The AOCE and WB have moderate overall forecasts for the metals in 2025 inline with IMF forecasts for a decline in economic growth and inflation, although we see the probability of a stagflationary scenario as still reasonably high.Read More

The past year was a difficult one overall for the metals, with the main standouts to the upside being a geopolitical risk-driven gain in gold, a China-driven rise in iron ore and a surge in uranium on broadening global support for nuclear power (Figure 1). A jump in global interest rates to near two-decade highs saw recession fears persist all year, and while one still did not actually eru...Read More

This year the post-global health crisis boom was brought to an end by a surge in inflation to forty-year highs, a major rise in global interest rates in an attempt to curb the rising prices and surging geopolitical risk after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While precious metals held up reasonably well as markets turned to them as a risk hedge, by Q2/22 the higher interest rates put an end t...Read More

Chile is the world leader in copper production, at 28.5% of the total in 2020, and this looks set to continue, with the country having the largest global reserves, at 23.0% of total. It is also the global leader for molybdenum, which is often found along with copper, and is a major lithium player, holding 51.1% of global reserves. Read More

Newfoundland has become a gold exploration hotspot over the past few years, with the sector seeing some of its strongest activity ever. While the province remains a small contributor to Canadian gold production, it has a substantial mineral industry well supported by the government, focused on iron ore, copper and nickel, and the surge in exploration suggests that gold output from the...Read More

Nevada is the core of the U.S. gold output, accounting for by far the majority, at 75.4% on average for the past year. The state looks set to remain a dominant player in U.S. gold, as it accounts for 49% of total U.S. reserves, with Alaska slightly ahead with 51% of reserves, but just 8.6% of current production. The U.S. accounts for 6.1% of global gold output, making Nevada one of the largest gol...Read More

The Golden Triangle in northwestern British Columbia has historically been a major site of Canadian gold production, beginning as early as the mid 1800s. There was a wave of production in the 1990s which cooled as the gold price declined, but larger scale production resumed in 2017, and the area has seen surging exploration interest over the past year, given that the region has some of the largest...Read More

In this report we outline the Quebec gold mining industry, including its major producers, and a survey of many of the junior miners focused on the province. Quebec accounts for 34% of Canadian gold production (second to Ontario, with 44%) and remains a major focus for both producers and junior miners.Read More

Red Lake has been one of the most prolific gold mining districts in Canada and the world, with exploration having started in the 1920s, and production, which began in the 1930s, continuing to the present day. The district is known for the high grade of its gold, its infrastructure, and strong institutional support, given the long history of mining in the area.Read More

SilverCrest Metals (TSX: SIL) has acquired a 100% interest in the 71-sq.-km El Picacho property, located 40 km northeast of its flagship Las Chispas silver-gold development project in the state of Sonora, Mexico.SilverCrest paid US$1.6 million to American Metal Mining (a private company) and its affiliate, in addition to the required taxes to bring the 11 mining concessions to good standing.Ther...Read More

Australia's Danakali (ASX, LON: DNK) said it plans to spend the rest of the year raising funds to bring its Colluli potash project in Eritrea closer to construction.Reporting on the first two quarters of 2020, the Perth-based miner said it's considering a range of options to fund work at Colluli, which is a 50-50 joint venture between the company and the Eritrean National Mining Corporation (ENAMC...Read More

Copper was once again approaching the psychologically important US$3 per lb. level on the back of falling inventories, booming Chinese demand and pandemic hit supply from South America, the U.S. and Africa.On Aug. 26, Copper for delivery in December trading in New York jumped 1.5% to US$2.9965 per lb. ($6,605 a tonne) in afternoon trading, bringing gains in 2020 to more than 7%, and 50% since the...Read More

Anyone who follows The Outsider Club knows that I'm not a resource guy. My trading service, The Wealth Warrior, focuses instead on the defense and security sectors. I'm talking about companies that make fighter jets, drones, laser weapons, rocket engines, and advanced AI. Nevertheless, even I knew something big was on the horizon for gold. Here's what I told subscribers back in September 2019:...Read More

FireFox Gold Corp. is pleased to provide an update on its 2020 suRead full newsRead More

Best Result of 5.0 metres core length (estimated 2.5 metres true width) grading 353g/t Ag and 7.98g/t Au from 174m in LV20-245.Read full newsRead More

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Halifax, Nova Scotia - Sona Nanotech Inc. (CSE: SONA), (OTCQB: SNANF) ("Sona Nanotech" or the "Company") a developer of rapid, point-of-care diagnostic tests, is pleased to announce that its rapid detection COVID-19 antigen test achieved a sensitivity of 84.6% and a specificity of 90.0% in a study across 99 collected clinical patient samples, which included 39 positive samples and 60 negative samp...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Select Sands Corp. (TSX-V:SNS | OTCQX: SLSDF) (the "Company") announced operational and financial results for Q2 2020, and the filing of its financial statements and associated management's discussion and analysis on www.sedar.com. All dollar references in this release are in U.S. dollars.SECOND QUARTER 2020 AND RECENT HIGHLIGHTSGenerated revenue of $0.04 million and a gross lo...Read More

Gold mining can demolish Amazon rainforest in just a few days. New research finds that the impacted forest does not recover even 3-4 years after a mine is abandoned.Read full newsRead More

Paulson purchased the notes in two separate financings in March 2016 and March 2020 and they will convert into 199.7 million shares.Read More

BHP, Anglo American and Glencore will be among the beneficiaries of a met-coal recovery, though it is a material which tends to be overlooked in the big diversified miners or ignored by investors whoRead More

The contractor posted FY20 NPAT of A$64.9 million, up 41% year-on-year, and EBITDA of $238.Read More

(IDEX Online) -  India's voluntary suspensions of rough imports have helped stabilize diamond prices, says Colin Shah, newly-appointed chairman of the GJEPC."Commodities across the world, including oil, have fallen but diamond prices have been stable," he said."This was the result of a conscious decision taken by the Indian diamond companies to cut down rough imports so that businesses c...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Talks to renew a 10-year agreement between De Beers and the Botswana government have been delayed by COVID-19 travel restrictions.They jointly operate the Debswana Diamond Company, which controls all diamond mining in Botswana, on a 50/50 basis, and which supplies around a quarter of the world's rough from its Damtshaa, Jwaneng, Letlhakane and Orapa mines.The government says n...Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesA 2019 investigation by Codelco concluded it had been overcharged for 14 years between 2005 and 2018.Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesGlencore owns 73.1%, First Quantum Minerals 16.9% and ZCCM-IH, Zambia's mining investment arm, 10% of the operation, which was shuttered briefly earlier this year.Mines minister Richard Musukwa told Reuters ZCCM-IH was seeking a larger stake "with a view to holding a controlling stake in Mopani".Artemis all set thanks to unique app...Read More

Days after closing the acquisition of the Blackwater gold project in central British Columbia from producer New Gold (TSX: NGD; NYSE-AM: NGD), Artemis Gold (TSXV: ARTG) has released the results of a revised prefeasibility study on the asset.The latest study suggests a 23-year open pit operation, with a staged development. The first, five-year phase would be at a throughput of 5 million tonnes per...Read More

The first phase of drilling at Palladium One Mining's (TSXV: PDM; US-OTC: NKORF) wholly owned Lantinen Koillismaa (LK) project in north-central Finland has returned long mineralized intervals, starting at shallow depths. The latest results are from the Murtolampi zone, 2.5 km north of the Kaukua deposit at LK.Drill highlights from the nine holes reported include 87 metres of 1.43 grams per tonne p...Read More