Good morning, Some news of note on a day when Syria is heating up, with Turkish fighter jets shooting down a Russian warplane the NATO member says ventured into its air space. The international incident comes after reports that much of the oil being produced on ISIS-controlled territory – both Russia and the U.S. have been… Continue Reading

Shares of gold miners B2Gold, Endeavour Mining and Randgold slid in Friday trading in the aftermath of a terrorist attack and hostage-taking at a Western hotel in the Mali capital of Bamako that killed at least 27 people. The producers are among mining companies with operations in the west African country. B2Gold had two employees staying… Continue Reading

Rick Rule on BNN Market Call (November 12, 2015) Rick Rule, chairman of Sprott Global, made an appearance on BNN Market Call last night discussing precious metals stocks. BNN host Catherine Murray sat in for regular host Mark Bunting. Rule said that weak global demand is the cause of the price slide in many commodities. For investors with… Continue Reading

A look at a few of the mining press releases out this morning that caught my eye with some additional comments. B2Gold – (BTO:TSX) -B2Gold is out with second quarter production results of 121,566 ounces. BTO is one of he fastest growing mid tier producers and hopes to grow production from 380,000 in 2014 to… Continue Reading

News on Friday includes Q1 financials from Osisko Royalties and B2Gold. Osisko Royalties (OR:TSX) – First quarter net earnings of $10.2 million (15 cents per share) for Osisko royalty shareholders. The $10.6 million in revenue was all from the 5% NSR royalty held on the Canadian Malartic Mine. Revenue from Goldcorp’s newly producing Eleonore mine have… Continue Reading

Several interesting mining news releases today. Here are a couple of the ones that caught my eye and some of my own comments. B2Gold (BTO:TSX) – B2Gold has achieved commercial production ahead of schedule at its newest mine Otjikoto in Nambia. The mine is expected to between 140,000-150,000 ounces at an all in sustaining cash cost… Continue Reading

B2Gold (BTO.T) is one of the latest companies to come out with 2014 production results and 2015 production guidance. B2Gold will be growing production in 2015 by 35% which is the highest growth I have seen out of any company in 2015. The majority of the growth will come from the newly commissioned Otjikoto mine… Continue Reading