On a flight to Brasilia last year, Jair Bolsonaro's carry-on bag contained little more than two small chunks of metal mined in Brazil: One was graphene, used in solar cells; the other niobium, which strengthens steel.At the time, he said he hoped to display them in a TV interview, evidence of the promise mining holds for Brazil's struggling economy. While some of the former Army captain's ideas ha...Read More
On a flight to Brasilia last year, Jair Bolsonaro's carry-on bag contained little more than two small chunks of metal mined in Brazil: One was graphene, used in solar cells; the other niobium, which strengthens steel.At the time, he said he hoped to display them in a TV interview, evidence of the promise mining holds for Brazil's struggling economy. While some of the former Army captain's ideas ha...Read More
Christopher Lewis20 hours agoSilver markets continue to be very jittery, just as the global markets have been. Looking at this chart, I believe that it’s obvious that there are buyers on dips and that’s exactly what we have seen during early Wednesday trading. The $14.70 level has offered enough support to turn the market right back around and crashing into the $14.80 level. Silver i...Read More
Christopher Lewis20 hours agoGold markets fell initially during the day on Wednesday, finding support just below the $1230 level. Ultimately, this is a market that I think continues to find buyers on these dips as gold is a bit of a safe haven trade as of late. I believe that the market continues to be very skittish about global trade and of course rhetoric coming out of the mouths of politicians,...Read More
(Add quotes and update levels)JOHANNESBURG, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The South African randweakened further on Thursday, as investors were rattled by bleakmedium-term budget forecasts a day earlier and a strongerdollar, which dampened appetite for emerging markets globally.At 1500 GMT, the rand traded at 14.5800 versus thedollar, 0.19 percent weaker on the day after falling by around 2percent on Wednesd...Read More
* Keeps key interest rate on hold at 0.75 pct as expected * No substantial change in outlook * Economist: sees next hike in March 2019(Adds economist, detail)By Camilla KnudsenOSLO, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Norway's central bank kept interestrates on hold at 0.75 percent on Thursday, as expected, andrepeated an outlook for gradual hikes from the first quarternext year amid faster economic growth and hig...Read More
Newmont Mining, (NYSE:NEM), the world's second largest gold miner by output, reported Thursday lower third-quarter profit and revenue as a result of weak prices for the precious metal and copper in the period.The Greenwood Village, Colorado-based company logged an adjusted profit of $175 million, or 33 cents per share, for the three months leading to September, compared with a profit of $184 mi...Read More
Newmont Mining, (NYSE:NEM), the world's second largest gold miner by output, reported Thursday lower third-quarter profit and revenue as a result of weak prices for the precious metal and copper in the period.The Greenwood Village, Colorado-based company logged an adjusted profit of $175 million, or 33 cents per share, for the three months leading to September, compared with a profit of $184 mi...Read More
Evidence of a looming financial crisis may be growing, according to Harry Dent.The man who warned of the 2001 tech crash, the 2008 subprime financial disaster and China's recent stock market decline - years before they happened - has issued a new earth-shattering statement:"The Dow is set to embark on a catastrophic plunge...all the way down to 6,000."Harry Dent recently explained: "Nations are...Read More
* Container & bulk rates are falling:* Container market dragged down by U.S./China trade war * Emerging market woes weigh on dry bulk rates By Henning GloysteinSINGAPORE, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The cost of hiring containerships has plunged 24 percent from a multi-year peak while rawmaterial vessel rates have slumped 10 percent from a five-yearhigh, adding to signs of slowing global trade with dang...Read More
Vancouver, BC - Quadron Cannatech Corporation (CSE:QCC) (the "Company" or "Quadron"), is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding letter of intent dated October 24, 2018 with Genetic Properties Inc. ("GPI") and its shareholders, pursuant to which Quadron will acquire up to a one-third equity interest in GPI (the "LOI").GPI, a private company based in Toronto, Ontario, is applying...Read More
Vancouver, BC - good natured Products Inc. (TSX-V:GDNP) (the "Company" or "good naturedTM") is pleased to announce its latest commercial partnership with Indoor City Farm, Your Local Greens, Inc.Utilizing the latest LED grow light technology from Phillips Horticulture, Your Local Greens plans to become a key player in the post-organic Indoor City Farming space. With only 3% waste, 90% less water...Read More
Vancouver, BC - Select Sands Corp. (TSX-V:SNS | OTCQX: SLSDF) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company sold 80,000 tonse of frac and industrial sands during Q3 2018 which is within the Company's previous guidance (see press release dated September 4, 2018) of between 65,000 to 95,000 tons.Further to this sales update, the Company is providing the below highlights of its cur...Read More
While investing in gold stocks has pretty much been a losing proposition in the last five years and more, things are changing.The market is clearly more skittish, with major market indexes seeing big selling pressure.As I know you are well aware of, on October 9, the S&P/TSX Composite began a sell-off that spooked investors, leaving us wondering if this is the sell-off we have been waiting fo...Read More
#4 Zone Manto: flat-lying sulphide mantos in carbonates. Source: Sun Metals Corp.Sun Metals Corp. [SUNM-TSXV] shares rallied Thursday after the company released impressive drill results from its Stardust project in northcentral British Columbia.The company announced that drilling into a new extension of the Canyon Creek Skarn zone at the Stardust project has returned the thickest and richest miner...Read More
B2Gold's Fekola gold mine in Mali, West Africa. Source: B2Gold Corp.B2Gold Corp. [BTO-TSX, BTG-NYSE] on Thursday announced a better-than-expected resource estimate for its Fekola mine in Mali, West Africa. The Vancouver company also released positive results from a mill expansion study at the Fekola mine.The increased mineral resource and the positive results, to date, from the Fekola mill expan...Read More
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. reported a profit of $1.3 billion in its third quarter, boosted by the sale of the Waneta Dam.The miner says the profit amounted to $2.23 per share for the three months ended Sept. 30, compared with $584 million or $1.01 per share a year ago.Revenue totalled $3.2 billion, up from $3.1 billion.On an adjusted basis, Teck says it earned 81 cents per share for the quart...Read More
TORONTO - Barrick Gold Corp. says it's in talks with partners in China and Saudi Arabia on potential deals involving its copper assets as it looks ahead to its acquisition of Randgold Resources and an increased focus on African gold mines.Company chairman John Thornton said on a conference call that its copper assets are of high interest to the partners who may want to build serious copper compa...Read More
The market crashed again yesterday.This time with the Dow shedding more than 600 points and the Nasdaq more than 300 points.Make no mistake, it was a bloodbath.But while most investors were running to sell in an effort to avoid even bigger losses, I sent out the following email to members of my Green Chip Stocks community:That's right.Yesterday afternoon, we sold half of our position in a small ph...Read More
George Sowers, professor of practice in the space resources program at Colorado School of Mines, was recently interviewed by Nature about what it would take to build a sustainable base on the Moon.From the article:Researchers relish the idea of a base for conducting experiments on the Moon and as a way to trial technologies for heading to Mars. Private firms, however, are increasingly tempted by t...Read More