Gold largely ignoredinflation raging out of control in 2022. Despite the first inflation super-spike since the 1970s, history’s ultimateinflation hedge disappointed.  But that unsustainableanomaly driven by extreme Fed rate hikes catapulting the US dollar parabolicwon’t last.  Inevitably prevailing goldprices will adjust much higher to reflect this red-hot inflation fuel...Read More

Here's how history rhymes in theprecious metals market and what we can glean from recent movements in gold,silver, and mining stocks.Historytends to repeat itself. Not to the letter, but in general. The reason is thatwhile economic circumstances change and technology advances, the decisions tobuy and sell are still mostly based on two key emotions: fear and greed. Theydon’t change, and once...Read More

(Updates prices, adds Port Pirie ramp up) By Pratima Desai LONDON, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Copper prices hit a two-weekpeak on Wednesday as top consumer China's easing of COVIDrestrictions spurred buying, but recession risks andexpectations of weaker demand capped gains. Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME)was up 1.1% at $8,444 a tonne at 1705 GMT after touching itshighest since Dec. 14...Read More

Libero Copper and Gold Corp. is building relationships with locals near its projects in Colombia and Argentina.Libero Copper and Gold Corp. (LBC:TSX.V; LBCMF:OTCQB) has entered into a cooperation agreement with the community of Montclar, Colombia, near its Mocoa copper-molybdenum project.The "Cooperation Framework Agreement for Participation and Generation of Shared Benefits" was signed unanimousl...Read More

Looks at the changes in the Top 10 TSXV Gold Stocks by market cap from January 2022 to December 2022.Read More

Gold has been poweringhigher on balance for a couple months now, surging to major breakouts.  That upside momentum is improving sentiment,with traders growing more bullish on gold’s potential.  That is well-placed, as this upleg remainsyoung.  Major gold uplegs are three-stageevents, each having distinct drivers. The first and smallest stage isn’t even finished yet,...Read More

Investors got some superficially good news on the economy this week. But it turned out to be bad news for markets.Although they’ve bounced back a little today, equities and precious metals markets sold off on Thursday following government data showing that the economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter. GDP was revised upward to a 3.2% annual pace from July through September.Of c...Read More

Since the gold market now showsparallels to 2008 and 2013, what can we expect if the correction has justended? TheUSDX's Breakout The changes that we saw on the chartsyesterday were not enough to change anything that I describedyesterday, so those comments remain up-to-date. Also, what I coveredduring yesterday’s live event (I combined the live market analysis with thepresentation about the...Read More

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's supreme court on Friday endorsed a settlement with Barrick Gold to resume mining the Reko Diq, one of the world's biggest copper and gold deposits sites in the country's southwest, a court order showed. The short order was read out by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, who headed a five-person panel. A Reuters reporter was present in the co...Read More

It was unclear on Monday if protesters in Peru would abandon planned strikes and disruptions around mines run by Glencore (LSE: GLEN) and China-controlled MMG after new President Dina Boluarte promised elections two years early in 2024. Boluarte announced the initiative after two protesters died on Sunday in widespread unrest following the Dec. 7 sacking of former President Pedro Castillo on char...Read More

When I was younger, I was taught that if you cannot say something nice, don't say anything at all. Well, when many of you have asked why I have not written about metals in quite some time, now you know the reason. But, I think that's about to change.Before we begin, I want to give you a little background about my history in the metals market.For those who may not remember the action we experi...Read More

Drilling by Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) at its S?(C)gu?(C)la gold project in C??te d'Ivoire continues to reveal more exploration upside, with the company announcing on Monday an updated resource for the Sunbird deposit as well as the discovery of two regional prospects.Following the release of an initial resource for Sunbird earlier this year, exploration drilling has since resulted...Read More

Expert Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. reviews Andrew Ross Sorkin's decision to interview SBF in a global broadcast, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's November 30th email alert, and the price of gold as it advances to tell you where he believes the market is heading and what you should look out for.I will discuss gold in a few paragraphs, but first. . . Andrew Ross SorkinAt the exact moment whe...Read More

The newly reported drill results also extended the mineralization present at the primary exploration target, noted a Research Capital Corp. report.Scottie Resources Corp. (SCOT:TSX.V) released more positive drill results from its Scottie gold project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle, reported Research Capital Corp. analyst Stuart McDougall in a November 11, 2022, research note. These new data...Read More

New Found Gold (TSX-V: NFG, NYSE-A: NFGC) says new drilling expands its Keats West discovery in the Queensway project of central Newfoundland. Hole NFGC-22-773 intersected 18.6 grams gold per tonne over 15.95 metres with mineralization starting at a vertical depth of just 8 metres, the company said in a news release on Wednesday. The new intercept is located up the sloping formation from two...Read More

While comparing gold and bitcoin givessome idea of the patterns in the market, can the slide of junior miners bepredicted by the same method?Those of you who have been following myanalyses for a while may be expecting me to write that it is based on the stockmarket's rally and thus only temporary, as miners will follow gold soonerrather than later. That’s their ultimate source of revenue (cu...Read More

With the breakdown of the U.S. dollar, expert Clive Maund reviews charts for gold, copper, and palladium to tell you where he believes the metals are headed and which he thinks you should buy. The last update was prescient as it called for a major breakdown in the dollar and breakouts by gold and silver, all of which happened just days later. If this were 2010 or 2011, this update would have gene...Read More

Share this article VANCOUVER - Ivanhoe Electric Inc. [IE-TSX, NYSE American] has begun drilling at the historic Tintic copper-gold district in Utah after more than five years of property acquisition, digitization of old mine records and meticulous geologic mapping."The Tintic mining district has a storied, century-and-half-long history of high-grade silver production, dating back to the first dis...Read More

Expert Rick Mills explains the uses, geology, and market for zinc to tell you why he believes this is a transitional metal you should be paying close attention to.Lead-zinc is among the most important of base metals, constituting an essential requirement of a country's industrial development. The two metals keep us powered and sheltered, yet the lead-zinc sector has not seen a major discovery in o...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 13 points in pre-opening trade.Walt Disney advanced $8.19 to $99.99 after Bob Iger was renamed Chief Executive Offices effective immediately. JM Smucker gained $1.60 to $146.14 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal third quarter revenues and earnings. The company also raised guidance for the current fiscal year...Read More