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Middle Island Resources Limited (ASX: MDI) : Gold Exploration and Aspiring Development Company Focused on Western Australia, Interview with Rick Yeates, Managing Director

16/10/2018 / Dr. Allen Alper, PhD Economic Geology and Petrology, Columbia University, NYC, USA

Middle Island Resources Limited (ASX: MDI) is a gold exploration and aspiring development company focused on Western Australia. We learned from Rick Yeates, managing director of Middle Island Resources, that they are focused on a single project called the Sandstone gold project located about 400 km northwest of Kalgoorlie in the heart of the Western Australian goldfields. The project is 100% owned...Read More

National Science Foundation highlights Illangasekare's scientific workshop on mysterious kidney disease

Oct 16 2018 / News room

A scientific workshop on chronic kidney disease of unknown causes, or CKDu, organized by Tissa Illangasekare, AMAX Distinguished Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado School of Mines, was recently highlighted by the National Science Foundation.The NSF-funded workshop in Sri Lanka brought together hydrologists, engineers, occupational medicine specialists, social scientists and...Read More

The Northern Miner Podcast - episode 122: Innovation strategies for miners ft George Hemingway of Stratalis

October 16, 2018 / Posted John Cumming

This episode features a keynote speech by one of the mining industry's leading futurists: George Hemingway, Partner and Head of the Innovation Practice at The Stratalis Group in New York City.Recorded live at The Northern Miner's Progressive Mine Forum held at the MaRS Discovery District in downtown Toronto in mid-October 2018, George's keynote touches on all aspects of how a mining company can fo...Read More

Medgold hunts for gold in Serbia with partner Fortuna

October 16, 2018 / Posted Richard Quarisa

Medgold Resources (TSXV: MED; US-OTC: MGLDF) is wrapping up a nearly 5,000 metres exploration program at its Tlamino gold-silver-lead-zinc project in southern Serbia that partner Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) is funding.Fortuna extended the original 2,400-metre program based on early results, including 13.35 metres from 41.45 metres downhole grading 5.06 grams gold, 109 grams silver,...Read More

Orsu finds silver at Sergeevskoe in Russia

October 16, 2018 / Posted Northern Miner Staff

Orsu Metals (TSXV: OSU; US-OTC: ORSUF) is drilling 12,500 metres at its 90% owned Sergeevskoe gold project, 40 km southwest of the town of Mogocha, Russia, on its way to delivering a maiden resource in the fourth quarter of 2018.The latest results come from four infill holes at the project's Zone 23, and all include gold mineralization. Highlights include 1.31 grams gold per tonne over 16.8 metres...Read More

BHP boosts stake in SolGold

October 16, 2018 / Posted Trish Saywell

BHP Billiton (NYSE: BBL; LON: BLT) is raising its stake in SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG) from 6.1% to 11.18% and the US$50.2 million in proceeds will help the junior explorer advance studies of the Alpala deposit, the main target on the Cascabel porphyry copper-gold project in Ecuador.Under the placement agreement, BHP is subscribing for 100 million shares at 45 pence - a 30% premium to the last...Read More

Treasury tables first new resource for Goliath since 2015

October 16, 2018 / Posted Northern Miner Staff

Treasury Metals (TSX: TML; US-OTC: TSRMF) has updated the resource at its 100% owned Goliath gold project near Dryden, Ontario, for the first time since 2015, boosting underground gold equivalent ounces 64% in the measured and indicated categories.However, the updated resource is only slightly larger than the original resource. Treasury has redefined the pit shell so that it constrains fewer gold...Read More

Golden Software releases preview of enhanced scientific graphing package

Oct. 15, 2018, 11:42 PM / Golden Software

Golden, Colorado: 15 October 2018 - Golden Software, a developer of affordable software for data visualization and analysis, has released Grapher Preview, an application that allows users of the Grapher scientific graphing package to assess enhancements under development and provide feedback prior to the next software release.Used extensively by scientists and engineers in oil & gas operations, en...Read More

Bonterra Resources Announces $20 million Private Placement and Share Consolidation

Mon Oct 15 22:11:09 2018 / Staff reporter

Bonterra Resources Inc. (TSXV:BTR, US:BONXF, FSE:9BR1) (theRead full newsRead More

#Gold Extends Gains As Bonds, #Stocks, Dollar Slide | Zero Hedge

Mon Oct 15 21:17:57 2018 / Staff reporter

Sorry...China started off hopefully and ended ugly overnight...Read full newsRead More

