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Shocked By Yellen This Week? AGORACOM Unequivocal History Of Calling Lower US 10-Year Treasury Yields

Posted by AGORACOM at 7:23 AM on Friday, March 18th, 2016

If you were surprised by Janet Yellen and the US Federal Reserve back tracking on their interest rate hiking policy on Wednesday, you shouldn’t have been … not if you’ve been following AGORACOM. See my track record of calls following this commentary.

The real question is, where to from here?  The answers are as follows:

1.  If left to the US Federal Reserve, they simply don’t have the data to back up their talk of meaningful interest rate hikes.  They’ve already raised rates .25% on the premise that “we’re no longer in the financial crisis of 2008” … but what they fail to understand OR admit is that we’re not in 2008 due to extraordinary measures of Central Banks around the world.  Take those away and we’re right back in the rabbit hole.  As such, the Fed may raise another .25% later this year just to save face – but that’s it.

2.  If left to Treasury / Bond investors, the following picture speaks 1,000 words … or 100 basis points.  Take a look at the 10-Year yields of nations immediately above and below the United States.  Which way do you think they’re going to go?  Personally speaking, 1.87% looks pretty fat relatively speaking.  Especially on a risk-reward basis where I could only do better if I take on the risk of China and Portugal in a blend with Australia and New Zealand.  No, thanks.  I would be buying the US 10-Year all day long …. and that means lower yields.

Conclusion – if Janet and the Fed fail to maintain their new hike schedule in 2016, the US 10-Year falls to 1.00% on a bullet.  In the meantime, you’ve got to be bullish precious metals, commodities and small cap resource stocks, bearish $USD

 

Do I know what the hell I’m talking about?  Am I playing armchair quarterback? Flux capacitor analyst?  Not a chance.  Here are approximately 20 consistent calls we’ve made on the direction of interest rates and US Treasuries since September 2012.

 

SEPTEMBER 2012

AUGUST 2014

NOVEMBER 2012

APRIL 2013

OCTOBER 2013

SEPTEMBER 2014

OCTOBER 2014

DECEMBER 2014

JANUARY 2015

FEBRUARY 2015

MAY 2015

AUGUST 2015

OCTOBER 2015

JANUARY 2016

FEBRUARY 2016

MARCH 2016

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Uragold Carbon Footprint From Impending Solar Grade Silicon Metal Process Estimated 75% Lower Than Conventional Siemens Process

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 4:11 PM on Tuesday, March 15th, 2016

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GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS LOWERED BY 75%

  • Announced the results of a carbon footprint analysis evaluating the environmental impact of its PUREVAP(TM) QVR process versus the conventional Siemens1 process to make polycrystalline solar-grade (Sg) Silicon Metal
  • The analysis2 shows that the PUREVAP(TM) QVR process would generate 14.1 kg CO2 eq/Kg SG Si, while the Siemens process normally generates 54.0 kg CO2 eq/Kg SG Si of emissions. This represents 3.8 times, or 75% fewer greenhouse gas emissions, which is justified by elimination of the emissions emanating from the use of chemicals, as well as, energy consumption from the additional purification step.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada / March 15, 2016 – Uragold (TSX Venture: UBR) is pleased to announce the results of a carbon footprint analysis evaluating the environmental impact of its PUREVAP(TM) QVR process versus the conventional Siemens1 process to make polycrystalline solar-grade (Sg) Silicon Metal.

The study was conducted by PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (“PCI”), a clean-Tech company that designs, develops, manufacture and commercializes plasma waste-to-energy systems, plasma torch products and the PUREVAP(TM) Quartz Vaporization Reactor (QVR).

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS LOWERED BY 75% – SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGES

The analysis2 shows that the PUREVAP(TM) QVR process would generate 14.1 kg CO2 eq/Kg SG Si, while the Siemens process normally generates 54.0 kg CO2 eq/Kg SG Si of emissions. This represents 3.8 times, or 75% fewer greenhouse gas emissions, which is justified by elimination of the emissions emanating from the use of chemicals, as well as, energy consumption from the additional purification step. (See Figure 1)


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Figure 1 Carbon footprint comparison (1: PCI process, 2: Siemens process)

Bernard Tourillon, Chairman and CEO of Uragold Stated: “Reducing the carbon footprint of manufacturing Sg Si by 75% opens up Uragold to Green and Cleantech investment funds. Furthermore, eliminating approximately 40,000 Ton of CO2 eq/per Ton SG Si produced could represent an opportunity for Uragold to benefit from carbon tax credits and incentive funding for green technologies.”

