Lion Copper Unveils 6.7B Pounds In Bear Resource Estimate

Lion Copper & Gold has defined billions of pounds of copper at its Bear deposit in Nevada, but much of the project’s eventual ownership could pass to Rio Tinto’s Nuton unit before the deposit reaches a development decision. The Canadian-listed junior reported a maiden indicated resource of 1.06 billion tonnes grading 0.29% copper, containing 6.71 billion […]
Bank of Korea To Buy Gold Again After 13 Years, But Only From Domestic

South Korea’s first pathway for purchasing physical gold in 13 years has been designed around a constraint rather than a target. The Bank of Korea will consider buying only domestically produced bullion that would otherwise be exported, limiting the available supply to an estimated 4 to 5 metric tonnes annually. That restriction shields Korea’s retail […]
OpenAI Says ‘Apple Is Getting This Wrong’, Responds to Trade Secrets Lawsuit

The AI company isn’t just denying Apple’s claims. It’s publishing the emails and messages to back it up.
Telegram’s Brief Ban Exposes Apple’s Bigger Platform Power

Apple temporarily removed Telegram from its App Store on August 3 after finding child sexual abuse material on the messaging service, according to statements reported by Reuters. The app returned the same day after Telegram removed the material and banned the user who posted it. “We briefly removed Telegram from the App Store after our review […]
Wyden’s New Report Says Wall Street Looked the Other Way on Epstein for Years

Deutsche Bank’s flagged transactions include payments the report says went to women in Russia and Eastern Europe.
Ukraine Drone Strikes Targets Russian Retail Logistics, Kills 5

Russian officials said Ukraine drones struck three warehouse sites overnight into Tuesday, August 4, killing five people and injuring ten at an industrial zone south of Moscow, Reuters reported. Two other attacks damaged facilities operated by Wildberries, extending a campaign that has hit more than a dozen of the retailer’s locations since July 18. The […]
Pirro Clears the Rest of the Reflecting Pool Defendants Too

Trump, who still claims it was vandals, brought both officials into the same room after his own prosecutor pinned the blame on Interior.
Apple Pulls and Restores Telegram in the Same Night Over Guideline Breach

The company didn’t say what triggered the pull, only that the fix came quickly enough to get Telegram back the same day.
We Counted: Trump Changed the Iran Talks’ Status 42 Times (So Far)

President Donald Trump’s latest shift on Iran came within roughly 24 hours. After canceling a planned large-scale attack and saying formal negotiations would begin Monday afternoon, the president changed his account after Tehran denied that any meeting had been scheduled, claiming instead that talks were already happening and calling them Iran’s “last chance” to avoid […]
China Real Home Prices Sink to Lowest Level In 21 Years

China’s housing downturn has passed a milestone that recent improvements in its largest cities have not erased. Inflation-adjusted residential prices fell below the level recorded when the Bank for International Settlements series began in 2005, even as June data showed limited month-over-month gains in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ […]