Major Indices Roll Over While Metals Remain Strong
Welcome to Mining Stock Daily. This is your host, Kylie Williams, standing in for Trevor Hall
Today is Tuesday, May 11th.
On Monday gold rose another $6 from Friday's close while silver was flat and the mining stocks were largely flat to down slightly. The Mining Stock Journal said, both a weak stock market on Monday combined with the probability of a technical pullback in the precious metals sector after last week's big move higher likely is the basis for the tepid trading action on Monday. The newsletter did caution though, that the entire stock market looks fragile and a big sell-off will affect the precious metals adversely during the initial period of any prospective broad stock market draw down. That said,after the initial gap lower in the market, the mining stock newsletter said that in a big market sell-off scenario, gold and silver will get a flight to safety bid and start to move higher. In turn this will trigger a rally in the mining stocks. For examples of this market dynamic, study the October 2008 - April 2009 time period. In addition, the precious metals sector began to stage a recovery ahead of the general stock market after the big sell-off in March 2020. The Mining Stock Journal will be using any prospective sell-off in the stock market that affects mining stocks adversely to add to mining stock positions.
We’ll get to the news out of the miners and explorers here in just a quick moment, but first a quick mention of today’s sponsor.
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And here’s what you need to know this morning.
Northern Vertex has initiated a seven-hole drill program to follow up on and expand known mineralization on the regional West Oatman Trend. The West Oatman vein system runs parallel to the Moss vein and has similar characteristics. Previous drilling has defined mineralization along approximately one kilometer of strike. Mineralization remains open along strike and at depth. The drill program is designed to follow up on recent and historic drilling which returned multiple significant intercepts including 53.34 meters of .81 g/t gold and 14.77 g/t silver. The West Oatman drill program is expected to run in parallel with ongoing brownfields exploration in and around the Moss Mine, including the high-grade Ruth Vein. Northern Vertex trades on the TSX Venture with NEE and on the OTC with NHVCF. News Release
Calibre Mining provided an extensive update to the company’s 2021 drilling program. Highlighting both exploration and infill holes at high-grade underground targets within the Company's producing Limon Mine Complex, results included 4.85 g/t gold over 5.5 meters and 13.35 g/t gold over 3.2 meters from the Atravesada and Veta Nueva underground. At Panteon and Santa Pancha 1 Underground, the company returned 13.42 g/t gold over 2 meters and 12.58 g/t gold over 1.8 meters. CEO Darren Hall said in the press release, Since the discovery of the Panteon deposit in 2020, he is pleased with the resource growth potential and the teams' ability to advance development, putting the company in a position to commence high-grade ore production this quarter, all within 12 months of discovery. Calibre Mining trades on the TSX with CXB and on the OTCQX with CXBMF. News Release
Montage Gold reported additional results from its ongoing infill drill program on the Koné Gold Project, located in northwest Côte d'Ivoire. Results included 22.25 g/t gold over 4.95 meters, within a 200 meter interval grading 1.51 g/t. The drill program is 78% complete and the PEA is anticipated by mid May. The company also mentioned they are dropping the name Morondo and sticking with the Koné going forward. Montage Gold trades on the TSX Venture with MAU. News Release
Clarity Gold has purchased surface rights of of two lots for a resulting total area of approximately 82 hectares over a key portion of the Destiny Project in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt in Quebec. The surface rights cover the core of the historic work and were purchased from a local family in the region. Securing these surface rights will allow the company to work efficiently and provide security to advance the project. Clarity Gold trades on the CSE with CLAR and on the OTC with CLGCF. News Release
First Cobalt has also increased its land position surrounding the Iron Creek Project in Idaho, more than doubling the size. By acquiring mining claims to the west of its existing cobalt-copper project, the Company expanded its land package to over 1,600 hectares. Known as the West Fork property, it consists of 103 exploration claims and was acquired from DG Resource Management for a combination of cash and 250,000 shares. The seller retained a 1% net smelter royalty, half of which may be purchased by the Company for C$750,000, with First Cobalt also retaining a right of first refusal for the sale of the remaining 0.5%. First Cobalt trades on the TSX Venture with FCC and on the OTCQX with FTSSF. News Release
Sun Summit Minerals reported initial drill results from its fully funded, 2021 exploration program on its Buck Property, central B.C. Assays from five of the 18 completed holes are reported. Results included 31.6 g/t gold over 4 meters, including 246 g/t gold over a half meter. Broad zones of bulk-tonnage material was also intersected at the Horsehoe Zone, including .78 g/t gold over 186 meters and .81 g/t gold over 70 meters. Sun Summit trades on the TSX Venture with SMN and on the OTC with SMREF. News Release
That’s it for the news briefing this morning. We’ll be back later today with more news and interviews.
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