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Gold has traded between $1,274 and $1,288 so far today…as of 11:50 am Pacific, the yellow metal has retreated $7 an ounce to $1,282…Silver is off 10 cents at $18.15…Copper is down slightly at $2.50…Nickel is up 2 cents to $4.22 after a 5% drop yesterday…Crude Oil is under pressure, down $2 a barrel to $50.36 while the U.S. Dollar Index has rallied one-fifth of a point to 99.73…

The U.S. economy expanded at a modest-to-moderate pace between mid-February and the end of March, but inflation pressures remained in check despite more difficulties in attracting and retaining workers, the Federal Reserve said today…

Copper prices are at their lowest levels since early January, weighed down by concerns over Chinese demand and gridlock in Washington where the Trump administration is having difficulty pushing through its legislative agenda…however, the metal has strong technical support in the upper $2.40’s after confirming an important breakout on long-term charts last year…

According to this week’s fresh assessment from Citigroup, commodities are forecast to have a bumper year in 2017 – this would be consistent with how the Venture has been trading – with Oil prices expected to rally to at least the mid-$60’s during Q4…Citigroup’s outlook assumes a continuation of the OPEC/non-OPEC producer deal in the 2nd half of this year and the expected associated inventory drawdown…today the secretary-general of OPEC said the group is committed to restoring market balance by bringing global inventories down to the industry’s 5-year average…

WTI prices, however, took a dive late this morning after U.S. data showed a smaller-than-expected decline in overall Crude inventories coupled with another rise in production, hindering OPEC’s efforts to reduce the global surplus…

Record Number Of Investors Say U.S. Stocks Are Overvalued

More than 4 out of 5 professional investors believe U.S. stocks are overvalued, and they’re fleeing to other parts of the world to compensate, according to a survey released today…the monthly Bank of America Merrill Lynch Fund Manager report found 83% of respondents saying that domestic stocks are too expensive, a record number for data that reach back to 1999…consequently, portfolio managers are increasingly eyeing overseas markets with allocations to emerging markets hitting a 5-year high while Europe is also hot…the S&P 500 now trades at about 17.5 times expected earnings over the next 12 months, the highest level since 2002…

Communist Has Nearly 20% Support In France 

The race for the French Presidency has centrist Emmanuel Macron locked in a duel with National Front leader Marine Le Pen at the top of the polls for the first round of voting Sunday…what’s surprising, though, is that communist candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon is surging in the polls and has drawn even with Republican François Fillon in 3rd place, within just 4 points of Macron…

Melenchon says he would introduce a 100% tax on income above 400,000 euros ($425,000 U.S.), 20 times higher than France’s average wage…the top rate of income tax is currently an already high 45%…boosting that to 100% would effectively cap earnings at 400,000 euros…President Francois Hollande proposed a 75% top tax rate in 2012, but the proposal was rejected by the French courts…high taxes have contributed to an exodus of millionaires from France (10,000 in 2015 followed by another 12,000 last year according to New World Wealth), and how can that possibly be good for the country?…Melenchon’s response? – “I believe that there is a limit to the accumulation (of wealth). If there are any who want to go abroad, well, goodbye!”  We’ll gladly take their money in North America…

In Today’s Morning Musings….

1. A classic example of the potential leverage junior resource stocks provide…

2. Gold and the geopolitical backdrop…

3. A “Quantum leap” on the way?…

4. Daniel’s Den – the biggest Natural Gas find in a decade?…

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1. Gold has traded between $1,280 and $1,288 so far today…as of 7:00 am Pacific, bullion is down $5 an ounce at $1,284 while Silver is off 4 pennies at $18.21…geopolitical rhetoric has quieted down, at least temporarily, and some other catalysts may have to come into play for bullion to push through strong resistance around $1,300…base metal prices have rebounded modestly after some weakness yesterday while Crude Oil has added 12 cents to $52.53 ahead of fresh inventory data from the EIA…the U.S. Dollar Index, which took a beating yesterday, has bounced back one-quarter of a point to 99.78…

