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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

Deutsche Bank agrees to pay $75 million to Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse victims to settle suit

May 18, 2023 / marketsanity.com

CNBC, Released on 5/18/23Deutsche Bank agreed to pay $75 million to victims of sex predator Jeffrey Epstein to settle a federal lawsuit accusing the bank of enabling and benefitting from Epstein's sex trafficking of young women.Continue... Deutsche Bank agrees to pay $75 million to Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse victims to settle suit added by Herman James on 05/18/2023View all posts by Herman James ?+...Read More

The Banking Crisis Has Produced Extraordinary Testimony about Land Mines Lurking in the U.S. Banking System

May 18, 2023 / marketsanity.com

Wall Street On Parade, Released on 5/18/23On Wednesday, March 8 of this year, the holding company for the federally-insured Silvergate Bank Continue... The Banking Crisis Has Produced Extraordinary Testimony about Land Mines Lurking in the U.S. Banking System added by Herman James on 05/18/2023View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

Gold Company's Core Drilling Redefines Project in Arizona

May 19, 2023 / www.theaureport.com

Arizona Silver's core drilling has provided new information about the Philadelphia Project. Read on to see what it found out about a new formation on the project.Arizona Silver Exploration Inc. (AZS:TSX; AZASF:OTC) has recently released the results of its first deep core hole test for the down-dip continuity of the Philadelphia project. Located in Arizona, the core drilling has redefined some of t...Read More

Silver Mining Co. Reports Strong Q1 2023 Production Results

May 19, 2023 / www.theaureport.com

Recently, Silver X Mining Corp. announced results from the first quarter of commercial production at its Nueva Recuperada project. Read to see why the company is so excited about these results, what experts are saying, and what catalysts are on the way for this silver company.The first quarter of commercial production bodes well for Silver X Mining Corp. (AGX:TSX.V). The company reported steady pe...Read More

Gold: Resolution of Next Wedge

May 19, 2023 / www.theaureport.com

Barry Dawes of Martin Place Securities reviews the state of the U.S. dollar, the gold market, the banking sector, the copper sector, and crude steel. Key PointsGoldo About to complete the next wedgeo Upside resolution would be strongo New highs in most currenciesNth Am Gold stocks continue to baseo Still within parabolao XAU heading for 165ASX Gold Stocks consolidating ahead of breaking neckli...Read More

Europe-Focused Polymetallic Explorer Gets Busy Drilling Again

May 19, 2023 / www.theaureport.com

Multiple metals in considerable quantities are required for nations to meet green transition targets over the coming decades. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the EU market, where strict national and supra-national policies have long been a matter of regular practice.As demand for a circular green economy grows, Europe's large manufacturing base will require an influx of raw metals, with copp...Read More

Silver Price May Explode / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2023

May 16, 2023 / marketoracle.co.uk

Approximately 12 years ago, I wrote my first public market prognostication and it was focused on gold.At the time, gold was enjoying a parabolic rally, and the discussion amongst the general public was how far past the $2,000 mark gold was going to strike during that rally. So, on Aug. 11, 2011, I concluded my first gold articleas follows:"Again, since we are most probably in the final stages...Read More

The Crypto Signal for the Precious Metals Market / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2023

May 16, 2023 / marketoracle.co.uk

What if bitcoin just topped? What doesit change for the price of gold going forward, if anything?Many years ago, people wanted to buy goldbut didn’t really want to store it in their homes, pay for safekeeping andinsurance during transport, and so on. The demand gap was filled by all sortsof e-gold, e-bullion, and overall pooled accounts. This idea might seem odd tothose, who are new to the p...Read More

GoGold issues Los Ricos North PEA

May 17, 2023 / www.mining-journal.com

Mining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTotal production would be 68Moz of silver, 221,700oz of gold, 22.8Mlb of copper, 144.1Mlb of lead and 242.2Mlb zinc, or 110.Read More

Aussie government dishes out critical minerals grants...

May 18, 2023 / www.mining-journal.com

Mining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelAnnouncing the second tranche of grants under the Critical Minerals Development Program this morning, resources minister Madeleine King said th...Read More

US officials remove last hurdle for Thacker Pass

May 18, 2023 / www.mining-journal.com

Trident Royalties, which has a royalty on the project, today said it is encouraged by the developments at Thacker Pass, which is the largest lithium deposit in the US.Read More

CSN iron ore vessel runs aground in Rio de Janeiro...

May 18, 2023 / www.mining-journal.com

Canada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDThe Brazilian Environmental Department (Inea) reported that the vessel has been stranded for a week, with thousands of tonnes of...Read More

Cash or growth?

May 18, 2023 / www.mining-journal.com

Mining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelWestern Australian iron ore miner Fenix Resources has opportunistically generated an outstanding return on its invested capital through small-s...Read More

Laguna Blu Diamond Sells for $25m

May 18, 2023 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - The ultra-rare 11.16-carat pear-shaped Bulgari Laguna Blu - certified as the highest grade blue diamond ever by the GIA - was auctioned for just over $25m at Sotheby's Geneva on Tuesday.It became the most valuable gem ever to be sold by Bulgari, after a four-minute bidding war between three parties on the phone and one in the showroom.It was the highest price paid in the Magni...Read More

Blackstone 'Poised to Buy IGI in $550m Deal'

May 18, 2023 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Blackstone, the world's largest alternative asset manager, is reportedly poised to buy IGI (International Gemological Institute) in a deal worth up to $550m.Fosun International Ltd, one of the first enterprises in China to develop overseas markets, bought an 80 per cent stake in the network of 20 grading labs and 14 gemology schools back in September 2018 for $108.8m.Roland Lo...Read More

Alrosa Appoints New CEO after Ivanov's Early Departure

May 18, 2023 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Alrosa yesterday announced the appointment of Pavel Marynichev as its new CEO.He replaces Sergey Ivanov, who was sanctioned by the US, together with his father, after Russia invaded Ukraine last February.Ivanov, who was due to serve until 2025, is stepping down early after six years at the helm. He told Kommersant, the politics and business newspaper that he'd focus on high-te...Read More

Attack kills two at Buritica

May 18, 2023 / www.mining-journal.com

Mining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelThe attack happened 1km underground taking the life of a worker and security guard, with at least four police officers injured, reported local...Read More

Tesla tweaks vehicle design to cut copper usageCopper News

May 18, 2023 / www.mining-journal.com

Addressing the 2023 Tesla Shareholder Meeting, Musk said that changes to to the cars electrical systems could cut copper usage, although the numbers quoted were somewhat ambiguous.Read More

Tech Talk for Thursday May 18th 2023

May 18, 2023 / www.timingthemarket.ca

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 5 points at 9:35 AM EDT.Index futures were unchanged following release of the May Philly Fed Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an improvement to -20.0 from -31.3 in April. Actual was an improvement to -10.4.Take Two Interactive advanced $10.48 to $133.50 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal fourth quarter rev...Read More

"A Corrupt Tree Bringeth Forth Evil Fruit"

May 18, 2023 / dailyreckoning.com

"Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit," says Matthew "but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit."Today we are in transit. We lift our siege of Jekyll Island, Georgia... and take to the aerial ways.Our destination is the Maryland city of Annapolis, by way of the Baltimore-Washington International Airport.Yet before we take wing, we lower our ax upon the root of America's corrupt money tre...Read More

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