This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterThe TSX Venture Exchange fell 7.47 points to 886.12 Thursday. Rudy Cheddie has filed a preliminary prospectus to list his first capital pool shell, Cherry Street Capital Inc.The shell plans to sell a $500,000 to $750,000 initial public...Read More
Gold's strong upleg accelerated this week, powering to major new breakout highs. Speculators rushed to buy gold futures following surprising weak-dollar comments from the US Treasury Secretary, which hit the US dollar hard. That boosted gold to critical technical levels that should really intensify the shift back to bullish psychology. This mounting gold breakout confirms gold's bull market is...Read More
The following interview of CEO Brett Heath of Metalla Royalty & Streaming (CSE: MTA) / (OTCQB: MTAFF), was conducted by phone & email over the 3-day period ended January 21st. Metalla is a well-run, rapidly growing, precious metals Royalty & Streaming company that is relatively unknown. The Company's tried and true business model typically commands a premium market valuation, led...Read More
Gold's strong upleg accelerated this week, powering to major new breakout highs. Speculators rushed to buy gold futures following surprising weak-dollar comments from the US Treasury Secretary, which hit the US dollar hard. That boosted gold to critical technical levels that should really intensify the shift back to bullish psychology. This mounting gold breakout confirms gold's bull market is...Read More
The following interview of CEO Brett Heath of Metalla Royalty & Streaming (CSE: MTA) / (OTCQB: MTAFF), was conducted by phone & email over the 3-day period ended January 21st. Metalla is a well-run, rapidly growing, precious metals Royalty & Streaming company that is relatively unknown. The Company's tried and true business model typically commands a premium market valuation, led...Read More
US industry groups have submitted a white paper setting out recommendations on how the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) can streamline licensing of advanced reactors. Meanwhile, the US Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) has hailed an NRC decision that a voluntary industry initiative can effectively address an electrical system vulnerability as a "win" for regulatory streamlining.The Byron plant,...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange closed the week on divergent paths, with most metals on a strong footing after a week of intense rallies.The three-month tin price hit its highest since November 2016 after it hit a high of $21,895 per tonne - record low stocks and restocking ahead of Lunar New Year (mid-February) have kept tin prices well supported."With barely 1,800 tonnes of LME s...Read More
Nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange have climbed 10% since the start of 2018 - with the dollar the main supporting factor of the rise, the spotlight is being shone on the nickel price's extreme volatility. On Thursday January 25, nickel closed on the LME in positive territory for the sixth consecutive trading day and was trading at a two-and-a-half-year high of $13,915 per tonne. The last t...Read More
China imported 1.28 million tonnes of lead concentrates and ores in 2017, down 9.33% from a year ago, according to customs data. Lead concentrate and ores imports in December dropped 28.7% year on year to 83,167 tonnes. A recent study by the research arm of Jiangxi Copper said China was facing a lead concentrates deficit of 210,000 tonnes in 2017. China imported no lead concentrates from North Kor...Read More
The impending economic collapse is hidden from most. People only see a rising stock market, not the negative underlying factors that will cause the whole system to crash. - Peter SchiffThe average middle class household is getting squeezed by an income that is not keeping up with the cost of living. Unfortunately, a major portion of the cost of living has become debt service. Most car buyers assum...Read More
Metal Bulletin rounds up some of the key news and price moves across the global metal markets in the week from Monday January 22 to Friday January 26.Base metalsSingaporean trading house Kyen Resources is opening a London office to expand its operations into Europe and will trade base metals, starting with aluminium and concentrates.Freeport-McMoRan reported a strong finish to 2017, with net incom...Read More
First Cobalt (FCC.V) has published its new year resolutions as it has announced its 2018 exploration program in Canada's Cobalt Camp. Whilst the 2018 program will continue to focus on mapping, prospecting and geophysical surveys, First Cobalt has also earmarked funds for a 26,500 meter drill program across no less than 13 targets which could provide access to near-surface material.This indicates a...Read More
China imported 1.28 million tonnes of lead concentrates and ores in 2017, down 9.33% from a year ago, according to customs data. Lead concentrate and ores imports in December dropped 28.7% year on year to 83,167 tonnes. A recent study by the research arm of Jiangxi Copper said China was facing a lead concentrates deficit of 210,000 tonnes in 2017. China imported no lead concentrates from North Kor...Read More
Prize Mining (PRZ.V) has reported on the final assay results from the Daylight drill program, and the company was actually able to positively surprise us. We were very charmed by hole 7 on the Great Western Zone which returned 71.2 meters containing 1.09 g/t gold, as this compares favorably to the average grade in the historical resource estimate on the property.We said before Prize should really...Read More
China's tin ore and concentrates imports fell 37.7% year on year to 295,421 tonnes in 2017, while its refined tin exports almost doubled to 2,175 tonnes compared with 2016, according to the latest Chinese customs data.Chinese importers said there has been a significant decrease in tin concentrates shipments from Myanmar, where 90% of China's imported material originates, with some market participa...Read More
Left to right, Garth Braun, Craig Wiebe, and Don Noakes after a successful afternoon touring the progress made on the Blackbird Energy facility equipment. Source: Blackbird Energy Inc.British Columbia-based newsletter and resource analyst writer Marin Katusa has named Blackbird Energy Inc. [BBI-TSXV] as one of his top stock picks. During the recent Cambridge House Vancouver Resource Investment Con...Read More
Viscount Mining Corp. (TSXV:VML) believes the historic Kate deposit, which current drilling is targeting, may be thicker and/or deeper than previously estimatedSmallCapPower | January 26, 2018: On January 25, 2018, Viscount Mining Corp. (TSXV:VML) announced results from two more holes from its Phase 2 drill program at its Silver Cliff property in Colorado. These are the third batch of twinned hol...Read More
Click to EnlargeLiCo Energy Metals Inc. [LIC-TSXV, WCTXF-OTCQB] was among the most actively traded stocks on the TSX Venture Exchange Friday January 26 after the company announced that the Phase 1 diamond drilling program at the Glencore Bucke property near Cobalt, northeast Ontario achieved its objectives.By early afternoon on Friday, almost 10 million shares had changed hands as the stock rose 1...Read More
Newstrike Resources Ltd. (TSXV:HIP) has a strong brand in Canada because of its partnership with iconic Canadian musical artists The Tragically HipSmallCapPower | January 26, 2018: Newstrike Resources Ltd. (TSXV:HIP) shares slid 19% to close at $1.47 on Wednesday following a friendly agreement in which Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB) will acquire CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. (TSX:CMED) in a stock-a...Read More
Metals of Interest: LithiumLocation: Abitibi-East County, QuebecSurface area: 35 contiguous recorded mineral claims for a total area of 1,509 hectares or 15.1 square kilometersGreat Thunder Gold Corp. (TSXV: GTG) is pleased to announce that it has received assay results from its drilling program at its 100%-owned Chubb Lithium Project located approximately 32 kilometres north of Val d'Or, Quebec,...Read More