2. PyroGenesis (PYR, TSX-V) continues to be at the forefront of cutting edge research and the design, development, manufacture and commercialization of advanced plasma processes…this morning the company reported that it has successfully destroyed simulated chemical warfare agents for the U.S. military, exceeding 99.9999% efficiency. “A successfully developed system would safely destroy chemical warfare agent stockpiles onsite without having to transport these highly toxic chemicals to a remote location for processing,” said Peter Pascali, President and CEO of PyroGenesis. “Successfully completing this contract reflects the significant advances that we, at PyroGenesis, have achieved, and which we expect to continue to achieve in the area of defense and chemical warfare agent destruction. This, coupled with the fact that our plasma based waste destruction system is specified in the design of the new generation U.S. aircraft carrier, with two systems already having been delivered, further solidifies our position within the U.S. military as being the ‘go-to’ supplier of plasma-based solutions.” PYR is up 4 cents at 47.5 cents as of 7:00 am Pacific, just slightly below its March 30th multi-year high of 49.5 cents…

3. Camino Minerals (COR, TSX-V) has pulled back in early trading after soaring 259% yesterday (closed at $1.24 vs. 34.5 cents Monday) when it reported an impressive high-grade drill intercept (106 m grading 1.30% Copper) from its Los Chapitos Project in Peru…the first 2 RC holes confirmed the down dip extension of the Adriana zone surface oxide mineralization but the 2nd hole also hit high-grade sulphide mineralization at depth between 188 m and 294 m, with the hole ending in mineralization…Adriana is one of 5 known zones located along the northeastern trend of Chapitos…results are pending for 3 more RC holes while the balance of the Phase 1 program will be completed by diamond drilling beginning early next month…COR is off 20 cents at $1.00 as of 7:00 am Pacific…

4. The Venture is up 1 point at 826 after testing new support yesterday at 824…Spearmint Resources (SRJ, TSX-V), yesterday’s volume leader when it played the “closeology” game with Barkerville Gold Mines (BGM, TSX-V), is quieter and unchanged at 3 cents…another sudden jump in volume since yesterday in Austin Resources (AUT, TSX-V) on no news, a trend that began around the middle of last year…in Toronto, the TSX is 46 points higher while the Dow has added 8 points…a rare earnings miss from Goldman Sachs accounted for 73 of the Dow’s 110 points to the downside yesterday…on the data front, the Federal Reserve will issue the Beige Book of economic conditions at around 11:00 am Pacific…

5. Klondex Mines (KDX, TSX), which has tumbled about 40% in less than 2 months, reported this morning that it mined a total 57,633 Gold equivalent ounces for the 1st quarter of 2017, in line with company expectations, and remains on track to meet its annual guidance of 210,000 to 225,000 Gold equivalent ounces this year…that would be a 36% increase from 2016…financial results for Q1 will be reported May 4…the stock is off 7 cents at $4.77 in early trading and has landed in a strong area of technical support at its rising 500-day moving average (SMA)…

6. Bizarre…if you’re a shareholder of Evrim Resources (EVM, TSX-V), and you’re eagerly anticipating additional drill results following up on a high-grade near-surface discovery reported in mid-January, you may have to wait a while…Evrim reported this morning that First Magestic (AG, NYSE), which has an option to earn 100% of Ermitano adjacent to its operating Santa Elena mine, has completed 6 additional drill holes after discovery hole EW16–04 intersected 11.4 g/t Au over 18 m…during a site visit, Evrim geologists reviewed holes EW16–05 to EW16–07 and confirmed intersections of wide veins with near identical vein mineralogy and textures to those reported in hole EW16–04…First Majestic is in receipt of the assay results but says it won’t make them available to Evrim until after completion of its “community engagement process” at Ermitano…who knows how long that could take…under the terms of the agreement, First Majestic has to deliver a production notice supported by the required permits and a detailed mining and construction schedule by January 10, 2019, to earn 100% of Ermitano, at which time Evrim will retain a 2% NSR…EVM shareholders are remaining patient with the stock up 4 pennies at 32.5 cents on light volume in early trading…

7. Nighthawk Gold (NHK, TSX-V) released encouraging preliminary results this morning from its continuing metallurgical testwork on the promising Colomac Gold project…3 drill core bulk samples from various portions of the Colomac deposit were assayed and tested for grindability using the SAGDesign methodology…a master composite was then amalgamated from the bulk samples and used for additional metallurgical testing…initial results indicate that Gold recoveries of up to 96.5% may be achieved and the rock is amenable to all standard Gold recovery technologies…this represents a significant increase in recovery over the historic production results of 88.1% (1994 to 1997)…additional testwork is expected to yield further optimization and confirmation of these results…

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BMR Morning Market Musings returns tomorrow.

