A Discovery Channel reality show about gold mining is still dividing the small Colorado mountain town that provided its setting - even as the show plans to move on. Read full newsRead More
Last week I had the pleasure to attend Consensus 2018 in New York, the premiere gathering for the who's who in blockchain, bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.AtteRead full newsRead More
This particular metric has helped unearth some deep discounts in the mining industry.Read full newsRead More
This particular metric has helped unearth some deep discounts in the mining industry.Read full newsRead More
Last week index score: 36.21 (updated) This week: 52.74The Oreninc Index rose in the week ending May 18th, 2018 to 52.74 from an updated 36.21 a week ago despite good falling below US$1,300/oz.Gold finally gave way and fell below the US$1,300/oz level to hit a year-to-date low as the US dollar continued to strengthen, the US ten-year treasury hit a 3% yield and economic data continued to show posi...Read More
Gold failed to breakout in the spring and recently lost weekly support at $1310. Meanwhile, the gold stocks have held up well in recent weeks (considering Gold) but still have much to prove. Silver couldn't rally much when its net speculative position was at an all time low. The question now is where do things go from here. The price action is not bullish but with a Fed hike looming and negative s...Read More
Patrick Vierra of Singapore Bullion invited me to discuss precious metals, the stock market and the fiat currency-fueled asset bubbles that will blow-up sooner or later. I explain why investing in gold requires a long term perspective on investing and wealth preservation, why gold and mining stocks are extremely undervalued right now and why the world wants out of the U.S. dollar.Singapore Bulli...Read More
Nemaska's hydrometallurgical plant in Shawinigan, Quebec. Source: Nemaska Lithium Inc.Nemaska Lithium Inc. [NMX-TSX, NMKEF-OTCQX, NOT-FSE] shares were active Wednesday May 23 on news that the company is raising up to $402 million to fund a lithium mine and processing plant in Quebec.Over 7.29 million Nemaska shares changed hands in early trading Wednesday, making it the most actively traded stock...Read More
A popular belief in the world of mining investment is that small companies are a better bet than the majors, but I got a surprise this week when running an experiment into that theory because over the past 12 months the big boys have been the clear winners.Tim Treadgold23 MAY 201823/05/2018commentsshare At another time in the financial cycle there might be a different result in an attempt to "buil...Read More
Exploring the Silver Vista property MR area. Source: Glacier Lake Resources Inc.Glacier Lake Resources Inc. [GLI-TSXV; CLIF-OTC] on Wednesday May 23 released the results from a maiden diamond drill program on its Silver Vista property near Smithers, British Columbia.Silver Vista is a district scale property, covering 20,736 hectares, which has the potential to host bulk-tonnage (open pit) silver a...Read More
Lithium, photo: Dnn87, CC BY 3.0News of a $400 million financing package for a Quebec mine and processing plant put lithium firmly back in the spotlight Wednesday May 23.Nemaska Lithium Inc. [NMX-TSX; NMKEF-OTCQX; NOT-FSE], a leading Canadian player in the lithium exploration and development field, is raising the funds to support commercial development of its Whabouchi lithium mine and Shawinigan...Read More
The inaugural Future of Mining conference in Sydney heard that mining's enduring modus operandi is being challenged on a number of fronts and that the industry is facing 'disruption' on any or all of these fronts - and maybe even from within - over the next decade. Closing keynote speaker Elizabeth Lewis-Gray put a bold exclamation mark on proceedings.Richard RobertsElizabeth Lewis-Gray: "Perhaps...Read More
Here's something I've never understood ...Cannabis consumers who smoke just about anything, but go out of their way to eat only natural and organic foods.How can you take the time and effort to ensure your food is clean, but not your weed?It makes no sense.Especially when you consider that as much as 70 percent of pesticides found in some cannabis is inhaled when smoked.Jeffrey Raber, a chemist fr...Read More
Last week I told you there's a fresh oil play out there right now that holds a lot of similarity to the Bakken. That is, it's an oil formation that had been overlooked for so long, drillers had given up any hope of turning a profit - the way the Bakken was back in the 1950s. Now, there's a good chance you've never heard of the Red Cave formation.Don't worry, you will soon enough. Right now, eve...Read More
Toronto, Ontario - May 23, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQX: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a mineral resource estimate update for the Separation Rapids lithium deposit which includes results from the 2018 winter drilling program disclosed in the Company's news release dated April 3, 2018. In this program...Read More
Border Surveillance of ElectronicsCustoms and Border Protection has been slowly ramping up their illegal searches over the past few years.As we discussed in January, over 30,000 people had their electronic devices searched without probable cause or a warrant by Customs and Border Protection in 2017. This was a 50% increase from 2016.I believe anyone on American soil deserves every protection under...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia - May 23, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Cruz Cobalt Corp. (TSXV: CUZ) (OTC Pink: BKTPF) (FSE: A2DMG8) is pleased to announce that the company is planning to commence operations shortly on its numerous cobalt properties located in the vicinity of the Ontario cobalt camp.Cruz Director, Seth Kay, stated, "We are very excited at the prospect of starting...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia - May 23, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Lara Exploration Ltd. (TSXV: LRA) ("Lara" or the "Company"), is pleased to report that Minera????o Maravaia Ltda., has been granted its mining license for the Maravaia Copper Project, located near the town of Curion??polis in the Caraj??s Mineral Province of Northern Brazil. The Maravaia Project is being devel...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia - May 23, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) ML Gold Corp. (TSXV: MLG) ("ML Gold" or the "Company") announces it has received permits to conduct step-out drilling at the Stars Project in Central BC. The fully permitted drilling will continue to test the newly identified copper-molybdenum-gold-silver porphyry system under-cover at the Stars Property. Dril...Read More
Kathleen Hancock, associate professor of humanities, arts and social sciences, has been honored for her mentorship of women in the field of international political economy.The Society for Women in International Political Economy (SWIPE) Mentor Award was presented to Hancock at the International Studies Association's annual convention in San Francisco this April.In the early 1990s, SWIPE observed t...Read More