Articles On Focus Minerals (ASX:FML)

Following a 7.6% surge from late September, the price of gold briefly hit five-month highs of ~$US1,872/oz on fears that current high inflation levels are more than ‘transitional’. Gold is an ‘inflation hedge’; an investment that ostensibly...

Following a 7.6% surge from late September, the price of gold is now sitting ~$US1,860/oz for the first time since June. The Aussie price is looking even better, which is great news for our local producers: USD (dark) and AUD (light) gold p...

Growing concerns about inflation could send gold prices soaring back above the US$2,000 ($2,746) an ounce mark it last reached back in 2020. Prices of the precious metal have already been rising steadily over the past fortnight, up some 3.7...

A global carbon taxation regime could slash gold miner profit margins by up to 45% unless an effort is made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Metals Focus says. Some countries, such as Canada and Sweden, already impose carbon taxes and th...

The gold price may be in a holding pattern at ~$US1,800/oz, but Aussie gold miners continue to throw piles of cash at acquisitions and new developments. Westgold (ASX:WGX) looks increasingly likely  to hoover up struggling producer Gascoyne...

Gold stocks are cheap, experts keep saying. Well-known analyst Jesse Felder has now demonstrated the “pathetic performance” of the US gold majors in handy chart form. The US listed BANG stocks (Felder’s play on FANG) include gold giants Bar...

The +9Moz, ~350,000ozpa ‘Kyuchus’ field will be one of Russia’s biggest gold mining projects. Kyuchus was first discovered in 1963, but its isolation in the harsh Arctic climate of the Yakutia region has, so far, stymied numerous developmen...

Western Mines Group (ASX: WMG) reports that assays show its maiden drilling campaign at the Rock of Ages project in Western Australia intersected grades up to 9.18 grams per tonne gold. The recently completed reverse circulation program was...

Investors want to see gold miners wisely grow their production profile. Not like miners did during the last cycle, when some irrational, highly priced M&A action destroyed significant wealth. The big gold miners have a “lousy recent his...

There is a lot of uncertainty in the market due to tensions in China, rising interest rates and continuing economic recovery of the global COVID-19 pandemic, with investors fleeing for safe havens to park their cash in. Safe havens like gol...

The valuations of major gold miners remain weak despite falling debt and record dividends, according to the latest Metals Focus Gold Peer Group Analysis. Australia’s largest gold miners Newcrest (ASX:NCM), Northern Star (ASX:NST), and Evolu...

It’s been a frustrating few months for gold bulls. As an investment hedge, gold shines during periods of poor or volatile market sentiment. It loves drama like pandemics, civil wars, or the unprecedented failure of the Lehman Brothers in 20...

Gold continues to consolidate around $US1,800/oz which, if we went back in time to July 2020, would be cause for celebration. Back then $US1,800/oz was an eight-year high and bullish sentiment was nudging even the shittiest exploration stoc...

Perth-based exploration company Western Mines Group (ASX: WMG) has completed a maiden drilling program at the Rock of Ages gold project, south-east of Laverton in Western Australia. The reverse circulation program was the first to properly...

Gold bugs would be breathing a sigh of relief this week as the price stabilises just shy of $US1,800/oz ($2,463/oz Aussie) thanks to Monday’s healthy 1.5% gain. While there are plenty of other red hot sectors attracting investor dollars rig...

A drill rig and team are moving on to the Rock of Ages project owned by Western Mines Group (ASX: WMG) to undertake the first deep test drilling since in the 1980s. The Rock of Ages, near Laverton in Western Australia, was mined between 190...

The gold price itself had 12 months of consolidation. Now we are entering a new stage of a bull market which Barry Dawes of Martin Place Securities believes “will take it much, much higher”. In the big scheme of things, the pullback we have...

On Sunday, a chaotic ‘flash crash’ saw the gold price plummet into the $US1600s per ounce before staging a mild recovery. Experts mostly point to a better than expected jobs report out of the US for heavy selling that saw the traditional he...

As an uncorrelated asset – value not tied to larger fluctuations in the traditional markets — gold has had “its lunch cut a bit” by crypto, PCF Capital’s Liam Twigger says. “There is an article in the last Economist asking, ‘what happens if...

Strong consumer buying and modest institutional investment helped create gold demand of 955.1 tonnes over Q2 – a 9% rise from Q1 2021, and in line with the equivalent period last year. While both consumers and retail investors were purchasi...

Recent ASX entrant Western Mines Group (ASX: WMG) has firmed up high-grade gold potential of its Rock of Ages project in Western Australia after recent rock chip sampling returned over 13 grams per tonne gold. Located 32km southeast of Lave...

It is no longer just lip service — to create max value for shareholders, miners know they need good Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) credentials. Failing to maintain good relationships with stakeholders (like governments, local co...

Gold had its worst month since November 2016 in June, down 7% to $US1,779/oz. Mining and exploration stocks have followed suit. This bearish trend creates a buying opportunity, experts say. Boutique investment advisory firm head Frank Holme...

Following June 2021 quarter drilling programs there has been a 66% conversion of the December 2020 resource to the indicated status.

The market giveth and the market taketh. Truer words have never been spoken with gold prices diving nearly US$100 in less than a day after the US Federal Reserve signalled higher inflation and that interest rates could rise twice by 2023. G...

