| 10/27/2023 9:30 AM Current Market Spot Prices: | Gold: $1,984.26/ozt | Silver: $22.89/ozt | Platinum: $926.20/ozt | Palladium: $1,168.05/ozt |
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
KMG Gold Now Sells Local, Hand Crafted Jewellery
If you like shiny things as much as we do, you'll be pleased to find out that KMG Gold is now selling select wholesale jewellery. Available at our Winnipeg storefront on Academy Road or online here, KMG Gold is happy to offer their customers a new product to enjoy.
Most of the items we now sell in the wholesale jewellery category are earrings, although we do offer a few different pendants. The earrings and pendants we sell are made with 14K white gold or 14K yellow gold and are set with a wide range of different gemstones. Some of the gemstones include: citrine, garnet, blue topaz, diamond and many more.
Selling this jewellery allows us to support our local Winnipeg economy, something we're really happy to be able to do. Each piece of jewellery is handcrafted and brand new, made by Roger Watson Jewellers right here in Winnipeg. Roger Watson Jewellers is a company that KMG Gold trusts and has collaborated with in the past with excellent results, so we can't recommend them enough!
We invite you to visit us online and check out the big selection of jewellery, complete with pictures and detailed information about each piece. They make for a perfect gift for someone you love, especially if that someone is yourself. You can check out the birthstone chart below for a little inspiration!
You can order online with free shipping on orders over $100, visit us at Academy Road or give us a call and we'll set it aside for you to pick up. As always, if there's something you'd like to see us offer online or in our store, leave us a comment or connect with us on Facebook to let us know!
Most of the items we now sell in the wholesale jewellery category are earrings, although we do offer a few different pendants. The earrings and pendants we sell are made with 14K white gold or 14K yellow gold and are set with a wide range of different gemstones. Some of the gemstones include: citrine, garnet, blue topaz, diamond and many more.
Selling this jewellery allows us to support our local Winnipeg economy, something we're really happy to be able to do. Each piece of jewellery is handcrafted and brand new, made by Roger Watson Jewellers right here in Winnipeg. Roger Watson Jewellers is a company that KMG Gold trusts and has collaborated with in the past with excellent results, so we can't recommend them enough!
We invite you to visit us online and check out the big selection of jewellery, complete with pictures and detailed information about each piece. They make for a perfect gift for someone you love, especially if that someone is yourself. You can check out the birthstone chart below for a little inspiration!
You can order online with free shipping on orders over $100, visit us at Academy Road or give us a call and we'll set it aside for you to pick up. As always, if there's something you'd like to see us offer online or in our store, leave us a comment or connect with us on Facebook to let us know!
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
KMG Gold Sponsors 2nd Annual Attire to Inspire Fashion Show
For the second year in a row, and since its inception, KMG Gold was a proud sponsor of the SMD Foundation and 
Easter Seals Manitoba's second annual Attire to Inspire Fashion Show. This exciting fundraiser raised money for children, youth and adults with disabilities in Manitoba.We love giving back to a good cause and this year was even better than last year because we were able to make it out to the event this time! Project Specialist Tasha DiLoreto (that's me!) and Office Manager Jodi Micelli both attended and we got to see a runway of beautiful clothing and local celebrities, not to mention the delicious food and wine that we were served.
KMG Gold was named the Inspire Sponsor of the show which was held in a new venue this year because it had expanded so much since last year. It took place at the Qualico Family Centre in the Assiniboine Park and 144 people attended the sold out show. The fashion show featured local clothing from several small boutiques in Winnipeg and all of the celebrities in attendance were also local Winnipeg perso
nalities, like Blue Bombers teammates, local news anchors and local politicians.
We were so happy to be able to support such a fantastic cause and we can't wait to see the show again next year. Our guess is that it will expand again since it was such a fun evening, which is always appreciated in the cold Winnipeg winter!