Tourillon further stated: “In addition to the Carbon footprint reduction, Uragold is going to replace the traditional toxic process with a one step direct transformation of Quartz into Sg Si using the PyroGenesis PUREVAP(TM) QVR process, thereby providing a green manufacturing process for the Solar industry. This is important because – In addition to be energy heavy process – it is a well-kept secret that the traditional manufacturing process to make Sg Si is not a very environmentally friendly process. Specifically, three to four tons of silicon tetrachloride (a very toxic compound) is generated for every ton of polysilicon produced.

Study Methodology

The environmental advantages of the PUREVAP(TM) QVR are demonstrated by comparing its theoretical carbon footprint with the baseline process.

Key Hypothesis

Table 1 Explanation of carbon footprint study boundaries

Description Reference – PyroGenesis Reference – Baseline case
Procurement Operations for extracting the quartz and the reducing agents. Analysis in FerroQuebec’s report on carbon footprint of metal silicon [5]. Analysis in FerroQuebec’s report on carbon footprint of metal silicon [5].
Quartz reduction Reduction of quartz to metallurgical-grade silicon. From theoretical mass balance. Analysis in FerroQuebec’s report on carbon footprint of metal silicon.
Electricity Electricity required for production. From theoretical heat balance and estimated furnace power. Electricity generation profile from Ecoinvent 2.2. B.S. Xakalashe and M. Tangstad. Silicon processing: from quartz to crystalline silicon solar cells [1].
Purification Refining from metallurgical-grade to solar-grade silicon. None, since it’s a one-step process. R. Glockner. M. de Wild-Scholten. Energy payback time and carbon footprint of Elkem Solar silicon [2].

Carbon footprint Calculations are summarized in Table 2

Table 2 Carbon footprint study results

PCI PUREVAPTM process Baseline process Unit
Procurement 10.6 10.6 kg CO2 eq/kg SG Si
Quartz reduction 3.54 3.68 kg CO2 eq/kg SG Si
Electricity 0.00080 0.00078 kg CO2 eq/kg SG Si
Purification – 39.8 kg CO2 eq/kg SG Si
Total 14.1 54.0 kg CO2 eq/kg SG Si

The data and results are taken from several reference articles that had done the research and calculations.

References:

  1. 1.B.S. Xakalashe. M. Tangstad. Silicon processing: from quartz to crystalline silicon solar cells. Southern African Pyrometallurgy 2011, Edited by R.T. Jones & P. den Hoed, Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Johannesburg, 6-9 March 2011.
  2. 2.R. Glockner. M. de Wild-Scholten. Energy payback time and carbon footprint of Elkem Solar silicon. 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition.
  3. 3.Rapport d’empreinte carbone du silicium metal. FerroQuebec, Usine de Port-Cartier, 25 mars 2015. http://www.bape.gouv.qc.ca/sections/mandats/usine_silicium_port-cartier/documents/PR8.1.pdf
  4. 4.Carbon emissions for hydropower : http://hydroquebec.com/sustainable-development/pdf/energy-supplies-and-air-emissions-2014.pdf
  5. 5.Carbon emissions for natural gas combustion (CHP): https://www.eia.gov/environment/emissions/co2_vol_mass.cfm
  6. 6.http://www.hydroquebec.com/generation/

About Uragold

Uragold, with its worldwide exclusive usage of PyroGenesis’ PUREVAP(TM) QVR, is endeavouring to become a vertically integrated High Purity Silicon Metal (99.99% Si), Solar Grade Silicon Metal (6N Purity / 99.9999% Si) and/or Higher (9N Purity / 99.9999999% Si) producer.

