~*~Mining and Metals Du Jour~*~

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$CDE 2.66 whoa

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For 28 quarters in a row now, I’ve painstakingly analyzed the latest operational and financial results from GDXJ’s 25-largest component stocks. Mostly mid-tiers, they now account for 64.5% of this ETF’s total weighting. While digging through quarterlies is a ton of work, understanding smaller gold miners’ latest fundamentals really cuts through the obscuring sentiment fogs shrouding this sector. This research is essential.

Check out the full story
Gold mid-tiers’ Q1 2023 fundamentals

https://www.mining.com/web/gold-mid-tiers-q1-2023-fundamentals/

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Hell of a time at the open pit_mine

Hope you're having a Blast this July 4th Weekend :)

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Thanks Pro life Happy 4th of July everybody :)

Hope you'all having a nice independence day weekend

Mining for Firecrackers, Sparklers, and Fireworks
By Marlene Gasdia-Cochrane

Mining for Firecrackers, Sparklers, and FireworksWhat do aluminum, barium, magnesium, potassium, strontium, antimony, copper, zinc, and gold have in common?

They are all mined elements that are used to make firecrackers, sparklers, and fireworks.

When it comes to fireworks, mined minerals are a key component in their beauty and booms.

Aluminum, which is used extensively in aircraft, automobiles, and appliances to make them lighter, is used in fireworks to produce bright flashes and loud bangs. Bauxite is the primary source of aluminum (Al) ore.

The USGS National Minerals Information Center notes that “Bauxite is a naturally occurring, heterogeneous material composed primarily of one or more aluminum hydroxide minerals, plus various mixtures of silica, iron oxide, titania, aluminosilicate, and other impurities in minor or trace amounts.”

Copper, which has been key in the modern age, is being used extensively in energy-efficient products. And it’s also the element that makes the blue color in fireworks. The USGS notes that “Pure copper metal is generally produced from a multistage process, beginning with the mining and concentrating of low-grade ores containing copper sulfide minerals, and followed by smelting and electrolytic refining to produce a pure copper cathode.”

From the Greek phrase “a metal not found alone,” antimony is a silvery, lustrous grey semi-metallic toxic element used to create firework glitter effects. The USGS estimates that there is an abundance of antimony in the Earth’s crust ranging from 0.2 to 0.5 parts per million. Antimony is chalcophile, occurring with sulfur and the heavy metals, lead, copper, and silver. Over a hundred minerals of antimony are found in nature.
Strontium gives red fireworks their deep hue.

Strontium commonly occurs in nature, averaging 0.034% of all igneous rock, according to the USGS; only two minerals, celestite (strontium sulfate) and strontianite (strontium carbonate), however, contain strontium in sufficient quantities to make its recovery practical.

Gold sparks are produced by iron filings and small pieces of charcoal. The USGS explains that iron ore is a mineral substance which, when heated in the presence of a reductant, will yield metallic iron (Fe). It almost always consists of iron oxides, the primary forms of which are magnetite (Fe3O4) and hematite (Fe2O3).

MIning for fireworks
https://www.thermofisher.com/blog/mining/mining-for-firecrackers-sparklers-and-fireworks/

Fireworks filmed with a drone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9KZ3jgbbmI
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There are so many opportunities… GL!!!

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Eye opening article… thanks a million!!!

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All the metals ended the day positively.

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The Apocalyptic 8000-Tonne Gold Miscalculation. Live From The Vault Ep:129

Kinesis Money

Jun 30, 2023

In this week’s episode of Live from the Vault, Andrew Maguire examines just how close we came to a pivotal black swan event - that could have potentially triggered an irrevocable gold revaluation - amid last week’s tensions in Russia.

The London wholesaler investigates whether the Federal Reserve miscalculated its gold-buying approach and is running out of tools to keep a synthetic cap on prices, as central banks’ massive gold-buying spree takes place around the globe.

00:00 Start
01:15 Latest precious metals market update
04:30 How close did we come to a black swan event last weekend?
08:30 The largest central bank buying spree in over 200 years
13:00 Has the Fed miscalculated when buying gold?
16:45 The split in the speculator category
21:30 Stacking? Here’s what you should expect in the short-term
29:30 The strange action happening with silver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqALgyvUVpc
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Friedland warns of a copper ‘train wreck’ as supply stalls

Bloomberg News | June 26, 2023 | 10:20 am Intelligence Top Companies China Latin America Copper
Ivanhoe Electric shares fall in debut after $169 million IPO

Robert Friedland, founder of Ivanhoe Mines. (Image courtesy of Mines and Money | Flickr.)

Copper is poised to follow other commodities upended by recent price surges as the mining industry struggles to expand ahead of accelerating demand, warns the man behind some of the world’s biggest mines.

Demand for critical raw materials is set to jump as nations mandate clean energy and transport while clambering to develop their own supply chains. But a combination of factors suggests supply won’t keep pace, according to billionaire Robert Friedland. They include the fact that deposits are getting pricier and tricker to find and dig up, funding is scarce and societies have yet to grasp mining’s role in the shift from fossil fuels.

“We’re heading for a train wreck here,” the founder and executive co-chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. said in an interview at Bloomberg’s New York headquarters. “My fear is that when push finally comes to shove” copper can go up 10 times.

Friedland, who made his fortune from Canadian nickel and is behind massive copper finds in Mongolia and the Congo, has long championed the importance of the metal used in everything from wires to weaponry. Some analysts share his concern about a looming copper crunch, but consensus is for far more gradual price gains in the coming year

Futures are down 10% from a January peak as an uneven post-pandemic recovery in China — the world’s biggest metals consumer — and inflation-fighting efforts by central banks restrains demand. Still, Friedland sees copper’s longer-term prospects supported by decarbonization, ongoing Chinese demand, the emergence of India and re-militarization in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

On the supply side, output in top producer Chile has plateaued as ore quality deteriorates. The industry in general is having to dig deeper and contend with an uptick in resource nationalism and far more stringent environmental and social standards.

Investors have yet to grasp the significance of a global rush for the building blocks of clean energy, Friedland said. He points to very low physical inventories of copper coinciding with historically low relative valuations of mining companies. Large premiums paid in recent acquisitions indicate the mining industry understands where the market is headed, he said, although consolidation won’t solve the dilemma of how to boost production.

Friedland points to other commodities as examples of what may be in store for a tightening copper market. Chinese spot prices of molybdenum doubled from August to February amid supply disruptions and growing demand from the renewables and military sectors. One gauge of semi-processed lithium shot up 422% in 2021.

“When metals are required, the prices go crazy and nobody’s willing to sell them,” he said. “We’re heading into that sort of situation.”

The 72-year-old magnate is making his latest mining bet on the US. Ivanhoe Electric Inc., which has BlackRock Inc. and BHP Group as investors, is exploring in Arizona when the US is starting to realize the importance of domestic sources of raw materials and supply chains for greening the economy.

Read More: Billionaire Friedland says US must brand copper a critical metal

China is a dominant player in processing of nickel, copper, cobalt and other resources that are key to economic growth and clean-energy technologies. With initiatives such as the Inflation Reduction Act, the US is seeking to curtail global dependence on China as competition between the two nations increases. The European Union has already proposed classifying copper and nickel as critical raw materials in legislation designed to bolster supplies, alongside other metals key to the energy transition.

“Europe is in a panic about where their raw material is going to come from,” Friedland said. “The US is in a panic about where their raw material is going to come from. And so we’re going to see a lot of volatility and change in the way our supply chain is organized.”

(By James Attwood and Jacob Lorinc, with assistance from Thomas Biesheuvel, Yvonne Yue Li, Joe Deaux and Liezel Hill)

https://www.mining.com/web/friedland-warns-of-a-copper-train-wreck-as-supply-stalls/

The Traveling Wilburys - End Of The Line (Official Video)

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Mining deal-making declines, but Beaty and others see opportunities

Colin McClelland | June 23, 2023 | 10:40 am News Africa Canada Mexico and Central America Copper Gold Lithium Nickel
mergers acquisitions Beaty Equinox truck
Size matters for mergers and acquisitions, investors say. Credit: Equinox Gold.

As the value of mining industry mergers and acquisitions falls from last year’s high, some investors see divergent trends moderating conditions.


They say share prices are reasonable or low for their assets while commodity prices have been high, the number of large deals has slowed while small deals remain constant, and miners are doing well but they need to replace their reserves. And some say the green metal push is good for deals even as it butts against economic nationalism, NIMBYism and higher taxes.

“The market for M&A is sort of moderate. It’s not extreme, it’s moderate, it’s not weak,” Ross Beaty, Canadian Mining Hall of Fame member and chairman of Equinox Gold? TSX: EQX; NYSE-AM: EQX said by phone on the road in British Columbia. “It’s both a good world for mining and it’s a very tough world for mining.”

Global mining sector mergers and acquisitions fell to $11.4 billion so far this year compared with $27 billion in the same period in 2022, according to data compiled by CostMine Intelligence, part of The Northern Miner Group.

Deals this year include B2Gold’s (TSX: BTO; NYSE: BTG ) $902 million buyout of Sabina Gold & Silver (TSX: SBB; US-OTC: SGSVF ) , and Hudbay Minerals’ (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) $428 million purchase of Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC). But more than half the 36 deals were valued at less than $15 million. The value total could be knocked higher by Glencore’s (LSE: GLEN) pursuit of Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B; NYSE: TECK ).

John Ing,?president?and CEO of Toronto-based?investment bank?Maison Placements Canada, says the junior industry needs big discoveries for financiers to back projects.

“The cheque writers, other than a guy like Eric Sprott, are just not there for a lot of the exploration space,” Ing said by phone in Toronto, where he’s served?small and midsize companies since the 1980s. “We need success, we need a great drill hole and I’m not seeing very many.”

Action abroad?
He’s looking overseas to South America and Africa. Companies on his radar include Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV; LSE: EDV)) in Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Senegal; Omai Gold (TSXV: OMG; USOTC:?OMGGF ) in Guyana and Centamin (TSX: CEE; LSE: CEY) in Egypt.

“Centamin, they were ballsy enough to go into that country and now I see that Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD ) is going in,” he said. “That’s what I’m looking at, companies with potential that can grow, then they will be a tidbit for some of the intermediates or the majors.”

Beaty, who founded Pan American Silver (TSX: PAAS; NASDAQ: PAAS ) and Lumina Copper among others, is more optimistic on the financing front, even for juniors to make their own deals instead of being bought out.

“Available finance is not just selling shares, but it’s also selling royalties or streams, it’s borrowing money from banks, venture capital funds and private equity funds,” he said. “There’s actually quite a bit of capital available in the market right now.”

Likewise, Ing said talk of a recession couldn’t compete with the impact of some C$2 trillion spent by governments boosting economies during the pandemic, and the war in Ukraine increasing commodity prices. Even high interest rates won’t hold back economies or M&A, he said. Other factors driving deals are the mining industry’s declining reserves and how company stock market values per ounce of reserves in the ground make many juniors inexpensive.

