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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

After a week of insisting that a meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Argentina was going to happen, President Trump at the last minute sent out a Tweet explaining that due to a Russia/Ukraine dispute in the Sea of Azov he would no longer be willing to meet his Russian counterpart.According to Trump, the meeting had to be cancelled because the Russians seized three Ukrainian n...Read More

Vancouver BC - MGX Minerals Inc's share price increased by almost 10% today after the company announced a significant gold discovery at its Fran Gold Project in British Columbia, 30 km southwest of the Mount Milligan Gold-Copper Mine.Drill hole FR18-95 in the Bullion Alley Gold Zone was drilled at an inclination of 55 degrees and depth of 314m and yielded a broad intercept from 227.0 to 241.0 mete...Read More

Source: BloombergRelief that an escalation in the trade war between the US and China has been avoided - at least for now - sparked a huge rally in mining stocks on Monday.Gold closed at a one-month high just shy of $1,240 an ounce, iron ore continued to climb from recent lows above $66 a tonne and while the rally in the price of copper had fizzled out by afternoon trading, it did not stop investor...Read More

QUEBEC - Monarques Gold Corp. of Montreal has received a positive feasibility study for its 100% owned Wasamac gold project 15 km west of Rouyn-Noranda. The study concludes that the underground mine will produce an annual average of 142,000 oz. of gold over a life of 11 years.The Wasamac underground access and development concept. (Image: Monarques Gold)According to the feasibility study, Wasamac...Read More

NUNAVUT - Ottawa-based Aura Resources has issued an update of the work done at the Greyhound gold property, a partnership of Aura and Agnico Eagle Mining (the operator and holder of an optioned 70% interest). The project is located 40 km north of Baker Lake, and 32 km south of Agnico's Meadowbank gold mine.Agnico has completed surface mapping, induced polarization surveys, geochemical sampling, an...Read More

In August, Semafo (TSX: SMF) started flying expatriate employees by helicopter from its Boungou and Mana mines in Burkina Faso to the capital city of Ouagadougou.The Toronto-based company also heightened and reinforced escorts for the transportation of its national employees between the mines and their villages.At Boungou, the government deployed a ground military force on the route between the mi...Read More

KHARTOUM - Sudan will allow local private sector firms to export gold, Prime Minister Moataz Moussa said on Monday, relaxing the central bank's grip over exports of the metal as the government tries to shore up the country's struggling economy.The measure is part of efforts to stem smuggling of gold, one of the country's main sources of foreign currency."With the blessings of the president of the...Read More

Assays from holes drilled into the southwestern part of the Marathon deposit intersected intervals of high-grade gold over wide intervals at open-pit depths, Marathon Gold Corp. (TSX: MOZ) reports.Highlights include 17.39 grams gold over 5 metres from 213 metres downhole including 1.9 metres of 42.76 grams gold in drill hole MA-18-343, and 19.63 grams gold over 2.3 metres from 67 metres downhole,...Read More

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc (ISS) has advised shareholders to vote for Detour Gold Corp's refreshed board of directors at an upcoming special shareholders' meeting, stopping short of more aggressive changes demanded by activist investor Paulson & Co, the company said on Monday.Detour's existing management has been resisting Paulson's call for a complete overall of the board and immediat...Read More

Shares in Canada's Nautilus Minerals (TSX:NUS), one of the world's first seafloor miners, climbed more than 10% on Monday as the company disclosed is negotiating the terms of an agreement with arm's length third parties that would involve the creation of a joint venture company.The purpose of the new firm, Nautilus said, would be to fund the acquisition of the Production Support Vessel (PSV) that...Read More

Following the completion of its 2018 resource expansion drilling program, Fiore Gold (TSXV: F) announced today that it has updated the resource estimate for its Pan open pit mine in White Pine County, Nevada.The updated resource estimate includes Measured and Indicated (M+I) resources of 27.6 million tonnes grading 0.49 g/t containing 432,000 ounces of gold and Inferred Resources of 7.6 million to...Read More

North Vancouver/Stockholm-based Boreal Metals (TSXV:BMX) announced today it has completed seven diamond drill holes totalling 951 metres of exploratory diamond drill program at its Burfjord copper-gold project in Norway. In a press release, the miner said that assay results are expected in the coming weeks. The Burfjord project is comprised of six exploration licenses totaling 5,500 hectares near...Read More

Fund manager Adrian Day reviews some of the gold companies on his list, including a family of juniors all of which offer good targets for picking up in tax-loss selling seasons. Almaden Minerals Ltd. (AAU, NY, 0.52), like Vista from our last article, is very undervalued based on its ownership of a solid project, in Almaden's case the gold-silver Tuligtic project (which includes the Ixtaca deposi...Read More

The Chinese ferro-silicon market has added to recent price increases amid persistent demand from steel mills in the week ended Friday November 30, while in Europe prices are under pressure after reports of new deals, with long-term delivery negotiations in focus. China builds on price gains while steel mills buy for 2019 smelting schedules European market drops, awaits first-quarter settlements US...Read More

Ferro-chrome spot prices in China were unchanged in the week ended Friday November 30 after the drop in tender prices to December from November was smaller than expected. Chinese mills' ferro-chrome tender price falls by 50 yuan ($7) per tonne Chinese imported and domestic ferro-chrome spot prices stable Alloy prices into Japan and South Korea fall High-carbon ferro-chrome price into Europe unmove...Read More

The ammonium paratungstate (APT) market was subdued in the week ended Friday November 30 while the ferro-tungsten price in Europe nudged lower. APT prices in China and Europe stable amid slow trades Concentrates market quiet Ferro-tungsten price in Europe edges down; Chinese prices unchanged In Europe, Fastmarkets assessed the free market ammonium paratungstate price at $275-295 pe...Read More

Evidence of a looming financial crisis may be growing, according to Harry Dent.The man who warned of the 2001 tech crash, the 2008 subprime financial disaster and China's recent stock market decline - years before they happened - has issued a new earth-shattering statement:"The Dow is set to embark on a catastrophic plunge...all the way down to 6,000."Harry Dent recently explained: "Nations are...Read More

Larry Kudlow and Steven Mnuchin waxed optimistic on the U.S.-China truceThe Dow kicked off December with a bang, finishing nearly 300 points higher thanks to optimism generated from the U.S.-China trade truce. The blue-chip index did, however, pare some of its initial gains, after being up 441 points at its early intraday peak. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin also weighed in, expressing optimi...Read More

* STOXX up 1 pct, off highs; DAX up 1.9 pct * China-U.S. trade war truce boosts miners, oil, tech * Car makers Volkswagen, Daimler, BMW rally * Trump says China to cut tariffs on U.S.-made cars * Glaxo suffers worst day in a decade after $5.1 blnacquisition (Adds details, closing prices)By Helen Reid and Danilo MasoniLONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Miners, autos, tech, and oilstocks surged on Monday, dr...Read More

Right now, the demand for marijuana is now through the roof and this small-cap cannabis company could rise as a major player! The marijuana industry is close to wrapping up a very exciting year for investors. Many solid cannabis companies hit major markets expanding their exposure.Also, with former attorney general Jeff Sessions out of office, this could provide the next marijuana boom for U.S com...Read More