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This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Will PurcellThe diamond and specialty minerals stocks box score for Wednesday was a disappointing 66-85-139. The TSX Venture Exchange fell one point to 827 while polished diamond prices fell 0.1 per cent. Toby Mayo's Far Resources Ltd. (FAT) jumped five cents to...Read More
This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business Reporter West Texas Intermediate crude for April delivery gained 25 cents to $60.96 on the New York Merc, while Brent for May gained 25 cents to $64.89 (all figures in this para U.S.). Western Canadian Select traded at a discount of $25.55 to...Read More
This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterNew York spot gold lost $1.70 to $1,324.20 on Wednesday. The TSX Venture Exchange lost 1.77 points to 827.28 while the TSX Gold Index added 0.30 point to 184.15. Klondex Mines Ltd. (KDX) helped lead Canadian gold miners higher today, a...Read More
This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterThe TSX Venture Exchange lost 1.77 points to 827.28 Wednesday. Paul Kelly's halted Corporate Catalyst Acquisition Inc. (CII: $0.20) is planning to acquire Anthony Lacavera's Globalive Technology Partners Inc. as its qualifying transact...Read More
Minera Salar Blanco, a joint venture that operates the Maricunga project together with Vancouver-based Bearing Lithium (TSXV:BRZ), has just received authorization from the Chilean Nuclear Commission to extract, produce and market lithium products from the Maricunga salar.According to a corporate press release, the authorization is for an extraction quota of 88,885 metric tonnes of metallic lithium...Read More
I recently returned from a hectic trip to Toronto for an annual mining industry investment conference known as PDAC. I met with 28 companies and spoke to dozens of investors. I expected to talk a lot about Lithium & Cobalt- how the sell-off in those sectors could be close to over, how demand forecasts keep rising in the face of uncertain long-term supply, etc.Although there were plenty of...Read More
Have you invested in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, or any of the other hundreds of cryptocurrencies that have exploded into the market in recent years?As great as the perceived profits from cryptocurrencies are, the problem with these emerging investment types is that they are extremely volatile; thus, they can drop just as significantly as they appreciate. Bitcoin investors saw as the price of a B...Read More
Cameco Corp. (TSX:CCO)(NYSE:CCJ) if often referred to as a long-term investment option with significant potential. That view is based on the premise that the uranium market will eventually make a recovery and propel Cameco back towards profitability.That view has come under scrutiny in recent months, as concerns about Cameco's existing long-term contract book winding down and the state of the uran...Read More
Technical analyst Brian Hoffman gives his advice on eight precious metals mining stocks and an exchange traded fund that tracks the share price movements of the big precious metals miners. North American stock markets have continued to move higher. Although they're overbought from a technical perspective, the continued flight of overseas capital to the perceived safety of North American stocks, co...Read More
(Note: with apologies to Carl Reiner and Steve Martin, who directed and co-wrote "The Jerk," respectively)Just when you thought Trump's "leadership" could not get any more insane, he adds a third ring to the circus going on at 1600 Pennsylvania by hiring "economist," Larry Kudlow to be the head of his economic advisors.For those of you not familiar with financial market history beyond the last 10...Read More
A junior precious metals miner and iron ore producers were among those to gain on global equities markets.Staff reporterJunior miner, iron ore producers gain15 MARCH 201815/03/2018commentsshareJunior North American miner Klondex Mines (CN:KDX) was the big mover on the S&P/TSX Composite Index's gold sector, up 6.49%, as it promised to learn from its 2017 challenges and move forward.President an...Read More
Inca OneInca One Gold (IO.V) has processed 2,018 tonnes (72 tpd) of ore-bearing material at the Chala One processing plant in Chala, Peru. That's a substantial 33% increase compared to the 1,522 tonnes per day in the same month last year. This resulted in the production of 'just over' 910 ounces gold, which is an all time high for this short month and 10% higher than the gold production in January...Read More
A tailings dam wall failure will likely hinder Newcrest Mining (AU:NCM) hitting its full-year guidance at the Cadia mine in New South Wales, Australia.Kristie BattenThe tailings dam wall failure at Newcrest's Cadia mine started last week15 MARCH 201815/03/2018commentsshare Speaking to investors on Thursday morning, managing director Sandeep Biswas said the company was extremely disappointed th...Read More
Argentina Lithium & Energy (LIT.V) has expanded its project portfolio with the most recent acquisition of 14,000 hectares of land on the Salar de Antofalla in Argentina's Salta province. The acquisition will happen in two parts; a first 9,000 hectares have been staked whilst Argentina Lithium has entered into an option agreement to earn a 100% stake in an additional 5,300 hectares.The exact de...Read More
Adit 1 at US Cobalt's Iron Creek Cobalt Project in Idaho after rehabilitation. Source: US Cobalt Inc.Under the terms of an arrangement agreed to by both companies, all of US Cobalt's issued and outstanding shares will be exchanged on the basis of 1.5 First Cobalt common shares for each US Cobalt shares.The exchange ratio represents a 61.8% premium to US Cobalt's closing price and a 58.5% premium b...Read More
Mint Corporation (TSXV:MIT) currently provides employers with automated payroll services and a proprietary Automated Teller Machine network for unbanked employees in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)SmallCapPower | March 15, 2018: Mint Corporation (TSXV:MIT), on Thursday, March 15, 2018, announced that, due to strong interest from prospective partners in both emerging and mature markets, that it has...Read More
Mining executives must learn to decide which transformational programmes and innovations to pursue and celebrate their successes better if they are to avoid 'change fatigue' among their workforces, according to international management consultant, Proudfoot.Chris CannHead of Aspermont Research & IntelligenceWorkers become disengaged when they are asked to embark on multiple change programmes,...Read More
A Mining Journal/Mining Magazine Future of Mining channel survey of more than 40 global mining and contract mining companies has highlighted surging industry-wide expectations around the role of key technologies in lifting mobile and fixed asset management standards, and returns, to the levels of rival capital-intensive industries.Richard Roberts Image: BDO15 MARCH 201815/03/2018commentsshareCondu...Read More
Do you care whether or not the products you buy are made in the USA?If you ask around, a lot of Americans will say, "Yes, absolutely." According to a recent Consumer Reports survey, nearly 80% of American consumers say they would prefer to buy products made in the U.S. And more than 60% say they're even will to pay as much as 10% more for those products.But what consumers say is very often much di...Read More