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

(IDEX Online) - Investors will be able to buy a tiny share of a high-value fancy colored diamond, with the launch on Wednesday of Luxus.The US-based fractional ownership business will allow clients, who would otherwise be priced out of the market to buy 0.1 per cent or less, of a gem.The first diamond on offer is a 0.54-ct fancy pink diamond from the iconic Argyle mine, in Australia, valued at $40...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Four masked raiders smashed the display window at jeweler's store with sledgehammers and fled with $100,000 of merchandise.Police in Westchester County, New York State, USA, later arrested three suspects after they crashed their car during a chase and fled, leaving the loot behind.The smash and grab took place at Golden Square Jewelry, Yonkers, last Thursday.One of the co-owne...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Fashion model Molly Sims dazzled at the Met Gala, wearing 120 carats of diamonds.She wore a $1m necklace in her hair, courtesy of Ring Concierge, the New York jeweler that specializes in designs "for women, by women".Sims, 48, has featured in campaigns for Jimmy Choo, Escada, Giorgio Armani, Michael Kors, and Chanel.She also wore two pairs of pear and marquise cluster earrings (16...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Plans by Botswana Diamonds to buy the loss-making Ghaghoo mine have collapsed, after it failed to secure a joint venture partner.The Irish explorer had a a non-binding agreement with owners Gem Diamonds, dependent on it finding a partner by 10 May. But it says there's still a possibility it will resurrect the agreement.The mine, about 300 km northwest of the capital Gaborone,...Read More

IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixKumtor deal paves way for ChaaratSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.Kropz set to fly after false startSPONSOREDkropzPredictive Discovery to forge a golden future in GuineaSPONSOREDpredictive discoveryThe proposal contained in Article 27 was for mining concessions to be awarded by an administrative body rather than by the courts as is c...Read More

From an industry-wide marginal production cost of US$6150 a tonne in 2021 the cost of producing copper has risen to $8000/t, the bank said.Read More

"This is a transformational year for Capstone as we ramp-up our new Mantos Blancos mill, construct the Mantoverde sulphides project and deliver a District Integration Plan for Santo Domingo with Mantoverde," Capstone Copper's CEO John Mackenzie said.Production levels from 2021 showed that the company would have had a copper production base of over 175,000t for that year.Capstone Copper was created...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 3 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures responded partially to a continuing slowdown in China's economy due to efforts to slow COVID 19 infections.The Wheat continuous futures contract added $50.20 to $1,228.00 after India banned wheat exports. McDonald's slipped $1.04 to $244.00 after the company announced plans...Read More

Nouveau Monde Graphite (TSX-V: NOU; NYSE: NMG) and Mason Graphite (TSX-V: LLG; US-OTC: MGPHF) have entered into an option and joint venture agreement to advance Mason Graphite's Lac Gu?(C)ret project in northeastern Qu?(C)bec. As part of the deal, Nouveau will have the option to own 51% of the property if it invests $5 million in Mason Graphite and spends $10 million on advancing the property....Read More

The Horizons ETF Copper Producers Index ETF (TSX: COPP) is set to go live for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange on May 17, providing a new option for investors to gain passive exposure to the world's $2 billion-plus market cap copper producers.Nicolas Piquard, the company's VP, portfolio manager and options strategist, tells The Northern Miner the fund aims to take full advantage of forecast i...Read More

Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX, NYSE: EQX) has suspended operations at its RDM mine in Brazil for at least two months as scheduled permits needed to raise its tailing dam were delayed, the company said on May 16. The company has been applying for permits to raise its TSF every year since 2018 after it altered the design of its facility and changed it from a centreline to a downstream design. It last r...Read More

The rise in the electric vehicle (EV) market share of the car industry is fuelling demand for the metals used in the lithium-ion batteries that power them. However, current lithium-ion battery technologies suffer from a trade-off between power and weight, with EV manufacturers seeking to maximize the energy density of batteries while minimizing their weight. Considerable effort is now underway t...Read More

Shares of Revival Gold (TSXV: RVG) rose 25% this morning on an updated resource estimate for its Beartrack-Arnett gold project in Idaho, that increased ounces in the indicated category by 56% and in the inferred by 19%. The project's updated indicated resource totals 64.9 million tonnes grading 1.01 grams gold per tonne for a contained gold of 2.1 million oz., compared with the 2020 reported esti...Read More

Baffinland Iron Mines' proposed expansion of its Mary River iron ore operation on the northern tip of Baffin Island, in Nunavut, has suffered a major blow after a review board advised against the project on environmental grounds.After four years of consultations and deliberations, the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) last week rejected the miner's request to more than double output to 12 millio...Read More

Porphyry copper deposits are largely produced by mechanisms similar to those causing large volcanic eruptions, new research by the University of Geneva has found.In a paper published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, the scientists behind the discovery say that at a time when current copper resources are dwindling, their finding opens up new avenues for the development of tools to...Read More

The city of Flin Flon in Manitoba has a rich and storied history of mining that began when gold was discovered around Amisk Lake at the start of the 20th century - the first major discovery of gold west of Ontario since the Klondike gold rush of the 1890s. The focus then shifted to base metals when, according to local legend, in 1915, a prospector named Tom Creighton discovered a massive copper-z...Read More

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May16, 2022(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rover Metals Corp. (TSXV: ROVR) (OTCQB: ROVMF) (FSE:4XO) ("Rover" or the "Company") is...Read full newsRead More

"We are making good progress and we're looking at potential to accelerate Jansen Stage 1 first production into 2026," Henry said. This would be around a year earlier than previously guided.Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Patriot Battery Metals Inc. [PMET-CSE, PMETF-OTCQB, R9GA-FSE] on Tuesday released the first series of analytical results for winter-spring drilling at its Corvette - FCI gold-copper-silver-lithium project in the James Bay Region of Quebec.Assays announced on Tuesday are for holes designed to test the northeastern and down-dip extension of the lithium-tantalum minerali...Read More

It may sound obvious in a sea of red bear markets like we have in front of us today, but did you know even in a bull market, most investors lose money?In fact, nearly 95% of all trades lose money or at best break even. Just take a look at this chart:About 80% of traders lose money. Only about 10% of traders break even. And only 10% of traders make money. Crazy, right?But why?In my 10 years as a tr...Read More