Canada-listed Fura Gems (TSX-V:FUR), a new gemstone mining and marketing company headed by former COO of Gemfields (LON:GEM) Dev Shetty, is stepping up efforts to kick off operations at some of its key assets and so take advantage of a growing demand for coloured precious rocks.The company, which began operations less than a year ago, in May 2017, has good reasons to be in a rush. Sales of emeral...Read More

Canada's IAMGOLD Corp. (TSX IMG), (NYSE: IAG) has kicked off a feasibility study for its C??t?(C) Gold Project, located in the Abitibi gold belt in Ontario, and said a construction decision should be made in the first half of 2019.Last year, the Toronto-based miner sold a 30% interest in the proposed open pit mine to Japan's Sumitomo Metal Mining, the Asian nation's No. 1 gold producer, but it re...Read More

Shares in Africa-focused Botswana Diamonds (LON:BOD) received a much-needed boost on Wednesday after the miner announced it had has raised ?500,000 (about $695,060 at current rates) to fund ongoing exploration in South Africa and Botswana.The company said the sum was collected through the issue of 50-million shares to new and existing investors at a price of 1p a share.Miner will begin expl...Read More

Shares in Canada's largest diversified miner Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.A | TECK.B)(NYSE:TCK) were down almost 4.9% in New York premarket after reporting weaker than expected earnings for the three months to December and a 10% drop in revenue.The Vancouver, British Columbia-based company logged a profit of Cdn$700 million or Cdn$1.21 per share for the forth quarter of the year, compared to Cdn$9...Read More

http://www.mining.com/Argentina's national government is pressing ahead with its intentions to make of mining one of the pillars of job creation, and it's holding talks with the leaders of the three provinces that declined to sign a 2017 mining act, which harmonizes taxes and regulations in hopes of attracting investment.Mining secretary, Daniel Meil??n, told local paper El Diario that the governm...Read More

Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More

According to a recent report by the Associated Press, Dutch Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra has admitted to making up a lie about Putin. Zijlstra has previously gone around telling people that when he was an employee of Shell, the giant energy company, he was at Putin's country retreat when he apparently heard Putin said that he considered Belarus, Ukraine, and the Baltic states to be a part of 'g...Read More

After last week's market shake up, the questions of "what happened" and "what next" is definitely on all of our minds here at Dent Research. I've no doubt it's on your mind too.Continue...Read More

Remember the days (about six months ago) when bitcoin was going to revolutionize banking and disintermediate the mean nasty "banksters?"Continue...Read More

Justin's note: Regular readers know that commodities are on the verge of a massive rally. Last week, I even showed you why it could turn into a "full-blown mania."Continue...Read More

Rudi Fronk and Jim Anthony, cofounders of Seabridge Gold, jump into the question of whether inflation is good for gold.Continue...Read More

With everything that's been happening with the stock market lately, people have forgotten about last year's biggest investment story:Continue...Read More

RAPAPORT... Jewelers dismissed a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report which claimed companies and the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) did not provide sufficient ethical sourcing guarantees."We have reviewed the Human Rights Watch report and reject the suggestion that RJC has got 'flawed' standards, governance and certification systems," Gerhard Humphreys-de Meyer, communications coordinator for the...Read More

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds has raised £500 000 to fund ongoing exploration in South Africa and Botswana.The funds were raised through the issue of 50-million shares to new and existing investors at a price of 1p a share.AdvertisementThe company, which is led by MD James Campbell, on Tuesday said it and joint venture partner Alrosa had started explora...Read More

RAPAPORT... The Diamond Producers Association (DPA) has launched a newvideo ad campaign for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang,highlighting the connection between diamonds and athletes. The series, called "The Making of a Gem," features videos ofa diamond-wearing snowboarder, an ice-skating pair and and a women's hockey team inaction. The series aims to demonstrate the similarities betwe...Read More

During the past couple of years, US steelmakers, especially on the carbon flat-rolled side, have been consistently reporting better margins, albeit after a horrendous 2015 when falling demand was exacerbated by high import volumes.But with the US economy now booming and predicted to accelerate this year, it looks as if things can only get better through 2018. Unsurprisingly, some of the most profi...Read More

Feb 16, 2018 Guest(s): Amir Adnani, Chairman, Goldmining Inc. With the mounting global debt, rallying equities and political turmoil, it would be "absurd" not to be protected with gold, this according to GoldMining Inc. Chairman Amir Adnani. Speaking on the sidelines of the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference (VRIC), Adnani who previously said it was "crazy" not be in gold, has upped the a...Read More

Self-destruction usually happens in stages. At first there's a binge in which the thrill outweighs the sense of transgression. This is usually followed by remorse, acknowledgement of risks, and an attempt to reform. But straight-and-narrow is exhausting, and because of this is frequently just temporary, eventually giving way to a kind of capitulation in which the addict drops even the pretense of...Read More

Self-destruction usually happens in stages. At first there's a binge in which the thrill outweighs the sense of transgression. This is usually followed by remorse, acknowledgement of risks, and an attempt to reform. But straight-and-narrow is exhausting, and because of this is frequently just temporary, eventually giving way to a kind of capitulation in which the addict drops even the pretense of...Read More

Clif Droke is the editor of the three times weekly Momentum Strategies Report newsletter, published since 1997, which covers U.S. equity Continue...Read More