Japanese suppliers of H2 heavy scrap are experiencing difficulty in sourcing for supply, which has led to a rise in export prices for a second week, market sources told Fastmarkets.Low supply has resulted in dockside scrap prices climbing again over the past week, which push up export offers and exert pressure on domestic steelmakers' margins since they are also struggling to obtain material."The...Read More
Ecuador-focused miner SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LSE: SOLG) is bolstering its defences against a takeover by fundraising to raise a minimum of ?16 million (US$20 million) as top miners try to take advantage of the global economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.The move follows a royalty financing agreement with streaming company Franco Nevada (TSX: FNV; NYSE: FNV), inked in May. The deal gu...Read More
Takeover target Guyana Goldfields (TSX: GUY) said it has received a proposal from a "foreign-based multinational miner" valuing the company at $323 million (US$240 million), which is 35% higher than a previous offer from Silvercorp Metals (TSX: SVM; NYSE: SVM).The Canadian miner was first approached in April by Silvercorp, which put forward a C$105 million (US$75 million) cash and share deal. That...Read More
Drilling at Callinex Mines' (TSXV: CNX; US-OTC: CLLXF) 118-sq.-km Nash Creek project in the Bathurst mining district of New Brunswick has encountered a new zone of silver mineralization, 9.6 km away from the deposit, as well as a new area of near-surface zinc and lead, 1.3 km to the west of existing resources.The company has released the results of five drill holes: 19-306 returned 19 metres of 36...Read More
Calibre Mining (TSX: CXB; US-OTC: CXBMF) has reported the first resource estimate for the Panteon deposit at its Limon mine in Nicaragua.The high-grade vein is about 150 metres from the company's producing Santa Pancha underground mine.Panteon has 90,000 indicated tonnes grading 9.88 grams gold per tonne for 29,000 contained oz. gold and another 303,000 inferred tonnes averaging 6.79 grams gold pe...Read More
NEW TOOLS IN ITS LATEST MICROMINE UPGRADESPONSOREDmicromineCardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesIn theory, the value proposition behind a mining investment is straightforward. As long as the return on capital invested exce...Read More
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NEW YORK, June 2, 2020 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --NEW YORK, June 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In times of financial crisis, there's no safer investment than gold....Read full newsRead More
Is There An Appetite For These Gold Stocks? Jun 01, 2020 (GoldStocks.com via COMTEX) --The gold sector has many companies that mine and refine gold and...Read full newsRead More
24/7 Wall St. screened the BofA Securities precious metals research universe and found five gold stocks rated Buy that look like solid plays for investors starting to worry about renewed volatility.Read full newsRead More
Paul & Lawrence from Auramex (TSXv : AUX) present the Georgie River Prospect in the original 1800s gold-rush district of the Golden Triangle in BC, Canada. T...Read full newsRead More
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Much is being written about a V-shaped recovery at the moment. However, a glance at the 52-week high and low lists this week showed that the rally was cosmetic. The trends of the pandemic are still dominating the TSX and will likely continue to do so until the situation finds a backstop — most likely a vaccine. Let’s take a look at which areas are still getting battered right now and w...Read More
Goldlund site Credit: First Mining. Treasury Metals has entered into an agreement with First Mining Gold to acquire the 280-sq.-km Goldlund project, 60 km northeast of Dryden, Ontario.Goldlund is 2 km northeast of Treasury's flagship Goliath property and includes open-pit resources of 12.9 million tonnes at 1.96 g/t gold in the indicated category for a total of 809,200 indicated oz. Inferred r...Read More
Drilling at Callinex Mines' 118-sq.-km Nash Creek project has encountered a new zone of silver mineralization, 9.6 km away from the current deposit, as well as a new area of near-surface zinc and lead, 1.3 km to the west of existing resources.The company has released the results of five drill holes: NC19-306 returned 19 metres of 36.53 g/t silver, 0.38% zinc and 0.52% lead starting at a depth of...Read More
Centerra Gold's Mount Milligan mine. (Image courtesy of former owner, Thompson Creek Metals).Canada's prolific geological terrain and adherence to the rule of law position the country as a go-to destination for companies looking to establish and operate mineral projects. A fall in the value of the Canadian dollar over the past few years, coupled with a recent upswing in the gold price, make gold...Read More
(Image courtesy of Vale) Vale has received a preliminary license for the expansion of the Serra Leste iron ore mine, in Par??, Brazil.Located 50 km from Curion??polis and 5 km from Serra Pelada, Serra Leste Mine has an estimated reserve of 307.4 million metric tonnes, with average iron content of 65.4%.The company plans to increase the production from the current 6 million tonnes per year to 10 m...Read More
Global aluminium billet premiums were unchanged but for a drop in Thailand, with spot demand battered due to the Covid-19 pandemic.Europe begins third quarter negotiationsUS premium static in lifeless spot marketBrazil premium flat amid weak spot interestWeak demand sinks premium in ThailandQ3 negotiations in Europe start with offers around $280-300/t Market participants throughout Europe have beg...Read More
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of regional supply chain security for critical materials like cobalt, the president and chief executive officer of First Cobalt said. According to Trent Mell, the increasing trend toward electric vehicles (EVs) has added to the impetus to ensure that a reliable and ethical supply of refined cobalt is available for use in batteries. "If the Covid...Read More
The three-month copper price on the London Metal Exchange rose by 2.3% day-on-day to close at $5,690 per tonne on Friday June 5, after a strong day of trading with a turnover of more than 23,300 lots.LME three-month copper had its best week since September 2018 in the week ended June 5, reaching a high of $5,698 per tonne on Friday. On Monday, it had opened at $5,400 per tonne, but on Friday it op...Read More