1. Gold has traded between $1,279 and $1,288 so far today…as of 7:00 am Pacific, bullion is down $5 an ounce at $1,279 as the metal continues to digest last week’s sharp gains (the best week for Gold since June of last year)…the North Korea problem isn’t going to go away anytime soon, and investors remain nervous ahead of the first round of presidential elections in France this Sunday…meanwhile, the U.S. dollar is coming under additional pressure this morning, down nearly half a point at 99.89…the prospect of 2 more Fed rate hikes this year is being questioned given delays in President Trump’s fiscal agenda after Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin conceded that tax reform won’t happen by August as previously hoped…there’s also the key issue of Congressional votes given Democratic resistance and splits on the Republican side…Trump has also had some success in talking the dollar down since the beginning of the year as he correctly sees a lower dollar being better for trade…

2. Oil prices hit their lowest in nearly 2 weeks this morning, but have since rebounded, after news that U.S. shale Oil output in May is expected to post the biggest monthly increase in more than 2 years, fueling concerns that U.S. production growth is undermining efforts to cut global oversupply…U.S. government drilling data showed shale production next month was set to rise to 5.19 million barrels per day (bpd), with output from the Permian play, the largest shale region, expected to reach a record 2.36 million bpd.  “The battle between the ‘sheiks and the shale Oil producers’ is far from decided…with all attempts by OPEC to achieve a lasting production deficit on the Oil market being torpedoed by non-OPEC producers, first and foremost the U.S.,” analysts at Commerzbank wrote…

3. Camino Minerals (COR, TSX-V) has soared 25 cents to 60 cents through 30 minutes of trading after releasing results from the first 2 drill holes of a 5-hole Phase 1 program that’s scheduled to resume next month at its Los Chapitos Project in southern Peru…the first 2 holes confirmed the down dip extension of the Adriana Zone surface oxide mineralization, with one hole intersecting a zone of high-grade sulphide mineralization at depth, returning 106 m grading 1.30% Cu (188 m to 294 m) including 2.12% Cu over 38 m…the Adriana Zone is one of 5 known zones located along the northeastern trend of Chapitos…COR has only about 37 million shares outstanding…

4. The Venture is flat as of 7:00 am Pacific, though some individual issues are making some noise…Spearmint Resources (SRJ, TSX-V), playing closeology with Barkerville Gold Mines (BGM, TSX-V), is up a penny at 3.5 cents on total volume (all exchanges) of 24 million shares…BGM has eased off a nickel to $1.12 after jumping 40 cents over the last 3 sessions…Castle Silver Resources (CSR, TSX-V), which broke out to a new multi-year high last week, is up half a penny at 27 cents as of 7:00 am Pacific…a powerful set of dynamics are coming together for CSR on the ground in northern Ontario at its high-grade Silver-Cobalt projects…

5. Freeport McMoRan (FCX, NYSE) has received preliminary approval to resume Copper concentrate exports from its Indonesian unit and is now in the process of obtaining an export permit, according to news reports…Indonesia halted Freeport’s Copper concentrate exports in January under new rules that require the Arizona-based company to adopt a special licence, pay new taxes and royalties, divest a 51% stake in its operations and relinquish arbitration rights – such a wonderful place to do business!…

6.  It’s easier to do business in the Dominican Republic, but GoldQuest Mining (GQC, TSX-V) is nonetheless beefing up its lobbying efforts to assist with the permitting and developments of its assets there…the company announced this morning that it has appointed Georges Boisse, Canada’s Ambassador to the Dominican Republic between 2012 and 2014, as a “special adviser”, while Robert Crowley has been engaged as the full-time corporate and social responsibility (CSR) manager…Crowley is based in the DR and has 30 years of international leadership and management experience across 15 Latin American, Caribbean and Central Asian nations…GoldQuest says the appointments “reinforce (the company’s) commitment to active engagement with the Dominican communities at both a national and local level as it advances the permitting process of the Romero Gold/Copper Project and the regional exploration programs.”

