Mining Articles

Pan African increasing production after reaching new high-grade gold zone

14:39 02 Mar 2018 / Andrew Scott

Cobus Loots, chief executive of Pan African Resources plc (LON:PAF), tells Proactive they've begun to increase production again at the Barberton mine complex in South Africa after reaching a new high-grade gold zone.Barberton, which comprises the Fairview, Sheba and Consort mines, has seen a rise in average grades to 11.5g/t in February from 8.7g/t during July - December.  Meet Scancell Holdi...Read More

Trump sours flagging NAFTA talks with steel trade war threats

Mar. 2, 2018, 2:03 PM / Reuters

MEXICO CITY, March 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to unleash a trade war over steel crushed hopes of substantial progress in the latest talks to rework NAFTA, heightening fears for the trade deal's future.Trump said on Thursday that a plan for protectionist tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum goods would be announced next week, following up on Twi...Read More

Fed hikes, dollar, and gold

Mar. 2, 2018, 12:42 PM / Adam Hamilton - Zeal Intelligence

The US dollar has fallen rather sharply over the past year or so, despite ongoing Fed rate hikes. This persistent dollar weakness has really boosted gold. There's a fascinating interplay between these two currencies and futures speculators' expectations for Fed rate hikes. These traders hang on every word from top Fed officials, which greatly influences their trading. So these relationship...Read More

Oil market fears: war, default and nuclear weapons

Mar. 2, 2018, 12:17 PM / Oilprice.com

The U.S. is one of the few areas of the world in which there is an energy investment boom underway, a development that could smooth out the uncertainties of geopolitical events around the world. At the same time, outside of the U.S., there is a deterioration of stability in many oil-producing regions, aggravating risks for both oil companies and the oil market, according to a new report.Financial...Read More

Investors set to tuck into tasty results from Domino's Pizza and Just Eat

12:07 02 Mar 2018 / Renae Dyer

The week ahead is set to be food-heavy with corporate results from Domino's Pizza (LON:DOM), Just Eat (LON:JE. and Restaurant Group PLC (LON:RTN).The latest figures from all three companies are expected to show less people are eating out and instead tucking into take-away food.Domino's set for full-year deliveryDomino's Pizza is anticipated to serve up some tasty full-year results on Thursday with...Read More

GETec Microscopy; new company with big ideas for graphene

12:03 02 Mar 2018 / Christine Corrado

GETec Microscopy's Stefan Hummel tells Proactive Investors at the U.S. for Graphene 2018 Conference in New York about the commercialization of their atomic microscope used to measure graphene.  Meet Scancell Holdings Plc, Advanced Blast & Ballistic Systems Ltd and TokenCommunities Plc at our event, London, 08 March 2018.Register here >>Read More

VolitionRx reports positive interim results from Danish colorectal cancer study

11:27 02 Mar 2018 / Andrew Scott

Cameron Reynolds, chief executive of VolitionRx Ltd (NYSE:VNRX), discusses with Proactive's Andrew Scott the positive interim results from their trial in Denmark concerning colorectal cancer (CRC), which point to being able to detect early signs of the disease.The ongoing study is in collaboration with Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and involves 680 subjects from the Danish N...Read More

Ontario Supports Expansion of Thunder Bay Airport Terminal

March2, 2018 11:00 A.M. / Ministry of Northern Development and Mines

Ontario is supporting major renovations to the passenger terminal of the Thunder Bay International Airport to help ease increasing traveller volumes and better serve passengers.Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development and Mines, was joined by Bill Mauro, Minister of Municipal Affairs and MPP for Thunder Bay-Atikokan, in Thunder Bay today to announce funding through the Northern Ontario H...Read More

Angola offers former dos Santos diamond rights to investors

Mar. 2, 2018, 10:46 AM / Reuters

LUANDA (Reuters) - Angola has offered investors diamond exploration licenses that previously belonged to Isabel dos Santos, daughter of the former president, according to a video clip of a closed-door meeting with mining companies seen by Reuters.During the meeting at a mining conference in Cape Town last month, president of state diamond company Endiama, Jos?(C) Manuel Ganga J??nior, said the lic...Read More

Trump's steel tariffs to have 'serious international knock-ons'

