In February, B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO; NYSE: BTG) announced an initial open-pit inferred resource for the newly discovered El Limon Central zone at its El Limon mine in Nicaragua.This week the gold producer announced the results of an expansion study that evaluated the life-of-mine options for combining El Limon's remaining underground inferred resource (17 million ounces of gold) with the new infe...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold prices could be in store for the “mother of all short-covering” rallies, said one analyst, citing CFTC short positioning and the yellow metal’s strength in the face of higher U.S. dollar.Even $1,500 is not out of the realm of possibilities, according to ThinkMarkets chief market analyst Naeem Aslam, who sees the latest CFTC data as a positive sign for gold pri...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold prices could be in store for the “mother of all short-covering” rallies, said one analyst, citing CFTC short positioning and the yellow metal’s strength in the face of higher U.S. dollar.Even $1,500 is not out of the realm of possibilities, according to ThinkMarkets chief market analyst Naeem Aslam, who sees the latest CFTC data as a positive sign for gold pri...Read More
(Excerpt from upcoming article by Alisha Hiyate in Diamonds in Canada magazine, published by The Northern Miner ) In 2013, De Beers Canada turned down a chance to own a majority stake in Peregrine Diamonds' Chidliak project in Nunavut. Five years later, it now owns the project outright.So what changed in that time period? De Beers Canada CEO Kim Truter says that the timing just wasn't quite ri...Read More
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton on Tuesday he would like to hold new talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, suggesting they meet in Paris next month.Putin and Trump are expected to take part in an event in Paris on Nov. 11 to commemorate the end of World War One and Putin suggested they could meet on its sidelines, something Bolt...Read More
(Excerpt from upcoming article by Alisha Hiyate in Diamonds in Canada magazine, published by The Northern Miner ) In 2013, De Beers Canada turned down a chance to own a majority stake in Peregrine Diamonds' Chidliak project in Nunavut. Five years later, it now owns the project outright.So what changed in that time period? De Beers Canada CEO Kim Truter says that the timing just wasn't quite ri...Read More
(Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N), the Pentagon’s No. 1 weapons supplier, on Tuesday posted a better-than-expected rise in quarterly profit, driven by higher production of its F-35 fighter jets, and forecast that sales would top Wall Street estimates for next year.Lockheed’s tax rate fell to 6.5 percent in the third quarter, helped by a larger-than-usual $1.5 billion contributio...Read More
Only one digit has changed. But it may have profound consequences, sending the country closer to junk status. Meanwhile, Rome and Brussels clash over budget plan. Will that duel benefit or harm the yellow metal? Only One Notch Above Being Junk Italian drama continues. On Friday, Moody’s, one of the most significant rating agencies in the world, downgraded the Italian credit rating from Baa2...Read More
Maurice Jackson: Joining us for a conversation is Brien Lundin, the president of Jefferson Financial, helping to protect your world.Please tell us about Jefferson Financial and what type of services you provide.Brien Lundin: We are essentially a provider of investment information. We publish Gold Newsletter, which is the oldest precious metals advisory in the world, having been started by Jim...Read More
"BTU Announces Initiation of Exploration Progam at Dixie South Contiguous with Great Bear's New High Grade Gold Discovery, District of Red Lake @BTUMetalsCorp https://t.co/fpozYRJebQ"Read full newsRead More
Kenya has won a case against Cortec Mining Kenya Limited, Cortec (pty) Limited and Stirling Capital Limited over the revocation in 2013 of a licence for mining niobium and rare earth minerals, a court ruling made public on Tuesday showed.The decision could add to wariness about Kenya's nascent mining industry among investors already spooked by resource nationalism in neighbouring Tanzania, analyst...Read More
(Kitco News)- The gold market has suffered under the weight of rising U.S.interest rates and a stronger U.S. dollar, but one bank sees a shift coming asequity markets have seen increased selling pressure this this past month.Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) said that inthis current environment they see gold prices pushing to $1,400 an ounce by theend of 2019. Along with their long-...Read More
(Kitco News) - The gold market has suffered under the weight of rising U.S. interest rates and a stronger U.S. dollar, but one bank sees a shift coming as equity markets have seen increased selling pressure this this past month.Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) said that in this current environment they see gold prices pushing to $1,400 an ounce by the end of 2019. Along with their...Read More
Trump's trade spat with China directly impacted CAT and MMM earningsIt's an ugly day on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) down more than 400 points at midday and on track to breach the 25,000 level on a closing basis for the first time since July 12. Weighing on the blue-chip index are negative earnings reactions for Caterpillar (CAT) and 3M (MMM), with results for both firm...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices fell nearly 3 percent to more than one-month lows on Tuesday after Saudi Arabia said it could supply more crude quickly if needed, easing concerns ahead of U.S. sanctions on Iran and as U.S. equity markets sold off.Brent crude futures LCOc1 dropped 2.8 percent, or $2.27, to $77.56 a barrel by 11:21 a.m. EDT (1521 GMT) after plunging to $77.50, the lowest since Sept....Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House advisers on Tuesday are set to recommend that U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned U.S. Space Command develop ways for the military to operate in outer space, according to two administration officials briefed on the plans.The National Space Council, a White House advisory panel, will also recommend a review of existing treaty issues, and will unveil propos...Read More
China-owned conglomerate CITIC and subsidiaries Sino Iron and Korean Steel have launched legal proceedings in the Australian Federal Court against mining tycoon turned politician, Clive Palmer, and his private company, Mineralogy.The Chinese firms have vowed to vigorously defend against an action launched by Palmer's private company over environmental rehabilitation funds for the massive Sino Iron...Read More
Near-term HRL options are pricing in low volatility expectations at the momentSpam producer Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) fell 5% in immediate aftermath of its late-August quarterly report, but quickly pivoted that same day and went on to gain more than 10% over the next few weeks. The stock is up 14.8% in 2018 and 36% year-over-year, with a recent pullback contained by its 40-day moving average. With t...Read More
China-owned conglomerate CITIC and subsidiaries Sino Iron and Korean Steel have launched legal proceedings in the Australian Federal Court against mining tycoon turned politician, Clive Palmer, and his private company, Mineralogy.The Chinese firms have vowed to vigorously defend against an action launched by Palmer's private company over environmental rehabilitation funds for the massive Sino Iron...Read More
"Red Pine Drills 3.5 g/t Gold Over 32.8 Metres, Including 4.99 g/t Gold Over 17.6 Metres at its Wawa Gold Project @RedPineExpl https://t.co/Irz5zZm3wy"Read full newsRead More