7. Is marijuana less harmful than sugar and fat?…the National Post reports this morning that a survey of 1,109 Canadians between April 3 and April 7 found that 1 in 4 Canadians has used marijuana recreationally in the past year, and another 19% would use it if it were legal…just 18% of respondents to the Dig Insights survey thought marijuana is “very harmful” – lower than the 19% who said that about alcohol, 25% who felt processed sugar was “very harmful” and 33% who said that about saturated fat…about 6 in 10 Canadians said they support marijuana legalization, according to the survey…Dig director Rory McGee, perhaps revealing a bias, stated:  “What we are seeing is the law to legalize marijuana in Canada couldn’t come soon enough. Perceptions and attitudes about marijuana use have become more relaxed. The fact that Canadians see marijuana use as less harmful than sugar and fat suggests that old stereotypes no longer ring true.” 

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Gold has traded between $1,285 and $1,293 so far today…as of 11:30 am Pacific, the yellow metal is down $1 an ounce at $1,287…Silver is off 4 cents at $18.47…Copper has added 3 pennies to $2.57…Nickel is up a penny at $4.41…Crude Oil has retreated 46 cents to $52.76 while the U.S. Dollar Index has slipped another one-third of a point to 100.15…

Going into Easter, Gold posted its biggest weekly gain since June of last year with an advance of $33 an ounce or 2.6%…expectations seem to be restrained, however, as sentiment among investors is far from overly frothy at the moment…of course that sets up the possibility for a surprise to the upside where Gold could robustly push past resistance at $1,300…historically, April has been one of the best months of the year for bullion and April 2017 has proven to be no exception so far…this last half of the month certainly carries the potential for more geopolitical flare-ups while Presidential elections in France this coming Sunday and a return of the U.S. debt ceiling debate also loom large…

Vice President Mike Pence says the “era of strategic patience” with North Korea is over…Pence made the comments on the border between North and South Korea yesterday, just hours after North Korea’s failed missile test which some are speculating may have been disrupted by a secretive U.S. program of cyber and electronic warfare designed to sabotage launches…if so, that’s another victory for the U.S. military after a flawless strike against a Syrian air base and the unleashing of the Mother of all Bombs that obliterated about 100 ISIS terrorists and a network of underground tunnels in Afghanistan…

Gold Poised For More Gains

The short-term (9-month) chart for Gold in U.S. dollars shows RSI(14) pushing above 70% for the 1st time during that span…this suggests that momentum is on the upswing, so shorts ought to be exceedingly careful right now…

Gold In Canadian Dollars

Another fascinating chart from John that gives us great confidence Gold is in the midst of a run that will take it to almost $1,900 CDN (~$1,400 U.S.)…

This 2.5-year weekly chart has been amazingly accurate…

Look how the metal last December once again touched uptrend support at $1,499 with a turnaround beginning immediately at that point…

The previous move off the uptrend line in late 2015 took Gold up 25.5% to $1,752 in just over 2 months, while the increase after 8 months was 30%…the pattern lends additional credence to the view that Gold will test measured Fib. resistance at $1,880 CDN during 2017….

