Portugal's secretary of state for energy, Jorge Seguro Sanches wants to re-energise the country's push to be a central part of Europe's future EV battery and auto-manufacturing supply chain and believes an upcoming public tender for 3,600 square kilometres of ground considered prospective for pegmatite and lepidolite lithium can help.Richard Roberts Drilling at the disputed Sepeda lithium property...Read More
Via The Startup Societies Foundation“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”– Charles H. Duell, 1899“We will never make a 32 bit operating system.”– Bill Gates, 1989Do these quotes seem silly in retrospect? No doubt. However, there exists seemingly bulletproof wisdom of the ages that recent developments may end up overturning:“Financial advice?...Read More
Via The Startup Societies Foundation“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”– Charles H. Duell, 1899“We will never make a 32 bit operating system.”– Bill Gates, 1989Do these quotes seem silly in retrospect? No doubt. However, there exists seemingly bulletproof wisdom of the ages that recent developments may end up overturning:“Financial advice?...Read More
Potential ad hoc application of the new mining law in Democratic Republic of Congo, plus weaknesses in its transparency and conflict of interest measures, may leave the country's mining sector open to corrupt deals that could cost the country billions of dollars.Read full newsRead More
Kratos offers a rare chance to get in close to the ground floor in the defense business.Read full newsRead More
DENVER (AP) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it has almost finished an overdue review of damage claims from a Colorado mine waste spill that the agency accidentally triggered, but an internal agency accounting of those claims appears to be off by tens of millions of dollars.Read full newsRead More
SPEARFISH - The South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced Thursday that it reached an agreement with a mining company drilling exploration holes near the rim ofRead full newsRead More
Kratos offers a rare chance to get in close to the ground floor in the defense business.Read full newsRead More
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Kratos offers a rare chance to get in close to the ground floor in the defense business.Read full newsRead More
Sheahan Diamond Literature Reference CompilationThe Sheahan Diamond Literature Reference Compilation is compiled by Patricia Sheahan who publishes on a monthly basis a list of new scientific articles related to diamonds as well as media coverage and corporate announcements called the Sheahan Diamond Literature Service that is distributed as a free pdf to a list of followers. Pat has kindly agreed...Read More
This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Will PurcellThe diamond and specialty minerals stocks box score for Friday was a rousing 97-59-134. The TSX Venture Exchange gained five points to 833 while polished diamond prices fell 0.2 per cent. Michel Baril and Guy Bourassa's Nemaska Lithium Inc. (NMX) jump...Read More
This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business Reporter West Texas Intermediate crude for April delivery gained $1.15 to $62.34 on the New York Merc, while Brent for May gained $1.09 to $66.21 (all figures in this para U.S.). Western Canadian Select traded at a discount of $23.25 to WTI ($...Read More
This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterNew York spot gold lost $2.10 to $1,313.60 on Friday. The TSX Venture Exchange rose 5.59 points to 833.67 while the TSX Gold Index added 0.64 point to 183.93. Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (AEM) led Canadian gold miners higher today, adding...Read More
This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterThe TSX Venture Exchange closed up 5.59 points to 833.67 Friday, ending the week up 4.77 points. Chuck Rifici's first capital pool shell, the halted Buzz Capital Inc. (BUZ), plans to acquire a Jamaican marijuana producer called Kaya In...Read More
This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Mike CaswellFormer Scotia Capital Inc. employee Donna Molby has filed a lawsuit against the firm in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, claiming that Scotia Capital wrongfully dismissed her in an effort to get her $166-million book of business. She claims that...Read More
A report made public today by the Associated Press reveals that an internal accounting of the claims submitted to the EPA in connection to the Gold King mine spill appears to be off by $100 million.Under an open records request, AP obtained a spreadsheet from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that shows that the claims for economic losses and personal injuries from the 2015 spill totalled m...Read More
February 2018 saw 84 deals close in the Canadian financial markets for an aggregate C$367.0 million at an average of $4.5 million, down 15.2% over January 2018 when 105 deals closed for an aggregate C$432.8 million at an average of $4.32 million.February saw 14 brokered deals close for an aggregate $250.0 million at an average of $17.9 million. This was up 54.3% from the nine brokered deals...Read More
Silver, despite the considerable optimism surrounding the outlook for the white metal in recent years, has failed to perform, lagging behind its more prestigious peer, gold. There are signs, however, that silver is powering up for a solid rally that could see its price surge in coming months.This makes now the time for investors to consider bolstering their exposure to long-beaten-down silver mine...Read More
One of the first comments about the economy from Larry Kudlow after his appointment as Trump's chief "economic" advisor was to advise anyone listening to "sell gold." But why? Gold is irrelevant in the United States. Very few Americans care about silver and even less care about gold. So why bring attention headline attention to gold?The simple, if not obvious, answer is that gold is the...Read More