RABAT, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Morocco's new, more flexible foreign exchange currency system will boost economic growth by 0.2 percent, the central bank governor said on Thursday, without specifying the period.The dirham move will lift inflation by 0.4 percent "in an extreme case" but also boost people's purchasing power, Abdellatif Jouahri told reporters. (Reporting by Ulf Laessing and Zakia...Read More

* Bit to keep US govt open stokes anti-dollar mood* Euro hold below 3-year peak versus greenback* Evidence of reserve diversification drags on dollar (Updates market action, changes dateline, previous LONDON)By Richard LeongNEW YORK, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar fell on Thursday as traders piled into the euro, yen, sterling and other major currencies amid concerns over a possible U.S. govern...Read More

Mr. Douglas Eaton reportsCHAMPAGNE AND AISHIHIK FIRST NATIONS AND STRATEGIC METALS LTD. ANNOUNCE EXPLORATION AGREEMENT Champagne and Aishihik First Nations and Strategic Metals Ltd. have signed an exploration agreement. This landmark agreement provides a framework for consultation pertaining to all exploration activities undertaken by Strategic within the CAFN traditional territory, excluding Cate...Read More

Mr. Douglas Eaton reportsCHAMPAGNE AND AISHIHIK FIRST NATIONS AND STRATEGIC METALS LTD. ANNOUNCE EXPLORATION AGREEMENT Champagne and Aishihik First Nations and Strategic Metals Ltd. have signed an exploration agreement. This landmark agreement provides a framework for consultation pertaining to all exploration activities undertaken by Strategic within the CAFN traditional territory, excluding Cate...Read More

Today's macro trend changes are part of a looming tectonic shift that started decades ago.That shift has not been adequately reported by the mainstream media.The future price of gold is best understood through long-term irreversible trends.Note: The content below was originally presented at the Empire Club of Canada Investment Outlook Luncheon 2018. You can download a PDF of the presentation h...Read More

(Adds analyst comment on potential for joint venture with Shandong, updates stock price)SANTIAGO/TORONTO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Environmental regulators ordered Barrick Gold Corp to close the Chilean side of its stalled Pascua-Lama mining project on Thursday, but reduced a 2013 fine for violations by more than 25 percent to $11.5 million.Barrick, the world's largest gold producer, said that closing...Read More

RABAT, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Morocco's decision to launch a more flexible foreign exchange system was a sovereign move and not the result of any currency crisis, the central bank governor said on Thursday.Abdellatif Jouahri also told reporters the move would improve the purchasing power of citizens. (Reporting by Ulf Laessing and Zakia Abdennebi; Editing by Kevin Liffey) Disclaimer: The views expres...Read More

(Updates with closing prices)JOHANNESBURG, Jan 18 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand scaled a 2-1/2 year high against a broadly fragile dollar on Thursday, climbing more than 1 percent after the central bank held interest rates steady and the new head of the ruling ANC ramped up his tough talk on graft.At 1520 GMT, the rand was 1.1 percent firmer against the dollar after earlier hitting 12.1525, acc...Read More

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The governor of South Africa's central bank, Lesetja Kganyago, has been appointed head of the International Monetary Fund's Monetary and Financial Committee, the global lender said on Thursday.Kganyago, governor of the South African Reserve Bank since 2014, will serve a three-year term on the IMF committee, beginning immediately.He replaces former governor of the M...Read More

Europa Oil & Gas Plc (LON:EOG) alongside Union Jack Oil PLC (LON:UJO) and project operator Egdon Resources Plc (LON:EDR) have told investors they'll now be making a new planning application to the North Lincolnshire council seeking consent for the Wressle field development.It comes after the planning inspectorate earlier this month rejected appeals made by Egdon and its partners following prio...Read More

Coffee concern Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) is on the radar today, after the Seattle-based beverage chain received positive analyst attention ahead of its fiscal first-quarter earnings report, which is expected to drop a week from today, after the stock market closes. The note came from Credit Suisse, after the brokerage firm raised its price target to $57 from $54 on SBUX -- though this s...Read More

Cybersecurity stocks had a strong start to the year amid news of security flaws in Intel chips. And while Next-Generation Firewall parent Palo Alto Networks Inc (NYSE:PANW) has extended this momentum, Norton antivirus maker Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) has faltered. These trends are continuing today following a fresh round of analyst attention. Here's a closer look at how shares of PANW and...Read More

Health and wellness retailer GNC Holdings Inc (NYSE:GNC) is up 41.8% this morning at $4.89, after the company said it's expecting an increase in same-store sales for the fourth quarter. It also forecast earnings-per-share for the period at 24 cents to 25 cents, compared to the 7 cents per share it posted last year in the same period. This is a much-needed boost for GNC stock, which had been flound...Read More

Waxing optimistic on higher consumer spending and wage growth following the Republican tax bill, Goldman Sachs this morning added Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) stock to its "Conviction Buy" list. In fact, Walmart just recently announced plans to lift its own minimum wage for hourly employees in the wake of tax reform. In light of the upgrade from "neutral" to "buy," WMT stock is flirting with rec...Read More

Mr. Sean Roosen reportsOSISKO ANNOUNCES RECORD 2017 GOLD EQUIVALENT OUNCES Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. has provided information on its preliminary 2017 gold equivalent ounces (GEOs).Record gold equivalent ounces earned in 2017 The company's portfolio of royalties, streams and other interests delivered a record number of GEOs during the fourth quarter and for 2017. The company received 58,933 GEOs...Read More

Mr. Sean Roosen reportsOSISKO ANNOUNCES RECORD 2017 GOLD EQUIVALENT OUNCES Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. has provided information on its preliminary 2017 gold equivalent ounces (GEOs).Record gold equivalent ounces earned in 2017 The company's portfolio of royalties, streams and other interests delivered a record number of GEOs during the fourth quarter and for 2017. The company received 58,933 GEOs...Read More

OSLO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Norway's central bank has awarded 24 billion Norwegian crowns($3.07 billion) in an F-deposit for Jan 18-23, with a highest rate of 0.48 percent, it said on Thursday.Overall demand in the auction was for 46.05 billion crowns.Allocation at the highest rate was 94.09 percent, the central bank added.($1 = 7.8237 Norwegian crowns) (Reporting by Oslo newsroom) Disclaimer: The v...Read More

PARIS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - France and Germany want to reach a joint position on euro zone reform, including tax convergence, the capital markets union and the banking union, between March and June this year, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday."We have ... an immediate priority which is the completion of the banking union, the completion of the capital markets union and tax...Read More

ELKO, Nev., Jan. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Gold Corp. ("U.S. Gold" or the "Company") USAU, -19.35% a gold exploration and development company, announced today that it agreed to sell $5 million of shares of its Series E convertible preferred stock in a non-brokered registered direct offering. The shares of Series E convertible preferred stock have an offering price equal to...Read More

ELKO, Nev., Jan. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Gold Corp. ("U.S. Gold" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: USAU), a gold exploration and development company, announced today that it agreed to sell $5 million of shares of its Series E convertible preferred stock in a non-brokered registered direct offering. The shares of Series E convertible preferred stock have an offering price equal to their stated valu...Read More