19 April 2018 - RCT has helped the world's largest underground copper mine, El Teniente, successfully and safely mine in mud, in what is believed to be a world-first mining method in these conditions.This impressive feat was facilitated by the company's specialised department, RCT Custom. The bespoke team helped deliver a state-of-the-art ControlMaster (R) Automation solution allowing the copper...Read More
Controversial data analytics company planned to launch a cryptocurrency for selling personal data(File Photo) In recent weeks, Cambridge Analytica (CA) has become an infamous name in the data analytics space, most notably, for working on Donald Trump's digital campaign strategy and troll...Read full newsRead More
While the Dow Jones has been riding a semi-consistent high since making massive gains in 2017, experts think a collision is bound to happen.Read full newsRead More
Mining has long been a central component of BC's economy, dating back to the mid-1800s, and Vancouver Island is no exception.Read full newsRead More
CloseGain/LossGold $1348.60+$1.30Silver$17.18+$0.41XAU85.21+1.19%HUI184.34+0.92%GDM643.88+0.60%JSE Gold1093.98+29.74USD89.62+0.12Euro123.78+0.03Yen93.36-0.27Oil$68.47+$1.9510-Year2.877%+0.037T-Bond144.84375-1.1875Dow24748.07-0.16%Nasdaq7295.24+0.19%S&P2708.64+0.08% The Metals: Gold fell $5 to $1342.30 in Asia before it climbed up to $1355.60 in late morning New York trade and then drifted...Read More
The Thomas-Dobr?(C)e museum was robbed this week when thieves made off with a 16th-century gold case containing the heart of Queen Anne de Bretagne.Read full newsRead More
BlowFish Technologies CEO Jason Priest tells Proactive Investors the newly formed global blockchain company is looking at opportunities with cannabis.Priest says the Toronto headquartered company has been receiving a large amount of interest from cannabis companies since there is a lot of 'friction' with payment systems, so they are looking at using a token in lieu of traditional payment systems....Read More
Researchers with the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland discovered that a planetary "embryo" whose size was between Mercury to Mars gave origin to the meteorite fragments that form the Almahata Sitta collection. The pieces were recovered from the Nubian Desert in Sudan a decade ago.Such fragments contained diamonds of some 100-microns in diameter and have been objects of study...Read More
LGC Capital Ltd (CVE:LG) CEO John McMullen tells Proactive Investors the investment company specializing in legal medical cannabis is closing a deal with cryptocurrency business Evolution Bnk, based out of Italy.McMullen says Evolution Bnk has devised a novel way of combining a cryptocurrency/cannabis equivalent of production where there is 'growing upstairs' and 'data mining downstairs.'" M...Read More
FTSE 100 closes up over 91 pointsInflation falls to 2.5% in MarchPound slidesMiners gainFTSE 100 closed more than 91 points higher, or 1.26%, aided by miners and the weaker pound.The UK index of premier stocks finished at 7,317, while FTSE 250 closed at 20,012 - up by around 182 points, or 0.92%."The FTSE 100 is being helped by the sell-off in sterling. The dip in the pound has made the internatio...Read More
Greg Hahn, president and CEO of Arizona Silver Exploration Inc (CVE:AZS, OTCQB:AZASF), discusses with Proactive's Andrew Scott the first encouraging findings from initial geophysical surveying at their new Sycamore Canyon gold-silver property in Graham county.As revealed last month, Arizona Silver's struck a lease with option to purchase agreement for the site, which it believes has 'tremendous' p...Read More
Kerim Sener, managing director of Ariana Resources plc (LON:AAU), tells Proactive Investors they produced 4,866 ounces of gold from the Kiziltepe project in Turkey during the first quarter to March 31 - an 8% increase quarter on quarter.Ariana's expecting to produce 20,000 ounces for the full year.Sener also discusses the recent boost to their resource base at the Tavsan project to 3.98mln tonnes...Read More
The government of new Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra said on Wednesday it would not "impose" mining projects on nearby communities that object to them, but would seek to promote mining investments to take advantage of improved mineral prices.In the past decade, Southern Copper Corp and Newmont Mining Corp have shelved proposed mines in Peru because of opposition from communities worried about...Read More
Tom Becker, chief executive of Iofina plc (LON:IOF) tells Proactive Investors they maintained iodine production in the latest quarter even with an exceptionally bad US winter and less plants in operation.Two of the plants (IO#3 and IO#5) were offline at the start of the quarter, while parts of the US were hit by one of the coldest winters in living memory.Even so, the group produced 118.2metric to...Read More
Graham Lumsden, chief executive of Motif Bio Plc (LON:MTFB), caught up with Proactive's Andrew Scott as the drug developer gears up for the commercial launch of its next-generation antibiotic.Motif has successfully concluded a second phase III clinical trial on its lead drug, iclaprim and is preparing for regulatory sign-off in America and Europe.It's initiated a rolling submission to the US Food...Read More
Oilfield services and equipment provider Enteq Upstream plc (LON:NTQ) was the top riser in London on Wednesday afternoon after telling investors full-year revenues and profits will be "significantly ahead" of expectations.The company pointed to the turnaround in the oil sector as the main reason for the outperformance, with the number of drilling rigs in North America steadily rising over the past...Read More
Ether Capital Corp. announced Wednesday that is has completed its reverse-takeover of Ethereum Capital Inc. and after de-listing its shares, will begin trading on the NEO Exchange Thursday, April 19th, 2018.That day, Ether Capital will invest the majority of its funds (80-90%) to Ethereum's Ether ...Read full newsRead More
"Incredible day for #nickel price, up ~8%. Fundamentals very positive in the short, medium and long-term.Read full newsRead More
Infinite Discovers Third Lithium Zone - Intersects 5 Metres of 3.02% Li2O, Including 1 Metre of 5.11% Li2O at Jackpot Lithium Project, Ontario Vancouver, British Columbia - INFINITE LITHIUM CORP. ("Infinite" or the "Company") (TSX-V:ILI) (OTCQB:ARXRF) (37NN-FRANKFURT) is pleased to...Read full newsRead More