Gold Exploration in Yukon's Upper Hyland Gold CorridorRead full newsRead More
Larry Kudlow has yet to start his new position as the White House's chief economic advisor, but he's already got plenty of feedback on the economy.Read full newsRead More
FTSE 100 enjoys afternoon pick-me-upInterest rates in focus on both sides of PondBerkeley Group tumbles after cautious outlook statement'Spoons comes up shortThe FTSE 100 and the FTSE 250 went their separate ways on Friday, with the former taking the high road.The FTSE 100 closed at 7,164, up 24 points, while the FTSE 250 also moved 24 points, only in reverse, to 19,805.The Footsie advanced despit...Read More
A report made public today by the Associated Press reveals that an internal accounting of the claims submitted to the EPA in connection to the Gold King mine spill appears to be off by $100 million.Under an open records request, AP obtained a spreadsheet from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that shows that the claims for economic losses and personal injuries from the 2015 spill totalled m...Read More
AIM Journal's Andrew Hore speaks to Proactive Investors about Conviviality (LON:CVL) drowning in worries and looks ahead to the good news to come for erectile dysfunction treatment manufacturer Futura Medical (LON:FUM).Hore also discusses the spectrum of telecommunications activities which are boosting Manx Telecom (LON:MANX) and paints a scenic picture for Marshall Motor Group (LON:MMH) and Penna...Read More
21st Century Technology PLC (LON:OBC) shares jumped 10% to 2.75p in late afternoon trade as the firm announced a ?0.4mln contract award for the provision of on board visual system technology from a large public transport operator.The AIM-listed provider of closed-circuit TV (CCTV) on buses said it has been providing technical support and engineering services to this operator since 2015.Under the...Read More
The big fear and focus is clearly with shale production and OPEC and friends will be carefully examining the figures and pondering their future moves.In early trading on Friday, Brent crude was still above US$65 with WTI holding above US$61 a barrel.Traders and investors are restless and nervous about sustained growth in shale production.OPEC's cooperative supply agreement has held strong while me...Read More
Carube Copper Corp. (TSXV:CUC) (the 'Company') announces today that the Company will settle certain indebtedness by issuing common shares at a deemed price of $0.06 per share in lieu of cash to Irwin Professional Corporation in the amount of $119,438 (1,990,634 shares); and, Alar Soever in the amount of $29,271 (487,854 shares).Read full newsRead More
Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (TSXV:AVU) is pleased to announce that the financing it has arranged to raise $500,000 by way of a private placement of 6.25 million units at $0.08 per unit is fully subscribed and will close shortly.Read full newsRead More
Granada Gold Mine Inc. (TSXV:GGM;OTCPK:GBBFF;FRA:B6D) provides a corporate update and review of plans for 2018 on the 100% owned Granada Gold Property situated along the prolific Cadillac Trend in Quebec, Canada.Read full newsRead More
Louis Coetzee, chief executive of Kibo Mining PLC (LON:KIBO) tells Proactive all is on track and good progress is being made towards finalising a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO).''We've made some really good progress over the last two months, we signed the MoU which set everything in motion towards finalising the PPA .. we have a date set for th...Read More
BEIJING, March 16 (Reuters) - Chinese alumina refineries in Henan province may delay the restart of their plants because of rising costs for the raw material bauxite amid supply tightness, Antaike said on Friday.Alumina refineries and aluminium smelters in parts of China, including in Henan, cut production by 30 percent during the November to March heating season as part of a campaign against air...Read More
Mining Capital's Alastair Ford discusses International Relations with Russia ahead of Presidential elections."The Russian business climate itself in miserable statistical terms isn't too badly off but I think the sentiment - will investment dollars from the rest of the world be flowing into Russia at the moment - that seems unlikely."Ford also speaks about the changing US approach to Free Trade wi...Read More
Apollo Minerals' (ASX:AON) Hugo Schumann runs Proactive through the exploration and development plans for their flagship Couflens tungsten-copper-gold Project in the South of France.''There's two opportunities here - the first is to reopen the world's highest grade tungsten mine ... and the second opportunity is gold''.''We think there's a very exciting gold opportunity along big fault systems in...Read More
Jeff Stusek, chief executive of Information Services Corp (TSE:ISV), tells Proactive 2017 was a year of strong growth for the company - with increased revenue, EBITDA (underlying earnings) and net income.He says they made a number of significant acquisitions consistent with their strategy of acquiring companies with competencies or operations in its industry.In the year to end December, the firm p...Read More
Anglo Asian Mining Plc's (LON:AAZ) Bill Morgan and Steve Westhead discuss with Proactive their three-year rolling programme of geological exploration of near mine, brownfield and greenfield areas on its ground in Azerbaijan.The objectives of the programme are to replace mined ounces, extend the current mine life at the Gedabek project to a 10-year minimum, increase the company's inventory of resou...Read More
Interest rates will be front and centre in the coming week with both the Bank of England and the US Federal Reserve due to deliver their latest monetary policy decisions, though a crunch EU summit will also be eyed for any signs of a Brexit transition deal.There would be few surprised if the Fed announces a 0.25 percentage points increase in US interest rates to the 1.5%-1.75% range on Wednesday a...Read More
LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto has asked Swiss investment bank UBS to explore a possible public listing of its Pacific Aluminium smelting business on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), two industry sources said on Friday.The mining group has tried to sell the division many times without success, including in 2017, when it added two alumina refineries in Australia to the portfolio to make...Read More
SANTIAGO, March 16 (Reuters) - Chile's new government is evaluating whether to support a petition filed by its predecessor to block the sale of a stake in top lithium miner SQM to a Chinese firm, a senior government official told Reuters on Friday.Chile development agency Corfo filed a complaint last week to block the sale of a 32 percent stake in SQM to China's Tianqi Lithium or any related entit...Read More
(Bloomberg) - The news, when it came late Friday night from a government ministry in Minsk, was grim: the ceiling of a potash mine in Belarus had collapsed more than half a kilometer underground, trapping two workers.Halfway around the world, the reaction to the headlines was swift and dramatic. Shares of some of the largest potash producers soared in New York and Toronto on speculation that the...Read More