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Maple Gold Mines completes mapping, sampling at Douay

2018-11-14 11:33 / Mr. Matthew Hornor reports

Mr. Matthew Hornor reportsMAPLE GOLD COMPLETES 2018 MAPPING AND SAMPLING PROGRAM AND IDENTIFIES NEW TARGET AREASMaple Gold Mines Ltd. has completed its first pass summer 2018 field mapping in the central part of the Douay project. Very limited historical work has been completed previously in this portion of the Project. The objective of the mapping program was to identify alkaline intrusive-relate...Read More

Electric vehicle revolution goes underground with mine truck

Nov. 14, 2018, 11:28 AM / Bloomberg News

Electric vehicles are reaching global markets far and wide - and deep. Swedish mining equipment maker Epiroc AB now aims to electrify all its underground machines within five years.As much as 40% of an underground mine's energy outlay is spent on powering gigantic ventilation systems to remove pollutants from tunnels, this can be reduced by using less dieselThe manufacturer on Wednesday launched a...Read More

Pan Orient Energy loses $960,000 in Q3 2018

2018-11-14 11:15 / Mr. Jeff Chisholm reports

Mr. Jeff Chisholm reportsPAN ORIENT ENERGY CORP. 2018 THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL & OPERATING RESULTSPan Orient Energy Corp. has released its third quarter 2018 consolidated financial and operating results.The company is today filing its unaudited consolidated financial statements as at and for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2018 and related management's discussion and analysis with Canadian sec...Read More

Iran hangs gold coin 'sultan' in crackdown after US curbs

Nov. 14, 2018, 11:05 AM / Reuters

Iran executed a gold dealer known as the "Sultan of Coins," in a warning to merchants not to exploit the country's financial troubles as U.S. sanctions squeeze the economy.Vahid Mazloumin was sentenced to death in October after being accused by Iranian authorities of contributing to price hikes by hoarding gold.The very specter of sanctions, even before they were resumed in August, plunged the Ira...Read More

Congo state miner wants meeting over Katanga cobalt-export

Nov. 14, 2018, 10:50 AM / Bloomberg News

The Democratic Republic of Congo's state-owned miner sought an urgent meeting to discuss a decision by Glencore Plc unit Katanga Mining Ltd. last week to halt cobalt exports.Katanga, controlled by Glencore, announced Nov. 6 it suspended sales from its Kamoto mine in southeast Congo after detecting levels of uranium in supplies above those allowed for export. Gecamines, the government-controlled mi...Read More

RT @zerohedge: NY Taxpayers To Pay $61,000 Per Amazon HQ2 Job

Wed Nov 14 10:32:42 2018 / zerohedge

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VW to convert three German plants to build electric cars

Nov. 14, 2018, 10:26 AM / Reuters

FRANKFURT - Volkswagen will convert three German factories to build electric cars, as Europe's largest automaker by sales starts mass producing zero-emission vehicles in a major strategy shift following its emissions cheating scandal.VW has provided job guarantees until 2028 for employees at the Emden and Hanover factories, and will spend 1.2 billion euros ($1.4 billion) training workers at Zwicka...Read More

Starting to look a lot like Christmas: Is the Fed about to blink?

Wed, 14/11/2018 10:25 am / Ted Dixon

American insiders in the Financials sector sniff change is in the air. Our sector indicator has hit 150% this week which means there are 1.5 stocks in the sector with key insider buying for every one stock with key selling. At this point, the indicator appears to be peaking. An indicator peak implies peak insider buying which often happens around the establishment of significant market support le...Read More

Rio Tinto wants a piece of Teck's copper project in Chile

Nov. 14, 2018, 10:25 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

The world's second largest miner, Rio Tinto, (ASX, LON:RIO) is said to be preparing an offer for a minority stake in Teck Resources' (TSX:TECK.A | TECK.B)(NYSE:TCK) Quebrada Blanca copper mine in northern Chile.Canada's largest diversified miner, which in August received regulatory approval for a $4.8 billion extension of the mine, has been looking for a development partner that could invest $...Read More

Juggernaut, Goliath sample 56.1 g/t Au at GoldCrest

2018-11-14 09:24 / Mr. Dan Stuart of Juggernaut reports

Mr. Dan Stuart of Juggernaut reports JUGGERNAUT REPORTS EXPANSION OF THE DISCOVERY ZONE AT DSM GOLDCREST PROPERTY; CHIP SAMPLES UP TO 56.1 GRAMS PER TONNE GOLD (1.64 OZ/T AU) OVER 1 METER Juggernaut Exploration Ltd. and Goliath Resources Ltd. havereleased channel, chip and grab sample assay results of up to 56.1 grams per tonne gold (1.64 ounces per ton gold) over one meter from the Cadillac trend...Read More