Focus on commodities
Agreeing with him is Tim Clark, who became CEO of explorer Fury Gold (TSX: FURY; NYSE-AM: FURY ) in 2021 after 23 years in finance with Bank of Montreal, Merrill Lynch and Barclays.

“The big guys will try for high-grade assets and might sell off a couple of other secondary assets, but those are phenomenal assets to some other companies,” he said by phone from his car near Boston. “All of a sudden you create this giant kind of consolidation effect and prices come up in a big way.”?

The market for juniors is weak at the moment partly because of illiquidity, with investors focused on commodities instead of companies, he said. ?

“When you’re buying gold for recessionary purposes, no one’s buying equities. They’re buying commodities,” Clark said. “If you’re truly a bull on gold, you shouldn’t buy gold, because there’s not an upside, it might move 10-20% when the mid-caps and small caps will move 100%.”?

Fury Gold, which holds a joint venture with Newmont (NYSE: NGT ; TSX: NEM ) next to its Éléonore mine in Quebec and a project in Nunavut, could eventually be a target but it needs more discoveries to create the scale a major would be interested in, Clark said.?

Frank Port, founder and chief investment officer of Kelowna, British Columbia-based Bridgeport Capital, part of a four-member private equity consortium that manages C$500 million, says three of his top five picks for mergers have already happened this year, including Gold Fields’ (NYSE: GFI ; JSE: GFI) joint venture with Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK ) on the Windfall project in Quebec.

“The short list for targets looks like Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO ; NYSE-AM : TGB; LSE: TKO) and Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU ),” he said. “Mergers will move into fifth gear by this year-end and 2024-25 will be a frenzy as the realization sets in there is a major shortage of copper. The world as we know it is about to get very expensive.”

Beaty says he’s cautious about green metals such as lithium when technological change like the introduction of a new type of battery could make them redundant. He also questions how governments are funding billions of dollars for exploration as part of their economic nationalism when the more important mining gap with China is its control of processing plants.

He hedges the concerns with his interest in Strategic Resources (CVE: CR ). In March, it completed a reverse takeover of Orion Mine Finance’s BlackRock, which has a Quebec deposit of vanadium and plans for a processing plant. Beaty is investing in vanadium’s role in making steel. Should new technology make the mineral a more commercial battery metal, that’s a bonus.

“If the green metal market actually becomes real for vanadium, then it’s going to be a really fabulous investment,” he said. “It’s a nice way to get involved in the green energy market, not rely on it.”

https://www.mining.com/mining-deal-making-declines-but-beaty-and-others-see-opportunities/

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Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning (Official Music Video)

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JD400 - Monument Begins Gold Concentrate Shipments at Selinsing Gold Mine
June 23, 2023

https://monumentmining.com/news-media/news/2023/monument-begins-gold-concentrate-shipments-at-selinsing-gold-mine/

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Vancouver, B.C., June 23, 2023, Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY and FSE: D7Q1) (“Monument” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the first gold concentrate shipments and sales from the newly constructed flotation plant at the Selinsing Gold Mine.

President and CEO Cathy Zhai commented, “This is a momentous occasion for us as we begin to ship and sell gold concentrates from the flotation plant. The initial offtake of 2,000 dry metric tonnes (“DMT”) of concentrate from Selinsing marks the beginning of a gold concentrate revenue stream and restores our operating cash flow. We would like to give thanks to our hard-working operation teams, backroom administration support personnel and our business partners to make this happen.”

Figure 1. Loading Concentrate for Transport


Figure 2. Concentrate Shipment at Weighbridge


Gold Concentrate Shipments and Sales

Significant interest has been received from potential buyers of the Selinsing gold concentrate. All export and transport permits have been received and the first truckloads of concentrate were shipped from the Selinsing warehouse on June 18th, 2023 to Johor Free Trade Zone. To date 490 DMT of concentrate have been dispatched out of an initial offtake of 2,000 DMT. Weighing, sampling and moisture determination of the delivered concentrate is being conducted at the Johor Free Trade Zone by an appointed internationally recognized survey company.

An additional 3,000 DMT of concentrate is currently available for sale. The Company intends after a trial shipment to gradually increase the number of trucks to speed up the logistic process in selling backlogged product. In the future concentrates will be shipped to buyers on a routine basis. The backlog was caused by a lengthy initial administrative process for obtaining all relevant permits and organizing logistics. Over the last six months, the Company has built a logistic team and sales chain at the Selinsing Project.

Commercial Production Update

The flotation plant operation is improving with up to 99% of design capacity achieved during June 2023, and overall 83% capacity achieved for the 30 day period up to June 17th 2023. Torn filter cloths remained an issue with new cloths still awaited from the filter press supplier McLanahan. New HDPE pipework was received to upgrade the concentrate thickener underflow pipeline. A similar upgrade was planned for the flotation cleaner concentrate pipeline which emerged as a bottleneck with increasing flotation mass pull.

Figure 3: Selinsing Flotation Plant


Flotation recovery has shown a steady improvement as increasing proportions of newly mined transition and fresh ore were processed. Daily recoveries in excess of 80% have been recorded during June 2023, although an average of 68% recovery month to date was caused by some poorly performing old transition ore processed at the start of the month.

Construction of the concentrate shed continued with the main roof completed and the perimeter concrete wall approximately 50% done. Work continued extending the lean-to roof to the filter press building. The bagging system has been prepared for shipping to Malaysia.

Mining Update

Mining of Buffalo Reef Stage 1 BRC2 and BRC3 pits continued with both transition and fresh ore delivered to the ROM pad and maintained around one month’s supply of ore feed to the flotation processing plant. A new drill rig was delivered in June 2023 with nine grade control drilling rigs now operational; a tenth unit is scheduled for delivery in August 2023. The mining operation is aiming to achieve and maintain a three-month supply of ore at the ROM.

Construction of the explosive’s depot progressed well with delivery of the bulk emulsion gassing container and the connection to mains power completed. This is to remove dependency on explosives delivery from the sole dominant supplier in the country due to their shortfall of trucks over the past several months. The isotainer storage tanks are due for delivery in late June 2023 and the explosives depot will be commissioned in early July 2023.

Work started on the conversion of the old core shed to an expanded sample preparation facility capable of processing up to 700 grade control samples per day, which will remove another major bottleneck in the mining cycle.

Risks

Other operation risks in related to mining and processing processes are under continuous evaluation to improve the performance.

The Company closely monitors uncontrollable risk factors with building and operation of the flotation plant including but not limited to: change of market conditions, change of gold prices, operation risks including critical parts shortages which may cause a longer than expected ramp up period, and changes in regulatory restrictions in relation to arsenic level contained in gold concentrate.

About Monument

Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY, FSE: D7Q1) is an established Canadian gold producer that 100% owns and operates the Selinsing Gold Mine in Malaysia and the Murchison Gold Project in the Murchison area of Western Australia. It has 20% interest in Tuckanarra Gold Project jointly owned with Odyssey Gold Ltd in the same region. The Company employs approximately 200 people in both regions and is committed to the highest standards of environmental management, social responsibility, and health and safety for its employees and neighboring communities.

Cathy Zhai, President and CEO
Monument Mining Limited
Suite 1580 -1100 Melville Street
Vancouver, BC V6E 4A6

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION visit the company web site at www.monumentmining.com or contact:

Richard Cushing, MMY Vancouver T: [phone] x102 [e-mail]

New development to increase production from our Floatation Plant ....



With respect to the construction of the Biox Plant and in order to reduce the initial capital investment,
the Company now plans to develop the Selinsing Sulphide Project through a two stage de-risking
process:

....Stage 1 construction of a flotation plant that was originally designed to deliver sulphide gold
concentrates as a semi product for further BIOX® leaching process.


.....Under the new approach, the flotation plant will be modified to produce higher grade saleable gold
concentrates, the cash generated from which may be used to fund upgrading of the BIOX® leaching
plant.



This is an excellent move to modify the FP to produce a higher grade gold concentrate .
This will maximize and front load our profitability, both from increased production volumes and higher
grade concentrate relative to head grade
( ie higher recovery rates ).

In other words, Mass pull will be enhanced which will result in a concentrate weighing less but
containing more gold.

I would say that Dato is once again exercising his substantial background in mining experience around
the world and introducing those efficiency activities to make Selinsing as profitable as possible .

We are in good hands,,

There is a lot going on on the Monument Mining website very interesting explanation
nozzpack thanks

https://monumentmining.com/projects/selinsing-gold-portfolio/development/

https://monumentmining.com/projects/selinsing-gold-portfolio/exploration/

https://monumentmining.com/

https://monumentmining.com/investors/presentation/

https://monumentmining.com/site/assets/files/4327/2023-03-02-cp-mmy.pdf

https://monumentmining.com/news-media/photo-gallery/
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Craig Hemke: “This all leads to CBDC” - Live From The Vault - Ep: 128

Kinesis Money Jun 23, 2023

In this week’s episode of Live from the Vault, Andrew Maguire is joined by the creator and publisher of the infamous TF Metals Report, Craig Hemke, who breaks down the Fed’s strategic manoeuvres to install the Central Bank Digital Currency.

The two old friends scrutinise the FDIC’s rapidly swelling list of “Problem Banks” that are on the brink of bankruptcy, discussing the deepening American banking crisis which has seen 4 too-big-too-fail institutions collapsing in a 6-week period.

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The opinions expressed in this video of Andrew Maguire and any guest, do not purport to reflect the official policy or position of Kinesis.

Timestamps
00:00 Start
03:30 Do people need help understanding gold?
05:00 The FDIC report and the “problem bank” list
06:30 The major looming problem of commercial real estate
08:50 When Craig sees the banking crisis ending
11:00 The introduction of CBDCs
15:00 Every central bank except the Fed is long on physical gold
20:20 They’ve hiked too hard and too fast
22:00 Wealth preservation with gold and silver
26:00 The disparity between paper and physical gold
29:45 The other factor to consider: Dedollarisation
40:00 What’s going to happen in the US: people will want physical metal
46:00 Craig comments on the doom and gloom Twitter traders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa_Zwl9l3sw
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A Black Swan Event to Trigger the Gold Price Revaluation. Live From The Vault Ep:127

Jun 16, 2023
In this week’s episode of Live from the Vault, Andrew Maguire scrutinises the decades-long history driving some of today’s most pressing gold market topics: the divergence between physical and paper, and the coming gold reevaluation.

The precious metals expert analyses the growing momentum of indisputable changes observable on the gold market since the Basel III implementation and examines the impact of escalating geopolitical tensions on physical gold.

00:00 Start
01:30 Update on the central bank-driven gold reevaluation
03:50 The lone central bank attempting to delay the reevaluation
06:42 How the divergence between physical and paper gold started
11:15 How the Federal Reserve diluted the real gold price
13:00 How Basel III reopened the gold exchangeability window
16:30 Where we are in regard to price-capping tools
19:30 Why we call the COMEX the Casino
20:58 China and Russia’s impact on synthetic gold prices
25:00 JP Morgan and other examples of how the game is rigged
27:47 How bad are double ownership claims for the Fed
31:10 China and Russia soon to reveal their physical reserves?
33:50 Why Basel IV is bullish for gold

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The Spell of the Yukon

with MMGYS soundtrack

Good Morning

BY ROBERT W. SERVICE

I wanted the gold, and I sought it;
I scrabbled and mucked like a slave.
Was it famine or scurvy—I fought it;
I hurled my youth into a grave.
I wanted the gold, and I got it— ?
Came out with a fortune last fall,—
Yet somehow life’s not what I thought it,
And somehow the gold isn’t all.

