The inaugural Future of Mining conference in Sydney heard that mining's enduring modus operandi is being challenged on a number of fronts and that the industry is facing 'disruption' on any or all of these fronts - and maybe even from within - over the next decade. Closing keynote speaker Elizabeth Lewis-Gray put a bold exclamation mark on proceedings.Richard RobertsElizabeth Lewis-Gray: "Perhaps...Read More
Here's something I've never understood ...Cannabis consumers who smoke just about anything, but go out of their way to eat only natural and organic foods.How can you take the time and effort to ensure your food is clean, but not your weed?It makes no sense.Especially when you consider that as much as 70 percent of pesticides found in some cannabis is inhaled when smoked.Jeffrey Raber, a chemist fr...Read More
Last week I told you there's a fresh oil play out there right now that holds a lot of similarity to the Bakken. That is, it's an oil formation that had been overlooked for so long, drillers had given up any hope of turning a profit - the way the Bakken was back in the 1950s. Now, there's a good chance you've never heard of the Red Cave formation.Don't worry, you will soon enough. Right now, eve...Read More
Toronto, Ontario - May 23, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQX: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a mineral resource estimate update for the Separation Rapids lithium deposit which includes results from the 2018 winter drilling program disclosed in the Company's news release dated April 3, 2018. In this program...Read More
Border Surveillance of ElectronicsCustoms and Border Protection has been slowly ramping up their illegal searches over the past few years.As we discussed in January, over 30,000 people had their electronic devices searched without probable cause or a warrant by Customs and Border Protection in 2017. This was a 50% increase from 2016.I believe anyone on American soil deserves every protection under...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia - May 23, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Cruz Cobalt Corp. (TSXV: CUZ) (OTC Pink: BKTPF) (FSE: A2DMG8) is pleased to announce that the company is planning to commence operations shortly on its numerous cobalt properties located in the vicinity of the Ontario cobalt camp.Cruz Director, Seth Kay, stated, "We are very excited at the prospect of starting...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia - May 23, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Lara Exploration Ltd. (TSXV: LRA) ("Lara" or the "Company"), is pleased to report that Minera????o Maravaia Ltda., has been granted its mining license for the Maravaia Copper Project, located near the town of Curion??polis in the Caraj??s Mineral Province of Northern Brazil. The Maravaia Project is being devel...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia - May 23, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) ML Gold Corp. (TSXV: MLG) ("ML Gold" or the "Company") announces it has received permits to conduct step-out drilling at the Stars Project in Central BC. The fully permitted drilling will continue to test the newly identified copper-molybdenum-gold-silver porphyry system under-cover at the Stars Property. Dril...Read More
Kathleen Hancock, associate professor of humanities, arts and social sciences, has been honored for her mentorship of women in the field of international political economy.The Society for Women in International Political Economy (SWIPE) Mentor Award was presented to Hancock at the International Studies Association's annual convention in San Francisco this April.In the early 1990s, SWIPE observed t...Read More
Marte Gutierrez, J.R. Paden Chair and Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado School of Mines, was recently featured in an Wired article about Elon Musk's idea to build a network of high-speed transportation tunnels in Los Angeles.Gutierrez is also the director of the University Transportation Center for Underground Transportation Infrastructure (UTC-UTI), the U....Read More
Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:Toronto Stock Exchange (16,133.80, down 10.99 points)Nemaska Lithium Inc. (TSX:NMX). Miner. Down 18 cents, or 15.25 per cent, to $1.00 on 13.4 million shares.Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB). Healthcare. Up nine cents, or 1.07 per cent, to $8.47 on 10.02 million shares.Neovasc Inc. (TSX:NVC). Medical devices. Up ha...Read More
The mining operation production rate is set to approximately 15 Mt of material per year. An open pit mining schedule was planned ...Read More
An older and much wiser newsletter writer used to relay the message I'm going to share with you today frequently.I'm not sure if he came up with it or borrowed it from somewhere else. But that really doesn't matter. It's the message that's important.What he used to say was, "Why would you take investment advice from someone who plays poker with toothpicks?"And here's what he meant by that...Wouldn...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1291.90-$0.30Silver$16.54+$0.04XAU82.16+0.09%HUI177.33-0.20%GDM317.71-0.57%JSE Gold1002.87-8.12USD93.56-0.02Euro117.83-0.03Yen90.34+0.11Oil$72.13-$0.1110-Year3.060%+0.003T-Bond141.34375+0.0625Dow24834.41-0.72%Nasdaq7378.46-0.21%S&P2724.44-0.31% The Metals: Gold dipped $4.30 to $1287.90 in Asia before it edged up to $1296.00 by midmorning in New York and then drifted b...Read More
Gold 2048 is an interesting and comprehensive new report from the World Gold Council which brings together industry-leading experts from across the globe to analyse how the gold market is set to evolve in the next 30 years.Key insights from authors such as George Magnus, senior economist; Rick Lacaille, Global Chief Investment Officer of State Street Global Advisors; and Michelle Ash, Chief Inn...Read More
First of four excerpts from "American Default," on one of the strangest and most enduring chapters of the Roosevelt era.Read full newsRead More
First of four excerpts from "American Default," on one of the strangest and most enduring chapters of the Roosevelt era.Read full newsRead More
May 22 (Reuters) - Canada's Cobalt 27 Capital Corp said on Tuesday it has agreed to the world's first cobalt-nickel streaming finance deal on a producing mine with an Australian miner as the industry looks to bolster supplies of the key battery metal.Streaming is a type of alternative finance that allows an investor to make an upfront payment in exchange for future production at a discounted price...Read More
WARSAW, May 22 (Reuters) - Poland's KGHM, which is one of the world's biggest copper and silver producers, plans to invest more than 11 billion zlotys ($3.03 billion) in Poland from 2018-2022, it said on Tuesday.The company also said it plans to reduce investment in oversees assets and focus on domestic operations.($1 = 3.6342 zlotys)(Reporting by Agnieszka Barteczko; Editing by David Goodman)Read More
Nickel was last traded at $14,735 per tonne, up 20.2% on a year-to-date basis emerging as the strongest performing base metal so far this year. FocusEconomics Consensus Forecast panelists predict nickel prices to ease off over the short term after a buildup of tension surrounding US sanctions against Russian aluminum giant Rusal led to a surge in prices. It reached an over three-year high in April...Read More