Kumtor deal paves way for ChaaratSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixKropz set to fly after false startSPONSOREDkropzBMG returns eye-catching high-grade gold at Abercromby in WASPONSOREDbmgRosedale will acquire a portfolio of royalties from Equinox for $28.4 million in stock and from Sandstorm for $65 million comprising $32.1 million in...Read More

B2Gold is offering 0.0206 of a share for every Oklo share and 5.25c cash. The implied value of 17.25c per share represents a 127% premium to Oklo's closing price of 7.6c yesterday.Read More

Kumtor deal paves way for ChaaratSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixKropz set to fly after false startSPONSOREDkropzBMG returns eye-catching high-grade gold at Abercromby in WASPONSOREDbmgThe agreement has been reached with three of the four recognised unions among South African workforce, representing 90% of unionised employees.The de...Read More

Kumtor deal paves way for ChaaratSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixKropz set to fly after false startSPONSOREDkropzBMG returns eye-catching high-grade gold at Abercromby in WASPONSOREDbmg"The initial stage of the growth plan and our current priority is a feasibility phase," a spokeswoman for the Saskatchewan-based firm said.Read More

News: Polished trading sluggish but suppliers to large jewelry retail brands doing well. Expectations rising for June 8-13 Las Vegas shows with dealers relying on US market to stimulate growth. Chinese buyers cautious amid slow retail sales. High inflation, Russia supply constraints and Chinese Covid-19 restrictions fueling uncertainty. Melee hot as lack of Alrosa supply creating shortages. India...Read More

RAPAPORT... Macy's reported strong sales of luxury products and raised its profit forecast as the US retail sector weathered the challenges facing the market.Revenue rose 14% year on year to $5.35 billion in the first fiscal quarter, which ended April 30, the department-store chain said Thursday. Comparable-store sales - at branches open for a least a year - rose 13% at Macy's-owned shops and...Read More

RAPAPORT... An Art Deco Cartier bracelet set with 101 carats of Colombian emeralds sold for nearly three times its presale estimate at the New York Jewels Sale at Bonhams, garnering $3.2 million.The piece, designed in 1926, came from the collection of American heiress H?(C)l??ne Irwin Crocker Fagan, daughter of sugar baron William Irwin, Bonhams said Wednesday. It was originally expected to fetch...Read More

Kumtor deal paves way for ChaaratSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixKropz set to fly after false startSPONSOREDkropzBMG returns eye-catching high-grade gold at Abercromby in WASPONSOREDbmgForty or so years ago, at the onset of the third Fraser ministry, the Australian government's natural resources portfolio was held by Doug Anthony, t...Read More

RAPAPORT... A jadeite necklace was the top seller at the most recent Christie's sale in Hong Kong, achieving nearly $9 million.The piece features 33 jadeite beads and a clasp set with an 11-carat Burmese ruby surrounded by oval-cut diamonds. It fetched $8.8 million, within its estimate, following spirited competition at Wednesday's Magnificent Jewels auction, the company said. In total, the sale b...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Two diamonds over 100-carats lead a Sotheby's New York auction next month - a 101.41-carat Type IIa pear-shaped D-color IF stone, which is expected to sell for over $10m.And a 111.59-carat pear-shaped fancy deep orange-brown diamond, on the market for the first time in nearly 40 years, with an estimate of $1.5m to $2.5m.Sotheby's says it is "pleased to present not one, bu...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A robber convicted of an $800,000 raid on a US jewelry store has been jailed for 10 years, and ordered to pay $500,000 in restitution.Kenneth Jones, 41, stole an estimated 700 pieces of vintage and designer jewelry, valued at $800,000, from Pretty in Patina, in Omaha, Nebraska, in February 2018.Fingerprints found on a garbage bag he left behind at the scene led detectives to his la...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Jewelry retailers in the US are insisting on declarations from manufacturers in India that they will not use rough stones from Russia."A number of units have received mails from the US buyers. They are worried over the matter," Dinesh Navadiya, regional chairman, Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), Gujarat, told India's Economic Times.An estimated 250,000 dia...Read More

TAM, which is 3km north of the Alpala deposit, now hosts a measured and indicated resource of 528.5 million tonnes grading 0.36% copper equivalent for 1.27Mt of contained copper and 3.Read More

Peter Akerley, a founder of Erdene Resource Development Corp., first became aware of Mongolia's mineral riches in the mid-1990s as exploration manager for one of the largest western financed programmes in the country. As a geologist, with 35-years of experience, he describes himself as being "awed" by the country's geological potential ('Erdene' is the Mongolian word for treasure, or jewel).Akerle...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange and the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mainly weaker on the morning of Thursday May 26 amid a lack of direction.• More central banks are tightening monetary policy; South Korea is the latest• Japan’s services producer price index climbed 1.7% in April, after a 1.3% rise in MarchBase metalsThree-month base metals prices on the LME - wit...Read More

"This is clearly a giant step backwards for the Biden Administration's climate change goals," said chief executive Ronald Thiessen.Read More

U.S. equity index futures at 7:30 AM EDT were higher. S&P 500 futures were up 30 points in pre-opening trade.Canada's March Retail Sales report is released at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus is an increase of 1.4% versus a gain of 0.1% in February.NVIDIA dropped $12.75 to $157.00 after the company offered second quarter guidance below consensus.Snowflake plunged $17.77 to $115.00 after reporting lower...Read More

Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS) has reported assay results from six holes aimed at upgrading and growing the resources at its Warintza copper porphyry project in southeastern Ecuador. Highlights from the drill results included 930 metres grading 0.62% copper, starting at 2 metres in drillhole SLS-61 and 926 metres grading 0.49% copper starting from surface in drillhole SLS 57. Hole 57 targeting the...Read More

Aurelius Minerals (TSXV: AUL; US-OTCQB: AURQF) has released an initial mineral resource estimate on its Aureus East gold project in Nova Scotia, sending its equity to a new 12-month low at 19 ? apiece.The Toronto-based explorer outlined 985,000 tonnes in the indicated category grading 5.14 grams per tonne gold for 162,700 oz. of contained metal. The company also released an inferred resource estim...Read More

SilverCrest Metals (TSX: SILV; NYSE-AM: SILV) said Thursday it has begun commissioning the processing plant at its Las Chispas gold-silver project in Sonora, Mexico, which is expected to reach commercial production in the fourth quarter.The Canadian precious metals exploration and development company said construction of the plant was completed ahead of the feasibility study schedule.It added it e...Read More