I'm not talking about Horizon Worlds, Mark Zuckerberg's personal vanity project. Kudos to him for jumping in the deep end early, but so far the execution has left me feeling somewhere between disappointed and terrified.Though I admit the avatars did manage to capture their creator's signature look, the newest version is still not as lifelike as I was expecting from such a hyped-up rollout. This i...Read More
When I was younger, I was taught that if you cannot say something nice, don't say anything at all. Well, when many of you have asked why I have not written about metals in quite some time, now you know the reason. But, I think that's about to change.Before we begin, I want to give you a little background about my history in the metals market.For those who may not remember the action we experi...Read More
Which Market Participants will be jumping for joy?(by Half Dollar) Depending on what price one uses at the metric, silver is now basically "unch" or slightly positive on the year.While there are still many trading days left to close out 2022, this week could prove to be especially explosive in the markets.That is to say, the Fed concludes its most recent 2-day FOMC Meeting this Wednesday, December...Read More
Easterday said the company had reinitiated resource drilling due to a land deal concluded earlier this year to test the upside potential.Read More
Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpDenison eyeing low-cost in-situ recovery in Canada's high-grade Athabasca BasinSPONSOREDdenison minesUranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDFeasibility Study Imminent at Fission's High-Grade, Low-Cost Uranium Project SPONSOREDfission uranium "PNG has traditionally been a provinc...Read More
Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpUranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDDenison eyeing low-cost in-situ recovery in Canada's high-grade Athabasca BasinSPONSOREDdenison minesFeasibility Study Imminent at Fission's High-Grade, Low-Cost Uranium Project SPONSOREDfission uraniumThe financing will consist of a US$110 million gol...Read More
Oriole announced a resource of 305,000 ounces of gold grading 2.Read More
Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpUranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDDenison eyeing low-cost in-situ recovery in Canada's high-grade Athabasca BasinSPONSOREDdenison minesFeasibility Study Imminent at Fission's High-Grade, Low-Cost Uranium Project SPONSOREDfission uraniumGlencore chief executive, Gary Nagle, reckons ever...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A court in India has ruled in favor of diamond tech firm Sarine and issued injunctions against five manufacturers that illegally used its software. It follows a series of court-ordered raids at eight locations in Surat, India's cutting and polishing capital, on 18 May.Gopi Impex, Nirghay Impex, Pramukh Gems, Dhiren Diamonds and Bhumika Gems were all found guilty of copyri...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Brides in Hong Kong expect at least a one-carat diamond in their engagement ring.And most say they'd reject a proposal outright if there was no ring at all.Those are the findings of survey of 1,226 men and women with marriage plans carried out by the e-commerce website ESDlife.The average wedding budget rose nine per cent year-on-year to by nine per cent to $49,445, after two...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Two more diamonds from the De Beers Exceptional Blue Collection have failed to sell at auction.A 3.24-carat cushion brilliant-cut internally flawless fancy vivid blue, with a $5m to $8m estimate, was withdrawn before the sale at Sotheby's New York last week.And a 2.08-carat cushion-cut fancy intense blue, with a $1.2m to $1.5m estimate failed to find a buyer at the same auctio...Read More
Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpUranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDDenison eyeing low-cost in-situ recovery in Canada's high-grade Athabasca BasinSPONSOREDdenison minesFeasibility Study Imminent at Fission's High-Grade, Low-Cost Uranium Project SPONSOREDfission uraniumMining is a slow-moving industry.Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 11 points in pre-opening trade.Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Mackem is scheduled to speak at 3:40 PM EST.Coupa Software jumped $13.04 to $75.13 after Thema Bravo offered to acquire the company for $81.00 per share. The cash deal is valued at $8 billion.Horizon Theropeutics jumped $14.26 to $111.53 after Amgen offered to...Read More
Canada has joined the launch of the new Sustainable Critical Minerals Alliance that seeks to pursue environmentally-sound and responsible mining, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced Monday.Speaking at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Wilkinson said Alliance members will commit to developing and sourcing critical minerals through a "nature-positive...Read More
It was unclear on Monday if protesters in Peru would abandon planned strikes and disruptions around mines run by Glencore (LSE: GLEN) and China-controlled MMG after new President Dina Boluarte promised elections two years early in 2024. Boluarte announced the initiative after two protesters died on Sunday in widespread unrest following the Dec. 7 sacking of former President Pedro Castillo on char...Read More
When Dan Noone first visited Guyana in 2004, the capital Georgetown was a "sleepy place," says the geologist and CEO of G2 Goldfields (TSXV: GTWO). "There weren't many cars on the road." As recently as 2010, Guyana was ranked the second-poorest nation in the Caribbean, after Haiti. Now, after a string of offshore oil discoveries off Guyana's coast by Exxon Mobil over the last seven years, Georget...Read More
Ascot Resources (TSX: AOT; US-OTC: AOTVF) has entered into non-binding letters of intent for roughly $200 million in project financing for construction of the Premier gold project, in northwestern British Columbia. The proposed financing package will consist of a US$110 million gold and silver streaming agreement with Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty and/or its affiliates and an equity inves...Read More
Blue Sky Uranium?EUR?(TSXV: BSK; US-OTC: BKUCF), a Vancouver-based uranium and vanadium explorer with 4,000 sq. km of prospective tenements in Argentina's Patagonia region, expects to update the preliminary economic assessment for its Ivana deposit after completing an enhanced regional exploration drilling program next year. Despite a difficult market for capital raising, Blue Sky announced on De...Read More
The post-pandemic period represents "the best diamond market in the better part of a decade," Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) president and CEO Eira Thomas told delegates at The Northern Miner's the recent Canadian Mining Symposium in London, U.K.In an interview with The Northern Miner podcast host Adrian Pocobelli, Thomas explained the rationale of investing in a space that gives exposure to both mined...Read More
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by g?EUR?old grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining Intelligence.Projects in North America's three countries led drilling results for the period of Dec. 2-9. Drilling at Torex Gold Resources' (TSX: TXG) El Lim??n mine in southwest Mexico topped the chart, followed by Ascot Res...Read More