A study of private capital in the resources sector by industry tracker Preqin finds significant growth since the global financial crisis in the debt fundraising market with 54 funds closed since 2010 raising more than $29bn.According to Preqin which tracks 1,520 funds active in natural resources investment around the world, at the moment there are 32 unlisted natural resources funds in the ma...Read More

10,000 meters of core drilling could extend Deep Kerr block cave resource 800 meters to the southTORONTO, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Seabridge Gold (TSX:SEA) (NYSE:SA) today outlined its 2016 exploration plans at its 100%-owned KSM Project in northwestern British Columbia. The program calls for 10,000 meters of core drilling designed to expand by as much as 800 meters the block cave shapes that confine t...Read More

Cambridge UK & Santiago Chile - 25th May 2016 - Cambridge, UK-based IntelliSense.io and AngloAmerican announce that they have initiated a joint project for IntelliSense.io to optimise the energy and water utilisation of the pipeline, which supplies recovered tailings water to the Confluencia Plant at its Los Bronces copper operation in Santiago, Chile. IntelliSense.io and AngloAmerican were awarde...Read More

When we think of the mining industry, you immediately think big. Big mounds of earth being moved. Big machines. Big money. Big companies. Big owners. Big, big, big, big. Even what's considered a small mine' is still massive when you consider the scheme of elements being moved, production figures and the machinery operated relative to the everyday rise and grind of regular business. But in an indus...Read More

Canada's mining sector got a shot in the arm in the first three months of 2016, recording gains that outperformed both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the London Metals Exchange in the period, a new report shows.The welcome bonanza, says Ernst & Young, was fuelled mainly by recovering gold prices, which rallied 16% in the first quarter of the year, after falling about 10% in 2015.The Canadian Mini...Read More

Russia has no plans to deliver US astronauts to ISS after 2018 - US wants ISS program extended through to 2024 - Russia has no intention of concluding more contracts for delivering US astronauts to the International Space Station after 2018, the deputy chief of the state-run corporation Roscosmos, Sergey Saveliev, has told the media.Maybe the Russians don't want to participate anymore because NA...Read More

No One Hates the IRS More Than House Republicans ... Pity John Koskinen, who agreed to take one of the worst jobs in America and is now being punished for it. In 2013, President Barack Obama asked Koskinen to take over at the Internal Revenue Service amid budgetary chaos, deteriorating morale and a simmering scandal. House Republicans are now trying to impeach him. – BloombergWe don't pi...Read More

Russia has no plans to deliver US astronauts to ISS after 2018 - US wants ISS program extended through to 2024 - Russia has no intention of concluding more contracts for delivering US astronauts to the International Space Station after 2018, the deputy chief of the state-run corporation Roscosmos, Sergey Saveliev, has told the media.Maybe the Russians don't want to participate anymore because NA...Read More

No One Hates the IRS More Than House Republicans ... Pity John Koskinen, who agreed to take one of the worst jobs in America and is now being punished for it. In 2013, President Barack Obama asked Koskinen to take over at the Internal Revenue Service amid budgetary chaos, deteriorating morale and a simmering scandal. House Republicans are now trying to impeach him. – BloombergWe don't pi...Read More

Uranium Energy Corp: Waiting for Uranium Price to Rise, Meanwhile Further Drilling.Interview with President & CEO Amir Adnani.Read More

"Diversify & Internationalize: How the West Is Changing & Why the Trend Is Irreversible - Jayant Bhandari" Acapulco, Mexico February 2016Read More

Cairo?EUR? Mark Robertson: Keyboards ?EUR?Jeff Brockman: Drums ?EUR?Bret Douglas: Lead Vocals ?EUR?Alec Fuhrman: Guitars?EUR?Rob Fordyce: Basshttp://www.magnacarta.net/cairo/Fans of Yes, ELP, Genesis and the other great keyboard-centric bands of the first golden age will fall instantly in love with Cairo. Driven by virtuoso musicianship and conceptual songs, Cairo's lush arrangements, soaring melo...Read More

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has declared a 60-day state of emergency in a large remote area of the Amazon jungle as levels of mercury from illegal gold mining have reached record high levels.According to country's environment minister, as many as 50,000 people or 41% of the population of the gold-rich Madre de Dios region, bordering Brazil, has been exposed to mercury contamination.Even chi...Read More

Rio Tinto has appointed Stephen McIntosh as the acting Group executive, Technology & Innovation to succeed Greg Lilleyman, who will leave the company after 25 years of service.Stephen has been with Rio Tinto for almost 30 years working on projects in more than 45 countries spanning the A-Z of minerals and metals. Most recently, he was head of Exploration, leading a 450-strong global team of employ...Read More

Joe Mazumdar, analyst at Exploration Insights, discusses qualities to look for in companies on May 15, 2016. Visit www.metalsinvestorforum.com to learn more about the conference.Read More

Eric Coffin, editor of HRA Advisories, gives a May 14th, 2016 presentation on the outside money that he believes is flowing into the junior mining sector. Visit www.metalsinvestorforum.com to learn more about the conference.Read More

The Awakening Will Continue Regardless of This Year's Election ... Every four years the public gets all riled up over the outcome of the presidential election, projecting all their expectations and visions for a better tomorrow on to a candidate in the hopes that they will swoop in and save the day. However, the reality is that the outcome of the presidential election has little to no effect on th...Read More

Four Ways to Think About the Economy ... I see four different schools of thought about how the economies of the U.S. and much of the developed world should be managed. The challenge for the Federal Reserve and other central bankers is that it’s hard to know who’s right. -BloombergThe author of this article proposes a series of unique, economic "schools."The first, he says, are "neutral...Read More

Curry house owner jailed for six years after customer dies from nut allergy ... Paul Wilson’s parents Margaret and Keith said he loved curry but was always clear with staff about his allergy, asking for his meals not to contain any peanuts ... Businesses have been warned to take allergies seriously after a restaurateur was imprisoned for six years for killing a customer by selling him a curr...Read More

Obama is visiting Japan to meet with world economic leaders this week, and he plans to stop at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and deliver remarks about war and nuclear proliferation. The visit, preceded by similar visits by U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and Secretary of State John Kerry, is controversial ... -LA TimesThree top politicians from the US have recently visited Hiroshima. Obama's u...Read More