August 10, 2016

Mount Polley and Samarco: What can we do to reduce the chances of another tailings disaster?

Recommendations regarding better site investigation procedures, and stricter adherence to tailings management procedures are obvious steps in the right direction.

August 9, 2016

Gold Standard Ventures’ monster hole

Precious metals expert Bob Moriarty discusses Gold Standard Ventures' latest drill results and explains why he has been a fan for a while.

August 9, 2016

New CEO lifts Newcastle Gold shares

Vancouver junior appoints geologist Gerald Panneton, ex Detour Gold CEO and Barrick exec, to take California project into production.

August 9, 2016

Signs are silver bull market is consolidating

Having hit a target, silver has formed what is believed to be an intermediate top over the past five weeks or so, which it should soon start to descend from,…

August 9, 2016

Site visit: Integra Gold’s Lamaque Project

For those unfamiliar with french, Val d’Or translates as Valley of Gold. And it’s an appropriate name: the city grew up around two gold mines and mining remains the only…

August 9, 2016

Marathon shares surge 18% on Newfoundland drilling

Toronto junior bulks up deposit at central Newfoundland project – best intercept 2.1 g/t gold over 68.3m true width including 10.6 g/t over 3.3m.

August 9, 2016

Why won’t this damn bull market crash and burn?

Central bankers are declaring war on cash for one reason only; they want to punish savers and reward speculators and in the process destroy the middle class.

August 9, 2016

Investors cheer Sprott, Osisko, Barkerville deal

Osisko buys 17% of Vancouver gold explorer from company controlled by Eric Sprott for $40m in cash and shares.

August 9, 2016

Gold futures come back to the London Metal Exchange

The LME’s previous attempt at trading gold lasted only three years .

August 8, 2016

The last known gold deposit

Unlike fiat money, of which we can always print more, there’s only so much recoverable gold in the world. And despite the best efforts of alchemists, we can’t recreate its…