(IDEX Online) - A bride-to-be was reunited with her engagement ring, after a diver armed with just a snorkel and an underwater metal detector found it at the bottom of a lake.The white gold and diamond ring slipped from her finger as she sat on a jetty on the shores of Windermere, the largest natural lake in England.Volunteer Angus Hosking, a freediver who regularly clears litter from the lake, of...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lab grown company Aether says it has become the world's first diamond producer to receive vegan certification.Vegan Action now guarantees that diamonds made by the New York-based company "do not contain animal products or by-products and have not been tested on animals".Aether does not indicate in its press release what steps it took to ensure no animals were harmed in the man...Read More

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For months, human traffickers beat and drugged Blessing, hauling the 27-year-old from one gold mine encampment to the next, where each night she was forced to sleep with dozens of men for less than $2 a person.The madam who lured Blessing to the landlocked West African nation of Burkina Faso with promises of a hair salon job, threatened to kill her if she tried to run away."Nobody comes to your re...Read More

For months, human traffickers beat and drugged Blessing, hauling the 27-year-old from one gold mine encampment to the next, where each night she was forced to sleep with dozens of men for less than $2 a person.The madam who lured Blessing to the landlocked West African nation of Burkina Faso with promises of a hair salon job, threatened to kill her if she tried to run away."Nobody comes to your re...Read More

High inflation has made basic materials like lumber, gold, and silver more costly. Here are two TSX stocks that could rally higher with this inflationary scenario through 2021.Stella-JonesStella-Jones (TSX:SJ) is a leading producer and marketer of pressure-treated wood products. It supplies electrical utilities and telecom companies with utility poles and railroad operators with railway ties and t...Read More

Volatility appears to be finding a way to creep back into the market today. Stocks with any sort of growth tilt are seeing greater selling pressure for a number of reasons. Inflation concerns have bid up bond yields to near the highest levels seen since the onset of the pandemic.Accordingly, there’s increasing demand for stocks that provide excellent diversification and a hedge to this uncer...Read More

More than 70% of foreign exchange reserves around the world were denominated in U.S. dollars at the end of 2001.Since then that percentage has trended down.According to the most recent data from the IMF, the percentage of dollar-denominated reserve assets fell to 59% at the end of 2020, sparking fresh concerns over the U.S. dollar's reserve currency status.Prominent hedge fund manager Stanley Druc...Read More

Union workers at BHP's Spence mine in northern Chile have overwhelmingly rejected the latest wage proposal from the company, according to a post on the Spence union's website on Saturday May 29.Some 1,091 workers out a total of 1,126 voted against the latest wage offer from BHP, union management at Spence...Read More

Jack ChanPosted May 31, 2021Gold sector as represented by $HUI is on a long-term BUY signal.Long-term signals can last for months and are more suitable for investors.Short-term is on BUY signal.Short-term signals can last for days and weeks and are more suitable for traders. COT data is supportive for overall higher gold prices.COT data is supportive for overall higher silver prices. Our ratio is...Read More

Seaborne low- and high-grade manganese ore prices held steady in the week to Friday May 28, with participants in the market awaiting for miners to make offers for July-shipment in the following week. Fastmarkets' manganese ore index 37% Mn, cif Tianjin was unchanged week on week at $4.50 per dry metric tonne unit (dmtu) on May 28.No liquidity was reported to Fastmarkets, while there was concern am...Read More

The company closed the placement, priced at $2.45 per share and $3.10 per flow-through share, last week."The offering was subscribed to by, among others, a single institutional investor, Mr Pierre Lassonde and Trinity Capital Partners Corporation and Affiliates," Marathon said.Highlights from a feasibility study in March had outlined a 13-year mine at Valentine with peak average annual production...Read More

China's nickel pig iron (NPI) prices widened downward last week amid a sliding stainless steel market, while the cif China discount for ferro-nickel decreased in the past month.Fastmarkets assessed the nickel pig iron, high-grade NPI content 10-15%, spot, ddp China at 1,125-1,150 yuan ($177-181) per nickel unit on Friday May 28, widening downward by 10 yuan (0.4%) per nickel unit from 1,135-1,150...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Tribe Property Technologies (the "Company" or "Tribe"), a leading provider of technology-enabled property management solutions, today announced its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2021.Quarterly Business HighlightsReported record revenue and strong gross margin2 percentage improvementCompleted its going-public transaction, releasing $13.3 million of cash f...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ | OTCQB: VENZF) ("Venzee" or the "Company"), a "smart tech" Software as a Service (SaaS) platform used by Consumer Brands to move critical, consumer-facing product information to any global retailer, announced today financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021. The unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial stateme...Read More

The latest data for the global manganese ore market for the week ended May 31, 2021.Read More

We spoke with Frederick Bell, CEO and Director of Elemental Royalties Corp. (TSX-V: ELE, OTCQX: ELEMF), a gold-focused royalty company that provides investors with lower risk precious metals exposure, through a portfolio of nine high-quality royalties. The Company's approach is to secure royalties, over advanced assets, with established operators from a robust geographically diverse pipeline. This...Read More

We spoke with Ed Karr, Founder of U.S. Gold Corp. (Nasdaq: USAU), the USA-focused gold exploration and development Company, currently advancing 4 projects: the CK Gold Project, located in Southeast WY Keystone is on the Cortez Trend in North Central NV, Maggie Creek on the Carlin Trend in NV and the Challis Gold Project located in ID. The Company is working on a pre-feasibility study at the CK Gol...Read More

China's domestic rebar prices rose sharply on Monday May 31 following strong gains in the billet market over the weekend, but demand decreased in response to the increases.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 5,000-5,030 yuan ($785-790) per tonne, up by 170 yuan per tonne A $6-trillion budget for the United States' fiscal year 2022 unveiled by President Joe Biden last Friday led to bullish sentiment...Read More

Geopacific Resources (ASX: GPR) is a gold development company, focused on developing the 1.6 Moz Woodlark Gold Project, in Papua New Guinea. Woodlark is a high-margin gold project, with significant exploration upside. We learned from Tim Richards, who is CEO of Geopacific Resources, that they will begin construction in Q2 of 2021 and will be pouring gold in Q4 next year.Geopacific ResourcesDr. All...Read More