Taking it to the Edge: Digitising the Exploration Process

Oct. 15, 2018, 9:15 PM / MICROMINE

As mining companies begin to adopt or mature their digitalisation strategies, major efficiency and performance gains will be made during the mineral exploration process. Micromine Product Strategy Manager Mark Gabbitus will discuss this topic as a guest speaker at the inaugural Australian Geoscience Council Convention (AGCC) in Adelaide from October 15th - 19th 2018.Titled 'Exploration on the Edge...Read More

Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain While Stocks Drop Again

15 October, 2018 / Chris Mullen, Gold Seeker Report

CloseGain/LossGold $1225.40+$7.40Silver$14.69+$0.08XAU70.45+1.70%HUI155.88+1.68%GDM557.90+1.37%JSE Gold1252.10+97.79USD95.08-0.20Euro115.81+0.22Yen89.21+0.03Oil$71.78+$0.4410-Year3.154%+0.001T-Bond138.4375-0.28125Dow25250.55-0.35%Nasdaq7430.74-0.88%S&P2750.79-0.59% The Metals: Gold gained $15.30 to $1233.30 in Asia before it chopped back lower in London and New York, but it still ended wit...Read More

Why It's Worth Holding Gold in Your Portfolio

15 October, 2018 / GoldCore

"It Always Pays To Hold Some Gold"by John Stepek of Money Week"We have interest rates going up at a clip that's much faster than certainly a lot of people, including myself, would have anticipated. I think the Fed is out of control."Central banks are independent, in theory. But that won't stop the president of the US from giving his full and frank opinion on their performance.Gold Britannias 201...Read More

Bonterra to roll back shares 1:10, arranges placement

2018-10-15 17:41 / Mr. Nav Dhaliwal reports

Mr. Nav Dhaliwal reportsBONTERRA RESOURCES ANNOUNCES $20 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENT AND SHARE CONSOLIDATION Bonterra Resources Inc. has entered into an agreement with Sprott Capital Partners to act as lead agent, on its own behalf and, if applicable, on behalf of a syndicate of agents, in connection with a marketed private placement to raise gross proceeds of up to $20,000,130.Prior to closing of t...Read More

CROP (@CROP_cse) (#CSE: $CROP // #OTC: $CRXPF) is bringing a whole new model to #cannabis production & sales [...

Mon Oct 15 17:31:55 2018 / CROP CORP

"CROP (@CROP_cse) (#CSE: $CROP // #OTC: $CRXPF) is bringing a whole new model to #cannabis production & sales [https://t.co/FGGkz25Pjs]#POTstocks #investing #stocks #stockmarket #trading #investors #news #investing #business #investments #marijuana #hemp #cannabisdaily #CBD #THC"Read full newsRead More

Vanadium price leaps to near-record high

Oct. 15, 2018, 4:11 PM / Frik Els

While not as exciting as the transformation in the auto market with the shift to electric vehicles, demand growth from batteries used for renewable energy storage has the potential to have a bigger impact on mining.One of the prime technologies that could grab market share from lithium ion for large scale storage systems is so-called vanadium redox flow cells.The rally in vanadium prices is only a...Read More

Vanadium price leaps to near-record high

Oct. 15, 2018, 4:11 PM / Frik Els

While not as exciting as the transformation in the auto market with the shift to electric vehicles, demand growth from batteries used for renewable energy storage has the potential to have a bigger impact on mining.One of the prime technologies that could grab market share from lithium ion for large scale storage systems is so-called vanadium redox flow cells.The rally in vanadium prices is only a...Read More

Multiple Veins Return Significant Tahuehueto Assays @telsonmining

Mon Oct 15 15:59:33 2018 / Telson Mining Corp

Telson Mining Corporation (TSXV:TSN, OTCBB:SOHFF) ("Telson" or the "Company") is pleased to report the following assay results from veins exposed in Level 12 Decline underground development at its Tahuehueto Mine Project.Read full newsRead More

Gran Colombia Gold (@GranColombiaG) (#TSX: $GCM // #OTCQX: $TPRFF) Reports Q3 2018 Gold Production; 12-Months'...

Mon Oct 15 15:51:39 2018 / Gran Colombia Gold

"Gran Colombia Gold (@GranColombiaG) (#TSX: $GCM // #OTCQX: $TPRFF) Reports Q3 2018 Gold Production; 12-Months' #Gold Production Reaches 214,439 Ounces, Up 23% Over 2017 [https://t.co/9gTH8JRA7s]#investing #stocks #stockmarket #trading #investors #capitalmarkets #news #business"Read full newsRead More

Newrange Gold Options Its El Dovio, Colombia Gold Project @NewrangeNRG

Mon Oct 15 15:39:10 2018 / Newrange Gold

Newrange Gold Corp. (TSXV:NRG, OTC Pink:NRGOF) (Read full newsRead More

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