Mining Stocks Articles

Is The U.S. Government Evil? You Tell Me

April 25, 2018 / John W. Whitehead

"The greatest evil is not now done ... in concentration camps and labour camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voices. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell i...Read More

Russian Gold Rush - Precious Metals Supply and Demand

April 25, 2018 / Keith Weiner

Goldfinger Strikes, Sort OfThis week, we saw a tweet from a prominent goldbug. He said, "Russia added another 9 tons of gold to its reserves in March. The hits just keep coming." How many errors in this short quip? We count six, exactly one error for every two words. This one's got everything: Smersh, Spectre, Putler and Pussy Galore! [PT] One, we call this the fallacy of the famous market actor...Read More

Bonterra Reports Stunning Recoveries

April 25, 2018 / Staff reporter

April 25, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Bob Moriarty of 321 Gold discusses Bonterra's latest gold recovery tests.The value of gold as an insurance policy grows with each passing day. The idiots in Washington, London and Paris known well for their gnashing of teeth and wailing while generating gallons of crocodile tears over a false flag attack in Syria are rolling the dice on a game of World W...Read More

Seven Resource Picks in Precious Metals, Uranium and Lithium

April 25, 2018 / Staff reporter

April 25, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Gerardo Del Real, editor of Resource Stock Digest, sits down with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable to discuss some of his resource picks.Maurice Jackson: Gerardo, please share your background and tell us about Resource Stock Digest.Gerardo D.: I've been involved in the resource space in one way or another for just a little over a decade, about 11 y...Read More

Google exec joins Airobotics

25 APRIL 2018 / Staff reporter

Former Google executive Richard Wooldridge has joined Tel Aviv-based automated drone start-up Airobotics as its chief operating officer. Wooldridge, who was also Motorola's vice president of global supply chain for more than five years, is expected to contribute extensive hardware manufacturing and supply chain management experience to Airobotics' scale-up.Staff reporter25 APRIL 201825/04/2018comm...Read More

Power Americas Minerals (TSXV:PAM) is One to Watch in the Cobalt Camp

April 25, 2018 / Staff reporter

Power Americas Minerals Corp. (TSXV:PAM) has 3,300 hectares under its control in Ontario's Cobalt Camp and is looking to acquire morePeter Kennedy | April 25, 2018 | SmallCapPower: One of Canada's oldest mining camps is witnessing a rebirth as mining companies jockey for position near the town of Cobalt, Ontario.While the exploration rush is still in its early phases, one of the companies that hop...Read More

Harold Korell named Spring 2018 Commencement speaker

Apr 25 2018 / News room

Harold Korell, a graduate of Colorado School of Mines and former CEO and chairman of Southwestern Energy Co., will be the keynote speaker at the Mines Spring 2018 Undergraduate Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 11. Korell led Southwestern Energy in its discovery and development of the Fayetteville Shale in Arkansas, one of the pioneering developments of "shale plays" in North America and the w...Read More

The Northern Miner's video tribute to Peter Munk

Apr 25 2018 / John Cumming

To celebrate the life of Peter Munk (1927-2018), founder of Barrick Gold and recipient of The Northern Miner‘s Lifetime Achievement Award, we have prepared this video tribute (see detailed slide notes below).Read Trish Saywell’s feature story on the life of this remarkable man: “Mining titan and philanthropist Peter Munk's lifetime of achievement.”  Peter Munk sli...Read More

Faith of Centerra mine not sealed as Kyrgyz-owned company yet to see takeover bid

Apr 25 2018 / Cecilia Jamasmie

Kyrgyz state-owned gold miner Kyrgyzaltyn said Wednesday it has yet to see an offer by Chaarat Gold Holdings to acquire Centerra Gold's Kumtor mine, which is the Central Asian nation's largest gold operation.Speaking to Reuters, Kyrgyzaltyn chief executive Bektur Sagynov said the company would have to study Chaarat offer, which would make the London-listed miner Kumtor's operator, while Kyrgyzalty...Read More

Pangolin finds first diamond at Jwaneng project in Botswana

Apr 25 2018 / Cecilia Jamasmie

Canada's Pangolin Diamonds (TSX-V:PAN) has found its first diamond at the Jwaneng South Project in Botswana, which is located about 100 km south of the Jwaneng diamond mine, the world's richest.Pangolin is led by Leon Daniels, the same geologist who discovered the kimberlite pipe that produced the giant Lesedi La Rona diamond. The white diamond, measuring about 1 mm, was recovered from a soil s...Read More