Buy pressure is increasing rapidly, now at its highest levels in 2 years…this suggests the U.S. dollar may encounter some weakness but one thing’s for sure – Gold’s climb this year has quite a bit further to go when viewed in the context of the Canadian dollar…

Gold 2.5-Year Weekly Chart In $CDN

Crude Oil Update

Who to believe?…

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) says global Crude inventories fell by a rate of 200,000 barrels a day during the 1st quarter of this year…

Meanwhile, OPEC paints a much less optimistic picture…it shows global Oil inventories increased by 430,000 barrels a day during Q1…

The outlook for the current quarter is no clearer…the IEA sees further progress with demand for OPEC Oil running about 1 million barrels a day ahead of production…but OPEC sees a world with supply still running ahead of demand which will add about 280,000 barrels a day to inventories…

If this has you confused, there is one thing they both agree on – things will change in the 2nd half of the year…inventories could be drawn down at a rate of about 1.2 million barrels a day in the 3rd quarter if OPEC’s 6-month cut is extended, as seems likely…extending those cuts will be more painful for producers than it is now, however, as many of them (within and outside OPEC) have brought forward planned maintenance (which involves shutting production) to help reach their targets…they won’t be able to repeat that trick later in the year…

John’s Crude Oil charts have proven to be more consistent than the information coming from the IEA and OPEC…the technicals are showing a continuing bull market that should intensify as the year progresses, leading to a high of around $70 a barrel…

In Today’s Morning Musings….

1. Barkerville (BGM, TSX-V) makes another leap on more drill results from Cariboo…

2. Getting in ahead of the action on a 6-5-cent Gold stock…

3. Silver’s immediate challenge…

4. Daniel’s Den – Investors are missing the Midas Touch!… 

Did you know that for as little as just over $2 a day, you can be a BMR subscriber and tap into the best analysis and picks for the junior resource sector that you’ll find anywhere?  Last year’s BMR Top 50 List returned a whopping 118% and we are delivering market-trouncing returns again in 2017.  BMR was the first to call the new bull market in the Venture in early 2016, and our coverage of the commodities space gives you valuable daily insights into price movements and critical trends.  BMR is daily information that puts you ahead of the crowd!

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1. Gold has traded between $1,285 and $1,293 so far today…as of 7:00 am Pacific, bullion is flat at $1,288…any minor dips in Gold will be eagerly embraced by astute traders given bullion’s bullish technical posture following last week’s breakout and the likelihood of additional near-term gains as geopolitical concerns remain in focus…from ongoing tensions in North Korea to French elections next Sunday, there’s no shortage of catalysts to fuel a continued advance in Gold…holdings in New York-listed SPDR Gold Shares ETF rose more than 6 tonnes on Thursday, the biggest 1-day inflow in a month…the U.S. dollar hit a 5-month low against the yen this morning…

2.  China’s 1st quarter GDP came in slightly above expectations at a 6.9% annual growth rate, the strongest pace in nearly 2 years…other Chinese data was similarly upbeat, with March industrial output accelerating 7.6% on year, the fastest pace of growth since December 2014, while March fixed asset investment grew a robust 9.2%…

3. U.S. Crude output is now at an 86-week high at 9.24 million barrels a day while the Oil rig count rose for the 13th straight week to 683, the highest in 2 years…however, WTI prices remain firm on strong global demand and expectations that OPEC will extend its production cut, potentially leading to a significant drop in global inventories during the last half of the year…

4. Despite a slow start this morning, the Venture is well-positioned for a 4th straight week of gains after pushing through resistance in the mid 820’s last week…next target is 850, the high from last summer which also provided resistance in February…the Index is off 1 point at 834 as of 7:00 am Pacific…Barkerville Gold Mines (BGM, TSX-V), which climbed 26% last week to a new multi-year high, was halted shortly before the market open, pending news…the company then announced that it has made a new discovery from the continuing 130,000-m Phase 2 Island Mountain and Valley zone drill program at its Cariboo Gold Project…Island Mountain Shaft zone drill hole IM-17–072 intersected a previously unidentified wide network of high-tenor veining grading 19.2 g/t Au 54.4 m, including 32 g/t Au over 30.7 m…the hole included several narrow intervals of exceptionally high Gold grades including 760 g/t Au over 0.85 m…meanwhile, 180 m vertically below drill hole IM-17–072, in drill hole IM-17–078, Barkerville has discovered another broad occurrence of sandstone-hosted stockwork veining averaging 11.42 g/t Au over 28.55 m…BGM resumes trading at 7:45 am Pacific and should respond bullishly…