Select Sands Reports Results for the Third Quarter 2018

November 14, 2018 09:21:46 / Staff reporter

Vancouver, BC - Select Sands Corp. (TSX-V:SNS | OTCQX: SLSDF) (the "Company") today announced operational and financial results for Q3 2018 and the filing of its financial statements and associated management's discussion and analysis on www.sedar.com. The Company's financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars to better reflect Select Sands' operations and to improve investors' abil...Read More

Trimetals Mining loses $2.53-million (U.S.) in Q3 2018

2018-11-14 09:17 / An anonymous director reports

An anonymous director reportsTRIMETALS MINING INC. FILES THIRD QUARTER 2018 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, MD&A AND ARBITRATION UPDATETrimetals Mining Inc. has released its condensed interim consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2018, and the related management's discussion and analysis of financial position and results of operations. In this press release, all...Read More

Stornoway Diamond shares down on $37 million loss, departure of CEO

Nov. 14, 2018, 9:00 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

Shares in Canada's Stornoway Diamond Corp. (TSX:SWY) plummeted Wednesday after the miner reported a net loss of $37.6 million for the three months ended Sept. 30 and announced that chief executive officer Matt Manson will leave at the end of the year.Mason will be replaced by chief operating officer Patrick Godin, who joined Stornoway in 2010 and was appointed to the board of directors in 2011....Read More

RT @tazzochile: @miningonline #Strike cuts analyst tour of Rosebel #mining #gold $IAG

Wed Nov 14 07:53:22 2018 / Tom Azzopardi

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Xiana pays Glencore $25 million for Chilean operation

Nov. 14, 2018, 7:16 AM / MINING.com Staff

Vancouver-based Xiana Mining (TSXV: XIA), formerly Dorato Resources, paid $25 million and a 1.5% net smelter royalty to acquire Glencore's (LON:GLEN) Minera Altos De Punitaqui in Chile.Minera Altos De Punitaqui (MAP) is a copper-gold producing company that currently holds three operating mines, additional exploration licenses, a concentrator, and associated infrastructure. All these elements are c...Read More

Paramount Gold Nevada Acquires Promising High Grade Gold Prospect Near Its Grassy Mountain Project in Eastern Oregon

2018-11-14 07:00 / Staff reporter

HISTORICAL DRILLING INCLUDES INTERCEPTS OF UP TO 20 G/T GOLD NEAR SURFACE FROST PROJECT 12 MILES FROM GRASSY MOUNTAIN, HAS SIMILAR GEOLOGICAL SIGNATURESWINNEMUCCA, Nev., Nov.14, 2018(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Paramount Gold Nevada Corp. (NYSE American: PZG) ("Paramount") today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Nevada Select Royalty ("Nevada Select"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ely G...Read More

Ivanhoe Mines shares jump as it finds new copper-rich area in Congo

Nov. 14, 2018, 5:48 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

Shares in Canadian miner Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) climbed Wednesday as it announced that exploration drilling at its Kamoa North prospect area, which forms part of the Kamoa-Kakula mining licence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), had defined two new, continuous corridors of shallow and high-grade copper mineralization.The newly delineated copper corridors occur on the western flank of the...Read More

Worker strike forces IAMGOLD to suspend operations at Suriname mine

Nov. 14, 2018, 5:30 AM / MINING.com Staff

Canada's IAMGOLD (TSX: IMG) has triggered force majeure to suspend operations at its Rosebel Gold Mine in Suriname because some unionized employees have started a work stoppage.In a press release, the miner said the strike is a breach of the Collective Labour Agreement that prescribes a number of procedures in the event of a dispute between Rosebel and Rosebell Werknemers Organisatie. The company...Read More

Excellent interview with Macquarie's estimable Jim Lennon on #nickel - putting an end to the notion of class 1 vs c...

Wed Nov 14 05:29:16 2018 / Staff reporter

"Excellent interview with Macquarie's estimable Jim Lennon on #nickel - putting an end to the notion of class 1 vs class 2 price bifurcationhttps://t.co/8s5Z9UcdUA"Read full newsRead More

Pan American Silver buys Tahoe Resources for $1B

Nov. 14, 2018, 3:43 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

Canada's Pan American Silver (TSX:PAA) (NASDAQ:PAAS) is buying precious metal miner Tahoe Resources (TSX:THO) (NYSE:TAHO) for $1.07 billion in cash and stock, creating one of the world's largest silver producers.Pan American, already the world's second-largest primary silver miner, will effectively double its silver reserves with the acquisition, as Reno, Nevada-based Tahoe Resources owns a maj...Read More

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