HudBay's Constancia polymetallic mine 100 km south of Cusco, Peru. Source: HudBay Minerals Inc.HudBay Minerals Inc. [HBM-TSX, NYSE] on Monday April 2 filed an updated NI 43-101 technical report for its 100%-owned Constancia Mine in Peru. The 2018 technical report includes updates to the mineral reserves and resources and mine plan, including anticipated throughput recoveries and capital and oper...Read More

It's the greatest drug in the world.Nothing makes me feel as good as this stuff.And I pay top dollar to get my fix, too.I even go directly to the source - through a dealer, of course.And my dealer is connected all across the globe.He meets with producers in Colombia and Mexico.He helps small Ethiopian operations get off the ground, and does it in plain view of law enforcement.Hell, even the local...Read More

Vancouver, British Columbia - April 2, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Nicola Mining Inc. (TSXV: NIM) (the "Company" or "Nicola") is pleased to provide the results of their latest drill hole, as well as a summary of results on its 2017-2018 Winter Drilling Program (the "Program"). The Program focused on extending and defining boundaries on the Craigmont West Zone, previously ref...Read More

We hear so much about gun murders that it might surprise you to find out that London’s murder rate has just surpassed New York City’s so far in 2018.But don’t worry, their gun murder rate is still much lower. People are just getting stabbed to death.That’s one way to solve the gun crime problem. Great Britain has some of the toughest gun laws. Citizens are virtually banned...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1341.90+$16.00Silver$16.60+$0.26XAU82.01+1.10%HUI177.73+1.32%GDM618.75+1.06%JSE Gold1127.39-3.86USD90.01-0.05Euro123.05+0.01Yen94.51+0.46Oil$63.01$1.9310-Year2.741%-0.001T-Bond146.53125-0.09375Dow23644.19-1.90%Nasdaq6870.12-2.74%S&P2581.88-2.23%  The Metals: Gold gained $18.80 to $1344.70 in early afternoon New York trade before it edged back lower into...Read More

Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom,...Read More

By Ira EpsteinSafe haven buying lifts gold...questionable if all the gains hold through Tuesday.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More

Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate Guide To Money and The Markets (free ebook). Gregory currently hosts a b...Read More

By Stefan GleasonLast Monday, the Shanghai International Energy Exchange launched the first futures contract for crude oil priced in Chinese yuan. It's a major step forward in the process of international de-dollarization. Now Chinese and other international traders can buy and sell the world's most important commodity in a liquid market without using U.S. dollars.The "petro dollar" now faces th...Read More

Technical analyst Jack Chan updates the gold and silver charts.Our proprietary cycle indicator is up.Gold sector is on a long-term buy signal. Long-term signals can last for months and years and are more suitable for investors holding for long term.Gold sector is on a short-term buy signal. Short-term signals can last for days and weeks, and are more suitable for traders.Speculation is in bull mar...Read More

It's no secret that John has been a raging bear on Tesla. With it's bloated valuation and insatiable need for ever larger amounts of cash, it's a disaster waiting to happen. And then the unthinkable, one of its cars crashes and burns, killing its owner. The market is down another 555 points today, just 111 away from the magical 666! And now France is saying it can't regulate social media companie...Read More

By Frank HolmesStrengths? The best performing metal this week silver, down 1.13 percent. Gold traders were split this week between bullish and bearish outcomes, according to the weekly Bloomberg survey. The yellow metal is on its best run since 2011 as it wraps up a third consecutive quarter of gains and exchange-traded funds backed by bullion are also near the highest in five ye...Read More

TECHNICAL SCOOPCharts and commentary by David ChapmanPhone: 416-523-5454 Email: david@davidchapman.comTwitter: @Davcha12April 2, 2018 "Every time I get accustomed to low volatility, like we were towards the end of the Greenspan era, and we think we have all the levers under the control... something erupts to remind us that the idea that anybody is in control of everything is hubris." Lloyd Blan...Read More

China's hot-rolled coil prices gained some strength on Monday April 2 though trading thinned after the paper market lost its steam during the day.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,860-3,880 yuan ($615-618) per tonne, up 40 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,850-3,870 yuan per tonne, up 60 yuan per tonneHRC prices increased after the futures contract for the flat steel product opened high....Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1341.90+$16.00Silver$16.60+$0.26XAU82.01+1.10%HUI177.73+1.32%GDM618.75+1.06%JSE Gold1127.39-3.86USD90.01-0.05Euro123.05+0.01Yen94.51+0.46Oil$63.01$1.9310-Year2.741%-0.001T-Bond146.53125-0.09375Dow23644.19-1.90%Nasdaq6870.12-2.74%S&P2581.88-2.23%  The Metals: Gold gained $18.80 to $1344.70 in early afternoon New York trade before it edged back lower into...Read More

We’re facing an imminent crisis in global lithiummarkets. Demand is growing exponentially,and lithium consumers are facing a 100,000-ton shortfall by 2025. Traditional lithium brine projects take too longto put into production. At up to 48 months, they won’t be able to close thesupply gap on their own. The industry is turning to high grade, hard rocklithium pegmatite deposits. That&rsq...Read More

By Dave KranzlerThere is plenty of dysfunction in plain sight to suggest that the financial markets can't bear the strain of unreality anymore. Between the burgeoning trade wars and the adoption in congress this week of a fiscally suicidal spending bill, you'd want to put your fingers in your ears to not be deafened by the roar of markets tumbling - James Kuntsler, "The Unspooling"Many of you ha...Read More

China's ferrous futures decreased during morning trading on Monday April 2, losing the gains made during last Friday night's trading session.Futures closing prices - morning session Shanghai Futures Exchange October rebar: 3,366 ($536) per tonne, down 61 yuan per tonne May hot-rolled coil: 3,707 yuan per tonne, down 37 yuan per tonne Dalian Commodity Exchange May iron ore: 445 yuan per tonne, down...Read More

The Fed is lying about inflation.How do I know?Because several of the Fed's OWN in-house inflation measures are roaring.The New York Fed's UIG inflation measure is currently clocking in at 3.06%.The Atlanta Fed's "sticky" inflation measure is growing at an annualized rate of 2.2%.Even the Fed's heavily massaged Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) metric is growing at 1.8% on an annualized basi...Read More

Last Monday, the Shanghai International Energy Exchange launched the first futures contract for crude oil priced in Chinese yuan. It's a major step forward in the process of international de-dollarization. Now Chinese and other international traders can buy and sell the world's most important commodity in a liquid market without using U.S. dollars.The "petro dollar" now faces the prospect of bei...Read More