5.  Drilling is expected to resume this week with 2 rigs at EnGold Mines’ (EGM, TSX-V) discovery at Lac La Hache…one of the drills will be deployed to test the previously reported new, highly intense gravity anomaly to the northwest of the discovery hole…the other drill will step out to the south of the discovery hole, where new gravity data indicate increasing potential for high-grade Copper mineralization…last Thursday, EGM announced the closing of a non-brokered private placement of 4 million flow-through units at 50 cents per unit for gross proceeds of $2 million…

6. Garibaldi Resources (GGI, TSX-V) announced late in Thursday’s trading session that it’s ready to launch a heliborne electromagnetic survey during this last half of April at its E&L Project 11 miles southwest of Eskay Creek where the company has outlined the district’s first Nickel-Copper-rich massive sulphide system…modern geophysics have never been carried out at the E&L where sulphide mineralization is believed to extend well beyond the boundaries of the near-surface deposit that was delineated through a series of drill holes half a century ago…

7. RJK Explorations (RJX.A, TSX-V) is expected to resume drilling imminently at its 100%-owned Maude Lake Gold Property after closing the first tranche of a financing last week, raising gross proceeds of just under $300,00o (1.6 million non-flow-through units @ 18 cents per unit)…with less than 20 million shares outstanding and a current market cap of only $2.7 million, RJK is a situation to watch closely…a first phase of drilling returned multiple near-surface high-grade intercepts including 14 m @ 5.37 g/t Au…the property contains an historic high-grade resource and holds exciting potential at depth below 300 m where historic results returned such intersections as 19.5 g/t Au over 8 m at the 375-m level and 12.3 g/t Au over 2.5 m at the 475-m level…RJX.A is unchanged at 16 cents in early trading…

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A very happy Easter to all of our readers!

TSX Venture Exchange and Gold

The next “Big Event” in this Venture bull market is just around the corner as investors prepare to destroy the Great Wall at 850…

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Sunday, April 16, 2017

It’s Easter Sunday, Resurrection Day, a day that should give everyone hope because it was on this day over 2,000 years ago when Jesus rose from the dead to claim victory over death – the greatest victory, the most incredible comeback, mankind has ever witnessed!  The Resurrection is what underpins the Christian faith and makes it unique.  The Resurrection is an irrefutable fact of history, and it’s why Jesus is indeed the way, the truth and the life.  And the same Spirit who allowed Him to conquer death can dwell in each one of us, if we so choose.  That’s a message of hope for everyone this morning as we all face challenges in our lives.  With Jesus all things are possible as Scripture repeatedly states.

As exciting as it is to see our favorite stocks explode to the upside, or as gut-wrenching as it was to experience the 80% decline in the Venture between early 2011 and the beginning of 2016, as investors we should never let money or our stock portfolios control our lives or rob us of our joy.  Yes, easier said than done, but that’s one reason God has provided a Helper for each of us.

True happiness – peace and lasting joy – can’t come through being in open rebellion against God.  It can only be found by knowing and serving Him through His Son, Jesus Christ, who suffered and died on the cross at Calvary and rose from the dead 3 days later on this day (Easter Sunday).  He is risen, indeed.  This is why we celebrate Easter.  This day is not about the Easter bunny or chocolates or Easter egg hunts or enjoying a day off work. It’s about Jesus and what He did.  He suffered and died for us, out of His love and mercy for us, and actually conquered death.  That is so powerful and should give hope to us all.  Think about it.  He also modeled the values, including humility, that He wants each of us to embrace for our own good and to help improve the lives of others around us.

Nothing is more important in our view than one’s relationship with God through Jesus. He is the Creator of all things, including every mineral and every resource we write about here at BMR.  He has also provided us, through His precious Word, all the guidance we need for our daily lives, including of course how we should approach the handling of money, investment matters and relationships – business and personal.

This special day is a great opportunity for each of us to put some time aside and reflect on what Easter Sunday is really all about and why we celebrate it.  And draw closer to God in the process.  Each of us is very imperfect, but as sinners we have redemption through the precious blood of Jesus.

John 20:29:  “Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.”

From our families to yours, have a joyous Easter Sunday.