The PUREVAP(TM) QVR process’s big advantage is its one step direct transformation of Quartz into High Purity Silicon Metal (99.99% Si), Solar Grade Silicon Metal (6N Purity / 99.9999% Si) and/or Higher (9N Purity / 99.9999999% Si) producer, thereby potentially allowing Uragold to manufacture high value material for the same operating cost presently being paid by traditional producers to make Metallurgical Grade Si (98.5% Si) using the traditional arc furnace approach.

The science behind PyroGenesis PUREVAP(TM) QVR process is solid:

  • ooPlasma arc based process can and has transformed High Purity Quartz into Mg Si.
  • ooPlasma arc based process can and is being used to purify Mg Si into higher value materials such as Sg Si.
  • ooFinally, refining Mg Si using an electron-beam furnace in a high vacuum-processing environment has proven the concept of the elimination of elements whose vapor pressures are higher than that of silicon.

What is unique and ground breaking is the combination of these three proven processes into one step.

Uragold is also the largest holder of High Purity Quartz properties in Quebec, with over 3,500 Ha under claims. Despite the abundance of quartz, very few deposits are suitable for high purity applications. High Purity Quartz supplies are tightening, prices are rising, and exponential growth is forecast. Quartz from the Roncevaux property successfully passed rigorous testing protocols of a major silicon metal producer confirming that our material is highly suited for their silicon metal production.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements containing the words “may”, “plan”, “will”, “estimate”, “continue”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “expect”, “in the process” and other similar expressions which constitute “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s current expectation and assumptions, and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, our expectations regarding the acceptance of our products by the market, our strategy to develop new products and enhance the capabilities of existing products, our strategy with respect to research and development, the impact of competitive products and pricing, new product development, and uncertainties related to the regulatory approval process. Such statements reflect the current views of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and other risks detailed from time-to-time in the Company’s on-going filings with the securities regulatory authorities, which filings can be found at www.sedar.com. Actual results, events, and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements either as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

For further information contact

Bernard J. Tourillon, Chairman and CEO Tel (514) 907-1011
Patrick Levasseur, President and COO Tel: (514) 262-9239
www.uragold.com

The conventional process considers the procurement (the extraction of quartz and reducing agents), the quartz reduction in an atmospheric electric furnace followed by the chemical purification and deposition using a Siemens process deposition reactor.

2 The analysis considered the target production rate of 2,000 ton/year of SG Si as the basis for material and energy balance calculations.

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CLIENT FEATURE: American Creek (AMK: TSX-V) – Recent samples average 27,092 gm/tonne silver and 248 gm/tonne gold

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 2:56 PM on Tuesday, March 8th, 2016

AMK: TSX-V

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

  • Specimens from the structure averages 27,092 gm/tonne silver and 248 gm/tonne gold
  • Results from outcrop specimens of high grade material collected on its Electrum property from the Shiny Cliff vein on the North Face Showing Read More

Exceptional Properties

Electrum Gold-Silver Property, British Columbia – 100% owned

The Electrum property has a rich history with some of the highest grade hand-mined ore mined in North America combined with excellent logistics. The property is located directly between two high-grad vein gold/silver mines; the past producing Silbak Premier mine and Pretiums high-grade Brucejack mine (production in 2017).All three lie within the Iskut mineral district (a particularly prolific part of the Canadian Cordillera) with numerous geological similarities between them.

The Electrum Property holds significant potential to attract mining companies when considering its high-grade nature combined with the exceptional logistics in place.

  • Located in the prolific Golden Triangle of northwestern British Columbia, an area encompassing mineral rich belts that host more than 43 past producing mines including Eskay Creek, Silbak Premier, Granduc and Big Missouri.It is a hotbed of activity with one new mine having come online in 2015 (Imperial Mines Red Chris) and another scheduled for 2017 (Pretium Brucejack) and at least three more world-class mining projects headed toward production.
  • Located in a particularly rich valley with 4 past producing commercial mines and a 5th in the adjacent valley.
  • Includes the historic East Gold Mine that had intermittent small-scale production of approximately 46 tonnes of ore with grades averaging 1,661 grams of gold per tonne and 2,596 grams of silver per tone (roughly 50oz gold with 75oz silver).
  • Mineralization is believed to be very similar to the silver-gold-base metal veins responsible for the precious metal mineralization found in the Silbak Premier Mine and the Big Missouri mines (located in same extended valley).
  • Pretiums Brucejack Summary Report (for exploration) compares itself geologically to the Silbak Premier mine as well.
  • Exceptional gold and silver assays including 440 g/t gold with 400 g/t silver over 0.52m, with numerous silver intervals of 583g/t, 501 g/t, 420 g/t, 384 g/t in core, and surface samples of 80.96 g/t gold with 80,818 g/t silver, 694 g/t gold with 550 g/t silver, 54.77 g/t gold with 14,903 g/t silver, 615 g/t gold with 616 g/t silver.
  • A very successful program was run in 2015 wherein:
    • A new approach focusing on high-grade was employed very successfully
    • A new zone of gold / silver mineralization was discovered
    • A better understanding of the property geology was obtained
    • Surface samples from the structure averages 27,092 gm/tonne silver and 248 gm/tonne gold



