TORONTO (Reuters) - Lundin Gold Inc has a hearty appetite for growth even as the Canadian miner focuses on building its first mine in Ecuador on time and budget, Chief Executive Ron Hochstein said on Sunday.“We want to grow to be an at least 1-million-ounce-a-year producer with three to four operations,” Hochstein said in an interview with Reuters at the Prospectors and Developers Asso...Read More
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West Africa-focused Stellar Diamonds (LON:STEL) posted Monday a deeper first-half loss due to an increase in costs of developing its Tongo-Tonguma project in eastern Sierra Leone.Delivering interim results for the six months to Dec. 31, chief executive Karl Smithson said market conditions for junior miners attempting to raise funds remained "extremely difficult."The executive noted the company, wh...Read More
West Africa-focused Stellar Diamonds (LON:STEL) posted Monday a deeper first-half loss due to an increase in costs of developing its Tongo-Tonguma project in eastern Sierra Leone.Delivering interim results for the six months to Dec. 31, chief executive Karl Smithson said market conditions for junior miners attempting to raise funds remained "extremely difficult."The executive noted the company, wh...Read More
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VANCOUVER - Trifecta Gold Ltd. signed a letter of intent to option the Yuge Property, a high-grade gold prospect in northern Nevada, from Silver Range Resources Ltd., the company announcedRead full newsRead More
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Australia's Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) said Monday it had achieved gross proceeds of $1.7 million (A$2.1 million) from selling 2,072 carats recovered at its prolific Lulo mine in Angola.The sale, the second this year, included a 1.9-carats vivid pink diamond and a 44-carats rock, the largest in the parcel.The figure obtained represents an average price per carat of $804, the company said, adding tha...Read More
Australia's Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) said Monday it had achieved gross proceeds of $1.7 million (A$2.1 million) from selling 2,072 carats recovered at its prolific Lulo mine in Angola.The sale, the second this year, included a 1.9-carats vivid pink diamond and a 44-carats rock, the largest in the parcel.The figure obtained represents an average price per carat of $804, the company said, adding tha...Read More
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Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, the INK Canadian Insider Index popped as high as 1290.99 before slicing through supports in the 1270s to close at 1259.08. The Index lost 21 points for a loss of 1.6%, as it recorded its first decline in three weeks.Support is now at 1251 and 1241. Resistance is at 1260 (which...Read More
By John Ing, President & CEOMaison Placements Canada IncIn January the stock market recorded all-time highs in its strongest start since 1987, as investors gave a "thumbs up" to the Trump growth agenda of massive tax cuts, infrastructure spending and a loosening of regulations. Business too gave a "thumbs up" for an economic recovery that was tentative for so long but finally is taking root....Read More
Gold prices could break above $1,400 an ounce for the first time since 2013 this year as an uncertain outlook for stocks, bonds and currencies tempts investors to use the precious metal as a safe haven, according to a Reuters survey of analysts. Key drivers: The recent stock market volatility, and U.S. President Donald Trump's congressional tax deal and proposed budget that signal ballooning debt...Read More
Rising inflation has put gold back on the radar for investors looking to protect themselves from emerging price pressures, but history suggests its reputation has been overstated.The experience of the last 50 years suggests gold performs better as a hedge against inflation shocks - like the spike caused by surging oil prices in the late 1970s and early 1980s - than the widely anticipated grind hig...Read More
Prices in the global steel billet market continued climbing in the week ended Friday March 2 as market factors supported the upward trend.One of the major factors was the surge in domestic billet prices in China after the week-long lunar new year holiday.Steady growth in import scrap prices in Turkey was another supportive factor for the global billet market.Metal Bulletin's daily index for Northe...Read More
Prices in the global steel billet market continued climbing in the week ended Friday March 2 as market factors supported the upward trend.One of the major factors was the surge in domestic billet prices in China after the week-long lunar new year holiday.Steady growth in import scrap prices in Turkey was another supportive factor for the global billet market.Metal Bulletin's daily index for Northe...Read More