The recovery in gold prices continues to pick up steam, and that has investors searching the market for the best gold stocks to buy ahead of additional gains for the yellow metal.Let's take a look at the current situation and see if this might be a good time to add gold stocks to your portfolio.Gold supportGold currently trades near US$1,350 per ounce, which isn't far off the five-year closing hig...Read More
Precious metals continue to garner considerable interest from investors. While gold has performed strongly in recent months, surging to US$1,340 per ounce, it is palladium which has shot out the lights. The precious metal, which belongs to the platinum group metals and is valued for its catalytic properties, has gained a whopping 50% over the last year, recently soaring to a record high of US$1,50...Read More
Lundin Gold (TSX:LUG) is a member of the Lundin Group of Companies. You may recognize one of its sister companies, Lundin Mining.While some analysts are calling for Lundin Mining shares to go on steroids, what does that future hold for Lundin Gold?2019 will be a pivotal yearHeadquartered in Vancouver with a corporate office in Ecuador, Lundin Gold is developing the Fruta del Norte gold project,...Read More
The stock that Marin Katusa has been touting as his "FOREVER ROYALTIES" stock in my opinion is Lucara Diamond.He has pitched Lucara many times as you can see here.The royalty part comes into play on Lucara's diamond selling platform Clara.Read More
At 5:15 p.m. on February 19th, Elon Musk tweeted that Tesla would produce 500,000 cars on 2019. The headline hit news terminals globally. The stock jumped over $1 in after hours trading. Four hours later Musk tweeted that he meant Tesla would be producing cars at an annualized rate of 500,000 by the end of 2019. After-hours trading was closed when that "correction" hit Twitter.The next morni...Read More
Drill core from Black Iron's Shymanivske Iron Ore Project in Ukraine. Source: Black Iron Inc.Black Iron Inc. [BKI-TSX; BKIRF-OTC; BIN-FSE] said Wednesday February 20 that it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with a subsidiary of Glencore Plc [GLEN-LSE; GLCY-OTC] that could result in financing for the construction of the Shymanivske Iron Ore project in Ukraine.The MOU envisages G...Read More
Diamond drilling on Cow Mountain at the Barkerville Gold Mines Cariboo Gold Project in east-central British Columbia. Photo courtesy Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd.Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. [BGM-TSXV; BGMZF-OTC; IWUB-FSE] on Wednesday February 20 reported final 2018 drilling results from the Island Mountain exploration and category conversion program at the company's Cariboo Gold Project in central...Read More
A miner operates his scoop tram at the Barrick Gold/Acacia Mining Bulyanhulu gold mine in Tanzania. Source: Acacia Mining plc.Barrick Gold Corp. [ABX-TSX, GOLD-NYSE] said Wednesday February 20 that it has arrived at a proposal to resolve majority-owned Acacia Mining PLC's [ACA-LSE] prolonged royalty and tax disputes with the government of Tanzania.It will involve a US$300 million payment to Tanzan...Read More
*See press release dated November 13 2018 and see note 16 for ZnEq calculationNotes Regarding Mineral Resource Estimate:Mineral resources are estimated in conformance with the CIM Mineral Resource definitions referred to in NI 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. This mineral resource estimate covers the Gilmour South Deposit, and the Key Anacon deposit's Main Zone and Titan Zone....Read More
Keynote Speaker Marie InksterWomen in Mining Canada (WIMC) is both honoured and delighted to announce Marie Inkster, President, CEO & Director of Lundin Mining as the keynote speaker for The Mining for Diversity Reception on Tuesday March 5, 2019 from 4pm to 6pm, as part of this year's PDAC Convention.The event, part networking-cocktail and part award ceremony, has grown to be a major event...Read More
Sometimes things just fall into place.Many of my veteran readers can remember the 1973 oil crisis.I'll bet a few of you even remember the odd-even rationing strategy that the government employed to combat the gasoline shortages that resulted from the oil embargo placed on us by OPEC.The idea was simple.Depending on whether the last digit on your license plate was an odd or even number, you were al...Read More
The Alliance for the Development of Additive Processing Technologies (ADAPT) at Colorado School of Mines is collaborating with three industry partners on new research into advanced manufacturing for military applications. ADAPT has been awarded Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants from the U.S. Department of Defense to conduct cooperative research with ADAPT members Citrine Informat...Read More
Linda Ann Battalora has been selected as faculty representative to the Colorado School of Mines Board of Trustees.Battalora, teaching professor of petroleum engineering and a Mines alumna, will serve a two-year term through the end of December 2020. The faculty trustee is elected by the Mines faculty and serves on the board in a nonvoting capacity.A Payne Institute for Public Policy Faculty Fellow...Read More
A team of Colorado School of Mines students earned honors at a hardware-based hackathon for their project to create a device that allows those paralyzed from the neck down to control a wheelchair by detecting brain activity.The team, BrainAble, won the MakeHarvard Originals award, given to the best project built entirely during the 30-hour hackathon and designed solely with materials provided at t...Read More
This mini-podcast features a clash of visions between Franco-Nevada chairman Pierre Lassonde and new Barrick Gold president and CEO Mark Bristow on the value of keeping Barrick's Canadian identity and robust head office presence in Toronto.Franco-Nevada chairman Pierre Lassonde as master of ceremonies for the 2018 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Toronto. Credit: Keith Houghton P...Read More
Katanga Mining (TSX: KAT; US-OTC: KATFF) lost $116 million in 2018's fourth quarter to end the year with $13.4 million in gross profit, a result of temporary cobalt sale suspensions, higher reagent costs at its Luilu metallurgical plant and increased mine infrastructure and support costs.The company recorded a $52.8 million fourth quarter loss in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciat...Read More
Black Iron Inc. (TSX: BKI; US-OTC: BKIRF) and Glencore (LON: GLEN) are in talks to finance construction of the junior's Shymanivske iron ore project in the Ukraine and have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to begin formal negotiations on the financing-offtake package.The companies envision an investment from Glencore that will help fund construction in exchange for offtake of produ...Read More
Are you looking to make outsized returns by investing in an unpopular cyclical asset that appears to have bottomed? Then look no further than Silvercorp Metals Inc. (TSX:SVM)(NYSE:SVM), which has gained 6% since the start of 2019 and appears poised to soar higher.Quality assetsSilvercorp, a leading primary silver miner in China, reported some solid fiscal third quarter 2019 results despite weaker...Read More
Idaho Champion Gold Mines Canada Inc. (CSE: ITKO) is a discovery-focused gold exploration company that is committed to advancing its 100% owned, highly prospective, mineral properties, located in Idaho, USA. The Baner Project is in Idaho County, the Champagne Project is located in Butte County, near Arco, and four cobalt properties in Lemhi County, in the Idaho Cobalt Belt. At the 2019 Vancouver R...Read More
I used to think Stephen Colbert was funny.But then I realized he was a partisan hack. He, and a slew of other media personalities, has made that abundantly clear during Trump's presidency.They're down if he's up. They're black if he's white.It's reflexive opposition without consideration of facts.Trump has done many bafoonish things, no doubt. But some good things have come about this presidency a...Read More