Yesterday inflationary fears stoked the fires of gold bulls taking the precious yellow metal above $1800 for the first time since the middle of September. Although rising inflationary concerns did not diminish, a robust U.S. stock market coupled with dollar strength took gold lower, back below $1800. As of 5:45 PM EDT gold futures basis, the most active December 2021 contract is currently trading...Read More
Last time Bitcoin hit an all-time high in 2017, the price corrected and stayed flat for 2 years before regaining momentum in 2020. Lyn Alden, founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, said that there are too few historical precedents to draw from in order to conclude that this time will be the same. "[A crypto winter] certainly could happen. There are a couple of factors that I think are different...Read More
Editor's Note: With so much market volatility, stay on top of daily news! Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today's must-read news and expert opinions. Sign up here! (Kitco News) - The gold market remains in a long-term uptrend. Still, it needsto get through its current consolidation period, according to one investmentfirm.In a report published Tuesday, analysts at Haywood Securi...Read More
By Eric Onstad LONDON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - About $1.5 trillion of investmentis needed to decarbonise electricity supplies used to makealuminium so the sector can start meeting United Nations climategoals, an industry group said on Tuesday. But that huge investment is only a portion of the fundsneeded so output of aluminium, one of the most energy intensemetals, can cut emissions by 2050, the Intern...Read More
(Kitco News) The fiscal and monetary disorder will trigger a move into alternative assets, and silver has the most "explosive" upside potential, said Tavi Costa, Crescat Capital portfolio manager."Silver is the cheapest metal on earth. And I will continue to buy it because it doesn't deserve the sub $30 an ounce price tag. We're going to see flows of capital coming into the space. It's a very th...Read More
Editor's Note: With so much market volatility, stay on top of daily news! Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today's must-read news and expert opinions. Sign up here! (Kitco News) - Gold and silver prices arelower at midday Tuesday, on some normal backing and filling on the chartsfollowing recent gains. Both metals' bulls remain comfortable at present, asnear-term price uptrends...Read More
I'm increasingly sure that what we're seeing in the labor market will define the next several decades.I'm already convinced that what we're seeing is something none of us, especially those in any position of power, are equipped to handle.This is nothing short of a war of attrition. Can the fringes of the labor market affect real change? Can businesses rein in, or even just define, the profound mi...Read More
Editor's Note: With so much market volatility, stay on top of daily news! Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today's must-read news and expert opinions. Sign up here! (Kitco News) - Although Bitcoin remains an attractive momentum play with pricestrading just off last week's all-time highs, gold investors shouldn't see the digitalcurrency as competition, according to one precious m...Read More
Mr. Carl Lofberg reportsFIREFOX GOLD IDENTIFIES NEW DRILL TARGETS AT UTSAMO AREA, JEESIO GOLD PROJECT, FINLANDFirefox Gold Corp. has provided the results of its recently completed base-of-till (BOT) sampling program at the Utsamo prospect in the northeast part of the company's 100-per-cent-owned Jeesio gold project. The data include strong gold and multielement anomalies associated with multiple i...Read More
(Kitco News) Gold was trading down 1% on the day as the U.S. new home sales beat expectations in September with an advance of 14%. The prior month's number was revised down. New home sales were at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 800,000 homes in September, the U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday. August's sales were revised down to a rate of 702,000 units.The market consensus calle...Read More
Editor's Note: With so much market volatility, stay on top of daily news! Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today's must-read news and expert opinions. Sign up here! (Kitco News) -Gold prices continue to struggle to find new bullish momentum, falling further below $1,800 an ounce as optimism among U.S. consumers rises higher than expected in October.Tuesday, the U.S. Conference B...Read More
Mr. Eric Fier reportsSILVERCREST LAS CHISPAS PROJECT CONSTRUCTION REMAINS ON SCHEDULE AND BUDGETSilvercrest Metals Inc. has provided an update on construction activities at the company's Las Chispas project, located in Sonora, Mexico. All currency amounts herein are presented in United States Dollars, unless otherwise stated. Highlights Construction Remains on Schedule {ౢ –} At...Read More
Mr. Peter Tallman reportsKLONDIKE GOLD CLOSES FIRST TRANCHE RAISING $2,242,851 Further to its news release of Sept. 30, 2021, Klondike Gold Corp. has closed the first tranche of its non-brokered private placement financing, raising $2,242,851.25 of which $1,935,000 is flow-through funds. The company anticipates to close the balance of the financing in the coming weeks.In closing the first tranche,...Read More
Ballarat, Australia, Oct 26, 2021 - (ABN Newswire) -White Rock Minerals Limited (ASX:WRM) (OTCMKTS:WRMCF) is pleased to announce the start of surface diamond drilling to test multiple mineralised quartz reefs within the Dickenson South target area at the underground Morning Star gold mine. Key Highlights - A 3,000 metre diamond drill program from surface has commenced at the Morning Star gold mine...Read More
Mr. Chris Taylor reports GREAT BEAR REPORTS 95.2% TO 99.2% GOLD RECOVERIES IN PRELIMINARY LP FAULT METALLURGICAL TESTS - GOLD IS FREE MILLING AND READILY SOLUBLE AT ALL GRADES Great Bear Resources Ltd. has released gold recovery test results from its 100-per-cent-owned flagship Dixie project, in the Red Lake district of Ontario.Chris Taylor, president and chief executive officer of Great Bear, sai...Read More
Mr. Jeffrey Wilson reportsPRECIPITATE INITIATES AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY AT THE MOTHERLODE GOLD PROJECT IN NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADAPrecipitate Gold Corp. has begun a property-wide helicopter-borne geophysical survey at the company's Motherlode gold project within the Burin Peninsula of southern Newfoundland, Canada.The property-wide heliborne high sensitivity magnetics-radiometrics geophysical surv...Read More
Editor's Note: With so much market volatility, stay on top of daily news! Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today's must-read news and expert opinions. Sign up here! (Kitco News) - Investment bank Citi says it is still sticking with the 'shortgold' as appropriate pain trade over medium-term. Analysts at the banknote, that being short gold is the appropriate 'pain trade' despite"t...Read More
Monday wasa solid day of gains for gold, silver, and platinum; however, none reachedtheir key resistance levels. The patterns are setting up nicely and we wouldconsider step one completed. For therally to continue, we must reach the levels of resistance, which are $25 forsilver, $1,820 for gold based on December futures. For January platinum,resistance is at $1080. Obviously, that means they are h...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday October 26 that are worth another look.A decision by the European Union on the future of the bloc's scrap metal export trade, which is worth billions of euros per year, could come as early as December this year, the Bureau...Read More
Interra Copper (CNSX:IMCX) said today its geophysical and geochemical support its thesis of a nearby copper porphyry system. The company is focused on its Thane Property in north-central British Columbia. "Our Thane property has continued to produce the positive geological results we have come to expect after 9 years of investment in the project. The identification of 5 solid bulk-tonnage copper g...Read More