10:22 02 Mar 2018 / Andrew Scott

Mining Capital's Alastair Ford discusses plans by US President Donald Trump to introduce tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.''There's quite a lot of plates spinning in this equation'', Ford says.''Trump's really playing to his core audience here .. he's got a lot of voters in the industrial heartlands that have suffered from anti-competitive dumping practises from the Chinese''.''If these tari...Read More

Mirasol samples 5.73 g/t Au, 528 g/t Ag at Resolution

2018-03-02 10:14 / Mr. Stephen Nano reports

Mr. Stephen Nano reports MIRASOL UPGRADES RESOLUTION TREND AND IDENTIFIES NEW VITTORIA VEIN TREND AT THE NICO SILVER GOLD PROJECT, SANTA CRUZ, ARGENTINA Mirasol Resources Ltd. has made significant developments at the company's 100-per-cent-owned Nico project, Santa Cruz province, Argentina, including: The receipt of additional gold-silver rock chip assay results which upgrade the Resolution Trend...Read More

DynaCERT responds to demand for particulars in lawsuit

2018-03-02 09:35 / Mr. Jim Payne reports

Mr. Jim Payne reportsDYNACERT PROVIDES INDIA, EUROPE AND CORPORATE UPDATEDynaCERT Inc. has provided the following update.Testing by Automotive Research Association of IndiaThe India trucking industry participants realize that there is a potential performance difference between testing and use of the HydraGEN technology in North America as compared with the environmental and operational conditions...Read More

Goldmoney offers paperless verification for Holding

2018-03-02 08:29 / Mr. Josh Crumb reports

Mr. Josh Crumb reportsGOLDMONEY PARTNERS WITH JUMIO TO RADICALLY STREAMLINE CUSTOMER ONBOARDING WITH BIOMETRIC-BASED VERIFICATIONGoldmoney Inc. has launched a new onboarding method with Jumio, the leading digital identity verification provider, after a successful beta release. This new on-line verification process is entirely paperless and significantly reduces on-line friction historically associ...Read More

Osisko Mining drills 2.4 m of 265 g/t Au at Windfall

2018-03-02 08:04 / Mr. John Burzynski reports

Mr. John Burzynski reports OSISKO INTERSECTS 265 G/T AU OVER 2.4 METRES AT WINDFALL Osisko Mining Inc. has provided new results from the continuing drill program at its 100-per-cent-owned Windfall Lake gold project located in the Abitibi greenstone belt, Urban township, Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Quebec. The 800,000-metre drill program combines definition, expansion and exploration drilling in and a...Read More

Sprott earns $37.5-million in 2017

2018-03-02 08:01 / Mr. Peter Grosskopf reports

Mr. Peter Grosskopf reportsSPROTT ANNOUNCES 2017 ANNUAL RESULTSSprott Inc. has provided its financial results for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017. Financial overview for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017Assets under management (AUM) were $7.3-billion as at Dec. 31, 2017, compared with $9.2-billion as at Dec. 31, 2016. In January, 2018, after giving effect to the acquisition of CFCL, total AUM increased to...Read More

Gold Price Hits Two-Month Low on US Rate Expectations

Fri Mar 02 05:58:43 2018 / Staff reporter

The gold price was under pressure this week as the US dollar climbed following hawkish comments from US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.Read full newsRead More

Cononish gold mine given planning permission

Fri Mar 02 04:47:52 2018 / Staff reporter

The mine, at Cononish, near Tyndrum, aims to extract more than half a million tonnes of ore.Read full newsRead More

Gold Miner's Maiden Resource 'Provides a Strong Base' to Utah Project

Fri Mar 02 03:09:06 2018 / Staff reporter

Industry analysts discussed the inaugural resource estimate as well as the final 2017 drill results at one of this company's Utah projects, and provided targets of up to 2.5 times the current share price.Read full newsRead More

Investor Interest Is Simply Not There For Gold - Mining Legend Pierre Lassonde

Fri Mar 02 03:09:01 2018 / Staff reporter

Gold slid to a two-month low on Thursday, so what happened to talk of the metal's breakout year?Read full newsRead More

Eastmain Files Technical Report for Eastmain Mine Gold Deposit Mineral Resource; Looks to Exploration in 2018

Fri Mar 02 03:08:59 2018 / Staff reporter

TORONTO, Feb. 26, 2018-- Eastmain Resources Inc., announces the Company has filed the Technical Report titled," NI 43 101 Technical Report and Initial Mineral Resource Estimate on the Eastmain Mine Property, ...Read full newsRead More

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