  • The program proved the Electrum Property has multiple high-grade gold-silver epithermal breccia vein systems and gave us a better understating of their sequencing.
  • Excellent logistics including road access, power located 2 km away and a bulk tonnage shipping port and supportive mining town located just40 km away in a mining friendly jurisdiction.

The high-grade ELECTRUM PROPERTY recently had a program run on it. CLICK HERE for the Electrum presentation and HERE for the 2015 drill program presentation. The highly mineralized gossans on the Electrum are shown in the image at the top of this page.

2015 Drill Program Presentation

Treaty Creek Gold-Copper Property, British Columbia – 51% Joint Venture

Treaty Creek Property


Treaty Creek is located in British Columbia’s prolific Golden Triangle; one of the richest areas of mineralization in the world with one new mine having come online in 2015 (Imperial Mines Red Chris) and another scheduled for 2017 (Pretium Brucejack) and at least three more world-class mining projects headed toward production.

Mineralization in the Treaty Creek claims area lies within the same broad hydrothermal system that generated the several deposits on the Seabridge Gold KSM and the Pretivm Brucejack properties that lie immediately southwest of the Treaty Creek claims. So far over 130 million ounces of gold, 800 million ounces of silver and 20 billion pounds of copper (all categories included), representing one of the greatest concentrations of metal value on the planet, have been delineated within the geological system shared by KSM, Brucejack, and Treaty Creek.

Seabridge Gold’s KSM is the world’s largest undeveloped gold/silver project by reserves while Pretium’s Brucejack is the highest grading undeveloped large-scale gold project in the world.KSM has just past the environmental and permitting stage while the Brucejack is in construction phase.
Treaty Creek is part of the same large hydrothermal system as it’s neighbours, hosts the same bedrock geology as its neighbours, the same magneto-telluric (MT) anomalies that proved to be large deposits on the neighbours claims, the same major fault system (Sulphurets) that is responsible for KSM’s deposits, and initial exploration and drilling show similar results to initial drilling on KSM.

The Treaty Creek property is in a strategic location as it’s included in Seabridge’s plan for the KSM to go into production. Seabridge has proposed twin tunnels that would take the KSM ore through American Creek’s Treaty Creek property to a processing plant and tailings pond.

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Durango Adds Ground Adjacent To NMX AND CCB In Quebec

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 10:17 AM on Friday, March 4th, 2016

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  • Strategically added additional ground to its property adjacent to Canada Carbon’s Miller Mine Property in Quebec and also to its NMX East property adjacent to Nemaska Lithium’s proposed Whabouchi Mine via an online staking application through GESTIM

Vancouver, BC / March 04, 2016 – Durango Resources Inc. (the “Company” or “Durango”) announces that it has strategically added additional ground to its property adjacent to Canada Carbon’s Miller Mine Property in Quebec and also to its NMX East property adjacent to Nemaska Lithium’s proposed Whabouchi Mine via an online staking application through GESTIM.

About Durango

Durango is a natural resources company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. The Company has a 100% interest in the Mayner’s Fortune and Smith Island limestone properties in northwest British Columbia, the Decouverte and Trove gold properties in the Abitibi Region of Quebec, and the NMX East lithium property near the Whabouchi mine in Quebec, the Buckshot Property near the Miller Mine in Quebec, as well as three sets of claims in the Labrador nickel corridor.

