Bob Menendez, Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison, Now Wants to Be Trump’s Friend
Former US Senator Robert “Bob” Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Wednesday for accepting bribes and acting as an agent of Egypt while in office. US District Judge Sidney H. Stein imposed the sentence in Manhattan after FBI agents found $480,000 in cash hidden in boots and clothing at Menendez’s New Jersey […]
Snowline Gold Hits 466 Metres Of 1.12 g/t Gold At Valley
Snowline Gold (TSXV: SGD) continues to hit long intervals of gold mineralization at its Valley deposit in the Yukon. The company this morning released drill results from multiple holes conducted at the property. Highlights from the results include: Both drill holes are said to have been conducted as infill holes in gaps along the margins […]
Santacruz Silver Sees 2024 Production Remain Flat Year Over Year At 18.7 Million Silver Equivalent Ounces
Santacruz Silver (TSXV: SCZ) has released production results for the fourth quarter of 2024. The quarter saw the company produce a total of 4.7 million silver equivalent ounces, a margin 1.4% improvement in production versus the third quarter. Production during the quarter amounted to 1.8 million ounces of silver, 23,357 tonnes of zinc, 2,932 tonnes […]
NexGen Begins 43,000 Metre Drill Program Focused On 2024 Discovery
NexGen Energy (TSX: NXE) has begun an extensive exploration campaign within the Athabasca Basin. The program is centered on a new discovery made last year at Patterson Corridor East, which is 3.5 kilometers to the east of the Arrow deposit. The exploration program is set to consist of 43,000 metres of drilling, with drilling to […]
Gold Rush to US Puts Squeeze on Bank of England
The Bank of England faces mounting pressure as unprecedented demands to withdraw gold have stretched its processing times to four weeks, from a typical one-week turnaround, banking sources told Reuters on Tuesday. The delays signal potential operational challenges at Britain’s central bank, undermining confidence in London’s status as a global gold trading center at a […]
NDP’s Jagmeet Singh Wants To Boost “Insufficient EI” As Trump Tariffs Loom
While other contenders for the premiership are mulling over retaliatory measures for Trump tariffs, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh insists the focus must remain on laid-off employees and struggling businesses who are bracing themselves for the massive tariffs, highlighting what he calls the “insufficient” safety net of employment insurance. His premise: If the tariffs land on February 1, […]
Court Halts Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Spending Pause
A federal judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s attempt to pause trillions in federal spending on Tuesday, after a chaotic day of agencies and states scrambling to determine which funds were affected. The ruling, effective until February 3, came in response to a legal challenge from public health advocates, nonprofits, and businesses represented by Democracy […]
X Goes Fintech: Visa Partners With Elon Musk’s App To Launch XMoney
Visa (NYSE: V) has announced a strategic partnership with Elon Musk’s X to launch XMoney, a new financial ecosystem for peer-to-peer transactions and bank transfers. It comes at a time when Musk has positioned himself as co-head of the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency under the returning Trump administration. The announcement, made via X’s […]
Did DeepSeek Steal Data from OpenAI?
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and OpenAI are investigating suspected unauthorized harvesting of artificial intelligence data by Chinese rival DeepSeek. The probe follows DeepSeek’s surprise announcement of its R1 AI system, which the company claims achieves top-tier performance at minimal cost. The news rattled Wall Street, triggering a massive sell-off in tech stocks that erased $1 trillion […]
NexGen Energy Sees CNSC Accept Final Environmental Impact Statement
NexGen Energy (TSX: NXE) has seen a positive development in the advancement of its Rook I project within the Athabasca Basin. It was revealed today that the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has completed its review of the final environmental impact statement for the proposed project. The update, posted to the Government of Canada’s portal for […]