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Los Andes Copper Ltd. (TSXV:LA) (“Los Andes”, or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Ricardo Palma C. as Vice President of Development for the Company as well as Executive President for Compañia Minera Vizcachitas Holding, Los Andes's operating subsidiary in Chile. Mr Palma is a Mining Engineer with over 40 years experience. Prior to Los Andes, he was General Manager (Division CEO) of Codelco's Andina Division, which is located in the same region as Vizcachitas. Before joining Andina, Mr Palma was the Country Manager in Chile for Yamana Gold, and worked on Barrick Gold's Pascua-Lama and [...]

Silver's Positive Fundamentals Due To Strong Demand In Key Growth Industries – Increased efforts in green energy and advanced technology set to boosts silver's demand – Four-year supply deficit set to increase due to fewer mine openings and discoveries – Bank manipulation may be why silver under performing – TD Securities and the Bank of Montreal expect silver to be best performing precious metal in 2018 – Growing industrial demand combined with monetary safe haven makes silver an excellent diversifier The beauty of silver is its dual role. It is both a monetary metal and an industrial metal. Because of [...]

The Tyrant Collection is to be displayed in a multi-year series of exhibits at the Long Beach Expo (Beverly Hills, California) November 27, 2017 – The existence of a previously unreported collection of the world's most famous and valuable ancient, world and United States rare coins is being revealed for the first time.  The Tyrant Collection, which includes a treasured 1937 Edward VIII proof set, will be publicly displayed over the course of several years through a series of exhibits at upcoming Long Beach Expo conventions. Ptolemy IV gold octodrachm: A masterpiece of Hellenistic art and one of only two [...]

Dolly Varden Silver (TSX.V: DV | U.S.: DOLLF) (the “Company” or “Dolly Varden”) is pleased to announce results from the eighth batch of drill holes of the 2017 program on the Dolly Varden Silver Project in the Golden Triangle of northwestern British Columbia. This includes two more holes into the discovery of an eastern fault-offset continuation of the Torbrit Deposit called Torbrit East. In addition, a new zone named Beginners Luck marks a fourth discovery target for the year. Hole DV17-078, drilled in the Torbrit East area, intercepted two zones, with the Upper Zone yielding a core length of 13.00 metres [...]

Castle Silver Resources Inc. (TSXV:CSR, OTC: TAKRF, FRANKFURT: 4T9B) (the “Company” or “CSR”) is pleased to announce that ongoing underground sampling has returned high-grade cobalt from additional areas on the first level of the Castle mine near Gowganda, Ontario. Highlights are as follows (see table below for complete results): 3.1% cobalt in sample CSR-UG-T-2 (mini-bulk) 1.04% cobalt in sample CSR-UG-T-3 (mini-bulk) 2.3% cobalt in sample CSR-17-10 (composite from the two mini-bulk samples) More samples have been submitted for assaying. Areas prospective for cobalt mineralization were recently highlighted through XRF analysis of the extensive first level workings at Castle.  Current sampling is designed [...]

An Interview with GoldCore Founder, Mark O'Byrne “Uber-bull predictions of gold at over $5,000 per ounce are not beyond the realms of possibility…” So says GoldCore founder and self-confessed gold bug, Mark O'Byrne. Indeed, I recently caught up with Mark to get his thoughts on gold and what's going on with it right now… But before we got to the nitty-gritty, I started by asking him a little about his background: GLENN: How long have you been in the gold business, Mark? MARK: Well, I founded GoldCore more than 14 years ago and it's been my passion and a huge [...]

Castle Silver Resources Inc. (TSXV:CSR, OTC: TAKRF, FRANKFURT: 4T9B) (the “Company” or “CSR”) is pleased to announce that ongoing underground sampling has returned high-grade cobalt from additional areas on the first level of the Castle mine near Gowganda, Ontario. Highlights are as follows (see table below for complete results): 3.1% cobalt in sample CSR-UG-T-2 (mini-bulk) 1.04% cobalt in sample CSR-UG-T-3 (mini-bulk) 2.3% cobalt in sample CSR-17-10 (composite from the two mini-bulk samples) More samples have been submitted for assaying. Areas prospective for cobalt mineralization were recently highlighted through XRF analysis of the extensive first level workings at Castle.  Current sampling is designed [...]

Reports from multiple dealers we spoke to reflected an upbeat outlook after the conclusion of the Whitman Baltimore Expo. From the beginning of the show wholesale trading was robust, as dealers in general seem to need quality coins for inventory. This demand bodes well heading into 2018. Low public attendance at coin shows has been a recurring theme in recent years, and while the crowd at the Baltimore expo was not large, those collectors that were there were buying, as a few dealers reported strong retail sales. The Stack's Bowers Baltimore auction was large and prices were very strong for [...]

– 'Technical issue' at Fidelity temporarily blocks access to online accounts and halts online trading – Fidelity is 3rd largest brokerage by client assets: $1.7 trillion at the end of 2016 – NatWest, RBS, Ulster Bank  have experienced online banking “issues” in November – Clients left without access to funds & failed payments & little to no recourse – Social media exposing the banks' and online trading platforms' shortcomings – Reminder that online accounts can be rendered non-viable and vulnerability of absolute dependence and digital cash, digital gold etc Editor: Mark O'Byrne Yesterday, customers of Fidelity, the third largest brokerage in the world, [...]