For further information on Durango, please refer to its SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.

Marcy Kiesman, Chief Executive Officer

Telephone: 604.428.2900 or 604.339.2243

Facsimile: 888.266.3983

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.durangoresourcesinc.com

Forward-Looking Statements

This document may contain or refer to forward-looking information based on current expectations, including, but not limited to timing of mineral resource estimates, future exploration or project development programs and the impact on the Company of these events. Forward-looking information is subject to significant risks and uncertainties, as actual results may differ materially from forecasted results. Forward-looking information is provided as of the date hereof and we assume no responsibility to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. For a detailed list of risks and uncertainties relating to Durango, please refer to the Company’s prospectus filed on its SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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Durango Acquires Claims North of Bell Creek Mine and Lake Shore Gold – Goldcorp Discovery Near Timmins

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 4:00 PM on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

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  • Announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the Whitney Northwest Gold Project.
  • Property consists of 256 hectares located near the Lakeshore Gold Corp (T-LSG) and Goldcorp Inc. (T-G) joint venture ground north of the city of Timmins, Ontario, and 9 kilometres ENE of Timmins.

Vancouver, BC / March 02, 2016 – Durango Resources Inc. (the “Company” or “Durango”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the Whitney Northwest Gold Project. The property consists of 256 hectares located near the Lakeshore Gold Corp. (T-LSG) and Goldcorp Inc. (T-G) joint venture ground north of the city of Timmins, Ontario, and 9 kilometres ENE of Timmins.

Durango’s new Whitney Northwest Gold Project is located approximately 5 kilometres northwest of the Lake Shore Gold Corp and Goldcorp joint venture “Whitney Project” ground where Lake Shore announced a new shallow-depth gold discovery on February 4, 2016. Subsequently on February 8, 2016 Lake Shore announced that Tahoe Resources Inc. (T-THO) would acquire Lake Shore in a $945 million deal.

Durango will issue 1.5 million shares on TSX approval and pay $25,000 on completion of financing for 100% title to the mineral claims.

President and Director of Durango, Marcy Kiesman, states, “The acquisition of the Whitney Northwest Gold Project is a great step in creating new value for Durango’s shareholders. We are excited to have the opportunity to enter an area of great significance for gold mining in Ontario with a desirable land position tied onto Lakeshore and Goldcorp’s joint venture ground.”

The technical contents of this release were approved by Mr. Case Lewis, a vendor of the property and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. The property has not been the subject of a National Instrument 43-101 report.

About the Whitney Northwest Project

Durango’s Whitney Northwest Gold Project is located within the western part of the Archean-aged Southern Abitibi Greenstone Belt, a supracrustal complex of moderately to highly deformed, usually greenschist facies, volcanic-dominated oceanic assemblages that are approximately 2.7 million years in age. Supracrustal rocks in the Timmins region are assigned as members of seven volcanic and two sedimentary assemblages within the Western Abitibi Subprovince of the Superior Province. Intrusions were emplaced during the Archean and Proterozoic eons.

The Whitney Northwest Gold Project lies between the gold-bearing Destor-Porcupine Fault to the south (>60 million ounces of historic production to the end of 2006) and the gold-bearing regional Pipestone Fault to the north. The property covers the interpreted extension of several north-south and east-west trending faults.

About Durango

Durango is a natural resources company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. The Company has a 100% interest in the Mayner’s Fortune and Smith Island limestone properties in northwest British Columbia, the Decouverté and Trove gold properties in the Abitibi Region of Quebec, and the NMX East lithium property near the Whabouchi mine in Québec, as well as three sets of claims in the Labrador nickel corridor.

 

For further information on Durango, please refer to its SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.

 

Marcy Kiesman, Chief Executive Officer

Telephone: 604.428.2900 or 604.339.2243

Facsimile: 888.266.3983

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.durangoresourcesinc.com

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

This document may contain or refer to forward-looking information based on current expectations, including, but not limited to timing of mineral resource estimates, future exploration or project development programs and the impact on the Company of these events. Forward-looking information is subject to significant risks and uncertainties, as actual results may differ materially from forecasted results. Forward-looking information is provided as of the date hereof and we assume no responsibility to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. For a detailed list of risks and uncertainties relating to Durango, please refer to the Company’s prospectus filed on its SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.

