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
If they do try to slam silver, that will be your FINAL GIFT from the manipulators...by Bix Weir of Road to RootaBofA has to cook their books by March 30th to both hide their massive silver lease holdings and clean up their 1Q reporting for 2022. Will they do it? These banksters always have so I wouldn't put it by them...but if they do try to slam silver below the Moving Averages to force the hand...Read More
Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipThe tech start-up using core enablers of automation to benefit every mineSPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Two additional diamond rigs are being mobilized to site, bringing the total diamond rig count to seven. The...Read More
Rockfire has drilled five diamond drill holes to validate the historical results from the 1970s, allowing for a JORC resource of 64 million tonnes 0.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 company has 12 trona production royalties on assets in Wyoming,...Read More
RAPAPORT... The upcoming Hong Kong jewelry shows have been postponed yet again amid measures to contain the coronavirus in the region.The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) rescheduled the Hong Kong International Jewellery Show and the Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem & Pearl Show, which were due to take place concurrently from August 14 to 18. They are now slated for July 29...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 Read More
RAPAPORT... Lab-grown producer Diamond Foundry has sued the US government over President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese goods.The San Francisco-based company filed a complaint against US Customs and Border Protection and the US Trade Representative on March 17. It alleged the government failed to issue a list of affected products within 12 months of initiating an investigation into China's...Read More
RAPAPORT... Titan Company has shelled out $20 million to invest in e-commerce lab-grown diamond business Clean Origin, its first foray into the synthetics sector.The move is "a strategic investment that will provide Titan a ringside view of the fast-growing lab-grown diamond (LGD) and direct-to-consumer (D2C) sectors," the Indian company, which owns the Tanishq brand, said in a recent statement.In...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Diamond Foundry is suing the US government over the "egregious" tariffs it has to pay to have its lab growns polished in China.The Silicon Valley start-up, which counts Leonardo DiCaprio among its high-profile backers, says the tariffs are higher than the actual cost of the polishing.It blames former president Donald Trump for imposing four punitive increases during his term, and J...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A Rolex watch that belonged to British rock icon Eric Clapton is expected to fetch at least $1.6m at auction.The gold Daytona (pictured), known as the Crazy Doc (reference 6239) leads The Geneva Watch Auction: XV by Phillips in association with Bacs & Russo.Clapton, 76, bought the watch in Italy in 1990 and went on to sell it at auction in 2003.Other highlights of the sale, to...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Diamond manufacturers in Surat are now importing the vast majority of rough direct to the city, rather than via Mumbai.In the financial year to March 2020, rough imports to both cities were on a par, at just over $6bn.But in the 10 months to February 2022, Surat imported $13.2bn of rough, almost four times as much as Mumbai's $3.7m, according to new figures from the Gem and Je...Read More
The company saw ANLA archive its environmental licence application in October 2021 on the grounds that it did not have enough information to decide on the viability of the project.Read More
A focus on ESG and decarbonisation has left some wondering what gold mining's role is in the world. Calderon made a strong case for gold mining during a speech to the Melbourne Mining Club yesterday.Read More
Base metals prices on both the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were mainly firmer on the morning of Wednesday March 23, with April nickel prices on SHFE registering an almost 2% gain.* Will Russia pushback against sanctions by curbing oil exports?* LME nickel prices found their price level on Tuesday.* The sell-off in bonds is seeing a rotation in other asset classes.* UK consu...Read More
The relationship between gold and copper reflects economic and political sentiment.Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 20 points in pre-opening trade. General Mills advanced $1.19 to $63.87 after reporting higher than consensus first quarter earnings. The company also raised guidance. Adobe dropped $10.45 to $456.00 despite reporting higher than consensus fiscal first quarter revenues and earnings. The company also lowered guidance fo...Read More
We have lent a grave ear to the war coverage these past three weeks. And we have concluded Mr. Putin's unfolding crimes are atrocious.All civilized men condemn them. And let the record reflect: We are with the civilized - even if we are not necessarily among the civilized.Yet this war coverage has likewise left us confused... and puzzled. But why? Who can be confused or puzzled?Here you have Vladi...Read More
A Russian anti-war protester - bearing a message in two languages - recently streaked across a Moscow newsroom:This woman in question had evidently labored for the very same "news" organization. The United States media instantly shrieked with glee...What a heroic soul, they gushed. She has defied Mr. Putin before the world's watching eyes. Solzhenitsyn himself had nothing on her.In a pre-recorded...Read More
As widely expected, the Fed raised its target rate today, its first rate hike since December 2018. As you may recall, that hike crashed the stock market in what became known as the Christmas Eve Massacre.Today's hike was only 25 basis points, not the 50-point hike some were predicting prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In a sense, Putin took the pressure off Jay Powell to make a bolder move...Read More