Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More

The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More

Howe Street, Released on 5/7/22Bob Hoye is a trained geologist, successful resource investor and economic historian. Bob is the chief investment strategist for chartsandmarkets.com.Bob Hoye: Stock Markets, Interest Rates, Inflation, Recession vs. Depression added by Herman James on 05/08/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

Contra Corner (via Dollar Collapse), Released on 5/6/22The 10-year UST yield has crossed the 3% mark. So you'd think this was a sign that a modicum of rationality is Continue... David Stockman: The Fed is not fixing the problem added by Herman James on 05/08/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

Armstrong Economics, Released on 5/8/22Biden has been lying to the public since he entered his political career decades ago. Yet, he allegedly received more votes Continue... Martin Armstrong: Lying Biden... Trust no one! added by Herman James on 05/08/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

Daily Mail, Released on 5/8/22Top psychologist with 16 years' experience in child mental health says over half of her patients now identify as transgenderContinue... Top child psychologist makes stunning admission about transgender kids... I had to speak out anonymously... added by Herman James on 05/08/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

Otavio (Tavi) Costa - Twitter, Released on 5/7/22Despite the bloodbath in overall equities, energy stocks continue to move higher.The disconnect from other sectors has never been more pronounced. "The Great Rotation" is now in progress. pic.twitter.com/MR62h4shNo- Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) May 8, 2022 Tavi Costa is a partner and portfolio manager at Crescat Capital and has been with the fir...Read More

Erich Hartman - Twitter, Released on 5/5/22Absolute and total ass covering bullshit from Bill Gates. We KNEW the IFR from COVID was low, and we KNEW it targeted the elderly in early Spring 2020. We cannot let these people pretend like this is new. They broke the world, and must be held accountable. pic.twitter.com/dansp5Db1d- Erich Hartmann (@erichhartmann) May 6, 2022 Bill Gates lies through his...Read More

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Kitco, Released on 5/6/22The gold price tested support at $1850 on Tuesday.Continue... Gold holding key support during panic selling event in stocks added by Herman James on 05/08/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

Barron's, Released on 5/8/22Raiders killed at least 35 people including a baby in an attack on aContinue... Dozens Killed In Raid On DR Congo Gold Mine added by Herman James on 05/08/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

RAPAPORT... Mountain Province's sales and earnings jumped in the first quarter as the Canadian miner benefited from growth in rough prices.Revenue rose 56% year on year to CAD 84.7 million ($65.7 million) for the three months, the company reported last week. Net profit more than tripled to CAD 24.3 million ($18.9 million) from CAD 7.3 million ($5.7 million) a year earlier. The average selling...Read More

RAPAPORT... Lucara Diamond Corp.'s revenue and profit soared in the first quarter of 2022 amid the sale of higher-value goods and increased income from its supply deal with Belgian manufacturer HB Antwerp.Revenue climbed 28% to $68.2 million for the period ending March 31, the miner reported last week. Net profit surged to $19 million, compared with $3.4 million a year earlier."Lucara begins the y...Read More

RAPAPORT... De Beers has expanded its Tracr blockchain platform to track all of its diamonds through to retail.The program will "underpin confidence in natural diamonds" and is a first step in enhancing standards in the industry, De Beers CEO Bruce Cleaver said Thursday.By deploying the platform "at scale," De Beers will be able to provide provenance information from the mine to the sigh...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Diamond sanctions are beginning to bite in India, as US buyers demand guarantees that polished stones were not mined in Russia, according to news reports.The US outlawed rough, gem-quality diamonds shortly after the invasion of Ukraine in February, but the ban does not cover stones that are "substantially transformed" - namely cut and polished - elsewhere.However, manufacturers in...Read More

RAPAPORT... Hong Kong's hard-luxury sales plunged further in March as the government tightened its restrictions in response to a Covid-19 resurgence.Revenue from jewelry, watches, clocks and valuable gifts fell 37% year on year to HKD 1.89 billion ($240.3 million) for the month, the municipality's Census and Statistics Department reported last week. The decline is sharper than February's 34% decre...Read More

RAPAPORT... US jewelry sales rose in April amid consumer excitement to return to in-store shopping, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse.Revenue for the category climbed 33% year on year during the month, Mastercard reported last week. That figure is up from March's 12% year-on-year increase. The segment also benefited from consumers refreshing their wardrobe for summer travel. Jewelry purchases...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Jewelry salespeople in the US are being urged to take extra care, after one was stabbed and two others were targeted by criminals within a week.The Jewelers' Security Alliance (JSA) says it's important to check nobody's following your vehicle, and to take "evasive driving techniques" if necessary.A traveling salesperson was stabbed twice after four males  smashe...Read More

0(IDEX Online) - India's economy could take 12 year to recover from COVID-19 losses, says the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).The country sustained losses of $24.8bn during 2020-21, as a direct result of the pandemic, it said. The figure for 2021-22 is estimated at $22.22bn and for 2022-23 it is $21.3bn.India's gold and diamond trade contributed 7.5 per cent of the country's GDP last ye...Read More

In an interview with Kitco earlier this week, John LaForge, head of real asset strategy for Wells Fargo Investment Institute, called gold's price movement over the past year and a half "the most confusing of all the commodities."And he's absolutely right.It might seem a bit discrediting for a financial analyst to admit that they're confused about a market. But there isn't an investor worth his sal...Read More

Last week Anglo Amewrican's nuGen haul truck began work at the Mogalakwena PGM mine in Limpopo province, South Africa.Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Imperial Metals Corp. (III-TSX) is working to reopen its Mount Polley mine in British Columbia. The company said it is targeting the start of milling operations in the second quarter of 2022.Details of the reopening plan are revealed in the company's first quarter 2022 financial results which were released after the close of trading on May 6, 2022.Imperial's principal...Read More