 

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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AGORACOM Welcomes American Creek Resources (AMK:TSX-V) with recent specimens averaging 27,092 gm/tonne silver and 248 gm/tonne gold

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:12 AM on Tuesday, March 1st, 2016

AMK: TSX-V

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

  • Specimens from the structure averages 27,092 gm/tonne silver and 248 gm/tonne gold
  • Results from outcrop specimens of high grade material collected on its Electrum property from the Shiny Cliff vein on the North Face Showing Read More

Exceptional Properties

Electrum Gold-Silver Property, British Columbia – 100% owned

The Electrum property has a rich history with some of the highest grade hand-mined ore mined in North America combined with excellent logistics. The property is located directly between two high-grad vein gold/silver mines; the past producing Silbak Premier mine and Pretiums high-grade Brucejack mine (production in 2017).All three lie within the Iskut mineral district (a particularly prolific part of the Canadian Cordillera) with numerous geological similarities between them.

The Electrum Property holds significant potential to attract mining companies when considering its high-grade nature combined with the exceptional logistics in place.

  • Located in the prolific Golden Triangle of northwestern British Columbia, an area encompassing mineral rich belts that host more than 43 past producing mines including Eskay Creek, Silbak Premier, Granduc and Big Missouri.It is a hotbed of activity with one new mine having come online in 2015 (Imperial Mines Red Chris) and another scheduled for 2017 (Pretium Brucejack) and at least three more world-class mining projects headed toward production.
  • Located in a particularly rich valley with 4 past producing commercial mines and a 5th in the adjacent valley.
  • Includes the historic East Gold Mine that had intermittent small-scale production of approximately 46 tonnes of ore with grades averaging 1,661 grams of gold per tonne and 2,596 grams of silver per tone (roughly 50oz gold with 75oz silver).
  • Mineralization is believed to be very similar to the silver-gold-base metal veins responsible for the precious metal mineralization found in the Silbak Premier Mine and the Big Missouri mines (located in same extended valley).
  • Pretiums Brucejack Summary Report (for exploration) compares itself geologically to the Silbak Premier mine as well.
  • Exceptional gold and silver assays including 440 g/t gold with 400 g/t silver over 0.52m, with numerous silver intervals of 583g/t, 501 g/t, 420 g/t, 384 g/t in core, and surface samples of 80.96 g/t gold with 80,818 g/t silver, 694 g/t gold with 550 g/t silver, 54.77 g/t gold with 14,903 g/t silver, 615 g/t gold with 616 g/t silver.
  • A very successful program was run in 2015 wherein:
    • A new approach focusing on high-grade was employed very successfully
    • A new zone of gold / silver mineralization was discovered
    • A better understanding of the property geology was obtained
    • Surface samples from the structure averages 27,092 gm/tonne silver and 248 gm/tonne gold



  • The program proved the Electrum Property has multiple high-grade gold-silver epithermal breccia vein systems and gave us a better understating of their sequencing.
  • Excellent logistics including road access, power located 2 km away and a bulk tonnage shipping port and supportive mining town located just40 km away in a mining friendly jurisdiction.

The high-grade ELECTRUM PROPERTY recently had a program run on it. CLICK HERE for the Electrum presentation and HERE for the 2015 drill program presentation. The highly mineralized gossans on the Electrum are shown in the image at the top of this page.

2015 Drill Program Presentation

Treaty Creek Gold-Copper Property, British Columbia – 51% Joint Venture

Treaty Creek Property


Treaty Creek is located in British Columbia’s prolific Golden Triangle; one of the richest areas of mineralization in the world with one new mine having come online in 2015 (Imperial Mines Red Chris) and another scheduled for 2017 (Pretium Brucejack) and at least three more world-class mining projects headed toward production.

Mineralization in the Treaty Creek claims area lies within the same broad hydrothermal system that generated the several deposits on the Seabridge Gold KSM and the Pretivm Brucejack properties that lie immediately southwest of the Treaty Creek claims. So far over 130 million ounces of gold, 800 million ounces of silver and 20 billion pounds of copper (all categories included), representing one of the greatest concentrations of metal value on the planet, have been delineated within the geological system shared by KSM, Brucejack, and Treaty Creek.

