Beginning in 2019, mandatory contributions by Canadian workers to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) will increase, step by step, over seven years. While the expansion of the CPP may be well intentioned, it will result in several unintended consequences. One consequence is a reduction in the amount that Canadians save voluntarily in their private accounts such as RRSPs and TFSAs. Previous research has...Read More
Finfeed presentsthis information for the use of readers in their decision to engage with this stock.Please be aware that this is a very high risk stock. We stress that thisarticle should only be used as one part of this decision making process. Youneed to fully inform yourself of all factors and information relating to thisproduct before engaging with it.Results are in from Adriatic Metals PLC (AS...Read More
Archer Exploration Limited(ASX:AXE) has this morning informed the market it has identified an ExplorationTarget for its Jamieson Tank Manganese project located near Cleve, SouthAustralia. A review undertaken by AXE ofhistorical drill results at the project has led to the establishment of amaiden exploration target of 15Mt-25Mt at a grade of 8-12% manganese.The Jamieson Tank project - whichis locat...Read More
FinFeed presents this information for the use of readers in theirdecision to engage with this product. Please be aware that this is a veryhigh-risk product. We stress that this article should only be used as one partof this decision-making process. You need to fully inform yourself of allfactors and information relating to this product before engaging with it. Tanzanian graphite developer BlackRoc...Read More
Less than a month after expanding its operations and securing aportfolio of vanadium projects in Finland and Sweden, Pursuit Minerals(ASX:PUR) has reported high grade vanadium mineralisation at the KoitelainenProject's KoitelainenV prospect in Finland. Nine drill holesfrom the prospect produced magnetite concentrates with vanadium values rangingfrom 2.0 to 3.7% V2O5, with a globally significant av...Read More
White Rock Minerals Limited (ASX:WRM) has provided anupdate on its plans to conduct a comprehensive exploration program at its 100%owned zinc VMS project at Red Mountain in Alaska.Personnel crews have begunarriving at the summer field camp, to establish the camp area in preparationfor field operations expected to commence within two weeks. Additional crewsincluding the drillers and the field geolo...Read More
MinRex Resources Limited (ASX: MRR) thismorning updated shareholders on the pre-acquisition due diligence that'scurrently underway on the Pacific Express project in NSW. MRR assessed the extent of scandiummineralisation at the project in more detail, especially the prospect ofdeveloping a potential standalone deposit at the Houston Mitchell prospect,following the discovery of legacy metallurgical...Read More
Classic Minerals (ASX:CLZ) this morning announced that its recentRC drilling program has unearthed high grade gold at the Forrestania GoldProject (FGP) in Western Australia.The company drilled a total of 11 holes for 750m, including twoholes for 174m at new prospect Van Uden West, five holes for 366m at Lady Lila,and four holes for 210m at Kat Gap. The aim of the program was to uncover a newgold s...Read More
Castillo Copper Limited (ASX:CCZ)today announced that it has finished up its first round of drilling at theCangai Copper Mine in NSW and is shifting its focus onto the next campaign. Phase I of the drilling program,which comprised 18 holes along the line of lode targeting deeper sulphidemineralisation, has successfully concluded with assays confirming extensivemineralisation outside the JORC model...Read More
LithiumAustralia NL (ASX:LIT) this morning reported that its subsidiary, the VerySmall Particle Company Ltd (VSPC), is making strong progress towardscommercialisation of its patented battery cathode materials productiontechnology.VSPC'sadvanced laboratory facilities are now operational and production of lithiumion battery (LIB) cathode materials has begun at bench scale. Preparation ofLIB coin cel...Read More
Archer Exploration Limited (ASX:AXE)has today announced that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with TheUniversity of Sydney for exclusive rights to develop and commercialiseintellectual property (IP) related to graphene-based quantum computingtechnology. AXE is working with theUniversity's office of Commercial Development and Industry Partnerships (CDIP). The patent rights are jointlyhel...Read More
LithiumAustralia NL (ASX:LIT) reports that it has identified lithium pegmatite swarmsat the Medcalf Lithium Project. Medcalfis located in the southeast part of the Lake Johnson Project in the highlylithium-prospective Yilgarn Block in WA - some 45 kilometres south-east ofLIT's existing Mt Day Lithium Prospect area. Thelithium pegmatites of the Yilgarn Block are attracting investment from some ofth...Read More
Drilling by Archer Exploration Limited (ASX:AXE) has confirmed 'particularly encouraging' copper and gold mineralisation at its Blue Hills Copper Project in South Australia.The recently completed Rotary Air Blast (RAB) geochemical drilling program at the project comprised 226 holes for 2,661m, providing a first pass test of previously identified soil geochemical anomalies. It intersected strong an...Read More
This blog post is a guest post on BullionStar's Blog by the renowned blogger JP Koning who will be writing about monetary economics, central banking and gold. BullionStar does not endorse or oppose the opinions presented but encourage a healthy debate.With Donald Trump close to re-instituting economic sanctions on Iran, it's worth remembering that gold served as a tool for skirting the the las...Read More
With the first half of 2018 now drawn to a close, much of the financial medias’ headlines and commentary relating to the gold market has been focusing on the fact that the US dollar gold price has moved lower year-to-date. Specifically, from a US dollar price of $1302.50 at close on 31 December 2017, the price of gold in US dollar terms has slipped by approximately 3.8% over the last six mon...Read More
With the first half of 2018 now behind us, it’s an opportune time to look at whats been happening in the Chinese Gold Market. As a reminder, China is the largest gold producer in the world, the largest gold importer in the world, and China’s Shanghai Gold Exchange is the largest physical gold exchange in the world.For various reasons such as cross-border trade rules, VAT rules and de...Read More
This blog post is a guest post on BullionStar's Blog by the renowned blogger JP Koning who will be writing about monetary economics, central banking and gold. BullionStar does not endorse or oppose the opinions presented but encourage a healthy debate.The Turkish government, in particular its central bank, has a relatively unique relationship to gold. Few governments directly involve themselve...Read More
In March of this year, the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) released a series of short videos about various aspects of the London precious metals markets and the role the LBMA claims to plays in those markets. In the words of the LBMA:“LBMA, the Global Authority for Precious Metals, has released five short films highlighting the pivotal role it plays in the global wholesale precious...Read More
It's proving to be an ugly day for the market. As of this writing, all major stock market indices are down at least 1.5%, dragging stocks to the lowest levels seen since the start of this summer. Simply put, the price action we're seeing in the broad market Tuesday doesn't paint a particularly rosy picture for stocks' staying power during the rest of 2018. But while Mr. Market gets gut-punched t...Read More
Gold is glittering this October - and miners are proving to be one of the best ways to play the trend. Since bottoming back in the middle of September, the average gold mining stock has surged around 15% higher, vs. a 3.3% stumble in the S&P 500 over that same time frame. That's not totally surprising. After last week's big "risk off" moment on Wednesday and Thursday, a flight to quality to gold...Read More