| ADVERTORIAL | Distinguishing natural diamonds from laboratory-grown stones has been difficult for jewelers. Until now.The Growing Popularity of Laboratory-Grown DiamondsLaboratory-grown diamonds are increasingly available in greater quantities, higher quality and new colors at price points that many find attractive. It is no wonder then that laboratory-grown diamonds are a growing presenc...Read More
RAPAPORT... Titan Company's jewelry revenue declined at the start of 2022 as a fresh coronavirus wave and the Russia crisis dampened consumer spending.Sales for the segment dropped 4% year on year in the fourth fiscal quarter, which ended March 31, the Indian jewelry retailer reported last week. The downturn reflected an unfavorable comparison with a period of strong recovery a year earlier,...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has appointed vice chairman John Hall to serve as interim executive director.It follows the resignation on 29 March of Iris Van der Veken, over its failure to take a tougher stance against Alrosa, the miner that is one-third owned by the Russian government.Hall (pictured) was a founding member of London-based watchdog and worked previously as...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were down across the board on the morning of Monday April 11, while those on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were more mixed.* Rising US 10-year treasuries yields weighing on market sentiment* China’s Covid-19lockdowns affecting logistics and demandBase metalsThree-month base metals prices on the LME were down across the board on Monday morning wi...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 33 points in pre-opening trade. The Shanghai Composite Index dropped 84.72 to 3167.12 following more economic shutdowns triggered by spread of COVID 19 infections Shopify added $7.82 to US$611.00 after the company announced a 10 for 1 stock split.Twitter slipped $0.58 to $45.64 on news that Elon Must will not join its...Read More
With the energy revolution ramping up at an unprecedented pace, the search is on to find and develop the next generation of critical metals deposits feeding into the approaching wall of demand.One company making such progress is York Harbour Metals (TSXV: YORK; US-OTCPK: YORKF), which has completed more than 10,000 metres of diamond drilling at its namesake copper-zinc project in western Newfoundl...Read More
Resource-rich Western Australia has been picked the most attractive region for mining investment in 2021, replacing the U.S. state of Nevada, which fell to the third place in the latest annual survey of mining companies released by the Fraser Institute.Canada's Saskatchewan continues to be on the podium, climbing from a third place overall in 2020 to a second position in the 2021 index, which take...Read More
Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ: SGML, TSXV: SGML) has released an updated Phase 1 feasibility study for its wholly-owned Grota do Cirilo project in Minas Gerais, Brazil, host to the the largest lithium hard rock deposit in the Americas.The Phase 1 study reveals an after-tax net present value of US$1.6 billion, potentially increasing to US$1.9 billion, with an internal rate of return of 424%. The study assu...Read More
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 200.76 points or 0.57% to 34,721.12 and the S&P 500 fell 94.36 points or 2.1% over the week to 4,488.28. Shares of Gatos Silver rose 6.3% to US$4.72 as the company released "record silver production" figures from its 70%-owned Cerro Los Gatos mine in Mexico for the first quarter of 2022. Gatos also announced the appointment of Dale Andres, the company's curr...Read More
Over the Apr. 4-8 trading period, the S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 211.25 points or 0.96% to 21,874.35. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index increased 0.6 points or 0.46% to 129.58 and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index fell 9.25 points or 4.1% to 221.74. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 8.03 points or 2.2% to 363.36 and spot gold ended the week US$11.1 per oz. higher, or 0.57%, at US$1,941.40 per...Read More
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index advanced 22.21 points or 2.6% over the Apr. 4-8 trading session to end at 888.21. The week's most actively traded stock was Pure Gold Mining, which declined 12 ? or 31.9% to end at 25 ?, with 24.9 million shares changing hands. In late March, the junior reported that it would need to raise $50 million within the next six months to continue operating its PureGol...Read More
During a recent press conference, Mexican president Andr?(C)s Manuel L??pez Obrador warned that if Congress does not approve a constitutional reform on electrical matters, following a decision by the Supreme Court of Justice that granted constitutional validity to the new Law on Electrical Power, he will push for a rewrite of the country's Mining Law."In the event that the MPs that represent veste...Read More
Mohamed El-Erian - Twitter, Released on 4/11/22The breakdown in the textbook bond/stock correlation is not new. It was evident when the #Fed was injecting massive liquidity with both asset class prices going up at the same time.Now the process is reversing as the liquidity paradigm changes, robbing investors of a safe haven. pic.twitter.com/fNNcCOb41Y- Mohamed A. El-Erian (@elerianm) April 11, 202...Read More
Liberty and Finance, Released on 4/11/22Stocks are currently in the biggest bubble in history, says analyst Michael Oliver. Central banks, like the Fed, have created this bubble. As the markets crash, the Fed will have to reverse their tightening. Amid flip-flopping policies, the Fed will lose public acceptance. "It's the demise of the central banks," says Oliver.0:00 Intro1:38 Gold update7:10 Min...Read More
NZ Herald, Released on 4/11/22The father was himself unvaccinated and didn't want his children to get the jab, while the motherContinue... Father banned from contact with kids after judge orders they get vaccinated added by Herman James on 04/12/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
Dear Outsider,Elon Musk's made some bold predictions over the years, most of which haven't come true.He's made a name for himself as the boy who cried wolf.In 2017, he launched Neuralink, a company that creates brain implants to help repair and reverse severe brain and spinal cord injuries. Musk predicted the brain microchips would be widely available by 2021. But the company's not even close to m...Read More
Distinguishing natural diamonds from laboratory-grown stones has been difficult for jewelers. Until now.The Growing Popularity of Laboratory-Grown DiamondsLaboratory-grown diamonds are increasingly available in greater quantities, higher quality and new colors at price points that many find attractive. It is no wonder then that laboratory-grown diamonds are a growing presence in the marketplace, w...Read More
To the Editor: Modern open pit gold mining of low grade ore is one of the most polluting mining activities there is. Recent studies have documented that more than 70 to 90% of major gold mines that are near underground or surface water cause contamination of that water. Many open pit gold mines excavate 8 [...]Read full newsRead More
Environmental groups are renewing efforts to stop exploratory drilling by a Canadian mining company hoping to build a gold mine in Idaho west of Yellowstone National Park.Read full newsRead More
WHITEHORSE, Yukon, April 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Victoria Gold Corp. (TSX-VGCX) ("Victoria" or the "Company") produced 24,358 ounces of gold during the first quarter of 2022. Mr. John McConnell, President and CEO commented, "During the first quarter, we successfully completed a six-week winter maintenance program and resumed stacking ore on the heap leach pad. As we head into spring, stacking...Read More