Oh the suspense, because if you believe the numbers, they're not really all that bad, or all that good...(by Half Dollar) First things first: For all of this newfound "hope" in justice coming to the Perth Mint, I'd like to remind everybody that it's the Queen of Australia who runs that place, much like it's the Queen of Canada who runs the Royal Canadian Mint, and as far as I can tell, both mints...Read More

As predicted, gold stocks aregradually declining. Their situation is unlikely to improve - the Fed isalready planning another interest rate hike.After yesterday’s huge slide in the PMs(GDXJ declined by over 8%!) and a sizable increase in our short positions injunior miners, gold and silver are moving back and forth, gathering strengthfor the next move. Or waiting for the next trigger.They ar...Read More

Gold investment demandshould be soaring with serious inflation raging, catapulting gold wayhigher.  Yet recently it has greatlylagged fast-rising general price levels, confounding contrarian investors.  But history argues this anomaly won’t last,that eventually big inflation will spur gold. Today’s terrible inflation super-spike fueled by extreme Fed moneyprinting is the...Read More

Buoyed by tight world supply and higher demand, Light crude oil prices are expected to reach the first resistance level of $124.50 over the next few weeks. WTI prices are being driven by several factors. First, the summer driving season in the US, and second by the relaxation of China's Covid curbs (Chart 1). On the supply side, the EIA has said that US Strategic Petroleum Reserve dropped by a rec...Read More

What are the new fundamentals for crude oil to look at this week?Could Asian demand be slowed down by Saudi Arabia raising its prices? Crude oil prices soared earlier this weekafter Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it would raise crude oil prices for mostregions except the United States. Just days after opening the floodgates alittle wider (as announced lastweek following an OPEC+ meeting), Saudi Arabi...Read More

An analysis of any profit potential in gold requires an understanding of gold and its fundamentals. The problem is that most folks do not understand gold or its fundamentals. “Most folks” includes investors, traders, speculators, advisors, analysts, marketers, etc. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOLD FUNDAMENTALThe single fundamental for gold is that gold is real money. PERIOD. Gold&rsqu...Read More

After briefly reaching highs above $2000, Gold has fallen to $1785 (-14%) following the deep selling in the US major indexes throughout most of April & May 2022.Interpretation Of The Current Consolidation In GoldMy team and I see the recent lows in Gold as similar to the April/May 2009 consolidation after the Global Financial Crisis. Also similar to the January 2013 consolidation before an ext...Read More

Some analogies in the gold market thatmay be a hint for investors can be seen right now. If there's a 2008 rerun,what could that mean in the near term?The precious metals market declinedyesterday, and while the move is still small, it’s nice to see that our shortpositions in juniors are already profitable.Something quite interesting happened intheir price movement at the beginning of yesterd...Read More

A comparison of this year’s grocery bills to last year’s yields a simple yet terrifying conclusion: food prices are rising at a rate beyond anyone’s imagination.The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food price index, which tracks the price movements of the most commonly traded and consumed food crops, recently reached its highest on record.Most point to the exorbita...Read More

Copper is one of our most important metals with more than 20 million tonnes consumed each year across a variety of industries, including building construction (wiring & piping,) power generation/ transmission, and electronic product manufacturing. The red metal is also a key component in transportation; electric vehicles use about four times as much copper as regular internal combustion engine...Read More

North Gilbey's a Gascoyne game-changerSPONSOREDgascoyne resources ltdSun shines on Saturn MetalsSPONSOREDsaturn metalsMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSORED"As our exploration activities ramp up, the demands of the Company's finance and operations teams are increasing, and I'm excited to have them join the team and contribute to driving the project forward," Filo's...Read More

North Gilbey's a Gascoyne game-changerSPONSOREDgascoyne resources ltdSun shines on Saturn MetalsSPONSOREDsaturn metalsMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDZaritsky is to remain on as an adviser to the board of directors of the gold explorer and developer and continue in his primary role as CFO of Osisko Mining.Zaritsky has stepped down from the O3 board.North Gilb...Read More

North Gilbey's a Gascoyne game-changerSPONSOREDgascoyne resources ltdSun shines on Saturn MetalsSPONSOREDsaturn metalsMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDHannes Meyer departs as CFO after 11 years of service but will remain with the company, First Quantum said.MacWilliam has been with the company since 2019, leading business development and investor relations.Nor...Read More

North Gilbey's a Gascoyne game-changerSPONSOREDgascoyne resources ltdSun shines on Saturn MetalsSPONSOREDsaturn metalsMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSORED  In what looks like a "third-time lucky" tax attack by the Australian Government the latest proposal surfaced yesterday in a speech by a senior academic at an economic summit in Canberra.Read More

North Gilbey's a Gascoyne game-changerSPONSOREDgascoyne resources ltdSun shines on Saturn MetalsSPONSOREDsaturn metalsMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDMarathon Gold on September 1 updated its initial capex estimate for Valentine to C$470 million to C$490 million, a 57% increase from its previous estimate of C$305 million contained in an April, 2021Read More

SailingStone's rejection could potentially lead to a higher offer if other minority shareholders also reject Rio Tinto's offer.Read More

North Gilbey's a Gascoyne game-changerSPONSOREDgascoyne resources ltdSun shines on Saturn MetalsSPONSOREDsaturn metalsMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSORED"No one is against the companies, but we are looking for distinct economic models.Read More

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 26 points in pre-opening trade. U.S. equity index futures moved higher following release of the August Employment Report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for August non-farm Payrolls was a drop to 318,000 from revised 526,000 in July. Actual was 315,000. Consensus for August Unemployment Rate was unchanged from July at 3.5%....Read More

Details of how the federal government plans to spend its multi-billion dollar Critical Minerals Strategy will be announced sometime in the Fall, says Natural Resources Canada.The Strategy was announced in April as part of Budget 2022 and earmarks up to $3.8 billion over eight years starting in 2022-2023 to advance critical mineral exploration, development and supply chains.In an email to The North...Read More

Sailingstone Capital Partners, the fifth-biggest investor in Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TQR), is ready to put the brakes on Rio Tinto's (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) intended US$3.3 billion takeover of the Canadian miner as it says the offer does not "adequately compensate" minority shareholders.Rio Tinto announced on Thursday it had reached an in-principle agreement with Turquoise Hill to...Read More