In the meantime, we'll continue to support Easter Seals Manitoba in a new way: the Drop Zone Challenge! Come read about our quest to watch our boss Michael Gupton rappel down the side of one of Winnipeg's tallest buildings and help us reach our goal of raising $1,500.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Bitcoin 101
Perhaps you've heard of Bitcoin before, the digital currency that popped up in 2009 and which seems to be in the headlines every so often. There are numerous different opinions floating around about Bitcoin, a lot of them uninformed. Since KMG Gold has very recently begun accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment, we thought it would be a great idea to give our customers a quick overview of all things Bitcoin. Here's the lowdown: Bitcoin is a digital currency that people can transfer between one another by using cryptography to control its creation and the transfer of funds. Bitcoin aren't regulated by any country or any person, the way they even come into existence is through a process called mining where people verify and record payments with one another. Bitcoin are stored in digital wallets which are essentially different software programs that you would use on your computer or smartphone. Bitcoin can be transferred instantly and if you're using your smartphone, it would use a QR code to do so.
Bitcoin can be bought and sold and traded across anywhere in the world and is somewhat anonymous in the sense that only the Bitcoin address is viewable and not the owner's name. Bitcoin can be stolen and it is impossible to get them back, which is why Bitcoin often generates a lot of flack. However, this can be prevented by working with trustworthy individuals and companies, which is why KMG Gold is eager to adopt this additional form of currency. Like we mentioned earlier, KMG Gold is now accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment at our 620 Academy Road location in Winnipeg, and is one of the first merchants in town to do so. This means you can use Bitcoin to buy gold, silver, platinum and palladium bullion, gold testing supplies, coins, numismatics and handcrafted jewellery. In the near future, KMG Gold will also be a trusted seller of Bitcoin, offering customers a safe and easy way to purchase Bitcoin.
If you're interested in learning even more about Bitcoin, visit CoinFest Winnipeg 2014 this Saturday February 15. KMG Gold is one of its proud sponsors. It's running from 1pm-5pm at the Santa Lucia Pizza lounge at 4 St. Mary's Rd and will share information about Bitcoin to individuals and local merchants looking to learn more about the digital currency. There will be guest speakers, a Q&A session and door prizes at this event so be sure to come on out if you want to learn more!
Have more questions? Check out this video below that is very informative.
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
Gold Gossip: The Cariboo Gold Rush
You've probably heard of the California Gold Rush and the Klondike Gold Rush, but do you know about the Cariboo Gold Rush? In our latest edition of KMG Gold's Gold Gossip blog series we'll tell you all about this exciting time in history.Although not as major as the California and Klondike Gold Rushes, the Cariboo Gold Rush occurred in what's now the Canadian provin
ce of British Columbia and began as early as 1852. In 1858, the Hudson's Bay Company shipped over 800 ounces of gold to the Federal Mint in San Francisco which ignited gold fever. The California gold rush had happened only a few years earlier so the Cariboo sounded like it was the next hot spot for finding gold. The summer of 1858 saw over 30,000 prospectors sail to Victoria where they first needed to obtain a valid mining license which would allow them to prospect for gold. Gold seekers took to the Fraser River, looking for gold in the sand bars and a lot of people returned to California when they didn't find much. But for those who stuck with it, they worked their way up the Fraser River and reached the Cariboo in 1862, getting lucky.
Initially the gold seekers were American, but as the American Civil War raged on, most went back home, and the prospectors were largely Canadian. It was a Canadian named Billy Barker who found gold first in the Cariboo on Williams Creek. This led to the creation of Barkerville which boomed into a town of 10,000 people all on the hunt for gold. And by 1865, the gold rush was in full swing!
We can thank the gold rush for...
- Many new towns sprung up who were run by men and women who would become pioneers in the new agriculture and business communities.
- The city of Victoria hugely expanded and developed.
- Wagon Road was created by Royal Engineers and stretched 400 miles from Yale into Barkerville.
- Wagon Road made it possible for the soon-to-be Canadians to access and hold authority over the Cariboo goldfields to ensure the wealth didn't pass through into the United States.