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Coeur Mining, (Coeur or the Company) (NYSE: CDE) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement (the Arrangement Agreement) to acquire privately-owned JDS Silver Holdings, Ltd. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, JDS Silver (JDS Silver), which owns the high-grade silver-zinc-lead Silvertip mine (Silvertip) located in northern British Columbia, Canada, adding a sixth producing mine to Coeur's North American-focused platform. Under the Arrangement Agreement, the Company will pay initial consideration of US$200 million, consisting of US$146.5 million of cash, US$38.5 million of Coeur shares (approximately 4.3 million new shares), and will assume US$15 million in existing debt. Additional [...]

Coins celebrating the platinum wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh take center stage this month at the Perth Mint of Australia. Also appearing in September are lunar... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Los Andes Copper Ltd. (TSXV:LA)is very pleased to announce the results of drill holes V2017-04, V2015-08Ex (extension of last year's V2015-08) and V2017-05. Following the results already published for the 2017 campaign, these results not only further support the presence of higher grade mineralization in the project's central core, but extend presence of high grade mineralization to the north of the existing central core, to areas categorized as either waste or low grade in the old geological model. The key results from these holes are: V2017-04: 90.0 m @ 0.51 % Cu, 127 ppm Mo and 1.6 g/t Ag (0.56 [...]

Bitcoin falls 20% as Mobius and Chinese regulators warn Cryptocurrencies are beginning to get out of control warns respected investor Mark Mobius Mobius believes governments will begin to clamp down on cryptocurrencies sparking rush to gold Yesterday China's PBOC ruled Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) are illegal and all related activity to halt China is home to majority of bitcoin miners Paris Hilton latest celebrity to support an ICO Gold's return of 16% YTD look 'dull' or 'stable'? Bitcoin fell 23%, now down 16% from $5,000 high Editor: Mark O'Byrne Bitcoin in USD 1 Year (Coindesk) An ICO unregulated issuances of [...]

Safe haven gold extends rally to 11-month high after North Korea nuke test and U.S. warns of 'massive' response Asian and European stocks fall, bonds flat, gold, silver, palladium, Swiss franc riseas Korea tensions flare asNorth Korea tests 'hydrogen bomb' North Korea prepares for possible ICBM launch says S. Korea U.S. warns of 'massive,' 'overwhelming' military response to North Korea after meeting with Trump Trump weighing new economic sanctions that target China Gold is consolidating above the $1,300/ozkey resistance level and building on 4% gain seen in August Relative Performance (1 Day) Finviz.com Safe haven gold continued to eke out [...]

The Stack's Bowers auction held in conjunction with the 3rd Hong Kong Coin Show garnered more than $4.2 million (all values in US$) in prices realized across the paper money, vintage, and modern coin sessions. Chinese vintage and early Hong Kong coins were the clear standouts, with many of the lots selling well above the auction house high estimate. Two astounding results were for two examples of the same coin: a rare silver 5 cent piece from Hunan Province. The first, certified AU55 by NGC sold for $60,000 against a high estimate of $7,000 and the second piece, graded NGC [...]

Precious metals futures climbed for a second straight session Friday, scoring sharp weekly gains. Gold notched a new, more than 11-month high, silver settled at its best price in over 4 months, and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

As the majority of the national rare coin dealers gather in Long Beach for the final expo there of 2017, much has been written in the aftermath of the ANA World's Fair of Money regarding final results and attendance. All coin shows face an uphill battle to bring people in the door-with the exception of possibly the January FUN show-for a variety of reasons. We are of the opinion that there should be fewer national shows each year. Reducing the current 11-12 major shows to 5-6 would lead to greater anticipation and less expense for attending dealers. By way of [...]

Metal Tiger (LON:MTR), the London Stock Exchange AIM listed investor in strategic natural resource opportunities, is pleased to provide an update regarding the Company's Joint Venture (JV) project with partners MOD Resources (ASX:MOD) in the Kalahari Copper Belt in Botswana (70% MOD Resources / 30% Metal Tiger). Metal Tiger also holds 95,543,934 MOD shares, equivalent to 5.049% of MOD's issued share capital and 1,541,667 MOD warrants at an exercise price of 6 cents (Australian). Activities in Botswana are conducted under the JV's local operating company Tshukudu Metals Botswana. Highlights: JV partners set regional exploration budget at AUD 10M for 12 [...]