No! There’s the land. (Have you seen it?)
It’s the cussedest land that I know,
From the big, dizzy mountains that screen it
To the deep, deathlike valleys below.
Some say God was tired when He made it;
Some say it’s a fine land to shun;
Maybe; but there’s some as would trade it
For no land on earth—and I’m one.

You come to get rich (damned good reason);
You feel like an exile at first;
You hate it like hell for a season,
And then you are worse than the worst.
It grips you like some kinds of sinning;
It twists you from foe to a friend;
It seems it’s been since the beginning;
It seems it will be to the end.

I’ve stood in some mighty-mouthed hollow
That’s plumb-full of hush to the brim;
I’ve watched the big, husky sun wallow
In crimson and gold, and grow dim,
Till the moon set the pearly peaks gleaming,
And the stars tumbled out, neck and crop;
And I’ve thought that I surely was dreaming,
With the peace o’ the world piled on top.

The summer—?no sweeter was ever;
The sunshiny woods all athrill;
The grayling aleap in the river,
The bighorn asleep on the hill.
The strong life that never knows harness;
The wilds where the caribou call;
The freshness, the freedom, the farness—?
O God! how I’m stuck on it all.

The winter! the brightness that blinds you,
The white land locked tight as a drum,
The cold fear that follows and finds you,
The silence that bludgeons you dumb.
The snows that are older than history,
The woods where the weird shadows slant;
The stillness, the moonlight, the mystery,
I’ve bade ’em good-by—?but I can’t.

There’s a land where the mountains are nameless,
And the rivers all run God knows where;
There are lives that are erring and aimless,
And deaths that just hang by a hair;
There are hardships that nobody reckons;
There are valleys unpeopled and still;
There’s a land—?oh, it beckons and beckons,
And I want to go back—?and I will.

They’re making my money diminish;
I’m sick of the taste of champagne.
Thank God! when I’m skinned to a finish
I’ll pike to the Yukon again.
I’ll fight—?and you bet it’s no sham-fight;
It’s hell!—?but I’ve been there before;
And it’s better than this by a damsite—?
So me for the Yukon once more.

There’s gold, and it’s haunting and haunting;
It’s luring me on as of old;
Yet it isn’t the gold that I’m wanting
So much as just finding the gold.
It’s the great, big, broad land ’way up yonder,
It’s the forests where silence has lease;
It’s the beauty that thrills me with wonder,
It’s the stillness that fills me with peace.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46643/the-spell-of-the-yukon

Leo Rojas - El Condor Pasa (Videoclip)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kQZHYbZkLs

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Glencore bids for Teck Resources’ coal unit

Having a blast with our continuing Glencore/Teck mining battle song saga
Hope you're following and enjoying

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 12, 2023 | 3:49 am Intelligence News Top Companies Canada Europe Coal Copper

Glencore (LON: GLEN) confirmed on Monday it had approached Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B)(NYSE:TECK) with a proposal to buy the Canadian miner’s steelmaking coal business, in the latest twist in one of the mining industry’s biggest takeover battles in a decade.


The Swiss giant, which does not typically take “no” for an answer, originally wanted to buy Teck entirely. While it succeeded to thwart the Vancouver-based miner’s plan to split into two companies, Glencore did not give up on the idea.

After being rejected several times, the miner and commodities firm has approached Teck with a proposal to buy its steelmaking coal business for an undisclosed valuation, as an alternative to the $23 billion takeover bid.

Glencore said that, if successful, it would create a new company combining its own coal assets and Teck’s in one to two years after after paying down debt. The move would create a coal mammoth with few rivals in scale anywhere in the world, producing over 100 million tonnes of thermal coal and 30 million tonnes of steelmaking coal a year.

The company said it also “remains willing to pursue” its original offer to buy the whole company.

One of many

Teck confirmed that Glencore was one of a number of proposals it was considering for its coal business. It noted that talks were preliminary, conditional and non-binding.

The discussions signal a potential dialling back of tensions after the two companies have been engaged for months in a public battle over Glencore’s unsolicited bid to buy Canada’s largest diversified miner.

Analysts say Glencore’s new plan gives it an opportunity to exit the hugely profitable but polluting thermal coal business. They noted that Teck’s steelmaking coal operations, however, represented a “disappointing” second prize to the Canadian company’s copper mines.

Teck has the Highland Valley Copper mine in British Columbia, Canada, the Quebrada Blanca and Carmen de Andacollo copper mines in Chile and an interest in the Antamina copper-zinc mine in Peru.

The company is also in the midst of expanding Quebrada Blanca. The project, dubbed QB2, is one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper resources.

“We would view the sale of the coking coal assets to Glencore as an attractive ‘middle ground’ for both companies,” Deutsche Bank analyst Liam Fitzpatrick said. “It would provide Teck with a cleaner exit from coal and allow Glencore to split its own business into CoalCo and MetalsCo.”

The experts echoes Glencore chief executive Gary Nagle’s position. He said in May that buying Teck’s coal business only would be a “distant second” in terms of benefits that could be achieved by merging.

https://www.mining.com/glencore-bids-for-teck-resources-coal-unit/

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[NYBob]

Rob McEwen: the mining industry is essential to a sustainable future

https://youtu.be/CbqiOKnR1-c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbqiOKnR1-c&t=8s

https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/CGC/news/6445686266140970/Rob_McEwen_Clarifies_Ownership_in_Canadian_Gold_Corp_After_Financial_Website_Provides_Conflicting_Information

Im not aware of what this was about.
Glad it got clarified though so the market participants arent making false assessments.
all my posts are my opinion only. always do your own research.


https://canadiangoldcorp.com/

[NYBob]

Prospector News Podcast – Rob McEwen “Financing New Mines is going to Come from End Users
Looking to Secure their Supply Chains”

https://youtu.be/JnxFoj8WIJU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnxFoj8WIJU&t=230s

Prospector News Publisher Michael Fox sits down with Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Executive Rob McEwen at the Current Trends in Mining Finance put on by the New York Chapter of the SME. We discuss the current state of the Mining Industry and the future of the industry.

Rob is bullish on the overall outlook for the space. “We are seeing a set up that I have only seen a few times in my career . Each time was a signal to big growth.” – Rob McEwen

With that said Rob believes that we as an industry needs to look at different ways for us do our business for the benefit of not only the environment but for society as a whole. Commodity shortages, will lend itself to end users investing in mines to assure supply of critical metals, as demonstrated in Stellantis’ investment in McEwen Copper’s Los Azules Project in Argentina

Finally Rob hints at the types of projects he would be looking at as a Mining executive.

https://canadiangoldcorp.com/news-2023/

https://canadiangoldcorp.com/

https://stockhouse.com/news/press-releases/2023/06/06/rob-mcewen-clarifies-ownership-in-canadian-gold-corp-after-financial-website

[antman]

Big rare earth acquisition news for API.CN (APAAF) -Appia acquires Brazilian ionic clay project! Rare earths 'PCH Property' has known mineralization in prominent mining State of Goias Brazil.

Press Release

[JD400]

Canadian operations halted as miners grapple with record wildfires

Good Morning

Henry Lazenby | June 9, 2023 | 12:45 pm News Canada

Canadian operations halted as miners grapple with record wildfires

Despite the outlook calling for improving weather conditions, including anticipated rainfall and cooler temperatures, the mining industry in Canada’s Ontario and Quebec provinces is grappling with a disruptive blow caused by persistent wildfires.


Record-setting wildfires have been wreaking havoc across Canada since March, reaching peak intensity this month. Experts have marked the ongoing wildfire season as the most severe in Canadian history, sparing no provinces or territories except Nunavut.

Government data sources show Quebec has borne the brunt of the 2023 wildfire onslaught, witnessing a surge in frequency and intensity compared to previous years.

The impact of these fires has extended beyond the affected regions, with thick smoke blanketing Ottawa, Toronto, and large parts of Southern Ontario from June 5 to 7. The air quality in these areas reached its highest level on Environment Canada’s Air Quality Health Index, posing a significant risk to public health.

As of June 8, Quebec alone reported an alarming count of 137 active fires, while Ontario battled 54 blazes, according to Canada’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service. According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, as of June 9, there were 422 active wildfires across Canada. So far this year there were 2,402 wildfires burning 4.5 million hectares of land.

A rundown of how mining companies’ operations have been affected over the past week.

Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) has suspended operations at its Casa Berardi mine in Quebec. The company said as of June 6, mining infrastructure has not been affected so far.

Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK) said on June 5 it had suspended all activities at the Windfall gold project in Quebec. However, the company does not expect any significant impact on its overall business.

Wallbridge Mining (TSX: WM) has evacuated the camp at its Fenelon gold project and suspended all exploration activities on its Detour-Fenelon Gold Trend property in Quebec. The company plans to resume exploration activities as soon as it is feasible.

Québec Nickel (CSE: QNI) has suspended all exploration activities at the Ducros project.

Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG) said on June 5 it, too, had suspended operations at its namesake project site in northern Quebec and withdrawn staff as a precautionary measure. There’s been no update since.

Q2 Metals (TSXV: QTWO), a Vancouver-based miner, has withdrawn its crew and equipment from its flagship Mia lithium property in the James Bay area of Quebec.

Similarly, Patriot Battery Metals (TSXV: PMET) has ceased field exploration operations at its Corvette property in northern Quebec. However, the company will continue lithium processing and advance its camp construction activities as advised by the government.

Meanwhile, Brunswick Exploration (TSXV: BRW) suspended exploration activities at its three camps in northern Quebec. The company has also halted operations in the Saskatchewan region due to the wildfires.

Champion Electric Metals (CSE: LTHM) also said on June 5 it had ceased all activities at its lithium projects in northern Quebec due to the forest fires.

Bonterra Resources (TSXV: BTR) has stopped its exploration activities in the Quebec region and safely evacuated all personnel.

Archer Exploration (CSE: RCHR) has suspended all activities at its Grasset project in the James Bay territory in Quebec.

Cosmos Exploration (ASX: C1X), an Australian company, has temporarily closed its programs and exploration activities at its Corvette Far East and Laselle lithium projects in Quebec.

The Iron Ore Company of Canada, majority-owned by Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO), has experienced transportation disruptions. The Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway will remain suspended due to fire, smoke hazards, and damage to telecommunication and power lines. Operations at its Labrador City mine have also been halted.

Wesdome Gold Mines (TSX: WDO) also suspended underground and surface exploration activities at the Kiena Mine in Quebec. Nevertheless, essential surface activities such as mill operation, shaft maintenance, and paste fill placement underground are still being carried out.

