Tag: Newcrest Mining
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![GFG Resources (GFG.V) doubles exploration budget for Pen Gold Project in the prolific Timmins Gold Camp of northern Ontario]()
GFG Resources (GFG.V) doubles exploration budget for Pen Gold Project in the prolific Timmins Gold Camp of northern Ontario
Whether you’re a seasoned mining CEO or a penny ante investor, there’s a lot to be said for limiting one’s focus to only the very best mining jurisdictions in this age of political and economic uncertainty. I suppose it can be argued that even top-shelf destinations, those shortlisted by the venerable Fraser Institute in their…
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The IMF suddenly got very gloomy: what does that mean for the price of gold?
Today, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a statement predicting that the global economy will take a $12 trillion hit from the Covid-19 pandemic. $12 trillion is 60% the size of the U.S. economy – or $1,500 for every man, woman and child on the planet. The 189-country organisation says it will take a minimum…
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![East Asia (EAS.V) on the cusp of breaking ground at Sangihe Gold Project]()
East Asia (EAS.V) on the cusp of breaking ground at Sangihe Gold Project
East Asia (EAS.V) was one of the better story stocks from the previous bull cycle in gold, staging an epic rally, from penny-stock-status to a market cap north of $600M before collapsing back in on itself. The story is still intact, but the focus has changed. East Asia is still an Indonesian story. Indonesia is…
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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A.NYSE): Warren Buffett is my hero but he got this detail wrong
“Nothing can basically stop America,” stated Buffett at Saturday’s virtual shareholder meeting. “The American miracle, the American magic has always prevailed and it will do so again.” Buffett’s opinion (about the resiliency of the U.S. economy) has been right for six decades. Why wouldn’t it continue to be right?
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![Gold Junior ETF (GDXJ.NYSE): gold offered “Hero Role” in re-make of “Apocalypse Now” – accepts gig on Hollywood Squares instead]()
Gold Junior ETF (GDXJ.NYSE): gold offered “Hero Role” in re-make of “Apocalypse Now” – accepts gig on Hollywood Squares instead
Analysts have tied the retreat by gold in part to positioning, noting that data had shown extremely high net long speculative positions in gold futures. Still, the degree of the pullback in light of the continued selloff in equities was widely described as a surprise.
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![High-Risk/High-Reward… Guru’s sub-$20M ExplorerCo shortlist]()
High-Risk/High-Reward… Guru’s sub-$20M ExplorerCo shortlist
Due to the number of companies I have in mind for this one, I’ll dispense with the usual preamble, except to say, gold is looking constructive on the charts (note the accumulation/distribution line), as is the GDX and the GDXJ. All three are holding their ground, and many of the companies I follow in the…
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![Ontario-Quebec ExplorerCos poised for potentially significant gains as the correction in gold matures]()
Ontario-Quebec ExplorerCos poised for potentially significant gains as the correction in gold matures
At the beginning of this year, and several times since, we covered numerous exploration plays on both sides of the Ontario-Quebec border—ExplorerCos kicking rocks and probing the subsurface of prolific geological settings like the Abitibi Greenstone Belt. Only the gold fields of South Africa have outproduced the Abitibi where more than 200 million ounces of…
