In recent years, the global oil market has been impacted significantly by COVID-19 disruptions, price wars between oil-producing nations, Russia’s war in Ukraine and the conflicts in the Middle East. Just as oil demand was rebounding as COVID-19 lockdowns eased worldwide, pushing prices higher, Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine set in, sending oil skyrocketing. However,...

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index (INDEXTSI:JX) fell 2.87 percent on the week to close at 603.95 on Friday (November 1). Meanwhile, the S&P/TSX Composite Index (INDEXTSI:OSPTX) was down 0.82 percent to 24,255.16. Statistics Canada released its August GDP figures on Thursday (October 31). The data indicated GDP remained flat following a 0.1 percent increase in...

Ora Gold Limited (ASX: OAU, “Ora” or the “Company”) is pleased to report assay results from infill RC drilling at the Crown Prince Project (M51/886) part of Ora’s broader Garden Gully tenure (Figure 1). Highlights Ora has received assays for a 7,500m, 66-hole infill RC drilling program at Crown Prince. This drilling was undertaken to...

The World Gold Council (WGC) has released its latest Gold Demand Trends report, saying that total demand for the yellow metal was up 5 percent year-on-year in Q3, reaching a new third quarter record. The overall value of demand was up 35 percent year-on-year, surpassing US$100 billion for the first time. Global gold exchange-traded fund...

Cardiex Limited (ASX:CDX) (the “Company”) is pleased to report its activities during the September quarter 2024. Highlights: Manufacturing of the initial 8,000 CONNEQT Pulse units commenced with the expected arrival of units in the USA late-November/early December. Pulse waitlist now exceeds 20,000 with activities now focused on sales conversion. Completed clinical validation study of wearable...

Horizon Minerals Limited (ASX: HRZ) (Horizon) and Poseidon Nickel Limited (ASX: POS) (Poseidon) have entered into a scheme implementation deed (Scheme Implementation Deed) pursuant to which they have agreed to a merger to be conducted by way of Schemes of Arrangement under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act), whereby Horizon will acquire 100% of...

Although the final ballot was cast on October 19, BC’s 43rd provincial election was so close in several ridings that a tally of 22,000 absentee ballots was needed to decide the winner. With 47 seats required in provincial parliament to form government, incumbent David Eby and the New Democratic Party (NDP) narrowly took control. The...

Heavy Rare Earths Limited (“HRE” or “the Company”) announces assay results from initial reference sampling at its Radium Hill project in South Australia. The Company recently announced it had acquired an 80% initial interest in the uranium rights on three projects from Havilah Resources Limited (Figure 1) (refer to ASX announcement 21 October 2024). These...

CleanTech Lithium PLC (AIM:CTL, Frankfurt:T2N, OTCQX:CTLHF), an exploration and development company advancing sustainable lithium projects in Chile, is pleased to update that the industrial forward osmosis (‘iFO’) unit has arrived and is being installed at the facilities of Condutive Energy in Chicago, USA, where concentrated eluate from the Company´s pilot plant will be converted into...

Uranium prices slid lower during the third quarter, sinking from US$85.68 per pound at the start of July to US$81.76 by the end of the September. All in all the energy commodity shed 4.58 percent. While prices briefly fell as low as US$78.83 in late August, for most of the quarter they remained above the...