Shares of Aris Gold Corp. traded 30% higher after the company reported it entered into an agreement to become operator of the Soto Norte Gold Project in Colombia and has taken a 20% ownership interest in the operation with an option to increase its investment to 50%.Vancouver-based Aris Gold Corp. (ARIS:TSX; ALLXF:OTCQX), today announced that "it has entered into a definitive agreement with MDC In...Read More
Adrian Day editor of Adrian Day's Global Analyst discusses six companies, several of which are Buys, and looks to the SEC's latest plans for emissions control.In today's briefing, we update developments at several companies, mostly positive news, with several "buys" on our holdings.Vista Moves Toward a Deal on MT Todd Vista Gold Corp. (VGZ:NYSE.MKT; VGZ:TSX) appointed CIBC as strategic adviso...Read More
Posco said it aims to initially produce 25,000 tonnes per year of lithium hydroxide, which will subsequently be expanded to up to 100,000tpy.Read More
Four grab samples graded above 100 g/t Au (>3 oz/t Au) and are located above Puma's current drilling area.Read More
Proceeds will be used for construction of the Goose mine at its mine at its Back River project in Nunavut, Canada.Read More
Under the three-stage agreement, Rio can earn up to a 65% interest in Mason Valley by making payments of up to US$9 million and funding studies and works to bring the project to advance the projectRead More
The tech start-up using core enablers of automation to benefit every mineSPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Marvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldAnglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining The deal leaves former project holders Artemis and Platina as signi...Read More
RAPAPORT... Alain Bernard, the former CEO of Richemont North America, will join the board of Aether Diamonds, a synthetics producer that claims to grow its stones using carbon dioxide from the air.Before his most recent position at Richemont, which he left last year to start a consulting firm, Bernard spent nearly nine years at Van Cleef & Arpels and seven at Cartier, Aether said last week. Hi...Read More
RAPAPORT... The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) has appointed Eyal Shirazy as executive director of trading website Get Diamonds.Shirazy joins the business-to-business (B2B) platform from his role as chief digital officer at Shlomo Sixt Group, an Israeli company spanning the investment, automotive and insurance industries, the WFDB said last week.The WFDB adopted Get Diamonds as it...Read More
RAPAPORT... Millennial and Gen-Z shoppers are increasingly turning to lab-grown diamonds to get a larger stone more affordably in both the fashion and bridal categories, an MVI Marketing survey found.Respondents said the ability to spend less for the same size and quality was the primary reason they would select synthetics over mined diamonds, closely followed by gaining a bigger diamond for the s...Read More
RAPAPORT... Lucara Diamond is looking for acquisition opportunities, as the industry currently lacks an investable, mid-tier mining company, CEO Eira Thomas told the Rapaport Diamond Podcast. "Right now, we have a very bipolar industry, with [De Beers and Alrosa] on one side, and a handful of smaller miners on the other," she explained to Rapaport Senior Analyst Avi Krawitz. "Consolidation makes s...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Zimbabwe could benefit from a supply gap in rough diamonds, says the CEO of its biggest miner.Russia's invasion of Ukraine could increase demand, according to Mark Mabhudhu (pictured), of the state-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Co (ZCDC)."It may end up creating the supply gap that may drive demand for our product, as well as that of other players," he said in an in...Read More
(IDEX Online) - An armed gang held nine employees and customers at gunpoint in a $1.5m raid on a jewelry store.They zip-tied several victims at the Jared store in Glendale, Arizona, USA, said police, and stole their personal possessions, as well as merchandise from the store.Police arrested four suspects after a woman dialled 911 during the robbery last Wednesday evening. They face charges of arme...Read More
The tech start-up using core enablers of automation to benefit every mineSPONSOREDMarvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Anglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining Anglo plans to produce polyhalite, a type of potash that cur...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Diamonds from Russia should be treated as conflict diamonds, says the US-based NGO Pact."These are objectively conflict diamonds: They're funding an armed conflict against a peaceful neighbour, by a state actor," said Cristina Villegas, director of its Mines to Markets operation.She was quoted by the London-based Guardian newspaper in a piece entitled "Jewellery industry accus...Read More
Base metals prices on both the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed on the morning of Tuesday March 22, and volumes on the former have been very light with less than 2,000 lots traded as at 6.30am London time.* Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell adamant the US central bank will attack inflation aggressively.* Brent crude oil back at $115 per barrel.* Expect LME nickel to...Read More
The tech start-up using core enablers of automation to benefit every mineSPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Marvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldAnglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining The funds are being raised through a non-brokered private placement...Read More
Max - which has seen its share price on a strong upward trend throughout this year - has enlisted Endeavour to help with finances required by Colombia's National Mining Agency. In return, Endeavour will take a smelter-royalties return and 5% ownership of Max.Endeavours' net smelter returns royalty will be an underlying 0.5% and cover new mineral tenures, but not the ones that Max currently ha...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 9 points in pre-opening trade. Nike gained $8.11 to $138.30 after the company reported higher than consensus fiscal third quarter revenues and earnings.Altria advanced $0.56 to $52.25 after Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to a Buy.Schlumberger added $1.45 to $41.19 after Goldman Sachs added the stock to its Conviction...Read More
Vale (NYSE: VALE) has struck a multi-year agreement to supply Swedish lithium-ion battery manufacturer Northvolt AB with low-carbon nickel from its Long Harbour refinery in Newfoundland. Details regarding volume and pricing were not released, but the multinational base metals miner said that the agreement had been two years in the making and would serve as a "launchpad for further cooperation."...Read More