Toronto, Ontario - April 6, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Eric Sprott announces that today 2176423 Ontario Ltd., a corporation which is beneficially owned by him, purchased 1,000,000 common shares of Garibaldi Resources Corp. (TSX.V: GGI) pursuant to two private agreements at a price of $2.50 per share for total consideration of $2,500,000 (the "Acquisition").These 1,000,000 s...Read More
People often tell themselves that they will start their new diet, new exercise regime, or their new life, tomorrow. Either they are too stressed with stuff today, or need one last day to relax before permanently making the change. Then tomorrow comes, and the cycle repeats. What is happening in cases such as these is referred to in philosophy as a conflict of volitions. Harry Frankfurt, a philosop...Read More
At a cool $100 billion, SoftBank's Vision Fund is the biggest technology investment fund in history with investments that range from $300 million in a dog-walking app called Wag (you read that right) to a reported $4.4 billion in office space company WeWork.Now the Japanese firm is entering the mining sphere for the first time, buying up to 9.9% of Canada's Nemaska Lithium and investing up to $78m...Read More
Twenty-four Colorado School of Mines graduate students participated in Three Minute Thesis (3MT (R)), an exciting event that challenges students to present their research in a clear, concise manner to a non-specialist audience, on April 5 for a chance to win a $1,000 grand prize.3MT helps students learn how to effectively communicate their research. Competitors are only allowed a single slide to h...Read More
From attempts to weigh the human soul to misguided investigations into cold fusion, to unaddressed instances of plagiarism that led to even greater problems down the line, the world of science offers quite a few examples of poor judgment.While institutions have done better in instilling professional ethics through courses, Colorado School of Mines Physics Professor Emeritus P. Craig Taylor suggest...Read More
Bill Eustes, associate professor of petroleum engineering at Colorado School of Mines, was recently interviewed by InnovOil about "super-spec rigs," the super-sized oil and gas rigs that are growing in popularity at U.S. unconventional plays.From the article:Despite their eye-popping specs, these rigs are not actually the result of a step-change in drilling equipment or in the application of the t...Read More
Appetite for copper-mining assets is picking up after prices climbed in 2017 to the highest level in seven years, amid disruptions that worsened a shortfall in supply. The metal rally, however, has weakened since prices climbed to a three-year high in late December, and prices could become volatile unless the industry solves what Colin Hamilton, director of commodities research at BMO Capital Mar...Read More
A 6.16-carat blue diamond that was secretly passed down through European royalty over three centuries is going on sale for the first time in May.The pear-shaped, dark grey-blue gem, known as The Farnese Blue, is believed to be one of the most important historical diamonds left in private hands, Sotheby's said.Expected to fetch between $3.7 and $5.3 million when it goes under the auction house's ha...Read More
The president of the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network, Mgr. Jos?(C) ??ngel Divasson, hosted a press conference today where he presented the Catholic Church's position regarding the exploitation of mineral resources in Venezuela's southeastern Guayana region. Divasson, who also is the vicar apostolic of the Amazonian town of Puerto Ayacucho, said that not only the church but the entire world is worr...Read More
Following the announcement of its intentions to acquire the Kandiole-North and the Kandiole-West permits, RosCan Minerals (TSXV: ROS) said that now it wants to buy the 65-square-kilometre Segando-South and the 32-square-kilometre Moussala-North permits, all located in western Mali."With the acquisition of these additional permits, RosCan's Kandiole Project will consist of approximately 164 sq. km....Read More
http://business.financialpost.com/Vancouver's Teck Resources is buying out a minority partner in a major copper project in Chile at a cost that could reach as high as $262.5 million.The total price tag, however, will depend on copper prices - often considered a barometer for global macroeconomic growth because it is used in so many products - and which at the moment are sliding as the U.S. and Chi...Read More
Trilogy Metals Inc. (TSX/NYSE American: TMQ) has tabled results from a positive pre-feasibility study (PFS) for its polymetallic Arctic deposit, which is part of its larger land holdings in the Ambler Mining District in northwestern Alaska.A proposed mine at Arctic has an after tax net-present value of US$1.4 billion at an 8% discount rate and an after-tax internal rate of return of 33.4%. A 12-ye...Read More
One of the most exciting things about the marijuana revolution we're witnessing is the swift advancement in technology.When I was in college, smoking pot meant packing bud into a glass bowl, or a bong, or rolling it into a joint. It was grown in basements and closets by amateurs.Those things are still going on today, of course... But they're also rapidly being replaced.Vaporizers, which create les...Read More
People often tell themselves that they will start their new diet, new exercise regime, or their new life, tomorrow. Either they are too stressed with stuff today, or need one last day to relax before permanently making the change. Then tomorrow comes, and the cycle repeats. What is happening in cases such as these is referred to in philosophy as a conflict of volitions. Harry Frankfurt, a philosop...Read More
People often tell themselves that they will start their new diet, new exercise regime, or their new life, tomorrow. Either they are too stressed with stuff today, or need one last day to relax before permanently making the change. Then tomorrow comes, and the cycle repeats. What is happening in cases such as these is referred to in philosophy as a conflict of volitions. Harry Frankfurt, a philosop...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1326.30-$7.10Silver$16.39+$0.08XAU81.47+0.77%HUI176.34+0.66%GDM612.19+0.36%JSE Gold1085.57-7.48USD90.48+0.35Euro122.38-0.48Yen93.10-0.57Oil$63.54+$0.1710-Year2.836%+0.030T-Bond144.84375-0.875Dow24505.22+0.99%Nasdaq7076.55+0.46%S&P2662.84+0.69% The Metals: Gold fell $10.60 to $1322.80 at about 9:30AM EST before it bounced back higher into the close, but it still ended wi...Read More
Brixton Metals Corporation(TSXV:BBB) (the 'Company' or 'Brixton') is pleased to announce that it has entered into an asset purchase and sale agreement to acquire a 100% interest in five mining claims for 2,740 hectares in the Atlin Camp of British Columbia.Read full newsRead More
The president of the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network, Mgr. Jos?(C) ??ngel Divasson, hosted a press conference today where he presented the Catholic Church's position regarding the exploitation of mineral resources in Venezuela's southeastern Guayana region. Divasson, who also is the vicar apostolic of the Amazonian town of Puerto Ayacucho, said that not only the church but the entire world is worr...Read More
FTSE 100 closes 165pts higherWall Street starts Thursday stronglyUK Services PMI misses March expectations BT Group and Vodafone land 5G bandwidth, shares riseRank Group issues profit warning as both bingo and casino revenue slides FTSE 100 joined global equities to close firmly higher on Thursday as the pound weakened and China, US trade war worries eased.The UK bluechip-ben...Read More