Montreal-based Mosaic Minerals (CSE: MOC) has experienced delays in all exploration activities at its James Bay lithium project.

Reuters reported that Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM) said some sites where operations were reduced between June 2 and 5 have returned to normal. However, exploration activities carried out by the Quebec regional exploration team in the impacted sector remain suspended.

Ontario and Quebec miners continue to closely monitor the wildfire situation, with the affected companies aiming to resume operations promptly once conditions improve and it is safe to do so.
https://www.mining.com/canadian-operations-halted-as-miners-grapple-with-record-wildfires/

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[JD400]

Gloom Boom & Doom! But there is hope… Feat. Marc Faber - Live From The Vault - Ep: 126

Kinesis Money


Jun 9, 2023
In this week’s episode of Live from the Vault, Andrew Maguire and Marc Faber - Dr Doom of the infamous Gloom Boom & Doom Report, reunite to discuss the accelerating end of capitalism and who benefits from current monetary policy.

The two experts comment on the WEF’s mixture of the financial elite and government officials, ongoing proxy conflicts, and examine whether citizens around the world have lost trust in their governments.

The opinions expressed in this video of Andrew Maguire and any guest, do not purport to reflect the official policy or position of Kinesis.

Timestamps
3:38 Where Marc sees inflation going
6:20 Why interest rates were kept so low for so long
9:08 Some of the excuses used for high inflation
14:00 The US debt deal
16:28 How inflation is affecting the non-wealthy masses
18:18 Examining the FOMC, Federal Reserve and politicians
21:45 Examining the WEF
25:45 Looking through the NATO prism and thoughts on war with China
34:25 Sanctions don’t work…
38:30 When Europeans will WAKE UP - the coming hope
46:00 Have the WHO and WEF ruined their reputations?
49:30 Trade with sub-Saharan Africa
52:50 The percentage of assets Marc thinks should be in physical gold and silver
56:00 Money in the bank is no longer safe so diversify
58:30 Informing decisions through education - Marc’s primary offering

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI7dsl1BLL0

[JD400]

$TECK getting (((SWAYED))) as others romance offers for their Coal steel unit.

as Glencore watches from sidelines

with MMGYS Soundtrack

Teck gets Swayed as others try to get their foot in the door !

Teck evaluating “several” proposals for its coal assets


Cecilia Jamasmie | June 6, 2023 | 7:03 am Intelligence News Top Companies Canada Coal Copper Nickel

Elkview is one of Teck’s four steelmaking coal operations in British Columbia. (Image: Teck)

Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B)(NYSE:TECK), Canada’s largest diversified miner, announced on Tuesday it had received several “indications of interest” for its steelmaking coal business.


The company, which did not provide further details, is rumoured to be leaning toward selling only some of its coal operations.

“There is widespread recognition in the market today of the value of our high-margin, long-life steelmaking coal assets, which has, in turn, generated considerable interest from various parties,” chief executive Jonathan Price said in the statement.

Teck, which continues to fend off a relentless takeover push from Glencore (LON: GLEN), had to withdraw its original proposal to split up the company into two units — base metals and coal — just hours ahead of a shareholder meeting in April.

The Vancouver-based miner said at the time it had failed to gather enough support for the spinoff, adding it would work on a new, simpler proposal.

Teck maintains that divesting its coal business is a better option for shareholders than being taken over by Glencore.

“Our focus on separation is to unlock the full potential of our unparalleled copper growth business and create significant value and opportunity for our shareholders and all stakeholders,” Price said.

The executive also said that Teck’s board continued to evaluate all “actionable, value-accretive proposals” related to the company’s coal assets. He noted there was no assurance on whether these conversations will result in a transaction.

One of the alternatives Teck may be studying is a proposal coming from Canadian mining veteran Pierre Lassonde. The businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Canada’s Franco-Nevada gold royalty company, is leading a consortium interested in Teck’s coal unit.

Lassonde would be interested mostly in the Elkview operations in British Columbia, sources close to the matter told MINING.COM. Elkview is one of Teck’s four coal operations in BC’s Elk Valley. The other three are Fording River, Greenhills and Line Creek.

“We are resolved to identify a path that ensures continued responsible operations in the Elk Valley and supports a sustainable future for the benefit of employees, local communities and Indigenous Peoples,” the chair of Teck’s board, Sheila Murray, said on Tuesday.

Japanese steel maker Nippon Steel Corporation is also said to be engaged with Teck to invest in the metallurgical coal business.


https://www.mining.com/teck-evaluating-severalproposals-for-its-coal-assets/
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[NYBob]

Will Argentina ditch its peso for the dollar?

Leading presidential candidate says he'd "blow up" the central bank.

* * *

By Ignacio Olivera Doll
Bloomberg News
Thursday, June 8, 2023

The Argentine peso has had a tumultuous life. In the 1980s it was temporarily dethroned by a new
currency called the austral. An arranged marriage with the dollar in 1991 produced some years of
bliss but ended in a ruinous divorce. More recently, the peso has suffered the humiliation of being
tagged the worst-performing currency in emerging markets.

Now an Argentine economist running for president is proposing to put the currency out of its misery
once and for all.

... For the remainder of the report:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-08/high-argentina-inflation-sparks-debate-to-ditch-peso-for-dollar

[NYBob]

Patagonia Gold Quarter 1 2023 Financial Results
V.PGDC
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

Patagonia Gold Corp. (“Patagonia” or the “Company”) (TSXV: PGDC) announces its financial
results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 (“Q1 2023”). The financial statements together with the
related management’s discussion and analysis are available on the Company’s website and under the
Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Highlights

Generated revenue of US$3 million in Q1 2023.
Produced 1,304 gold equivalent ounces(1) and sold 1,598 gold equivalent ounces(1) in Q1 2023.
Completed 2,765 meters of diamond drilling, in 16 HQ-diameter core holes, at Monte Leon.
Incurred exploration expenditures totaling US$1.2 million.

Note:
(1) Consisting of 1,016 gold and 24,495 silver ounces of production and 1,218 gold and 31,631 silver
ounces sold, converted to a gold equivalent using a ratio of the average spot market price for the
commodities each period. The ratio for three months ended March 31, 2023 was 82.74:1 (2022 –
78.15:1).

Christopher van Tienhoven, Chief Executive Officer commented, “Despite the increase in the gold and
silver prices, the overall rise in costs in Argentina due to rising inflation and fixed official exchange
rate, present a challenging environment for precious metal producers in Argentina.”

Qualified Person’s Statement

Donald J. Birak, an independent consulting geologist, Registered Member of SME, Fellow of AusIMM
and qualified person, as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the
scientific and technical content of this news release.

About Patagonia Gold


Patagonia Gold Corp. is a South America focused, publicly traded mining company listed on
the TSX Venture Exchange.
The Company seeks to grow shareholder value through exploration and development of
gold and silver projects in the Patagonia region of Argentina.
The Company is primarily focused on the Calcatreu project in Rio Negro and the
development of the Cap-Oeste underground project.
Patagonia, indirectly through its subsidiaries or under option agreements, has mineral rights
to over 430 properties in several provinces of Argentina and Chile and is one of the largest
landholders in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina.


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Will Argentina ditch its peso for the dollar?
Steven Hanke, a professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University who is an enthusiastic
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[JD400]

Several out of control wildfires continue to burn in Quebec

see next post

[JD400]

Wildfires force miners in Quebec and Labrador to halt operations

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 6, 2023 | 3:46 am News Canada Gold Iron Ore Nickel

Wildfires force miners in Quebec and Labrador to halt operations

Miners are evacuating employees and halting operations. (Image: CTV News | YouTube.)
Mining companies operating in Canada’s Quebec province continue on Tuesday to evacuate employees and halt exploration work as at least 164 forest fires tear through the province and Labrador West, including 114 considered out of control.


About 200 military personnel were on the ground on Tuesday morning, while the provincial government said an emergency order banning access to wooded areas remains in place.


Patriot Battery Metals (TSX-V: PMET) (ASX: PMT) said it halted drilling and surface exploration field activities until the fire situation near its Corvette lithium project in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay region improves.

Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK), which owns the Windfall gold project in the same region, has also suspended work and pulled out workers while it continues to monitor the situation.

Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) suspended operations at the Casa Berardi gold mine, located in western Quebec. It said all mine personnel were safe, and that the infrastructure had not been impacted.

Wallbridge Mining (TSX: WM) vacated the camp at its Fenelon gold project over the weekend and suspended all activities on the property located in Quebec’s northern Abitibi region.

The fire has cut off a highway and rail line between Quebec and Labrador West, damaging a telecommunications tower and a fibre-optic line belonging to Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC).

This has forced (IOC) to idle its operation — including the mine, the concentrator and the pellet plant in Labrador City — until the rail line reopens.

According to consultancy Ernst & Young, climate change currently is the third main threat to the mining industry behind geopolitics and environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns.


Source: EY Knowledge analysis of the business risks and opportunities survey 2023.
Canada’s largest diversified miner Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B)(NYSE: TECK) was hit by extreme weather events last year, which caused the Vancouver-based miner to miss its copper and steelmaking coal production targets.


Source: EY Knowledge analysis of the business risks and opportunities survey 2023.
The country is on track for its worst-ever year of wildfire destruction as warm and dry conditions are forecast to persist through to the end of the summer, the government said this week.

“The distribution of fires from coast to coast this year is unusual. At this time of the year, fires usually occur only on one side of the country at a time, most often that being in the west,” said Michael Norton, an official with Canada’s Natural Resources ministry.

There are currently 413 active wildfires, including 249 deemed out of control, and about 26,000 people are under evacuation orders across Canada.
https://www.mining.com/wildfires-force-miners-in-quebec-and-labrador-to-halt-operations/

[JD400]

$STRRF Canadian Gold Corp. Tartan Mine: Looking to Improve Financial Returns & Sustainability

June 5, 2023 - 8:16 am
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 5, 2023) - Canadian Gold Corp. (TSXV: CGC) ("Canadian Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to outline several initiatives the Company is undertaking at the Tartan Mine (Flin Flon, Manitoba) to improve potential future returns, while focused on sustainability. In addition to the items outlined in this news release, the most important driver for the Company will be the discovery of additional high-grade gold resources. Details regarding the Company's 2023 Phase 1 exploration program, which began on June 1, are set out in the Company's news release dated May 12, 2023 .

Potential Operational Improvements


1) Electric Mining Equipment

On May 17, 2023, members of the Canadian Gold team visited the Borden Mine, owned by Newmont Corporation, which utilizes electric mining equipment. This trip was part of a broader review with MacLean Engineering, in order to evaluate how the Tartan Mine can best reduce its environmental footprint. With Manitoba's low-cost electricity, which is approximately 98% renewable (water, wind and solar) the Tartan Mine could be an ideal project for electric mining.

Some of the potential advantages of electric versus traditional mining equipment include lower direct operating costs (initial investment in equipment tends to be higher), reduced emissions, less noise, which can have a positive impact on working conditions, improved health and safety, and it allows a company to comply with new emission standards. The Company will be working with Manitoba Hydro to determine the power availability to the Tartan Mine using the existing infrastructure and changes that might be required.

