More
The top gainers on the TSX last week were Northern Dynasty, Oryx Petroleum, Excelsior Mining, Valeura Energy and Treasury Metals.Read full newsRead More
StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was platinum, up 2.24 percent on hedge funds cutting short positions and flipped the futures composite to a net long. Gold traders and analysts in the weekly Bloomberg survey are split between a bullish and a neutral outlook on the yellow metal ahead of the Fed's meeting next week. Gold gained on Thursday after the European Central Bank (ECB) signaled...Read More
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Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM | OTCQX: SYATF) (the "Company" or "Siyata") is pleased to announce that it has received an initial purchase order of $130,000 through a leading Saudi Arabian cellular operator to equip a fleet of emergency response vehicles for a single end-use customer with its UV350, an LTE all-in-one in-vehicle smartphone.Saudi Arabia is the Gulf Cooperation...Read More
"REPEAT - Ascot Intersects 320 g/t Gold Over 1.0 Meter at the Big Missouri Deposit; Ongoing Drilling to Focus on Exploration and Discovery https://t.co/B3ARcIzFMH"Read full newsRead More
CBD is one of the most popular trends in the cannabis industry, but will the FDA's disapproval pose a significant problem for the up-and-coming cannabinoid?As it stands now, CBD is showing remarkable strength with a CAGR of 107%, growing to $23.7 billion through 2023. [1] However, as of last week, the FDA is cracking down on CBD companies such as Curaleaf Holdings (CSE: CURA | OTCQX: CURLF) over h...Read More
Gold miner Newcrest Mining Ltd said on Thursday its gold output rose 4.2% in the...Read full newsRead More
Scientists have discovered a pair of white dwarfs that might one day produce a major gravitational wave discovery, according to a new paper.Read full newsRead More
Silver has blasted higher in the last couple weeks, far outperforming gold. This is certainly noteworthy, as silver has stunk up the precious-metals joint for years. This deeply-out-of-favor metal may be embarking on a sea-change sentiment shift, finally returning to amplifying gold's upside. Silver is not only radically undervalued relative to gold, but investors are aggressively buying. Silver's...Read More