Cartier Intersects 9.4 g/t Au over 6.5 Meters at Chimo Mine, Quebec

Cartier Resources Inc. {TSX-V: ECR} announced results from its 25,000 metre ongoing drill program on their Chimo Mine property, located 45 km east of Val-d’Or., Quebec.

The 2B Zone (2 Structure) was intersected 150 m east-north-east of the shaft   The intersection graded 9.4 g/t Au over 6.5 m including 56.0 g/t Au over 0.5 m and 25.2  g/t Au over 2.0 m Continue reading

Cascadero Copper announce Sarita Este Gold Project Update – First Phase Of 2017 Exploration 

Cascadero Copper {TSX.V: CCD}  announced the results of Phase One of its Sarita Este program in the Puna region of Salta Province, Argentina.
The Sarita Este prospect is an untested gold bearing system that is believed to represent a high-sulphidation epithermal system peripheral to First Quantum’s Taca Taca copper-molybdenum-gold porphyry deposit. Continue reading

Swiss firm launches a futures product to allow shorting of Bitcoin

Bitcoin – Swiss asset management firm Vontobel will launch a new futures product designed to let customers bet against the price of bitcoin.

To be launched on the SIX Exchange, the offering will enable investors to reap gains even if the bitcoin price plunges. The company will release two mini futures, a type of derivatives instrument that represents a fraction of the value of standard futures. Continue reading