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Defense Metals in the Media

February 16, 2024

Our 2024 Predictions, Part 2

January 11, 2024

Our 2024 Predictions, Part 1

January 02, 2023

Can Gold Hit $3,000 in 2024?

29 December, 2023

Will Bitcoin ETFs Kill Gold?

November 21, 2023

What's Next for Gold?

06 June, 2023

Platinum and Palladium

February 2022

Transition to Production

June 15, 2021

Silver Suppression?!

February 02, 2021

Gold: Year in Review 2020, and 2021 Outlook

January 04, 2021

Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More

AbraPlata: CMR's full analysis of an Argentina focussed gold and silver junior

May 2020

The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More

Collective, Luminex expand with drilling

April 11, 2023 / www.mining-journal.com

Highlights included 271.3m grading 2.37gpt gold, 23gpt silver and 0.42% copper for a 3.Read More

Nova approaches 10Moz in Alaska

April 11, 2023 / www.mining-journal.com

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipGoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelStretching over 35km, Estelle is currently estimated to contain 1.1 billion tonnes grading 0.3 grams per tonne gold for 9.Read More

Glencore offers Teck cash sweetener

April 11, 2023 / www.mining-journal.com

Acknowledging that some Teck investors may prefer a full coal exit and others may not desire thermal coal exposure, the new offer would see Teck shareholders receive 24% of MetalsCo and US$8.Read More

Newmont boosts offer for Newcrest

April 11, 2023 / www.mining-journal.com

GoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelIt follows Newcrest's rejection of two takeover proposals from Newmont, the most recent being a scrip offer of 0.38 of a Newmont share for every Newcrest share held.Read More

Canadian mining entrepreneurs say no to Glencore's...

April 10, 2023 / www.mining-journal.com

GoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelWith Teck shareholders due to vote on a spinout of its coal business into Elk Vally Resources on April 26, Lassonde told The Globe and Mail he is interested in taking a 10-20% blocking stake inRead More

Challenging ground conditions weigh on K92

April 11, 2023 / www.mining-journal.com

The ground conditions, along with eight days of combined unplanned maintenance, saw K92's production for Q1 come in at 21,488oz AuEq, which is down from 28,199oz a year earlier and from 35,538oz inRead More

Raider Fires Five Shots at Jewelry Workers

April 11, 2023 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - A masked raider calmly removed a gun from his bag and fired five shots at workers in a booth selling jewelry at a swap meet in Utah, USA.He then used a hammer to smash open glass display cabinets and steal what police describe as a "large quantity" of merchandise.One employee was grazed by a bullet but did not require medical treatment, said West Valley City Police in a statement a...Read More

$1m Estimates for Newman's Rolex Watches

April 11, 2023 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Two Rolex Daytona watches owned by Paul Newman are expected to fetch at least $1m each when they're auctioned in June by Sotheby's New York.   They're among 300 lots from his estate and that of his actress wife Joanne Woodward.Newman, best known for The Hustler, died in 2008. He was well known as a keen car racer and watch collector. The watches were f...Read More

Simandou will help Rio Tinto dodge Australia's new...

April 11, 2023 / www.mining-journal.com

GoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickel  Rio Tinto chairman, Dominic Barton, touched lightly on the importance of Simandou in last week's address to the first round of the company's two-stage annual meeting in London with theRead More

Three Arrested over Death of Diamond Worker

April 11, 2023 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Three people have been arrested over the death of a diamond polisher at a factory in India.They are alleged to have tied him up the man, named as Haresh Bhaliya,  and to have beaten him after five diamonds disappeared at a factory in Thakkarbapanagar, in Gujurat state.Police say the owner and two managers were arrested and that cases of murder and wrongful confinement have bee...Read More

CORRECTED-UPDATE 3-Peru will mine more copper in 2023, lithium permits pending

April 10, 2023 / www.kitco.com

(Corrects project owner in second-last paragraph to AmericanLithium Corp from Plateau Energy Metals) By Marco Aquino LIMA, April 10 (Reuters) - Peru expects to produce 2.8million tonnes of copper this year, a senior official said onMonday, representing an almost 15% jump from 2022, in a brightspot for the Andean nation's top export. Peru, the world's no. 2 copper producer, saw output affectedsinc...Read More

Tech Talk for Tuesday April 11th 2023

April 11, 2023 / www.timingthemarket.ca

U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged at 8:30 AM EDT.Brookdale Senior Living gained $$0.26 to $3.24 after the company raised guidance.Tilray dropped 0.12 to Cdn$2.62 after reporting a third quarter loss of $1.90 per share. The company also announced purchase of Hexo for Cdn$56 million.CarMax gained $5.17 to $71.03 after reporting higher than consensu...Read More

This Time Really Could Be Different

April 11, 2023 / dailyreckoning.com

The new global financial crisis as exemplified by the successive failures of Silvergate Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, Credit Suisse and the potential failure of First Republic Bank is well underway.Here's the key takeaway: Despite a brief hiatus after the UBS-Credit Suisse shotgun wedding on March 19, the crisis may be far from over.Other big bank failures and continued stress on the...Read More

3 Ways to Play Gold's Explosive Rally

April 11, 2023 / dailyreckoning.com

Gold futures are sneaking toward new all-time highs.The holiday-shortened trading week was relatively quiet for stocks. But while equities are snoozing, precious metals are streaking higher - and serious investors need to wake up and pay close attention to this action...Gold futures continue to build on this reignited rally, gaining as much as 12% off the March lows as the yellow metal finally vau...Read More

How's That War Going?

April 08, 2023 / dailyreckoning.com

How's the war going? Huh? Do you mean the war over in Ukraine? Or the US government's war against its own people?Well, the first one, the Ukraine War, is mostly destroying Europe - though, apparently, the denizens of Germany, Holland, et al., haven't figured that out yet. Europe's industrial economy is toast without affordable Russian natural gas supplies.We turned off their pipeline for that in S...Read More

The Conspiracy of Silence Continues

April 07, 2023 / dailyreckoning.com

In a video podcast the other day, I made reference to the lockdown orders of March 2020. The host immediately turned off the recording. He said it was fine to talk about this subject but from now on please refer to "the events of March 2020" with no specifics.Otherwise, it will be taken down by YouTube and Facebook. He needs those platforms for reach, and reach is necessary for his business model....Read More

$STMZF - Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust: Proven Approach Could Deliver Again.

April 12, 2023 / seekingalpha.com

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust's strategy has worked well in the past, and I expect it to do so again. Read why STMZF stock is a Buy.Read full newsRead More

Richie Capital Group Q1 2023 Letter To Investors.

April 12, 2023 / seekingalpha.com

The news moving markets this quarter was the collapse of banks. Who will fill the void that is left behind? Click here to find out.Read full newsRead More

More High-Grade Trench Results At Auld Creek

April 11, 2023 / bit.ly

Siren Gold Limited (ASX: SNG) (Siren or the Company) is pleased to provide a further update on the significant potential of its Auld Creek Prospect. Highlights Auld Creek is the mineralised extension of the historical Globe Progress Mine which produced 1.1Moz at 10 g/t Au (open pit and underground)....Read full newsRead More

Still Far To Go In New Value Cycle.

April 12, 2023 / seekingalpha.com

We are in the early stages of a new market cycle characterized by higher volatility, inflation and interest rates and creating conditions where value stocks thrive.Read full newsRead More

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