2) Ore Sorting Test Program

The Company intends to initiate a preliminary ore sorting study on the Tartan Mine mineralization. Ore sorting refers to the process of separating higher-grade mineralization from non-mineralized material based on specific characteristics, such as grade, mineral composition or density. The purpose of this program is to potentially improve revenue per tonne of mill feed at Tartan by reducing the amount of waste material, increasing the overall gold grade and reducing the impact on the environment by consuming less reagents, energy and water.

3) Gold Recoveries

An analysis will be performed to identify areas where gold recoveries can be increased versus the original process plant design. During the 3 years that the mine operated, gold recoveries averaged 76.4%. With modifications to the process plant, an average of 85% gold recovery was achieved during the final year of production with some months being greater than 90%. Based on initial reviews by the Company, it is believed there are various alternatives that will allow it to achieve high gold recoveries, while balancing capital/operating costs and permitting.

Financial Improvements

1) Manitoba Tax Incentives

In 2010, the Company was granted a tax incentive for the Tartan Mine by the Manitoba Government under its "New Mine Status", which provided for a 3-year tax holiday once the mine commenced production. Today, the New Mine Status exempts qualified companies from paying mining taxes until profits equal the amount of capital spent to open the mine. At the end of the tax incentive, a company will be allowed to depreciate the assets against future taxes payable. The Company will be looking to establish over the coming weeks the current tax status applicable to the Tartan Mine. The Company will also be making an application the Manitoba Mineral Development Fund ("MMDF"). The MMDF supports northern economic development and mining projects that create partnerships, increase local employment and stimulate investment with grants up to CDN$300,000.

These tax incentive programs established by the Manitoba Government to attract investment should be applauded, with the province seen as a favourable place to do business.

2) Removal of 2% Net Smelter Royalty

The Tartan Mine is subject to a 2% Net Smelter Royalty ("NSR"). The Company has the option to buy-out each 1% for CDN$1 million. If the Company was to proceed with restarting production at a future date, it's the intention of Canadian Gold to reduce the NSR to zero prior to that time. This would make the Tartan Mine royalty free, providing shareholders with the maximum upside to gold prices. At current gold prices, the removal of the 2% NSR would lower any production costs by approximately US$40 per ounce (CDN$50 per ounce) produced.

Operational Permits


The Tartan Mine operated under various provincial permits during its construction and 3-years of production. These permits have remained valid but will require a review by the Manitoba Government based on current environmental regulations and may require amendments based on the various operational improvements outlined in this news release. Canadian Gold will also be identifying any additional permits required for production should the Company make the formal decision to restart the Tartan Mine.

STRRF

[ProfitScout]

$CDSG TO ATTEND BATTERY GIGAFACTORIES CONFERENCE

Las Vegas, NV, May 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Titan Lithium Inc., (OTC Markets: CDSG) (the "Company" or "CDSG") is pleased to announce that it will be attending Benchmark Mineral Intelligence's Battery Gigafactories USA 2023, a live, and in-person conference being held on June 8th and 9th at the JW Marriott Washington DC, USA.

The two day event will explore the rise of the lithium-ion battery gigafactory economy and the need to build secure, sustainable supply chains for lithium, nickel, graphite, and other critical materials.

Examining the role of battery gigafactories to global geopolitics and zero carbon goals, the conference will be well attended by industry leaders and policy makers and will give an opportunity for Titan to showcase our world-class lithium projects to Tier One companies, financiers and manufacturers.

Along with Mr. Alford, the CEO of Titan, attendees will include the CEO's of Livent, Lithium Americas, Siemens USA, American Lithium, Allkem, Standard Lithium as well as important representatives GM, Rivian, Panasonic and from the Department of Energy, the U.S. Export-Import Bank and the U.S. State Department.

Titan Lithium Inc. is well positioned to play an important role in providing strong support to the critical need for Lithium to the world through our on-going development of the massive Titan 1 and Titan 2 lithium projects.

Craig Alford, MSc, PGeo, and CEO of the Company, a Qualified Person under NI 43-101, noted "The scale and grade of our Titan projects stand unparalleled in the array of lithium projects worldwide. This Benchmark event will help us network, elevate and connect our immense potential to some of the key leaders in the global lithium marketspace."

About the Company: China Dongsheng International Inc. (OTC Markets: CDSG), through its wholly owned subsidiary Titan Lithium, Inc., is a lithium explorer and developer with operations in Nevada, USA and The United Republic of Tanzania.

Contact:

Harp Sangha-Chairman

[e-mail]

[phone]

http://www.titanlithiuminc.com

Forward-Looking Statements:

This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, such as statements relating to financial results and plans for future development activities and are thus prospective. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not statements of historical fact regarding intent, belief or current expectations of the Company, its directors or its officers. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's ability to control. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements are risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business and finances in general, including the ability to continue and manage its growth, competition, global economic conditions and other factors discussed in detail in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

[antman]

API.CN (APAAF-OTCQB) Press Release
-APPIA RECEIVES POSITIVE ASSAYS RESULTS -
-ANNOUNCES PLANS TO PROCEED WITH THE ACQUISITION OF IONIC CLAY PROJECT, BRAZIL

[NYBob]

JD400 Thanks - Gold’s Fedspeak Pullback
By Adam Hamilton
CPA, Principal & Co-Founder of Zeal LLC
June 2, 2023

Gold’s latest pullback in May short-circuiting strong seasonals frustrated plenty of traders.
It was driven by heavy gold-futures selling in response to a sharp US-dollar rally, which in
turn was partially fueled by hawkish comments from top Fed officials.
When they advocate for more rate hikes, the dollar catches a bid spawning gold-futures
selling. But traders weight Fedspeak way too highly given its dismal track record.



https://www.gold-eagle.com/article/gold%E2%80%99s-fedspeak-pullback

Watch - Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY) (MMTMF) and (FSE: D7Q1) If you detail the
actual operating time of the FP plant including massive
downtime including the fact that at no time in the past 4-5 months was the plant anywhere
near full breast plate capability
you will have difficulty arriving at a full month of optimum concentrate production.



Yet we produced over 4000 ounces of concentrate for that reduced month....or most likely over 50,000 ounces pro rated to 12 months.

Recall earlier that , using reported head grades, Mass pull etc, I estimated somewhere in the mid to high 50,000 production range .

So, warts and all, we are where we would have expected us to be at this stage in the commissiing of a new FP plant in the monsoon season..

Monument Mining Ltd " we did very well considering we lost over 2 months of production with breakdowns and faulty filters .



These things are to be expected . It`s still a start up and we will see big improvements .

The mention of the concentrate shed is interesting . They say " it will hold 4500 tonnes or
one month`s production " Grade of 36.2 which should improve significantly . And 31 grams
in an ounce of gold .

So 4500 x 36.2 , divide by 31 grams per ounce , multiply by 12 months and you get a
little over 63K ozs / annum . That`s pretty good considering it will get much better .
So , a good report .

Revenue of near $126 million though it could go either way ."
by nozzpack

Monument Heads Toward Commercial Production at Selinsing Gold Mine
V.MMY | 1 minute ago



VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY and FSE: D7Q1) ("Monument" or the "Company") is pleased to update the progress at the Selinsing Sulphide Project. The ramp-up of the flotation plant has made great headway, with the mill feed rate of 113 dry tonnes per hour achieved, being 95% of the design capacity of 119 dry tonnes per hour. The plant construction and mine development consumed a total of $18 million, in line with the budget.
President and CEO Cathy Zhai commented, “We are very pleased with the flotation plant ramp-up progress as we head towards full commercial production. We have commenced sulphide production in January 2023 and continue testing and adjusting to improve plant performance through the action plan. Despite several incidental plant shutdowns during March to May, the plant is expected to reach its near or full production level by June 2023, within the planned ramp up period of three to six months. To date, the flotation plant has produced approximately 3,450 dry metric tonnes (“DMT”) of concentrate with an average gold grade of 36.20 g/t, containing 4,015 troy ounces of gold. Several export permits have been recently granted by the relevant authority and concentrate shipments are currently in progress.”

Figure 1. Concentrate in Tent is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/f39acde0-f30d-4cb5-ba04-acfcffe21613

Figure 2. Concentrate Storage Construction is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/616859ef-54ec-4981-af79-7bf9dbeb3575

Flotation Plant Production Ramp-up

The ramp-up of the flotation plant continued, with the mill feed rate of 113 dry tonnes per hour achieved, being 95% of the design capacity of 119 dry tonnes per hour. During this ramp-up process bottlenecks have been identified and the team has been working to correct them in order to ramp up to commercial production. The ramp-up period is expected to be completed in June 2023.

Certain design deficiencies have been detected and revision of designs have been received to improve performance efficiencies including design of a new rougher flotation tailings hopper and associated pipework, structural and civils drawings and specifications for the new concentrate thickener overflow pumps. Pump suction and delivery lines will be upgraded as well as the power supply to the bigger motors required. None of the above works has material impact on our current flotation plant operations.

The flotation plant experienced major shutdowns from early March to first week of May. The Metso-Outotec concentrate thickener rake drive gearbox was broken, replaced by a new gear box assembled in Australia, airfreighted to Malaysia, and installed. The concentrate thickener was then recommissioned, and all concentrates were recovered to the circuit. Further loss of production occurred in April until May as the filter press cloths started failing prematurely due to manufacturing defects; the supplier has accepted the defects and will supply two new sets of higher permeability filter cloths. In the meantime, replacement filter press cloths were sourced and delivered from local suppliers. Management is focused on reviewing all critical parts and in advancing the procurement plan.

Construction of the new concentrate shed continued with the concrete floor poured and the erection of structural steelwork commencing. The shed is expected to be completed by mid-June and will hold enough capacity for over 4,500 tonnes of concentrate or one month’s production.

Construction of the 100-tonne capacity weighbridge was completed, and the unit was calibrated and certified by the Metrology Corporation of Malaysia.

Manufacture of the 1 tonne bulk bagging system has been completed in the UK and is ready to be shipped to Malaysia.

Figure 3: Weighbridge is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/184810b7-a354-4785-a5d4-e65d2c2e99d0

Figure 4: Ammonium Nitrate Storage Area is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/a0da4743-e701-4cae-8553-f15f6ce7be1f

Mining

Mining of the first stages of Buffalo Reef pits BRC2 and BRC3 continued, transition sulphide ore was delivered to the ROM pad and oxide ore to stockpiles elsewhere. The stockpile of around one month of process plant feed of 80,000 tonnes was maintained, with mining production over the next six months expected to boost this to at least three months or 240,000 tonnes of ore. The arrival of the new mining fleet will help enhance the mining rates.

Unexpected heavy rain in February 2023 slowed down the mining rates and explosives delivery shortages were experienced from supplier Austin Powders due to their implementation of a stricter explosive trucking policy. The explosive supply situation will be helped by the opening of a new storage facility at Bentong, which is much closer than the current supply from Kuala Lumpur. In addition, a new depot for raw materials including ammonium nitrate is being constructed at the Selinsing mine site. These developments will ensure the availability of explosives in the future by providing alternatives. Construction of this facility is ongoing and scheduled for initial use in June 2023.

