The optimism surrounding the outlook for base and precious metals continues to grow. This has been a boon for Canadian miners such as Teck Resources Ltd., First Quantum Minerals Ltd. and Hudbay Minerals Inc. (TSX:HBM)(NYSE:HBM). All three miners have seen their shares firm over the last year to be up by 32%, 69%, and 21%, respectively. There are signs of even more good times ahead for miners and H...Read More
David Morel, Assistant Geologist at Bonterra's Gladiator Gold Project in the Abitibi Gold Belt of Quebec. Photo courtesy Bonterra Resources Inc.Successful mining stock investors have an old saying: look for the three M's, that is, good Management, a good Mining project and Money or the ability to raise it. Let's see if Bonterra Resources Inc. [BTR-TSXV; BONXF-OTC; 9BR1-FSE] meets those criteria.Th...Read More
Location map of the Bankers Cobalt Kabolela cobalt-copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Source: Bankers Cobalt Corp.Bankers Cobalt Corp. [BANC-TSXV; BC2-FSE] said Friday May 4 that it intends to complete a non-brokered private placement of up to 50 million units at 12 cents per unit for aggregate proceeds of u to $6 million. Each until will consist of one common share of the company...Read More
American Manganese (TSXC:AMY) is jumping on the blockchain bandwagon, with the company to pilot technology to track electric vehicle battery metals.Staff reporterThe blockchain technology will trace EV battery metals from mine to use to recycling iStock.com/Rick_Jo04 MAY 201804/05/2018commentsshareIt said in a release Thursday that it would be collaborating with UK blockchain start-up Circulor to...Read More
I have squandered my resistanceFor a pocket full of mumbles, such are promisesAll lies and jestsStill a man hears what he wants to hearAnd disregards the rest- Simon and Garfunkel, "The Boxer"The GOP and social justice warriors have something in common: They both have an identity crisis.Is the GOP still the fiscal and social conservative party of small government?Or is classical Republicanism dead...Read More
May 4, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) The common shares of Pivit Exploration Inc. have been approved for listing on the CSE. Listing and disclosure documents will be available at www.thecse.com on the listing date.The Company is engaged in the business of mineral exploration and the acquisition of mineral property assets in British Columbia. Its objective is to locate and develop economic preci...Read More
Via Sovereignman.comIt was just a month and a half ago that Tesla approved an eye-popping long-term pay package, worth as much as $50 BILLION to founder and CEO Elon Musk.And on Wednesday afternoon, Tesla held its first corporate earnings call since then.You'd think that Elon would have been gracious and professional, anxious to demonstrate that the shareholders' trust in him has been well-placed....Read More
Effects of Monetary Pumping on the Real WorldAs long time readers know, we are looking at the economy through the lens of Austrian capital and monetary theory (see here for a backgrounder on capital theory and the production structure). In a nutshell: Monetary pumping falsifies interest rate signals by pushing gross market rates below the rate that reflects society-wide time preferences; this dist...Read More
Drilling contractor and products group Boart Longyear (ASX: BLY) again boasted of continuing an improving trend for its results in the March quarter, with a 15% boost in revenues thanks to improved market conditions, although it is still trying to right the ship after the downturn and stabilise profits.Staff reporter04 MAY 201804/05/2018commentsshareMillennial Lithium building Grandes plansSPONSOR...Read More
Leading contract driller Ausdrill (ASX: ASL) this week took a majority stake in end-to-end seismic hard rock exploration service provider HiSeis.Staff reporter04 MAY 201804/05/2018commentsshareHiSeis was established in 2009 to commercialise the work of Curtin professors Anton Kepic and Milovn Urosevic that enabled the application of seismic technology to minerals exploration.While seismic had trad...Read More
Marvin the Miner and Blaster the Burro, the mascots of Colorado School of Mines, joined their friends on 9News Denver to celebrate College Friday on May 4.Launched in 2006 by College in Colorado, College Friday celebrates the importance of higher education and encourages Colorado students to reach higher-whether they pursue a certificate, two-year or four-year degree. Coloradans are encouraged t...Read More
An international team led by Colorado School of Mines has been accepted to compete in the 2019 Solar Decathlon Africa in Morocco.Mines students will work hand in hand with students from Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech, Politecnico di Torino in Turin, Italy, and the event's host university, Universite Mohammed VI Polytechnique (UM6P) in Ben Guerir, to design, build on site and operate an afforda...Read More
Four miners have died, three remain stuck underground and two are still missing at one of Sibanye-Stillwater's (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) gold mines in South Africa following a quake caused a fall of ground Thursday, trapping a total of 13 workers.Two more quakes were felt Friday near the Masakhane mine, part of the company's Driefontein operations, where three of the workers remained trapped and two u...Read More
World's top diamond producer by output, Alrosa (MCX:ALRS), has got approval from its board to acquire Russian polisher Kristall, the country's largest and one of the world's biggest diamond cutting firms.Alrosa's chief executive Sergei Ivanov has been asked to submit technical specifications for estimating the target's price and so make an offer, Prime Business News Agency reported.It the deal goe...Read More
Global demand for gold dropped between January and March, becoming the weakest first quarter since the 2008 financial crisis, a situation experts attribute to an improved economic outlook and wild swings on world stock markets, which pushed investors to seek safe havens.According to the latest report by the World Gold Council (WGC), a trade group, Worldwide demand for gold totalled 973.5 tonnes in...Read More
https://www.bloomberg.com/How much is a lithium business really worth? Enthusiasts of the metal used in rechargeable batteries are about to find out.FMC Corp. is looking to separate its lithium assets and list a portion of the shares in October, before providing the remainder to FMC shareholders within six months, the Philadelphia-based company said Thursday. It's set to be the first U.S. initial...Read More
In interviews, whenever I try to make the case that US policies are leading to the kinds of currency disruptions common in developing countries, I say something like, "For a glimpse of America's future, take a look at Argentina, where they're eating cats and dogs because of hyperinflation ... wait, no, I meant Venezuela." Mixing up countries kind of dilutes the power of the statement, but for some...Read More
Ever hear of Dysprosium?How about Neodymium?Terbium ring any bells?I don't even know how to pronounce this one: Yttrium?None of these words are going to fly in a Scrabble game, but they're getting people killed every day.Wars are being fought over them as we speak. And the death toll will continue to climb because these metals are THAT important to national security.Not just our national security,...Read More
Via Sovereignman.comIt was just a month and a half ago that Tesla approved an eye-popping long-term pay package, worth as much as $50 BILLION to founder and CEO Elon Musk.And on Wednesday afternoon, Tesla held its first corporate earnings call since then.You'd think that Elon would have been gracious and professional, anxious to demonstrate that the shareholders' trust in him has been well-placed....Read More
Via Sovereignman.comIt was just a month and a half ago that Tesla approved an eye-popping long-term pay package, worth as much as $50 BILLION to founder and CEO Elon Musk.And on Wednesday afternoon, Tesla held its first corporate earnings call since then.You'd think that Elon would have been gracious and professional, anxious to demonstrate that the shareholders' trust in him has been well-placed....Read More