Gold is re-starting its bull rally as two major obstacles — higher US Treasury yields and Bitcoin — fizzle. “Strong headwinds from parabolic Bitcoin and rising bond yields appear to have run their course,” Bloomberg Intelligence senior comm...

Gold’s rally ran out of puff this week, with the precious metal dropping about 2% below ~$1US1,870/oz at Thursday close. Kitco’s Jim Wyckoff calls it “routine profit taking”. “Importantly, the price uptrend in gold on the daily chart remain...

Over the past two months the gold price has turned a corner, up ~12.7% to a high of $US1898/oz. That’s a four month high, erasing almost all of 2021’s losses. The share prices of local gold stocks have responded in kind. Over the past month...

West Australian gold explorer Focus Minerals (ASX: FML) is pleased to release an updated corporate presentation, discussing its flagship Coolgardie and Laverton Gold Projects, to be given at the Company’s AGM in Perth this morning. HIGHLIG...

Are large Bitcoin investors moving back into precious metals? In a note to clients, JPMorgan said large institutional investors are dumping bitcoin in favour of gold, reversing a trend that’s played out over the last two quarters. “The bitc...

West Australian gold explorer Focus Minerals (ASX: FML) announced Mineral Resource updates for the Big Blow and Happy Jack deposits, part of the Coolgardie Gold Project (Coolgardie). HIGHLIGHTS Big Blow and Happy Jack Mineral Resources up...

West Australian gold explorer Focus Minerals (ASX: FML) announced the engagement of a professional environmental consultancy group, 360 Environmental, to facilitate environmental and health & safety approvals process for the mining of G...

The recovery in the gold price from its early March lows — ~$1,670s to over $1,825 currently — was mostly driven by the decline in real interest rates and, more recently a poor US jobs report and increasing inflation. US core inflation in A...

“When you stop growing you start dying,” is a saying the ASX’s largest gold miners have apparently taken to heart. While hopefully remaining cognisant of the expensive, value-destroying deals which occurred when gold last peaked in the 2010...

West Australian gold explorer Focus Minerals (ASX: FML) provided its Quarterly Activities Report for the three-month period ended 31 March 2021. During the quarter, Focus completed 69 reverse circulation (RC) holes for 9,009m and eight dia...

West Australian gold explorer Focus Minerals (ASX: FML) has announced the latest round of exploration drilling results at its Laverton Gold Project (Laverton). HIGHLIGHTS Results from exploration drilling carried out at Focus Minerals’ La...

Moho (ASX:MOH) has strengthened its team with the appointment of veteran geologist Lyndal Money as technical manager to oversee its gold and nickel plays. Money is a highly regarded geologist with over 20 years’ experience in exploration an...

Highlights: Results from drilling carried out at Focus Minerals’ Coolgardie Gold Project have been received. Drilling comprised 9,147m of reverse circulation (RC) and 1,070m of diamond holes. Significant intersections1 at several deposits...

St George Mining has raised investor confidence that the WA explorer has made a long-awaited fifth nickel-copper sulphide discovery with news of exceptional high-grade hits at its Mt Alexander project in the Goldfields. News this week that...

The gold price traditionally thrives on geopolitical drama. Heightened tensions in eastern Ukraine, the recent incident at an Iranian nuclear site, and news of an unofficial US delegation visiting Taiwan are recent reminders that 2021 will...

West Australian gold explorer Focus Minerals (ASX: FML) today announced progressive results from the Laverton Gold Project’s (Laverton) Stage 1 Open Pit Pre Feasibility Study (PFS). This first pass PFS scenario uses a selection of five open...

Gold continues to trend upwards on the back of US dollar’s ongoing weakness and concerns about inflation, so it’s unsurprising that the majority of gold plays on our watchlist have marked gains this week. The previous metal is currently tra...

The gold price may have languished slightly in 2021, but the number of gold IPOs certainly has not. Here’s what the newest ASX gold explorers are doing, where they are doing it, and why investors should care.   KINCORA COPPER (ASX:KCC) The...

Focus Minerals this morning published its 2020 Annual Report. A summary of Focus non-executive chairman Dianfei Pei’s Chairman’s Report is below: “I would like to reflect on our many achievements over the past year as we continued to advan...

Strange to think that it is a year since the world was turned upside down when the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic in mid-March 2020. In the week that followed the price of gold tumbled nearly $US200 to $US1...

A recent round of support for gold has seen the price consolidate above $US1,700 an ounce. However, with policy support from central banks, US stimulus and employment growth — underpinned by big infrastructure projects — you’d “expect gold...

West Australian gold explorer Focus Minerals (ASX: FML) has announced progressive results from the Laverton gold project’s Stage 1 Open Pit PreFeasibility Study (PFS). HIGHLIGHTS: Laverton Stage 1 scenario delivers JORC 2012 Probable Ore...

West Australian gold explorer Focus Minerals (ASX: FML) has appointed Mr Lingquan Kong as an additional director of the company, effective 14 January 2021. Mr Kong is the Company’s Principal Mining Engineer. Prior to joining Focus in Septe...

For goldies, 2020 was a year when good news was rewarded, and great news celebrated. The precious metal has gained about 22 per cent year-to-date despite treading water since mid-August. And there’s a strong chance 2021 will start off with...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, the brilliant Charles Dickens wrote in 1859 in his novel A Tale of Two Cities before following up a year later with another eternal classic, Great Expectations. Of course, Dickens could n...