Seabridge Gold’s KSM is the world’s largest undeveloped gold/silver project by reserves while Pretium’s Brucejack is the highest grading undeveloped large-scale gold project in the world.KSM has just past the environmental and permitting stage while the Brucejack is in construction phase.
Treaty Creek is part of the same large hydrothermal system as it’s neighbours, hosts the same bedrock geology as its neighbours, the same magneto-telluric (MT) anomalies that proved to be large deposits on the neighbours claims, the same major fault system (Sulphurets) that is responsible for KSM’s deposits, and initial exploration and drilling show similar results to initial drilling on KSM.

The Treaty Creek property is in a strategic location as it’s included in Seabridge’s plan for the KSM to go into production. Seabridge has proposed twin tunnels that would take the KSM ore through American Creek’s Treaty Creek property to a processing plant and tailings pond.

Hub On AGORACOM / Read Release

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TRADING ALERT – Uragold (UBR: TSX-V) Up 25% on 829K Shares, Watch Recent Interview with Company CEO

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 2:26 PM on Monday, February 22nd, 2016

TRADING ALERT!!!

Last: $0.075 Up: $0.015

Percent: 25% Volume: 829K Shares

Hub On AGORACOM / Corporate Profile

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MUST WATCH INTERVIEW

  • Uragold In The Process Of Converting Its High Purity Quartz Into Solar Grade Silicon Metal
  • $5,000,000 Funding + 20 Year Offtake Agreement Signed For Asia
  • Exclusive Global License From US Navy Technology Vendor
  • “We’ll Be Able To Build A Mercedes For The Cost Of A Lada”
  • $12,000,000,000 Target Market

“There is no other way to say it: this technology could represent a potential quantum leap forward for the solar panel industry becoming a more competitive source of renewable energy.”

Bernard Tourillon, Chairman and CEO

GRAB A COFFEE AND WATCH THIS INTERVIEW

Hub On AGORACOM / Read Release

DISCOVER YOUR NEXT GREAT SMALL CAP STOCK

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Omagine’s Margin Of Safety Is Very Real

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 12:56 PM on Friday, February 19th, 2016

Summary

  • At $1.34/share the stock is trading for just less than 12% of the company’s net current assets.
  • Investors have good justification for being pessimistic toward Omagine’s future profitability.
  • The question is not whether investor sentiment should be low, but whether it is too low.

Omagine, Inc. (OTCQB:OMAG), a Delaware-based holding company, is a stock the market has apparently left for dead. In fact, investors are currently declaring that the company is worth more dead than alive. At $1.34/share the stock is trading for just less than 12% of the company’s net current assets. This means that not only does the market value the firm’s Property, Plant & Equipment at zero, but it is also discounting the net liquid assets by nearly 90%.

Benjamin Graham famously classified stocks such as Omagine as Net Current Asset Value (NCAV) stocks. NCAV is a stock-selection strategy which Graham developed and implemented. The strategy finds stocks trading for less than the difference between current assets minus total liabilities. There is no regard given to the company’s long-term assets or future profits. Warren Buffett nicknamed it the “cigar-butt approach” because:

Investors have good justification for being pessimistic toward Omagine’s future profitability. The company has consistently posted negative earnings and free cash flow in each year for the last decade. The question is not whether investor sentiment should be low, but whether it is too low. The company has reported free cash flow per share of negative $0.064 on average for each of the last five years. If this losing trend continues, it would take 160 years for the company’s net current assets to fall to what they are valued at today.

Without attempting to make any predictions on Omagine’s future prospects, the fundamentals below clearly show that a significant margin of safety is built into the stock price.

  • Current Assets: $490.85 Million
  • Total Liabilities: $288.92 Million
  • Diluted Weighted Average Shares: 17.42 Million
  • Net Current Asset Value/Share: $11.59
  • Current Price: $1.34 (intraday on 2/18/16)
  • Price/NCAV: 11.6%

Individual investors who buy a diversified group of NCAV stocks such as Omagine, can be confident in the long-term results they will achieve by patiently implementing the strategy. Benjamin Graham acknowledged that this approach is “ridiculously simple” but argued for its undeniable success.

