Gold has risen more than 3 percent this year, buoyed by international tensions and volatility in equities, but has yet to emerge from a tight trading range in the face of an expectation for rising U.S. interest rates, traders say.Read full newsRead More
Blackrock Gold Corporation (the 'Company') (TSXV:BRC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Greg Schifrin as a Director of the company.Read full newsRead More
CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1344.40+$9.20+0.86%Silver$16.64+$0.16+1.71%XAU84.08+1.59%+3.12%HUI183.43+1.67%+3.29%GDM638.75+1.36%+3.68%JSE Gold1114.27+29.32-0.34%USD89.76-0.02-0.38%Euro123.40+0.13+0.46%Yen93.10-0.16-0.54%Oil$67.39+$0.32+6.06%10-Year2.822%-0.008+1.62%Bond145.5625+0.1875-0.32%Dow24360.14-0.50%+1.79%Nasdaq7106.65-0.47%+2.77%S&P2656.30-0.29%+1.99% The Metals: Gold gained $6.40 to...Read More
Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort234,45779,08552,761166,796342,448454,014474,294Change from Prior Reporting Period -22010,9977504,188-9,0254,7182,722Traders18569724856264170 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 45,57425,294499,588 1,7293,7256,447 non reportable positionsChange from the previous reporting per...Read More
- Gold & silver eke out small gains; palladium surges 8% and platinum 2%- Oil (WTI) surges over 8% to over $66.90/bbl; supply disruption risk- U.S. dollar and Treasuries fall; geopolitical, trade war and fiscal concerns- Stocks rally and shrug off trade war, macro and geo-political risks- Bitcoin, major cryptos (Ethereum, Ripple etc) rise sharply- Russia-US tensions high: Trump warns attack 'c...Read More
Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner previously said he would block all DOJ nominations because of a potential federal crackdown on states that have legalized marijuana.Read full newsRead More
Near-Term Gold Production in Finland's Lagoda RegionRead full newsRead More
Can Bitcoin reach $10k this week? What's happening with the major cryptos? The cryptocurrency market cap briefly clipped the US$300 billion mark on Thursday, a watershed event that occurred as the result of an apparent bear trap in the Bitcoin (BTC) futures markets. Bitcoin saw ...Read full newsRead More
In the last two editions of "Buzz", we reported that Stockhouse investors had been broadening their sectors of interest. This meant that the cannabis companies have not been dominating discussions to the same degree as has been often seen over the past several months.Over the past week though (Apr...Read full newsRead More
Building a Copper-Silver Portfolio in British ColumbiaRead full newsRead More
Canada's largest diversified miner Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.A | TECK.B)(NYSE:TCK) is amping up its corporate social responsibility game in northern Chile by investing $1 million in a program called Originarias.According to a press release, Originarias was launched in 2016 with a similar investment and is run in partnership between UN Women and Teck. The program's main goal is to provide education...Read More
FTSE 100 havers and then finally decides to finish higherUS benchmarks higherMelrose, GKN up after broker commentSage sees biggest fall in years after warning on revenueLondon's top-share index battled its way into positive territory at the end of the week.The FTSE 100 closed at 7,265, up 6 points on the day."US President Trump reconsidering his position on TPP - the trans-pacific trade deal - was...Read More
Morning Market Breakdown, April 13: Continuing their modest pace from Thursday's close, most major markets slowly inched forward Friday morning.Read full newsRead More
A new report issued by BMI research states that global bauxite production growth will accelerate over the coming years as new projects come online in Australia, India's production ramps up, and Indonesia re-enters the market following the end of the mineral ore export ban.According to the firm, Indonesia is bound to become a big player as it reclaims its share of bauxite exports to China. "We fore...Read More
Ontario is investing in local businesses in the Greater Sudbury Region that will help strengthen the region's agri-food processing industry.Glenn Thibeault, MPP for Sudbury, made the announcement on behalf of Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development and Mines, today in Sudbury at Crosscut Distillery Ltd. With support from the province's Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC),...Read More
ECR Minerals PLC (LON:ECR) CEO Craig Brown and geologist Dr Rodney Boucher tell Proactive Investors they've begun a drilling programme at the Bung Bong gold prospect at the Avoca tenement in Victoria.Dr Boucher says geochemical results and geological observations at Bung Bong have indicated several fault-related quartz and quartz spurs to test as potential high-volume targets for gold mineralisati...Read More
Private UK postal delivery group Royal Mail PLC (LON: RMG) saw shares deliver a 2.21% drop on Friday as RBC Capital put out a note.The firm will need to raise its full year dividend well above market forecasts to support the current share price, the broker said.It downgraded the stock to 'underperform' from 'sector perform' yet raised its target price to 500p from 465p.The broker said the postal o...Read More
David Ciclitira, executive chairman of Live Company Group Plc (LON:LVCG), tells Proactive Investors they're taking their themed shows on the road after setting up a new division, BRICKLIVE Touring.Kicking things off is an exhibition called BRICKLIVE Animal Paradise, which is designed to educate the LEGO fan community about endangered species and will feature more than 65 LEGO animals, including a...Read More
Oil & gas commentator Malcolm Graham-Wood discusses what's been a great start for Echo Energy's Argentina workover programme.The existing well, tagged CSo-85, perforated a previously untapped gas reservoir which flowed to surface without any further intervention. Gas flows from the reservoir are estimated at 2mln cubic feet per day.Graham-Wood also talks SDX Energy and confirmation its latest...Read More
There will once again be a bit of a retail theme coming through in the coming week, with updates due from a number of high street names including Debenhams PLC (LON:DEB), JD Sports PLC (LON:JD.), and Primark owner Associated British Food PLC (LON:ABF).The discount clothing stores chain has established itself as the food to retail conglomerate most important division in recent years.Primark already...Read More