Barron's kicked off the short trading week with another head-scratcher:This retailer's stock has jumped 10% in 2018 - and there could be more to come.Retail stock? I doubt it. The article probably tells the story of a cutting-edge startup looking to challenge Amazon in the online retail space. Or a logistics firm helping shops streamline their inventory process using blockchain technology. An actu...Read More

A guest commentary on post-wildfire debris flows written by Paul Santi, professor of geology and geological engineering at Colorado School of Mines, was published in The Denver Post. The piece, "California mudslides are a reminder of Colorado's vulnerability," discusses the mudslide risk in Colorado and what residents can do to protect themselves.Read More

Cost-cutting by Barrick, Newmont and Goldcorp pays off'So much less risk' for holders of debt versus equityHaul trucks drive along a haulage road next to an open pit at the Batu Hijau copper and gold mine operated by PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara in Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, on Wednesday, June 29, 2011. PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara is a unit of Newmont Mining Corp.Photographer: Dadan...Read More

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday January 17.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the...Read More

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 Will PurcellThe diamond and specialty minerals stocks box score for Tuesday was a mediocre 85-106-99. The TSX Venture Exchange fell seven points to 888 while polished diamond prices were flat. Daryl Jones's Voltaic Minerals Corp. (VLT) gained two cents to 6.5 cen...Read More

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 Mike CaswellNew York prosecutors have asked the judge to imprison Christopher Cervino, charged alongside Vancouver-linked fraudster Ed Durante, for nine to 11 years. They say that Mr. Cervino, 44, used his substantial knowledge of the securities industry to infli...Read More

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 Will PurcellThe diamond and specialty minerals stocks box score for Monday was a disappointing 94-94-103 draw. The TSX Venture Exchange gained 17 points to 896 while polished diamond prices inched upward. Chuck Fipke's Metalex Ventures Ltd. (MTX) gained one-half...Read More

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 ReporterU.S. markets were closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. West Texas Intermediate crude for February delivery gained $1.01 to $64.81 in electronic trading on the New York Merc, while Brent for March gained 97 cents to $70.23 (all figure...Read More

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 ReporterNew York spot gold was closed Monday, but the London fix was up $12.45 to $1,339.25. The TSX Venture Exchange gained 17.99 points to 896.19 while the TSX Gold Index added 3.16 points to 203.78. Goldcorp Inc. (G) led Canadian golds high...Read More

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 gained 17.99 points to 896.19 Monday. Wilson Jin's first capital pool shell, the halted Transcontinental Gold Corp. (TCG), plans to acquire a mining promotion called Marvel Dragon Holdings Ltd. for the shell's...Read More

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 Mike CaswellRizal Resources Corp. has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of British Columbia by a $1,000-per-day consultant named Gary John Butchart. (All figures are in Australian dollars.) Mr. Butchart claims that he performed ser...Read More

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 Mike CaswellNew York prosecutors have asked the judge to imprison Christopher Cervino, charged alongside Vancouver-linked fraudster Ed Durante, for nine to 11 years. They say that Mr. Cervino, 44, used his substantial knowledge of the securities industry to infli...Read More

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 Mike CaswellNew York prosecutors have asked the judge to imprison Christopher Cervino, charged alongside Vancouver-linked fraudster Ed Durante, for nine to 11 years. They say that Mr. Cervino, 44, used his substantial knowledge of the securities industry to infli...Read More

We’re getting your prepared for next week’s AME Roundup 2018 and Vancouver Resource Investment Conference! Matt runs down where you can catch The Northern Miner (1:49) and what we’ll be up to at both shows.Meanwhile, we also dig into the World Gold Council’s recently-released “Outlook 2018 Global economic trends and their impact on gold” (8:35) and chat about so...Read More

Investing in high quality companies can bring you gains in any segment of the market cycle. But, when you're buying a high quality company at the bottom of a commodity cycle, the result can be truly spectacular.When I bought the best junior gold companies in 2014 and 2015, near the bottom of the last bear cycle, it turned out to be a fantastic contrarian decision, giving me incredible gains in 201...Read More

How are the top stock picks from the Vancouver Resource Conference 2017 doing?I was doing some DD as I prepare for VRIC 2018 and wanted to know how the top stock picks from 2017 actually played out.Let's see how these newsletter writers top stock picks did.Starting off with the conference host Marin Katusa.Marin mentioned a top stock pick of Blackbird Energy BBI.VTuesday Jan 17,2017 BBI closing p...Read More

Investing in high quality companies can bring you gains in any segment of the market cycle. But, when you're buying a high quality company at the bottom of a commodity cycle, the result can be truly spectacular.When I bought the best junior gold companies in 2014 and 2015, near the bottom of the last bear cycle, it turned out to be a fantastic contrarian decision, giving me incredible gains in 201...Read More

Spain's Nuclear Safety Council (Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear, CSN) and the Moroccan Nuclear and Radiological Safety and Security Agency (AMSSNuR) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on increased collaboration.The signing of the MoU in Rabat (Image: CSN)The CSN said that although Spain and Morocco have had regular contact for more than the past ten years on matters related to nuclear re...Read More

The USA's two main uranium producers yesterday filed a petition with the US Department of Commerce (DOC) seeking an investigation into the effects of uranium imports on US national security. Energy Fuels Inc and Ur-Energy are calling for a limit to imports that would reserve 25% of the US nuclear market for domestic uranium production.White Mesa uranium mill (Image: US Nuclear Regulatory Commissio...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower for the second day in a row at the close on Wednesday January 17, while metals continue to retreat from earlier highs. Copper prices continue to fall, dropping a further $44 per tonne from Tuesday's close price, coming under pressure from profit-taking and concerns of Chinese demand."Copper pulls back to a 3.5-week low after strong...Read More