Late in his life, he estimated this strategy earned him an average of 20% per year. He said, “I consider it a fool-proof method of systematic investment – not on the basis of individual results but in terms of the expectable group outcome.”

Graham warned that the approach only works “if you can find enough of them to make a diversified group, and you don’t lose patience if they fail to advance soon after you buy them.” For a deep margin of safety, Graham always made an effort to pay no more than two-thirds the NCAV.

At the time of this writing, Omagine is displaying as stock with the lowest price to NCAV on TheStockMarketBlueprint.com.

Disclosure: I/we have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.

I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.

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Source: http://seekingalpha.com/article/3911376-omagines-margin-safety-real?auth_param=uq7tv:1bcehmb:2cd44cba16e354cad51caa984b08f3c7&dr=1#alt2

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INTERVIEW: Uragold Discusses Testing Of Process to Convert High Purity Quartz to Solar Grade Silicon Metal, a $12B Industry

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 5:23 PM on Thursday, February 18th, 2016

  • Largest holder of High Purity Quartz properties in Quebec
  • Despite the abundance of quartz, very few deposits are suitable for high purity applications
  • High Purity Quartz supplies are tightening, prices are rising, and exponential growth is forecast
  • Quartz from the Roncevaux property successfully passed rigorous testing protocols of a major silicon metal producer confirming that material is highly suited for their silicon metal production

Hub On AGORACOM / Corporate Profile / Watch Interview!

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Durango Enters ROFR for Historic Pegmatite-Hosted Lithium Prospect Hosting Samples up to 6,200ppm Li

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 2:05 PM on Friday, January 22nd, 2016

  • Entered into a right of first refusal (ROFR) on a lithium prospect located near Duval, Quebec
  • Anomalous grab sample yielding 6,200ppm Li2O from pegmatite was reported from the Duval Property in 1988

Vancouver, BC / January 22, 2016 – Durango Resources Inc. (the “Company” or “Durango”) announces that it has entered into a right of first refusal (ROFR) on a lithium prospect located near Duval, Quebec.

The Duval Property is located in La Motte Township, Quebec, adjacent to the historic lithium-producing La Corne Township. An anomalous grab sample yielding 6,200ppm Li2O from pegmatite was reported from the Duval Property in 1988 (SIGEOM Sample 1988008860).

The company will release further information regarding the Duval Property as it reviews the data for the project.

Lithium is used in several capacities, including in electric vehicle batteries such as TESLA (Nasdaq symbol TLSA). A recent report issued by Goldman Sachs dated December 2, 2015 called, “Lithium the new gasoline” http://www.goldmansachs.com/our-thinking/pages/macroeconomic-insights-folder/what-if-i-told-you/report.pdf.

An article on www.mashable.com by Adario Strange dated January 11, 2016, titled “Tesla’s Elon Musk claims and Apple Car is in the works” outlines Musk’s belief that APPLE Inc. (Nasdaq symbol AAPL) is working on developing and electric Apple car.

About Durango Resources Inc.

Durango is a natural resource company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. In addition to the Mayner’s Fortune and Smith Island limestone projects, the Company holds a 100% interest in the Decouverte and Trove gold properties in the Abitibi Region of Quebec, and the Buckshot graphite property near the Miller Graphite mine in Quebec.

The technical contents of this release were approved by Mr. Case Lewis, P.Geo., a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. The property has not been the subject of a National Instrument 43-101 report.

For further information on Durango, please refer to SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Marcy Kiesman, Chief Executive Officer

Telephone: 604.339.2243

Facsimile: 888.266.3983

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.durangoresourcesinc.com

Forward-Looking Statements

This document may contain or refer to forward-looking information based on current expectations, including, but not limited to timing of mineral resource estimates, future exploration or project development programs, execution of a definitive agreement, raising of funds, obtaining regulatory approvals and the impact on the Company of these events. Forward-looking information is subject to significant risks and uncertainties, as actual results may differ materially from forecasted results. Forward-looking information is provided as of the date hereof and we assume no responsibility to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. For a detailed list of risks and uncertainties relating to Durango, please refer to the Company’s prospectus filed on its SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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