China will end a two-decade-old platinum tax rebate for its state-owned importer, potentially opening the market for new entrants. According to a Bloomberg report, the Ministry of Finance announced that effective November 1, it will begin collecting a 13 percent value-added tax (VAT) on sales of domestically produced and imported platinum, including imports of platinum jewelry. The change effectively dismantles ...
Surface Metals Inc. (CSE: SUR,OTC:SURMF) (OTCQB: SURMF) (the ‘Company’, or ‘Surface Metals’) announced today a non-brokered private placement financing of up to 4,000,000 units (the ‘Units’) at $0.20 CAD per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $800,000 CAD (the ‘Offering’). Each Unit will be comprised of one (1) common share and one-half of one transferable common share purchase ...
Believed to be breakthrough marking first domestically sourced and refined antimony metal in decades, validating a 100% American made mine-to-metal supply chain that advance U.S. national objectives ahead of Australia and United States Meetings in Washington DC this week Locksley Resources Ltd. (ASX: LKY,OTC:LKYRF; OTCQX: LYRF), announced the company has achieved a significant milestone with the production of a 100% ...
Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Monday (October 20) as of 9:00 a.m. UTC. Get the latest insights on Bitcoin, Ether and altcoins, along with a round-up of key cryptocurrency market news. Bitcoin and Ether price update Bitcoin (BTC) was priced at US$111,087, a 3.2 percent decrease in 24 hours. Its lowest valuation of the day was ...
TSX:FVL,OTC:FGOVF OTCQX: FGOVF Highlights: • GS2520 8.18 g/t Au over 18m 2.38g/t Au over 104.6m incl 4.0g/t Au over 34.4m • GS2506 1.62 g/t Au over 45.7m • GS2507 1.07g/t Au over 99m • GS2512 1.33 g/t Au over 59.4m The width refers to drill hole intercepts; true width cannot be determined due to the uncertain geometry of mineralization ...
Ontario is moving to overhaul how it approves new mines, launching a new framework aimed at cutting permitting times in half and boosting investment in the province’s critical minerals sector. The “One Project, One Process” (1P1P) system, announced Friday (October 17) by the Ministry of Energy and Mines, promises a coordinated, single-window approach to approvals for advanced exploration and mine ...
Vince Lanci of Echobay Partners explains what’s driving silver’s record-setting price run. According to Lanci, who is also a professor at the University of Connecticut and publisher of the GoldFix newsletter on Substack, the London market is facing a liquidity crisis as nations that would typically sell or lend their silver choose to keep the metal at home. Securities Disclosure: ...
MAVERIC Phase III pivotal trial of orphan drug candidate CardiolRx in recurrent pericarditis is fully funded through to a planned New Drug Application submission with the FDA. New data from the ARCHER trial, highlighting the magnitude of reduction in left ventricular (LV) mass and the read through to heart failure, to be presented at a cardiology conference in November 2025. ...
The Government of Ontario started taking applications for resource development projects under its “One Project, One Process” framework on Friday (October 17). The new process, which Ontario lawmakers introduced in the spring, promises to streamline and reduce the permitting time for selected projects by at least half, introducing a dedicated office to consolidate applications. Under the current system, the permitting ...
This week was marked by strong, event-driven volatility across the tech sector. Market moves were shaped by artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure announcements, semiconductor earnings, signals of macroeconomic stress and escalating tensions between the US and China. Effects of the US government shutdown, coupled with renewed trade tensions between the world’s largest tech markets, weighed on global equities. Quarterly results from ...