I wrote the following analysis on Amazon.com's GAAP accounting manipulation for Seeking Alpha...Amazon.com (AMZN) released its earnings on Thursday, February 1st after the market closed. The headline net income number was $3.85/share. This blew away Wall Street's estimate of $1.85/share, which is a bit peculiar since the traditional "beat the Street" earnings game is accomplished by guiding Wall S...Read More
Teranga Gold (TGZ.TO) completed a successful 2017 wherein it produced just over 233,000 ounces of gold at its Sabodala project in Senegal. The higher gold price and good production results have increased the year-end cash position to $88M, which will allow the company to develop its next project; the Banfora gold project which has now been renamed into Wahgnion.You already know our opinion about W...Read More
Arizona has a positive track record for ISR mining.Excelsior Mining (MIN.TO) has confirmed the Environmental Protection Agency ('EPA') has extended the public comment period on the permitting process of the Gunnison copper project in Arizona by an additional two months. This extension will facilitate a (final?) public meeting, scheduled for February 27th in the town of Dragoon, Arizona.After the e...Read More
Mark Smith, CEO, Largo Resources, at Maracas Menchen Mine.Vanadium redox batteries demand a steady supply of vanadium to make the technology work. One vanadium redox battery requires six to eight kilograms of vanadium per kilowatt hour, so a 10 megawatt per hour battery requires 60 to 80 tonnes of vanadium. With a geographical concentration of vanadium producers in South Africa, Russia and China...Read More
Dividend announcement is BCE Inc.'s (TSX:BCE) 14th increase to its annual common share dividend since Q4 2008, signifying rise of 107%SmallCapPower | February 12, 2018: BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE) recently reported 4.6% YoY growth in operating revenue to $22.72 billion for FY2017, driven primarily by strong additions to its postpaid subscriber base, particularly in the fourth quarter, which saw the best s...Read More
Mining for Miracles is the BC mining community's longstanding fundraising campaign in support of the BC Children's Hospital Foundation. Every year volunteers from the mining community work together through Mining for Miracles to help improve the quality of health care for children in British Columbia. Through its support of the construction of facilities and acquisition of specialized medical equi...Read More
Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Groundhog WeekSource: Michael J. Ballanger for Streetwise Reports February 12, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) The physical metals will continue to outperform mining shares until there is some stabilization in the global arena, posits precious metals expe...Read More
Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Bold Ventures (TSXV: BOL) Acquires Lithium Claims Toronto, Ontario - February 12, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Bold Ventures Inc. (TSXV: BOL) ("Bold" or the "Company") announces the acquisition of two separate claim groups located with...Read More
Via Soveriegnman.comLess than two weeks ago, the United States Department of Treasury very quietly released its own internal projections for the federal government's budget deficits over the next several years.And the numbers are pretty gruesome.In order to plug the gaps from its soaring deficits, the Treasury Department expects to borrow nearly $1 trillion this fiscal year.Then nearly $1.1 trilli...Read More
Just 15% of Americans think the government will bring us to a better future. 59% say the government is the most broken institution, followed by 21% who think the media is the worst.On the other hand, 29% of Americans think NGOs (non-governmental organizations) are the most likely institutions to lead to a better world followed by 22% who say businesses will take us where we need to be.Trust in gov...Read More
Published on: Feb 12, 2018 | by finfeedArcher Exploration Limited (ASX:AXE) has today informed the market of outstanding results from recent metallurgical test work it conducted on drill samples from its Ketchowla Cobalt Manganese Project in South Australia.The positive metallurgical tests, combined with the results from AXE's earlier drilling at the site, both reinforce the potential for the comp...Read More
Attorneys from Antofagasta's First Environmental Tribunal, together with company executives, researchers and conservation experts, visited, flew over and sailed around the site where Andes Iron's Dominga mine and port project would be located, in the central Coquimbo region. The trip was part of an evaluation process the court was prompted to undertake following Andes Iron's appeal of an August 20...Read More
Vancouver-based MGX Minerals (CSE: XMG) is known for its unconventional mining methods aimed at recovering lithium, nickel, vanadium, and cobalt mostly from waste material from different extractive industries.Without changing the way it operates, the Canadian miner now wants to set foot in the world's second lithium producing country: Chile. Thus, management announced the opening of a field office...Read More
The Association of Mineral Exploration in British Columbia recently awarded Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA)(NYSE:SA) the 2017 Robert R. Hedley Award for excellence in social and environmental responsibility at its KSM project, which the company says is one of the largest undeveloped gold projects in the world measured by reserves.Inspired by the work at KSM, Brent Murphy, Seabridge Vice President of Env...Read More
Samsung SDI, South Korea's leading battery maker, has unveiled plans to recycle cobalt from used mobile phones and develop lithium-ion batteries with minimum content of the metal, or no cobalt at all, as a way to offset soaring prices for the silver-grey commodity.Carmakers are scrambling to secure supply of cobalt, a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles, which pric...Read More
Russia's Ambassador to Iran, Levan Dzhagaryan, announced Sunday that his government offered some support so that the Middle Eastern country revamps the Fordow nuclear facility, located near the northern city of Qom.In an interview with Russia's news agency TASS, Dzhagaryan said a delegation from the state-run nuclear agency Rosatom visited the Iran and discussed "certain practical aspects of the p...Read More
Acacia Mining (LON:ACA), Tanzania's No.1 bullion producer, has scrapped its 2017 dividend after a long-running dispute with the government of the East African nation cost the company $700 million in annual loss.The company, majority owned by Barrick Gold (TSX, NYSE:ABX), also said its gold output would drop in 2018 as a result of the ongoing ban on exports of metal concentrate, which represent...Read More
Australia's Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) announced that, for the first time, workers at its 70% owned Mothae mine in Lesotho have recovered diamondssourcedfromresidualmaterialandkimberlitestockpiles.In a press release, the company explained that the gems were recovered through theexisting bulk sampling plant and infrastructure at Mothae, which has been refurbished ahead of schedule as part of a previo...Read More
Suncor Energy (TSX:SU), Canada's second-largest oil and gas producer, is buying Mocal Energy's 5% stake in the Syncrude joint venture for $730 million (roughly Cdn$920 million), and said it's also acquiring an interest in an offshore project in the Norwegian Sea.As a result of the first deal, expected to close in the first quarter, Suncor's share in Syncrude rises to 58.74% from 53.74%. The other...Read More
Toronto-based Bold Ventures announced today that it has acquired two separate claim groups located within the Georgia Lake Area Pegmatite field in Ontario. The two properties are the Jean Claim Group and the Barbara Claim Group. The first one consists of eight claims comprising 94 units covering an area of approximately 1,504 hectares, while the second one consists of two claims comprising 32 unit...Read More