Lower copper grades take toll on Antofagasta first quarter output

Apr 25 2018 / Cecilia Jamasmie

Shares in Chilean miner Antofagasta Plc. (LON:ANTO) dove Wednesday after the company reported marked drops copper and gold production during the first quarter of the year, due mostly to lower quality ore.Miner said it had expected to begin the year with poorer grades, but would move to higher quality ores as the year went on.The miner said copper output fell by 10.5% to 153,800 tonnes compared w...Read More

Spanish activists reject reopening of Los Frailes mine

Apr 25 2018 / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

On the 20th anniversary of the breach of the tailings pond at the Los Frailes mine in Spain, environmental organizations held a press conference to alert the public about the possibility of a similar accident taking place.Greenpeace, WWF, SEO/BirdLife, Ecologists in Action, and Friends of the Earth accused the Andaluc?-a council of relaxing administrative and legal requirements to ease the way for...Read More

Daimler joins China's Responsible Cobalt Initiative - by Yilei Sun (Reuters U.S. - April 25, 2018)

Apr 25 2018 / Staff reporter

https://www.reuters.com/LONDON (Reuters) – German carmaker Daimler has joined the Responsible Cobalt Initiative, a program established under a Chinese industry body to tackle risks in the cobalt supply chain arising from artisanal mining.Cobalt consumers are under pressure to ensure the material they use is not tainted by child labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the source of about 6...Read More

"The battery industry has potential to become Finland's new success story"

25 APRIL 2018 / Jacqueline Holman

Mineral exploration and development company Beowulf Mining (AIM:BEM) has announced its involvement in a Finnish cooperation network for battery manufacturing.Jacqueline HolmanBeowulf is developing the Aitolampi graphite project25 APRIL 201825/04/2018commentsshareThe network includes existing and new entrant raw material suppliers in Finland's emerging battery manufacturing industry in the cities o...Read More

The Mint Corporation (TSXV:MIT) is Set to Advance its Blockchain Remittance Solution

April 25, 2018 / Staff reporter

The Mint Corporation (TSXV:MIT) intends to offer the blockchain-powered remittance solution to further deepen its relationship with licensed exchange house partners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)SmallCapPower | April 25, 2018: The Mint Corporation (TSXV:MIT) announced on April 25, 2018, that its subsidiary, Mint Block Corp., is engaged in advanced discussions with a leading blockchain-powered p...Read More

Beware: Bogus Mining Story Making the Rounds

April 25, 2018 / Nick Hodge

There's a story going around about a "treasure trove" of rare earth minerals that have been discovered off the coast of Japan.CNBC - you know, the mining experts - called it a "massive, semi-infinite trove of rare earth metals."Fortune magazine - those other mining experts - crowed, "Japan's Tech Future Is Looking Brighter After a Monumental Discovery in the North Pacific Mud."What this story fail...Read More

Should Online Gambling be Legalized in the US?

April 25, 2018 / Phil Comyn

Gambling rules in the US are inconsistentOnline gambling has produced even more grey areasFor now, online gambling is legal in four statesThe US's regulated gambling industry makes at least $41bnPresident Trump is yet to reveal his official stance on gamblingAmerica is a strange place when it comes to gambling. Like a lot of America’s laws, gambling changes from state to state, with local go...Read More

Is The U.S. Government Evil? You Tell Me

April 25, 2018 / John W. Whitehead

"The greatest evil is not now done ... in concentration camps and labour camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voices. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell i...Read More

Should Online Gambling be Legalized in the US?

April 25, 2018 / Phil Comyn

Gambling rules in the US are inconsistentOnline gambling has produced even more grey areasFor now, online gambling is legal in four statesThe US's regulated gambling industry makes at least $41bnPresident Trump is yet to reveal his official stance on gamblingAmerica is a strange place when it comes to gambling. Like a lot of America’s laws, gambling changes from state to state, with local go...Read More

Is The U.S. Government Evil? You Tell Me

April 25, 2018 / John W. Whitehead

"The greatest evil is not now done ... in concentration camps and labour camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voices. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell i...Read More

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