November 18, 2025
East Star and Endeavour Mining to Collaborate on Kazakhstan Gold Assets
East Star Resources (LSE:EST) and Endeavour Exploration announced they have entered into a binding earn-in and joint venture (JV) agreement to advance gold exploration in Kazakhstan. Endeavour Exploration, a subsidiary of top gold producer Endeavour Mining (LSE:EDV,TSX:EDV,OTCQX:EDVMF), will have the right to earn up to an 80 percent interest in a new JV company via […]
November 18, 2025
Rio Tinto and Calix to Partner on Zero Emissions Steel Technology Plant
Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO,NYSE:RIO,LSE:RIO) said on Monday (November 17) that it has signed a joint development agreement with environmental technology company Calix (NYSE:CALX,ASX:CXL) to develop Calix’s Zero Emissions Steel Technology (Zesty) green iron demonstration plant in Western Australia. If approved, the plant will be built at a site in Kwinana, south of Perth, that was previously […]
November 18, 2025
China military reaches ‘war footing’ with new missile silos and advanced AI warfare systems
China’s military buildup has reached what a new congressional report calls a ‘war footing,’ with hundreds of new missile silos and expanding nuclear capabilities that could erode America’s long-standing deterrence edge in the Indo-Pacific. China has built roughly 350 new intercontinental missile silos and expanded its nuclear warhead stockpile by 20% in the past year, […]
November 18, 2025
UN Security Council backs Trump’s Gaza peace plan after Waltz calls territory ‘hell on earth’
The U.N. Security Council on Monday adopted a U.S.-backed resolution to end the Gaza war and deploy an international stabilization force after Ambassador Mike Waltz urged members to support what he called ‘a bold, pragmatic blueprint’ born from President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan. In an address to the council, Waltz described Gaza as ‘a […]
November 18, 2025
Longtime Walmart CEO to step down in January
Walmart announced Friday that longtime CEO Doug McMillon will retire at the end of January — which came as a surprise to some given the company’s success in a rapidly evolving retail landscape. John Furner, Walmart’s U.S. CEO, will assume the role of overall CEO on Feb. 1, the company said. McMillon will continue to […]
November 17, 2025
Gerardo Del Real: Gold, Uranium, Copper and More — Stocks I Like, Why I’m Bullish
Gerardo Del Real, co-owner of Digest Publishing, breaks down his portfolio, saying he’s currently bullish on copper, gold, silver and uranium, as well as critical metals. ‘I think this is the golden age of exploration and development in the critical metals space and the precious metals space. So take advantage of the market, folks,’ Del […]
November 17, 2025
Nick Hodge: Copper is My Top 2026 Pick, but Gold, Silver Run Not Done
Nick Hodge, publisher at Digest Publishing, is most bullish on copper and uranium in 2026, but also believes gold and silver prices have further to go despite recent gains. ‘We are in the middle of a precious metals bull market,’ he said. ‘Silver hasn’t had its day yet, so I think that’s a pretty good […]
November 17, 2025
Marco Rubio says Nicolás Maduro’s Cartel de los Soles to be designated a terrorist organization
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday that the Cartel de los Soles, a powerful criminal network tied to Venezuela’s top leadership, will be labeled as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). The move appears to be an escalation in Washington’s stance toward the Venezuelan government and could lead to military action against the Maduro regime. […]
November 17, 2025
Trump calls on House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files: ‘We have nothing to hide’
President Trump is calling on House Republicans to vote to release files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, insisting he has ‘nothing to hide’ and accusing Democrats of using the case as a distraction from GOP accomplishments. In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump urged House Republicans to vote in favor of releasing the […]
November 16, 2025
MIKE DAVIS: Reagan-appointed judge driven from bench by TDS is a wolf in wolf’s clothing
In his iconic dissent in Morrison v. Olson (1988), the late, great Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia brilliantly articulated why the Independent Counsel Statute unconstitutionally intruded upon the Executive Branch. This dissent laid the groundwork for the Supreme Court’s current constitutionalist majority to restore sanity to separation-of-powers jurisprudence by returning power to its rightful place: […]
November 16, 2025
Michelle Obama says America ‘not ready’ for woman president: ‘We saw in this past election’
Former first lady Michelle Obama said Americans are ‘not ready’ to elect a woman to the White House, citing former Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential election loss to President Donald Trump. Obama made the comments to a crowd of women at the Brooklyn Academy of Music while promoting her new book, ‘The Look.’ ‘As […]
November 15, 2025
Gold’s Long Game: New Orleans Panelists See More Upside Ahead
During the Mining Share panel at the New Orleans Investment Conference, participants underscored that the gold bull market will continue — however, just where we are in that bull run was up for debate. For conference host and Gold Newsletter editor Brien Lundin, there is still some way to go. “The gold bull market is […]