Government Permits

Recently, several export permits and transportation permits have been granted to Selinsing which enable Selinsing to initiate the shipment for its first sales.

Around the Hari Raya holiday on April 21st, the new operational mining scheme (OMS) expired on April 16th, 2023 and was renewed on April 20th, 2023. The annual and monthly blasting permits expired along with the OMS and there was insufficient time for the requisite approvals for these permits before the Hari Raya holiday period. The two blasting permits were issued on May 11th, 2023 when mining activities resumed.

Concentrate Sales Preparation

Off take agreements or business confirmation letters for off-take of Selinsing gold concentrate have been signed with several concentrate buyers under competitive commercial terms. Several buyers have received export permits and the shipments are underway. The first 2,000 DMT of gold concentrate production is now available for sale and the royalties for this concentrate have been paid to the parastatal Pahang Mining Corporation.

Risks

The Company closely monitors uncontrollable risk factors with building and operation the flotation plant including: change of market conditions, change of gold prices, operation risks including critical parts shortages which may cause a longer than expected ramp up period, and changes in regulatory restrictions in relation to arsenic level contained in gold concentrate.

About Monument

Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY, FSE: D7Q1) is an established Canadian gold producer that 100% owns and operates the Selinsing Gold Mine in Malaysia and the Murchison Gold Project in the Murchison area of Western Australia. It has 20% interest in Tuckanarra Gold Project jointly owned with Odyssey Gold Ltd in the same region. The Company employs approximately 200 people in both regions and is committed to the highest standards of environmental management, social responsibility, and health and safety for its employees and neighboring communities.

Cathy Zhai, President and CEO
Monument Mining Limited
Suite 1580 -1100 Melville Street
Vancouver, BC V6E 4A6

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION visit the company web site at www.monumentmining.com or contact:

Richard Cushing, MMY Vancouver T: [phone] x102 [e-mail]

"Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release."

Disclaimer Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

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China's Gold Rush - Xi Prepares for “Worst Case Scenarios”. Live From The Vault Ep:125

Kinesis Money
Jun 2, 2023
In this week’s episode of Live from the Vault, Andrew Maguire discusses the latest market catalysts that are capable of triggering a global gold reevaluation event, as a result of the ongoing paper versus physical gold showdown.

The precious metals expert delves into the underreported decision of the People’s Bank of China to start preparing its 1.4 billion citizens for opting out of the dollar and into gold, explaining how this will impact the gold’s supply, demand and price.

00:00 Start
01:25 Gold price reevaluation event
04:35 The two primary tools the fed use to manage their wrong-footed paper bets
06:20 The little-reported move by the People's Bank of China
09:15 The threat of war
10:55 China opting out of the dollar hegemony
13:45 Triggering the reevaluation of monetary metals
18:15 China tightening paper gold’s noose
29:00 The tool the casino uses to rig the tables

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3ShvsPcgFs

[NYBob]

Abcourt announces Adjusted Net Earnings of $2.3 million for the Quarter ended March 31, 2023
V.ABI
ROUYN-NORANDA, Quebec, May 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --



Abcourt Mines Inc. (“Abcourt” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: ABI) announces its results for the three months ended March 31, 2023. All monetary values in this press release are expressed in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise indicated.

Highlights for the Quarter ended March 31, 2023

Revenues of $6,230,336 for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, from the sale of gold ounces from the cleaning of the Sleeping Giant processing plant.
Earnings of $2,089,828 and adjusted net earnings of $2,336,744, compared to a net loss of $1,342,164 and an adjusted net loss of $918,880 for the same period in 2022.
Cost of sales of $2,007,760, compared to $6,333,486 in Q3-2022, a significant decrease explained by the cessation of mining operations at the Elder mine.
Gold sales were 2,394 ounces compared to 2,210 ounces for the same period in 2022 and come from mill cleaning. The average realized price on the gold sales for the quarter was $2,597 (US$1,926) per ounce of gold, compared to $2,369 (US$1,880) in Q3-2022, which is comparable.

Cash of $3,328,497 compared to $720,512 as of June 30, 2022. Negative working capital of $1,728,449 compared to a negative working capital of $5,246,416 as of June 30, 2022.
A net improvement of cash and working capital during the quarter and the nine-month period ended March 31, 2023, compared to June 30, 2022, in part related to financing activities.

The Company published an updated Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) on December 13, 2022 for the Sleeping Giant mine.

Abcourt has almost doubled its inventory of mineral resources at the Sleeping Giant mine. The Company has mandated an independent firm to carry out a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) based on the MRE of December 2022. This PEA is expected to be published in June 2023.

On May 11, 2023, Abcourt completed the previously announced acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Pershimex by way of a three-party amalgamation under the Canada Business Corporations Act.

Abcourt mandated an independent firm to carry out a geological model and the initial Abcourt MREs for the Flordin and Discovery deposits located 80 km east of the Sleeping Giant Mill. Abcourt published Discovery's MRE in April and the Flordin's MRE on May 18, 2023.

ABOUT ABCOURT MINES INC.

Abcourt Mines Inc. is a gold producer and a Canadian exploration corporation with strategically located properties in northwestern Québec, Canada.
Abcourt owns the Sleeping Giant mill and mine where it concentrates its activities.

For further information, please visit our website at
http://www.abcourt.com
, and consult our filings under Abcourt's profile on www.sedar.com, or contact:

Pascal Hamelin
President and CEO
T: [phone]
E: [e-mail] Dany Cenac Robert, Investor Relations
Reseau ProMarket Inc.,
T: [phone], post 456
E: [e-mail]
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

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JD400 Watch - Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY) (MMTMF) and (FSE: D7Q1) If you detail the
actual operating time of the FP plant including massive
downtime including the fact that at no time in the past 4-5 months was the plant anywhere
near full breast plate capability
you will have difficulty arriving at a full month of optimum concentrate production.



Yet we produced over 4000 ounces of concentrate for that reduced month....or most likely over 50,000 ounces pro rated to 12 months.

Recall earlier that , using reported head grades, Mass pull etc, I estimated somewhere in the mid to high 50,000 production range .

So, warts and all, we are where we would have expected us to be at this stage in the commissiing of a new FP plant in the monsoon season..

Monument Mining Ltd " we did very well considering we lost over 2 months of production with breakdowns and faulty filters .



These things are to be expected . It`s still a start up and we will see big improvements .

The mention of the concentrate shed is interesting . They say " it will hold 4500 tonnes or
one month`s production " Grade of 36.2 which should improve significantly . And 31 grams
in an ounce of gold .

So 4500 x 36.2 , divide by 31 grams per ounce , multiply by 12 months and you get a
little over 63K ozs / annum . That`s pretty good considering it will get much better .
So , a good report .

Revenue of near $126 million though it could go either way ."
by nozzpack

Monument Heads Toward Commercial Production at Selinsing Gold Mine
V.MMY | 1 minute ago



VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY and FSE: D7Q1) ("Monument" or the "Company") is pleased to update the progress at the Selinsing Sulphide Project. The ramp-up of the flotation plant has made great headway, with the mill feed rate of 113 dry tonnes per hour achieved, being 95% of the design capacity of 119 dry tonnes per hour. The plant construction and mine development consumed a total of $18 million, in line with the budget.
President and CEO Cathy Zhai commented, “We are very pleased with the flotation plant ramp-up progress as we head towards full commercial production. We have commenced sulphide production in January 2023 and continue testing and adjusting to improve plant performance through the action plan. Despite several incidental plant shutdowns during March to May, the plant is expected to reach its near or full production level by June 2023, within the planned ramp up period of three to six months. To date, the flotation plant has produced approximately 3,450 dry metric tonnes (“DMT”) of concentrate with an average gold grade of 36.20 g/t, containing 4,015 troy ounces of gold. Several export permits have been recently granted by the relevant authority and concentrate shipments are currently in progress.”

Figure 1. Concentrate in Tent is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/f39acde0-f30d-4cb5-ba04-acfcffe21613

Figure 2. Concentrate Storage Construction is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/616859ef-54ec-4981-af79-7bf9dbeb3575

Flotation Plant Production Ramp-up

The ramp-up of the flotation plant continued, with the mill feed rate of 113 dry tonnes per hour achieved, being 95% of the design capacity of 119 dry tonnes per hour. During this ramp-up process bottlenecks have been identified and the team has been working to correct them in order to ramp up to commercial production. The ramp-up period is expected to be completed in June 2023.

Certain design deficiencies have been detected and revision of designs have been received to improve performance efficiencies including design of a new rougher flotation tailings hopper and associated pipework, structural and civils drawings and specifications for the new concentrate thickener overflow pumps. Pump suction and delivery lines will be upgraded as well as the power supply to the bigger motors required. None of the above works has material impact on our current flotation plant operations.

The flotation plant experienced major shutdowns from early March to first week of May. The Metso-Outotec concentrate thickener rake drive gearbox was broken, replaced by a new gear box assembled in Australia, airfreighted to Malaysia, and installed. The concentrate thickener was then recommissioned, and all concentrates were recovered to the circuit. Further loss of production occurred in April until May as the filter press cloths started failing prematurely due to manufacturing defects; the supplier has accepted the defects and will supply two new sets of higher permeability filter cloths. In the meantime, replacement filter press cloths were sourced and delivered from local suppliers. Management is focused on reviewing all critical parts and in advancing the procurement plan.

Construction of the new concentrate shed continued with the concrete floor poured and the erection of structural steelwork commencing. The shed is expected to be completed by mid-June and will hold enough capacity for over 4,500 tonnes of concentrate or one month’s production.

Construction of the 100-tonne capacity weighbridge was completed, and the unit was calibrated and certified by the Metrology Corporation of Malaysia.

Manufacture of the 1 tonne bulk bagging system has been completed in the UK and is ready to be shipped to Malaysia.

Figure 3: Weighbridge is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/184810b7-a354-4785-a5d4-e65d2c2e99d0

Figure 4: Ammonium Nitrate Storage Area is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/a0da4743-e701-4cae-8553-f15f6ce7be1f

Mining

Mining of the first stages of Buffalo Reef pits BRC2 and BRC3 continued, transition sulphide ore was delivered to the ROM pad and oxide ore to stockpiles elsewhere. The stockpile of around one month of process plant feed of 80,000 tonnes was maintained, with mining production over the next six months expected to boost this to at least three months or 240,000 tonnes of ore. The arrival of the new mining fleet will help enhance the mining rates.

Unexpected heavy rain in February 2023 slowed down the mining rates and explosives delivery shortages were experienced from supplier Austin Powders due to their implementation of a stricter explosive trucking policy. The explosive supply situation will be helped by the opening of a new storage facility at Bentong, which is much closer than the current supply from Kuala Lumpur. In addition, a new depot for raw materials including ammonium nitrate is being constructed at the Selinsing mine site. These developments will ensure the availability of explosives in the future by providing alternatives. Construction of this facility is ongoing and scheduled for initial use in June 2023.

