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
Red Kite is undergoing a restructuring process "to consolidate regulatory oversight" but day-to-day operations were not affected, with all funds and the physical copper business performing "well in line with expectations," it confirmed on Wednesday January 17. Metal Bulletin reported earlier this month that London-based RK Capital Management LLP had entered into a restructuring review that "m...Read More
Usually I'm loathe to stick out price targets on the markets, especially gold and silver, because of the undeniable market intervention of the Central Banks - market manipulation which is blatant to the point at which it is now denied only by card-carrying idiots.Gold and silver had a sharp run-up in the last two weeks of 2017. However, the abrupt move in gold was accompanied by a rapid rise in th...Read More
The primary aluminium market was in a deficit of 1.57 million tonnes for the first 11 months of last year, driven mainly by soaring demand, the World Bureau of Metal Statistics said on Wednesday January 17. This represents a substantial increase from the 770,000 tonne deficit recorded for the whole of 2016, according to the release. Global demand growth, at 2.6%, in January-November 2017 outpaced...Read More
South African manganese ore producers face delays of up to two weeks to ship material after derailments disrupted deliveries to the country's Saldana port. "Derailments caused severe delays; shipments have been pushed back by two weeks," one miner told Metal Bulletin. A second supplier source said he was unable to book material because shipping slots had not been confirmed. South African state tra...Read More
Blue Sky Uranium (BSK.V) has released the assay results from more infill drill holes which were completed at the Ivana uranium target, one of the main zones of the Amarillo Grande uranium-vanadium project in Argentina.The real eye-catchers were the assay results with 1 meter of 10,517 ppm U308, as well as 2 meters of 8,618 ppm and several other 1 meter intercepts with an average grade of in excess...Read More
Bell Copper (BCU.V) and its joint venture partner Rio Tinto (RIO) have initiated a second phase drill program at the Kabba copper project in Arizona. The JV partners are testing the theory of Bell Copper's CEO, Tim Marsh, there might be a large copper porphyry system beneath the surface.A first phase drill program was completed in September and all (five) holes intersected oxidized and leached cap...Read More
Nighthawk Gold's exploration camp in Canada's Northwest Territories. Source: Nighthawk Gold Corp.Nighthawk Gold Corp. [NHK-TSXV, OTC-MIMZF] on Wednesday January 17 released impressive results from a 2017 exploration campaign at its 100%-owned Colomac Gold Project in the Northwest Territories.Nighthawk Gold is taking a fresh look at Colomac amid speculation that former operator Royal Oak Mines may...Read More
Power Americas Minerals Corp. (TSXV:PAM) is targeting cobalt-rich, lower silver mineralization hosted within an extensive fracture zone, which differentiates the Company from its peersSmallCapPower | January 17, 2018: Power Americas Minerals Corp. (TSXV:PAM) on January 16, 2018, announced drill results from the first seven-hole program (161m) from Kittson in the Cobalt camp. Since the holes were d...Read More
Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX:WEED) to supply PEI, as well as expands its presence in AustraliaSmallCapPower | January 17, 2018: Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX:WEED) announced Tuesday two MOUs (Memorandum of Understandings), one with the Province of Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada for the supply of cannabis and the other with the Victoria State Government, Australia to collaborate on the resea...Read More
The Turkish steel mills extended their silence in the deep-sea scrap markets on Wednesday January 17, because of tight supply in the US and high prices, according to market participants.The mills were expected to book more cargoes for February, but the weak demand for their finished goods was keeping them out of the market.Meanwhile, the heavy winter conditions along the US East Coast...Read More
We learned from Larry Phillips, President and CEO of Compass Gold Corp. (TSX-V:CVB) that they are essentially a relaunched company on the Toronto stock exchange. Through the recent acquisition of Mali Gold Exploration Pty Ltd (MGE) and its Malian subsidiaries, Compass Gold holds five gold exploration permits, located in three sites in southern Mali with a combined land holding of 1,179 km that com...Read More
White Rock Minerals (ASX: WRM) is an Australian minerals exploration and development company, with projects located in central Alaska and eastern Australia. Their main focus in 2018 will be in Alaska at their globally-significant, advanced zinc-silver-gold VMS Red Mountain project in Alaska, with high grade zinc and silver in two deposits already discovered.We learned from Matthew Gill, Managing D...Read More