(Kitco News)- The mining and commodity sector is seeing investor sentimentpick up, but the focus is more on growing momentum in base metals with littleinterest in precious metals, according to the latest comments during the 2018Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention.While presentations were standing room only duringpresentations on commodities like zinc, copper and co...Read More

(Kitco News) - The mining and commodity sector is seeing investor sentiment pick up, but the focus is more on growing momentum in base metals with little interest in precious metals, according to the latest comments during the 2018 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention.While presentations were standing room only during presentations on commodities like zinc, copper a...Read More

PARIS (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday there remained“much work to do” with Iran over its ballistic missile programme and its role in regional conflicts.Le Drian said after a day of tough talks in Tehran that France would continue discussions with Iran, adding that it was imperative to find a way to bring stability to region.Le Drian was in Tehran o...Read More

(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.)LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - A bucket of cold water has just been poured on zinc's bull fires.The London zinc price has been on a two-year romp, hitting a 10-year high of $3,595.50 a tonne last month.The bull run has been fuelled by a narrative of tightness, first at the raw materials stage of the supply chain and more r...Read More

(Reuters) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for the fifth straight day on Monday as concerns about a global trade war following President Donald Trump’s threat to impose hefty tariffs kept investors on the edge.Trump on Monday appeared to suggest that Canada and Mexico could win exemptions to the planned sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum if the two countries sign a new NAFTA trade...Read More

S&P Global Market Intelligence predicts that exploration efforts will continue to expand over the course of this yearGlobal spending on the search for nonferrous metals rose to an estimated US$8.4 billion in 2017, compared with US$7.3 billion in 2016, representing the first annual increase in exploration spending after four consecutive years of declining investment in this area, according to the W...Read More

HONG KONG (Reuters) - China may allow its offshore-listed tech giants to sell a form of shares on the mainland, people with knowledge of the plan said, in a move that would pit Shanghai and Shenzhen against Hong Kong in the battle to host the country’s tech giants.While China is home to some of the world’s biggest tech companies, most are listed offshore, including Alibaba Group Holdin...Read More

Harvey Nash Group plc (LON:HVN) chief executive Albert Ellis and Chief financial officer Mark Garrett caught up with Proactive Investors following their 2017 trading update.The group reported a 6% increase in gross profit in the UK & Ireland in the year to January 31, supported by improving demand in the second half for technology recruitment.  Meet Scancell Holdings Plc, Advanced Blast &...Read More

The zinc market is making a U-turn.The market shot up over the past two years, but is now in retreat. Prices have tumbled 8 percent since a peak in mid-February. On Monday, the losses deepened after data from the London Metal Exchange showed the biggest increase in inventories in almost three decades.Click here for more on the jump in zinc stockpilesHere's why the delivery matters for the global z...Read More

Ontario is investing in innovative new technology projects in Northern Ontario that will help improve mine productivity, increase operating efficiencies, and help northern businesses expand their global market reach.Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development and Mines, made the announcement today while speaking about the province's thriving mining industry during the official opening of th...Read More

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government said on Monday it would appoint Stef Blok as foreign minister, replacing Halbe Zijlstra, who resigned last month after admitting he had lied about a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Blok, who had intended to leave politics after serving as justice minister in the previous cabinet, is a member of Prime Minister Mark Rutte's governing VVD Party...Read More

(Reuters) - A U.S. national security panel on Sunday ordered Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) to put off its March 6 annual shareholder meeting by a month, delaying a long awaited showdown in the company’s attempt to fend off a takeover by Singapore-based Broadcom Ltd (AVGO.O).The order adds to signs that Broadcom’s promise to move its official base back to the United States before it completes t...Read More

VIENNA (Reuters) - A collapse of the Iran nuclear deal would be a“great loss”, the U.N. atomic watchdog’s chief warned U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, giving a wide-ranging defense of the accord and his agency’s work under it.Trump has threatened to withdraw the United States from the accord between Tehran and six world powers, signed in 2015 before he took office, u...Read More

Mr. Josh Crumb reportsGOLDMONEY INC. ANNOUNCES NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BIDThe Toronto Stock Exchange has accepted Goldmoney Inc.'s notice of intention to make a normal course issuer bid to purchase for cancellation three million common shares of Goldmoney, representing 3.9 per cent of the issued and outstanding common shares as at March 2, 2018.As of March 2, 2018, Goldmoney had 76,779,427 common sha...Read More

Mr. Josh Crumb reportsGOLDMONEY INC. ANNOUNCES NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BIDThe Toronto Stock Exchange has accepted Goldmoney Inc.'s notice of intention to make a normal course issuer bid to purchase for cancellation three million common shares of Goldmoney, representing 3.9 per cent of the issued and outstanding common shares as at March 2, 2018.As of March 2, 2018, Goldmoney had 76,779,427 common sha...Read More

Editor's Note: Gold and silver has been, at best, a frustrating trade. Exclusive to Kitco News, expert trader, Todd "Bubba" Horwitz, chief market strategist and founder of 'Bubba Trading provides a strategy investors can use in a range-bound gold price environment. Sign up before March 10 for the Kitco News Weekly Rundown newsletter to receive Horwitz's exclusive report and trading strategy.(Kitco...Read More

Mr. Eric Edwards reportsTRIMETALS MINING INC. CLOSES FINAL TRANCHE OF ITS NON-BROKERED PRIVATE PLACEMENT, RAISING AN AGGREGATE OF $1,654,250 Trimetals Mining Inc. closed on March 2, 2018, the second and final tranche of its non-brokered private placement, raising gross proceeds of $442,500 from the sale of 2.95 million units priced at 15 cents per unit.In aggregate, the company sold 11,028,333 uni...Read More

Mr. Eric Edwards reportsTRIMETALS MINING INC. CLOSES FINAL TRANCHE OF ITS NON-BROKERED PRIVATE PLACEMENT, RAISING AN AGGREGATE OF $1,654,250 Trimetals Mining Inc. closed on March 2, 2018, the second and final tranche of its non-brokered private placement, raising gross proceeds of $442,500 from the sale of 2.95 million units priced at 15 cents per unit.In aggregate, the company sold 11,028,333 uni...Read More

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she would work with France to tackle pressing issues such as trade policy, the war in Syria and competition with China after the Social Democrats (SPD) approved joining a coalition with her conservatives.Merkel welcomed the vote by a clear majority of SPD members that ended more than five months of political deadlock after an inconclusive...Read More

(Kitco News)- Gold prices were largely unchanged following strong-than-expectedmomentum in the U.S. service sector, according to the latest data from theInstitute of Supply Management (ISM).Monday, the ISM said its Non-manufacturing PurchasingManagers Index showed a reading of 59.5% in February, down only slightly fromJanuary's reading of 59.9%. The drop was above expectations as consensusforecast...Read More