Government Permits

Recently, several export permits and transportation permits have been granted to Selinsing which enable Selinsing to initiate the shipment for its first sales.

Around the Hari Raya holiday on April 21st, the new operational mining scheme (OMS) expired on April 16th, 2023 and was renewed on April 20th, 2023. The annual and monthly blasting permits expired along with the OMS and there was insufficient time for the requisite approvals for these permits before the Hari Raya holiday period. The two blasting permits were issued on May 11th, 2023 when mining activities resumed.

Concentrate Sales Preparation

Off take agreements or business confirmation letters for off-take of Selinsing gold concentrate have been signed with several concentrate buyers under competitive commercial terms. Several buyers have received export permits and the shipments are underway. The first 2,000 DMT of gold concentrate production is now available for sale and the royalties for this concentrate have been paid to the parastatal Pahang Mining Corporation.

Risks

The Company closely monitors uncontrollable risk factors with building and operation the flotation plant including: change of market conditions, change of gold prices, operation risks including critical parts shortages which may cause a longer than expected ramp up period, and changes in regulatory restrictions in relation to arsenic level contained in gold concentrate.

About Monument

Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY, FSE: D7Q1) is an established Canadian gold producer that 100% owns and operates the Selinsing Gold Mine in Malaysia and the Murchison Gold Project in the Murchison area of Western Australia. It has 20% interest in Tuckanarra Gold Project jointly owned with Odyssey Gold Ltd in the same region. The Company employs approximately 200 people in both regions and is committed to the highest standards of environmental management, social responsibility, and health and safety for its employees and neighboring communities.

Cathy Zhai, President and CEO
Monument Mining Limited
Suite 1580 -1100 Melville Street
Vancouver, BC V6E 4A6

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION visit the company web site at www.monumentmining.com or contact:

Richard Cushing, MMY Vancouver T: [phone] x102 [e-mail]

"Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release."

Disclaimer Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

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A.I. helps find untapped mineral deposits

with MMGYS A.I. soundtrack

Staff Writer | May 30, 2023 | 5:05 am Battery Metals News USA Lithium Rare Earth

Researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science and other universities and organizations across the US have developed a machine learning model that can predict the locations of minerals on earth—and potentially other planets—by taking advantage of patterns in mineral associations.

In a paper published in the journal PNAS Nexus, the scientists explain that, for a long time, finding occurrences of specific minerals has been both an art and a science, as the task relies on individual experience, along with a healthy dose of luck.

Their tool, however, uses data from the Mineral Evolution Database, which includes 295,583 mineral localities of 5,478 mineral species, to predict previously unknown occurrences based on association rules. The authors tested their model by exploring the Tecopa basin in the Mojave Desert, a well-known Mars analog environment.

“Mineral association analysis quantifies high-dimensional multi-correlations in mineral localities across the globe, enabling the identification of previously unknown mineral occurrences, as well as mineral assemblages and their associated paragenetic modes,” the report reads.

The model was able to predict the locations of geologically important minerals, including uraninite alteration, rutherfordine, andersonite, schröckingerite, bayleyite and zippeite.

In addition to this, the model located promising areas for critical rare earth elements and lithium minerals, including monazite-(Ce), allanite-(Ce), and spodumene.

Once this was done, the researchers tested and confirmed several of these mineral occurrence predictions in nature, thereby ground-truthing the method.

“Mineral association analysis can be a powerful predictive tool for mineralogists, petrologists, economic geologists, and planetary scientists,” the authors said in a media statement. “[It] will enhance our understanding of mineralization and mineralizing environments on earth, across our solar system, and through deep time.”
map included here https://www.mining.com/ai-helps-find-untapped-mineral-deposits/
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Debt Ceiling Drama Overhyped & Where Traders Should Focus with Pro Trader Nick Santiago

MiningStockEducation.com

May 23, 2023 #tradingstrategy #commoditytrading #commodities

Professional Trader Nick Santiago provides his take on the debt ceiling drama in the U.S. and shares where traders should focus. Nick reveals his best and worst trades of the past and provides a traders take on some commodities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzaQ-F9GLgw

[antman]

API.CSE (APAAF-OTCQB) is trading around .17 cents cad- News should be coming out shortly n their Brazilian ionic clay project.

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It’s Time to Prepare Both Financially and Mentally. Feat. Peter Grandich - LFTV 124

Kinesis Money
31.8K subscribers

6,055 views May 26, 2023
In this week’s episode of Live from the Vault, Andrew Maguire is joined by renowned author Peter Grandich who offers a holistic approach to anchoring oneself to personal responsibility and financial decision-making in a world of debt reliance.

The precious metals experts examine whether the possible US debt default could ever be paid back in the end-of-the-dollar scenario and contemplate the changing behaviours of modern society in contrast to traditional norms and values.

00:00 Start
04:26 Peter Grandich's US perspective on the physical vs paper battle
07:50 The split in the gold market speculators
11:40 The end of the dollar - is it already happening?
17:10 Forget the technicals! Market behaviour is changing
20:25 The challenge to overcome: financial education
24:45 Collapse is inevitable
29:00 The issues surrounding debt
34:00 Are commercial real estate issues getting worse? YES
39:00 Is a lack of spirituality affecting personal finances?
46:30 The reasoning driving “Build Back Better”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfxeZTp9NrY

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Scientists unveil role of global trade in mercury exposure

with MMGYS soundtracks

Staff Writer | May 26, 2023 | 6:06 am Education Suppliers & Equipment China Gold
Gold smelting
Gold smelting. (Reference image by Alpha, Flickr.)
Researchers at China’s Nanjing University analyzed the global flows of mercury and found that almost half of the exposure to the toxic metal comes from mercury embedded in global trade.


In a paper published in the journal PNAS Nexus, Zhencheng Xing and co-authors explain that the world emits about 1,800 megagrams of mercury annually. Most of these global emissions are linked to the smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals, particularly during artisanal and small-scale gold mining.

Mercury used in these processes can wash downstream and become airborne, polluting soil, rivers and parts of the ocean. People are then exposed through eating seafood, freshwater fish, or rice—sometimes many thousands of miles away from the mercury’s source.

“Forty-seven-per-cent of global Hg emissions are related to commodities consumed outside of the countries where the emissions are produced, which has largely influenced the environmental Hg levels and human exposure thereto across the world,” the paper reads.

Many developed countries, including the United States and Japan, can be classified as outsourcers of mercury because they are the ultimate consumers of gold, electric equipment, machinery, and other products whose manufacturing generates mercury pollution, but such countries are spared from exposure.

According to the authors, strategies to tackle mercury exposure should include both production-side controls and demand-side measures, including consumption taxes to influence consumer behaviour.

“Through investigation of a longer chain of the global biogeochemical Hg cycle from economic production to human health, international cooperation on Hg control strategies in the Minamata Convention can be facilitated,” they pointed out in the article.

To reach these conclusions, Zhencheng’s team traced the element through international trade routes from sites of pollution to exposure in the environment and accounted for the resulting human health impacts. The scientists then linked a mercury emission inventory, a global multi-regional input-output model, a coupled atmosphere-land-ocean-ecosystem model, and an exposure-risk-valuation model to investigate the global biogeochemical mercury cycle.
https://www.mining.com/scientists-unveil-role-of-global-trade-in-mercury-exposure/

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I've consulted with my new $GDXJ A.I. tool friend who I named (It)

Seeking his expertise and (It ) said traders must be wise and look through the Bullsh(it) ! Hehe

That you must sneak around the banking bulls and always buy the belly lows

[JD400]

Massive FAKE Silver Scam Operation - BUYER BEWARE

Silver Dragons

May 12, 2023 #silverstacking #silvercoins #silver

In this video I talk about all of the fake silver that is now flooding into the bullion marketplace. This massive silver scam has been going on for years, but it is getting worse. The new fake silver coins are much better than the old fake silver coins. I talk about all of the fake American Silver Eagle coins that are now out there. It is illegal to sell these fake silver coins, but the companies from China don't care. Many people have been scammed by these fake bullion dealers and I want to put the word out there. I have seen fake silver bars, fake silver coins, and fake silver bullion before , but never anything this good before. The fake silver eagle that I purchased weighed correctly, was not magnetic, and even had the silver eagle security feature duplicated. The silver eagle did not end up being silver I believe it is made out of copper and silver plated. Please share this video so less people out there will be scammed in the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT8zAmPGI5I

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MORNING STUFF

Good morning and Welcome to the M+M

Thanks for kicking it with us :)

Our front page is loaded check it out

Have a Good one everybody

and hope the creek don't rise !

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MARKET MOVERS

COMPANY +CHANGE% LAST TRADE

Contango ORE +2.39 9.56% $27.40
Cameco 1.87 5.14 $38.24
Atlas Lithium 1.15 5.39 $22.50
Standard Lithium 0.84 17.91 $5.53
Ivanhoe Electric 0.65 3.85 $17.53
Endeavour Mining 0.63 1.88 $34.09
Torex Gold Resources 0.49 2.43 $20.68
Energy Fuels 0.44 5.45 $8.52
Patriot Battery Metals 0.36 2.24 $16.44
Seabridge Gold 0.36 1.96 $18.73
Perpetua Resources 0.33 5.10 $6.80
Lithium Americas 0.24 0.80 $30.30
Alamos Gold 0.20 1.16 $17.37
NovaGold Resources 0.17 2.34 $7.42
Los Andes Copper 0.15 1.22 $12.45

HIGH VOLUME

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Lundin Mining 3,806,858 $10.39
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B2Gold 2,241,202 $5.27
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Hycroft Mining 1,786,959 $0.37
GoviEx Uranium 1,778,982 $0.14
Capstone Copper 1,722,817 $5.49
Emerita Resources 1,709,453 $0.53
Cameco 1,679,318 $38.24

NEW / DUAL LISTINGS
European Energy Metals Announces Listing on Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Denarius Metals Commences Trading on the OTCQX Market in the United States
Canadian North Resources Begins Trading on OTCQX Under the Symbol “CNRSF”
Golden Tag Resources Announces Frankfurt Stock Exchange Listing
Ximen Mining to Start Trading on the Gettex Exchange in Germany

MERGERS / ACQUISITIONS
Silvercorp Metals Announces Non-Binding Term Sheet for Proposed Acquisition of Celsius
Newmont Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Newcrest
Allkem and Livent to Create a Leading Global Integrated Lithium Chemicals Producer
Fortuna Silver Mines to strengthen its presence in West Africa
Steppe Gold Signs Arrangement Agreement to Acquire Anacortes Mining


Copper dealt blow in battle for critical mineral status in the US

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has told congressmen and senators that copper has not reached the status of critical minerals needed to be added to the official list of commodities at risk of undersupply, the Copper Development Association (CDA) said.

The USGS decision comes despite some high-ranking political allies throwing their support behind the local copper sector.

Continues here >>>> https://www.mining.com/copper-loses-battle-in-fight-for-critical-mineral-status-in-the-us/

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Stocks took a dive today.

