The copper price moved significantly during the first quarter with momentum that carried it to an all time high on the COMEX of US$5.26 per pound on March 26. The rally in prices was driven by uncertainty in global financial markets due to the threat of tariffs from the United…
Chibougamau Copper-Gold Project, Canada HIGHLIGHTS: Drilling at ‘Golden Eye’ has returned shallow high-grade gold up to 9.1g/t Au in first assays with an intersection of: 3.3m @ 6.6g/t Au from just 131.7m including 2.3m @ 9.1g/t Au (LDR-25-05) Golden Eye was last drilled in the early 1990s when gold was…
Chinese online retailer Temu, whose “Shop like a billionaire” marketing campaign made its way to last year’s Super Bowl, has dramatically slashed its online ad spending in the U.S. and seen its ranking in Apple’s App Store plunge following President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on trade partners. Temu, which is owned by Chinese e-commerce giant PDD…
Epic things are coming to Orlando. In a little more than a month, Universal will officially open the doors of its newest theme park, the first major theme park in the Florida area in 25 years, spurring a major shift in Orlando’s tourism industry. Epic Universe is the largest of all Universal…
France said Tuesday it was expelling 12 Algerian diplomatic officials a day after Algeria announced the expulsion of the same number of French officials in escalating tensions between the two countries. Algeria said Monday that its expulsion of 12 French officials was over the arrest of an Algerian consular official…
Four journalists linked to the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny were sentenced to spend five years and six months in a penal colony on Tuesday, after they were accused of working for a banned organization run by the Kremlin critic, Russian state media TASS has reported. The reporters –…
Israeli ministers have redoubled their attacks on the embattled head of the country’s security agency, claiming he is undermining the government with a politically motivated investigation into a Shin Bet agent. The agent, who has not been named, was arrested last Wednesday on suspicion of committing security-related offenses. Police say…
Several French prisons were attacked overnight in response to government efforts to clamp down on drug trafficking, senior officials said on Tuesday, as authorities grapple with what they have called a “tsunami” of cocaine coming into the country. Unknown assailants fired automatic weapons at the prison in the southern city…
Ecuador has been requesting foreign military support for months, saying that its fight against gangs is a “transnational war” that requires the contribution of multiple countries. Noboa said that while his administration “would love to have” US forces in Ecuador, he insisted that they would not be out patrolling the…
Peru’s former First Lady Nadine Heredia requested asylum at the Brazilian Embassy in Lima on Tuesday, the same day she and her husband, former President Ollanta Humala, were sentenced to 15 years in prison on money laundering charges. The embassy informed Peru that Heredia had arrived Tuesday morning, according to…