Now at the endof the wet season, Pursuit Minerals (ASX:PUR) has begun follow up drilling atits Paperbark Project in North Queensland in order to determine the fullpotential of the project's JE Zone zinc system. PUR acquiredthe Paperbark Project, along with the Bluebush and Coober Pedy Projects fromTeck Australia Pty Ltd in 2017 and has wasted no time in getting on withexploring what's on offer.The...Read More

OTTAWA — Business groups are warning that a recent motion introduced by the Minister of Transport could put shippers at a further disadvantage to Canada’s rail firms, leaving companies worse off than before Ottawa introduced its sweeping transportation bill last year.A coalition of business associations said the minister’s rejection of two key Senate amendments reinforces the con...Read More

Beginning in 2019, mandatory contributions by Canadian workers to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) will increase, step by step, over seven years. While the expansion of the CPP may be well intentioned, it will result in several unintended consequences. One consequence is a reduction in the amount that Canadians save voluntarily in their private accounts such as RRSPs and TFSAs. Previous research has...Read More

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Finfeed presentsthis information for the use of readers in their decision to engage with this stock.Please be aware that this is a very high risk stock. We stress that thisarticle should only be used as one part of this decision making process. Youneed to fully inform yourself of all factors and information relating to thisproduct before engaging with it.Results are in from Adriatic Metals PLC (AS...Read More

Archer Exploration Limited(ASX:AXE) has this morning informed the market it has identified an ExplorationTarget for its Jamieson Tank Manganese project located near Cleve, SouthAustralia. A review undertaken by AXE ofhistorical drill results at the project has led to the establishment of amaiden exploration target of 15Mt-25Mt at a grade of 8-12% manganese.The Jamieson Tank project - whichis locat...Read More

FinFeed presents this information for the use of readers in theirdecision to engage with this product. Please be aware that this is a veryhigh-risk product. We stress that this article should only be used as one partof this decision-making process. You need to fully inform yourself of allfactors and information relating to this product before engaging with it. Tanzanian graphite developer BlackRoc...Read More

Less than a month after expanding its operations and securing aportfolio of vanadium projects in Finland and Sweden, Pursuit Minerals(ASX:PUR) has reported high grade vanadium mineralisation at the KoitelainenProject's KoitelainenV prospect in Finland. Nine drill holesfrom the prospect produced magnetite concentrates with vanadium values rangingfrom 2.0 to 3.7% V2O5, with a globally significant av...Read More

White Rock Minerals Limited (ASX:WRM) has provided anupdate on its plans to conduct a comprehensive exploration program at its 100%owned zinc VMS project at Red Mountain in Alaska.Personnel crews have begunarriving at the summer field camp, to establish the camp area in preparationfor field operations expected to commence within two weeks. Additional crewsincluding the drillers and the field geolo...Read More

This blog post is a guest post on BullionStar's Blog by the renowned blogger JP Koning who will be writing about monetary economics, central banking and gold. BullionStar does not endorse or oppose the opinions presented but encourage a healthy debate.With Donald Trump close to re-instituting economic sanctions on Iran, it's worth remembering that gold served as a tool for skirting the the las...Read More

BENGALURU, June 14 (Reuters) - Gold prices inched lower on Thursday as the Federal Reserve forecast two more U.S. rate increases this year after raising rates on Wednesday, although lingering worries over trade tensions between Washington and Beijing prevented steeper losses.FUNDAMENTALS* Spot gold XAU= was down 0.1 percent to $1,298.61 per ounce at 0047 GMT. It touched an over one-week low at $1,...Read More

June 19 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 4 points lower at 7,627 on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers.* ANGLO AMERICAN: Miner Anglo American Plc AAL.L clinched hundreds of permits this month to explore for copper in a remote part of northern Brazil, Brazilian authorities said, as the growing electric vehicle market and a scarcity of shovel-ready mining projects...Read More

(Repeats June 26 column with no changes to the text. The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.)* Chilean copper production: https://tmsnrt.rs/2KnTcZ7By Andy HomeLONDON, June 26 (Reuters) - Copper has fallen almost nine percent in price over the last couple of weeks.In London three-month copper CMCU3 was this morning struggling to hold the $6,700 level, a chart a...Read More

* Asian shares hit 9-month lows as trade worries intensify* U.S. oil prices hit 3 1/2-year high as supply seen disruptedBy Hideyuki SanoTOKYO, June 28 (Reuters) - Asian stocks slumped to nine-month lows on Thursday on growing worries the U.S. administration's approach to trade is harming global economic growth even as it appeared to be modifying its approach to curb Chinese investments in U.S. tec...Read More

(Repeats June 26 column with no changes to the text. The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.)* Chilean copper production: https://tmsnrt.rs/2KnTcZ7By Andy HomeLONDON, June 26 (Reuters) - Copper has fallen almost nine percent in price over the last couple of weeks.In London three-month copper CMCU3 was this morning struggling to hold the $6,700 level, a chart a...Read More

(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.)* Chilean copper production: https://tmsnrt.rs/2KnTcZ7By Andy HomeLONDON, June 26 (Reuters) - Copper has fallen almost nine percent in price over the last couple of weeks.In London three-month copper CMCU3 was this morning struggling to hold the $6,700 level, a chart area last breached in early April.Copper has been cau...Read More

OPEC’s production-cutting deal had set the stage for the oil market in 2017, but base metals prices hinge on policy coming out of China.Industrial metals continue to see support from strong Chinese buying and the reflationary trade that followed Donald Trump’s election victory.However, analysts at J.P. Morgan think prices have run ahead of fundamentals, with the exception of zinc.The o...Read More

TORONTO — Nickel prices have jumped almost 40 per cent since bottoming out in January, yet most miners of the steelmaking metal are still bleeding cash at a rapid rate.Canadian nickel miner Sherritt International Corp. noted this week that more than 60 per cent of global output is losing money on a simple cash margin basis. Once capital spending and other costs are added in, the actual perce...Read More

After many months in the gutter, two of the world’s least-loved metals are enjoying an honest-to-goodness turnaround.Zinc and nickel are both soaring this summer after recovering from shocking depths early in the year. Zinc touched US$1.00 a pound on Thursday for the first time since mid-2015, while nickel jumped to a nine-month high of US$4.73 a pound. Zinc is up 48 per cent from its Januar...Read More

It feels like a lifetime ago, but only five months have passed since investors thought Canada’s two biggest copper miners were at risk of collapsing.In mid-January, Teck Resources Ltd.’s long-term notes traded as low as 38.5 cents on the dollar. Meanwhile, the debt of First Quantum Minerals Ltd., one of its chief rivals, traded between 40 and 45 cents. The mining industry was drowning...Read More