RAPAPORT... Whether it's a blessing or curse, we're certainly living in interesting times, and 2018 delivered a host of standout developments that will have a lasting impact on the diamond industry. In the latest Rapaport Diamond Podcast, the editorial team looks back at some of the key themes that shaped the year in our coverage on Diamonds.net. What were the biggest stories of the year...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE) is to join the MyKYCBank platform of India's Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council. Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman of DMCC, and Chairman of DDE, and Pramod Kumar Agrawal, Chairman, GJEPC, signed the agreement which enables DMCC members trading in diamonds, gold and precious stones to join the MyKYCBank platform. DM...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Lucapa Diamond Company Limited has announced the finalization of S$7 million in development funding from the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) for its Mothae kimberlite diamond mine in Lesotho. The funding from the IDC, which is one of the largest development financiers in southern Africa, followed the execution of the loan and ancillary agreements and...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were up unchanged in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for Weekly Initial Jobless Claims was an increase to 225,000 from 204,000 last week. Actual was an increase to 214,000. Consensus for December Philly Fed Index was 12.0 versus 12.9 in Novem...Read More
Before I began my business career, my rich dad insisted that I learn to be a real estate investor. At first, I thought he wanted me to invest in real estate simply for the real estate itself. As the years went on and my base of education grew, I came to better understand the bigger picture of the world of investing.Rich dad said, "If you want to be a sophisticated investor, you must train your min...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia (December 20, 2018) - PRIZE MINING CORPORATION ("Prize" or the "Company") (TSXV:PRZ) (OTCQB:PRZFF) (MQSP:GR:FRANKFURT) announces that step-out diamond drill holes at the Pilar Grande area of the Manto Negro Copper Project in Coahuila State, Mexico continues to intersect copper-silver mineralization. Drilling at the El Granizo site has encountered complex faulting th...Read More
The junior exploration and development scene is still in high gear in North America, with many juniors planning for extensive work programs in 2019 at precious and base metal projects across the Americas. Here is a look at eight such companies.BARKERVILLE GOLD MINESBarkerville Gold Mines (TSXV: BGM; US-OTC: BGMZF) is exploring and developing the historic Cariboo mining district of central British...Read More
A Wisconsin district court has dismissed a lawsuit by the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin's lawsuit against both the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that alleges they should have presided over Aquila Resources' (TSX: AQA; US-OTC; AQARF) wetlands permit application for its Back Forty Creek polymetallic project in Michigan.The Michigan Departme...Read More
Junior explorer Supreme Metals (TSXV: ABJ) has identified a large magnetic anomaly on its Bloom Lake East property in Labrador, about 2.5 km to the east of Champion Iron Mines' (TSX: CIA) flagship Bloom Lake open-pit mine and mill, near Fermont in Quebec.The 2.5 km long magnetic anomaly, defined in a recent magnetometer survey done by drone, is about 15 km from the Wabush mines of Iron Ore Company...Read More
Mahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsSustained investment in people a big plus for consultancySPONSOREDbyrnecutDuring 2017, I wrote two ‘From the Capital' columns about ASX-listed Mustang Resources. The first, published on Read More
Mahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsSustained investment in people a big plus for consultancySPONSOREDbyrnecutNo one likes to be told what to do and I am no exception. All of us are brilliant, we all have superb judgement, we kno...Read More
Topics Include:*History of gold - Nixon tariffs, and closing the gold window*Investment case for gold*Why US debt to GDP ratio and increasing debt load creates a systemic problem with specific outcomes, all of which indicate an allocation to gold may be prudent*How low gold sentiment in western markets may indicate a key buying opportunity*Physics properties of gold, and why gold is a truly non-co...Read More
Danielle DiMartino Booth spent nine years as an advisor to Richard W. Fisher at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Danielle left the Fed in 2015 to found Money Strong, LLC, an economic consulting firm and launched a weekly economic newsletter She is the author of Fed Up: An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America. DiMartino Booth began her career in New York at Donaldson, Luf...Read More
Over 2,400 US soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, a number that is now about the same as the death toll from the actual 9/11 attacks.Continue...Read More
The Critical Investor presents an analysis of Trilogy Metals by Kees Dekker, a mining investment consultant. Arctic project; exploration1. Critical Investor IntroductionThis time Kees Dekker analyzed Trilogy Metals Inc. (TMQ:NYSE.MKT; TMQ:TSX), which sports one of the highest grade copper projects worldwide (Arctic). I found Kees' report interesting enough to obtain company feedback, and after a...Read More
The Dow Jones was up some 300 points yesterday when the sirens wailed at 2 o'clock sharp… and Jerome Powell pickled the bomb switch.When the all-clear sounded at 4 p.m., the index was down 352 points. In all, the Dow swung 900 hair-raising points yesterday.Markets emerged from their shelter this morning to take a look around - and survey the damage.Still shaken, still rattled... they broke u...Read More
There's a bull market in gold, and you need to join in on the ride if you haven't already, according to CNBC's Jim CramerContinue...Read More
I never expected it to happen this fast...A couple of weeks ago, I released a report for my Crow's Nest readers that laid out the top five marijuana companies that were likely to be bought out by Big Pharma, Big Tobacco, and Big Beverage.I assumed that these takeovers would happen over the next year. I was wrong. They have already started happening.Two of the companies I mentioned in that report h...Read More
On Thursday, December 31, 2015, at around 4:30 p.m. Central time, a floating city named the Theo T departed the Port of Corpus Christi in southeast Texas.The Theo T's destination was kept a secret by its owners, but we do know the contents it was holding below its deck were worth an estimated $24 million.Later, marine shipping records revealed the Theo T was on a three-week journey eastward across...Read More
Harry Dent is a Fortune 100 consultant, new venture investor, noted speaker, bestselling author, and the founder and senior editor at Dent Research, where he dedicates himself to identifying and studying demographic, technological, and geopolitical trends. He has a free daily newsletter at www.harrydent.com called "Survive and Prosper." Mr. Dent accurately predicted Japan's collapse in 1989, the d...Read More