Rinse follows wash.

Was on, wax off.

Gold and silver were hit hard on the NY open but managed to take back a lot of those losses into the afternoon close.

Option expiration on deck. What a coincidence.

VIX rose.

The Dollar moved slightly higher.

Yields fluctuated after initially moving higher.

The oligarchy is audacious.

Have a pleasant evening.
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Book~Agartha, the Hidden Civilization of Inner Earth | Truth or Lore

There's an ancient mystery of connected tunnels across the world... could these paths lead to the legendary Hollow Earth kingdom Agartha deep under the Himalayas? Who (or what) lives in Agartha? What kind of lost knowledge might they hide from mankind?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5FQRGfPy8I

The Kingdom of Agarttha: A Journey into the Hollow Earth Paperback – Illustrated, August 14, 2008
https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Agarttha-Journey-Hollow-Earth/dp/1594772681?crid=2IMWJYOJ99PHI&dchild=1&keywords=alexandre+saint-yves+d%27alveydre&qid=1612015848&sprefix=alexandre+sa,aps,161&sr=8-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=makecontactll-20&linkId=8695c3ef7fb18240b86699bac67a9db2&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

Reminded me of that $STRRF Flin Flons Sunless City novel
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=171826108
Maybe this Agarttha history was the inspiration

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$STRRF Despite a tough market for precious metal exploration companies, $Canadian
Gold Corp. (TSX:CGC) interim president and CEO Ian Ball said he has a plan to attract
investors.

Podcasts Link: Abitibi Royalties' Ian Ball returns with a new company

Michael McCrae
Wednesday May 17, 2023 24:28
Kitco NewsShare this article:

Podcast here
https://www.kitco.com/news/2023-05-17/Abitibi-Royalties-Ian-Ball-returns-with-a-new-company.html


Flin Flon Manitoba city on a rock.
weldrene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jj8hYmG4Dk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn0KU6lsAGw&t=125s

My $STRRF A. I. tool that scans investors brain waves can tell me when investors trade before they even know it ! ...

It said investors were looking through the Debt default hype as just another political stunt !

Notes Buyers were coming back to the mining sector $GDXJ last week jumping the debt ceiling news

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It said investors were looking through the Debt default hype as just another political stunt !

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Rehypothecated Gold HELL! Live From The Vault Ep:123

Kinesis Money

May 19, 2023

In this week’s Live from the Vault, Andrew Maguire brings us up to date on the escalating battle between physical and paper gold, the current price dip, and how the trapped Federal Reserve might be able to get out of its predicament...

The precious metals expert also talks about the possibility of an upcoming US debt default, how the re-evaluation of gold could affect silver, and reports on China’s quiet decision to make gold more accessible for their nearly 1.5 billion citizens.

Timestamps

00:00 Start
01:23 What’s going on in physical vs paper?
03:40 TWO major paper inflexion points
05:45 The BIS (Bank for International Settlements) is repositioning for a higher gold price
13:40 The consequences of the Fed reevaluating gold - from a wholesale market perspective
17:25 IF gold were to be re-evaluated at $6000 an ounce - what does that mean for silver?
19:55 The Feds are at an action point - what are their options?
24:25 China is now making it much easier for its citizens to buy gold
33:40 One more bullish driver - the adoption of paper gold by a splinter group of speculators
35:20 Andrew’s gold and silver short-term predictions

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$STRRF Despite a tough market for precious metal exploration companies, Canadian Gold interim president and CEO Ian Ball said he has a plan to attract investors.

]Podcasts Link: Abitibi Royalties' Ian Ball returns with a new company

Michael McCrae
Wednesday May 17, 2023 24:28
Kitco NewsShare this article:

Podcast here
https://www.kitco.com/news/2023-05-17/Abitibi-Royalties-Ian-Ball-returns-with-a-new-company.html

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Chilean lawmakers give final approval to mining royalty reform

Reuters | May 17, 2023 | 3:29 pm Intelligence Latin America Copper

Chile government. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Chile’s lower house approved a long-awaited mining tax and royalty reform on Wednesday, which now only requires the signature of leftist President Gabriel Boric, who has publicly backed it, to become law.


The reform will require large copper miners to pay more to the government


Chile is the world’s top copper producer, and the tax and royalty overhaul for the sector is part of the Boric administration’s wider push to overhaul the country’s tax system, a key part of which was shelved by Congress in March.

With 101 votes in favor and 24 against, lawmakers approved the modifications to the mining tax and royalty bill that were approved in the Senate last week.

Under the reform, the total top tax rate will reach up to 46.5% for companies that produce over 80,000 tonnes of fine copper a year, considered a high tax rate by the industry.

It also establishes a 1% ad valorem tax on copper sales from companies whose sales exceed 50,000 tonnes of fine copper, as well as an additional tax ranging from 8% to 26%, depending on the miner’s operating margin.

(By Fabian Cambero and Carolina Pulice; Editing by David Alire Garcia)
https://www.mining.com/web/chilean-lawmakers-give-final-approval-to-mining-royalty-reform/

Bruce Springsteen - Pay Me My Money Down (The Seeger Sessions)

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Prairie Places: Flin Flon Mining -
Prairie Public
30.8K subscribers
6,544 views Oct 17, 2016
Far in the north of Manitoba is the village of Flin Flon that attracted gold seekers from across
Europe in the early 1900s who stayed to build a community around the mine that still draws
minerals from the rocky Canadian terrain. This Prairie Public Classic feature was first aired
in 1991.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CycnHfNIUaE

Canadian Gold Corp. Phase 1 Exploration Program to Begin at Tartan Mine Main
Objective: Extend High-Grade Gold at Depth Property Wide Exploration Potential Outlined
Newsfile Corp.
Fri, May 12, 2023 at 7:21 AM EDT
In this article:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/canadian-gold-corp-phase-1-112100308.html


Gold inches higher in subdued trading as unresolved issues hang over markets
Researchers predict launch of new commodities supercycle, ‘very bullish’ on gold and silver

Capitalight Research’s Tom Brady and Chantelle Schieven believe we are headed for the
boom phase of a new commodity supercycle that could last 10 to 20 years.

Gold and silver, they show, have tracked supercycle booms in the past , and, as a result,
they are “very bullish” on both metals over the long run.

“It is interesting to note,” they write, “that silver and gold prices appear to have increasingly
trended in similar patterns to those of the industrial metals, particularly since President
Nixon eliminated the backing of the US dollar with gold in 1971.
Closing the gold window thus removed a very large non-industrial buyer of gold.
Under the gold standard system, government could be counted upon to purchase mine
production en masse at set prices, regardless of industrial growth or decline in any
particular moment.
Silver, with its broadening industrial demand, has been ~75% correlated with the Industrial
Metals Index.

*ALERT!** Nations Witness SILVER & Gold Standard REEMERGENCE

Silver & Gold Stackers - DELUXE Days from Deeper Debt & Doomed Dollar - (BRICS,
Debt Ceiling, Banks)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGSt7gzQC6o

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Glencore’s Teck bid spurs call for Canada pensions to up equity stake

Reuters | May 16, 2023 | 8:55 am Intelligence Top Companies Canada Coal

Teck Resources takes restructuring plan off the table ahead of vote
Highland Valley Copper (HVC) Operations, southwest of Kamloops in British Columbia. (Image courtesy of Teck.)
Glencore’s hostile bid for Teck Resources has galvanized some Canadian institutional investors, who have lobbied the federal government to push the nation’s biggest pension funds to lift their exposure to domestic companies, according to a presentation seen by Reuters.


The previous unreported proposal is an unusual move, but mirrors the broader nationalistic sentiment at display in Canada since the Swiss miner’s unsolicited approach for one of the country’s top mining firms by market value.


Politicians and business lobby groups have asked the federal government to block the $22.5 billion bid and Ottawa has said Glencore would face rigorous scrutiny.

Canada’s large pension funds are globally known investors, managing more than $1 trillion of savings, but their exposure to domestic equities has steadily declined over the past decade since Canadian equity markets represent just 3% of the global equity market. The Canadian pension funds have benchmarked their investments to that level, according to the presentation.

Australian pension funds have invested about 50% of their total assets in domestic equities, according to the presentation.

Last month, Teck pulled its proposal to split the company into separate coal and copper businesses after failing to secure shareholders’ support.

China Investment Corp is Teck’s single-biggest institutional investor with a 10.3% stake, and Norway’s wealth fund, Norges Bank, owns 1.52%, while Canadian pensions together hold 0.78% stake, according to Refinitiv data.

Institutional investors argue, a more influential holding would have helped Teck to pull off its plan and ended Glencore’s pursuit.

Peter Letko, vice president of Letko Brosseau, a Teck investor which was in favor of the separation plan, said the absence of Canadian pensions funds’ from “critical public companies does not help the domestic economy.”

Montreal-based Lekto said he has recently written to the federal government’s finance ministry and provincial governments urging pension funds to increase their exposure in domestic market.

The finance ministry did not immediately respond to an email query.

Pensions and politics

Quebec pension fund CDPQ declined to comment on “political and legislation matters.” All other pension funds did not respond to Reuters request for comments.

Canadian pension funds represent 30% of the total financial savings of Canadians.

“Given that so much of this capital is directed towards international investment, it risks not contributing to Canada’s economic growth,” Letko added.

Not everyone, however, agrees with this approach.

Michael Osborne, a competition lawyer at law firm Cozen O’Connor, said the more you interfere with Canadian pensions’ operations, “the more you put pension returns at risk.”

“We all know from our own pension savings…putting all of your investments in one country – whether it’s Canada or any other country – is a poor investment strategy.”

Still, Lekto has found some backers, including Kim Shannon, founder of Sionna Investments and former board member of Canadian Committee for Corporate Governance. Shannon added that Canadian equities have generated better returns with lower risks over the past three decades.

Letko has also found support from some business leaders.

“It is really shameful that two of the biggest pension funds invested in Teck are Chinese and Norwegian,” said Pierre Lassonde, a Canadian mining entrepreneur who offered to invest in Teck’s coal assets to thwart Glencore’s effort. Lassonde is also backing Letko’s proposal.

Clement Gignac, a Canadian senator and a veteran economist, said while it is not the “business of politicians to decide which countries do the pension funds invest in,” the industry as a whole should improve disclosures about where Canadians savings are invested.

(By Divya Rajagopal and Maiya Keidan; Editing by Denny Thomas and Marguerita Choy)
https://www.mining.com/web/glencores-teck-bid-spurs-call-for-canada-pensions-to-up-equity-stake/

Simon & Garfunkel - The Dangling Conversation

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(Peeling Back Time) The First Coin

Tonight with help from Classical Numismatics we can Peel Back Time and see The First Coin

We go all the way back, to the FIRST coin ever.

In this video, lets go over some of the basic concepts about money, how coins represent a step up from just doing commerce with metals, and look at some cool historical facts about the birth of coinage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5GKiwBERLc


Educational purposes only
Peeling Back Time...Eph 5 ...5/10/2023

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