News and Reports

Year Ahead 2025

January 06, 2025

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

Year in Review 2023 and Outlook for 2024

January 04, 2024

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

Year in Review 2022 and Outlook for 2023

January 2023

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: The Heart of Global Copper

October 2021

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 Gold

June 2021

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 Gold Mining and Canadian Juniors

April 2021

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

An Overview of the Golden Triangle

July 2020

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

An Overview of Quebec Gold Mining

April 2020

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

An Overview of the Red Lake Mining District

January, 2020

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

My Futuristic, Dystopian, and Oddly Comforting Flight

August 21, 2020 / www.outsiderclub.com

It'd been a while since I'd flown in a plane. To be honest, I didn't even like flying before the world went to shit. It's cramped, stressful, and it makes me nauseous. And now, of course, it's a little more dangerous with the pandemic. Unfortunately, though, some urgent family business called me out of state and I had to go. But now here's the good news: My flight experience was strangely com...Read More

RT @GreenlaneBiogas: How one man is pioneering a rice revolution with #biogas [

August 20, 2020 / www.worldbiogasassociation.org

How one man is pioneering a rice revolution with biogas Craig Jamieson (left) is a man on a mission - to develop a major bioeconomy in the rice growing regions of the world. His pioneering approach is centred on...Read full newsRead More

Emgold Announces Flow-Through and Non-Flow-Through Private Placements

August 20, 2020 / bit.ly

Emgold Mining Corporation announces that due to investor interestRead full newsRead More

VanGold Options Back Royalties to Streamline El Pinguico Ownership Structure

August 20, 2020 / bit.ly

VanGold Mining Corp is pleased to announce it has signed an optioRead full newsRead More

RT @staunovo: #Russia fully fulfils obligations under oil production cut deal in August, says minister #oott

August 20, 2020 / tass.com

Energy Minister Alexander Novak noted that the oil market has come close to balancing itself, which is the goal of the OPEC+ deal on oil production cutsRead full newsRead More

Sona Nanotech Clinical In-Field Validation Study Results to Be Released Next Week

August 20, 2020 / kincommunications.com

Halifax, Nova Scotia - Sona Nanotech Inc. (CSE: SONA), (OTCQB: SNANF) ("Sona Nanotech" or the "Company"), a developer of rapid, point-of-care diagnostic tests, announces that it expects to release a report on its clinical, in-field evaluation studies for its rapid detection, COVID-19 antigen test next week. This data will be used to support the Company's submissions to Health Canada and the FDA fo...Read More

Venzee Reports Second Consecutive Month Exceeding Retail Channel Integration Targets - A Leading Indicator of Per-Channel Revenue Generation

August 20, 2020 / kincommunications.com

Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ) (the "Corporation" or "Venzee"), has added additional revenue-generating retail channels to its platform - outpacing internal growth targets and meeting client demand for digital integration across the valuable "last-mile" of global retail.According to Venzee CEO John Abrams, "We completed our pivot to a partner-driven selling model in the fir...Read More

Siyata Mobile Aligns with Vive Wireless and Receives Initial Purchase Order

August 20, 2020 / kincommunications.com

Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM / OTCQX: SYATF / FRA: WK3D) (the "Company" or "Siyata") is pleased to announce the Company has aligned with Vive Wireless, an Authorized Wireless Bell Dealer in Canada, to engage in multiple opportunities for the Uniden UV350 in conjunction with an initial purchase order from a leading Canadian construction company through Vive Wireless.Marc Seelenf...Read More

RT @staunovo: U.S. eyes October deadline to end exemptions on #Venezuela oil sanctions #oott

August 20, 2020 / reut.rs

The United States is considering an October deadline for ending exemptions to Venezuelan sanctions that allow some companies and refiners to still receive the South American producer's oil, two sources said, as Washington seeks to raise the heat on President Nicolas Maduro.Read full newsRead More

Opt for These Stocks as Buffett Buys Stakes in Gold Mining

August 20, 2020 / dlvr.it

The current economic uncertainty is shooting up the prices of gold, which bodes well for gold mining stocks.Read full newsRead More

NRW forecasts FY21 growth on strong orders, diversity

August 20, 2020 / www.mining-journal.com

ASX-listed NRW Holdings (NWH), among the world's biggest contract mining and engineering groups, says it has at least A$2 billion of work on order to underwrite another year of growth in FY2021.Read More

Kirkland Lake signs strategic alliance agreement with Newmont in Northern Ontario

August 20, 2020 / www.northernminer.com

Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX:KL, NYSE:KL) and Newmont (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) have signed a strategic alliance agreement to collaborate on exploration and development work in Northern Ontario.Under the terms of the multimillion-dollar deal, announced on Aug. 17, Toronto-based Kirkland Lake and the world's leading gold company are pledging to focus on the companies' various properties located near Timmins...Read More

Battle North ups raising to C$55 million

August 20, 2020 / www.mining-journal.com

It had announced plans earlier in the day to raise $45 million, priced at $1.85 per share and $2.68 per flow-through share.The underwriters, led by Cormark Securities and Stifel GMP, were granted an over-allotment option.The company said proceeds would be used for exploration, pre-development and development activities at its flagship, "shovel-ready" Bateman project in Ontario, plus for general wo...Read More

Canadian miners blast govt decision to join Teck project's enviro review

August 20, 2020 / www.mining-journal.com

"We are very disheartened by the federal government's decision on the Castle project given the expansion fell well below the threshold to being subject to the IAA," said Mining Association of CanadaRead More

Codan's Minetec to focus on software

August 20, 2020 / www.mining-journal.com

Codan's overall sales surged 29% year-on-year to A$348 million but the small mining-focused tracking solutions business saw a 32% retraction to $7.6 million. The company's net profit after tax was up 40% to $64 million for the year.In 2018, after Codan entered a strategic collaboration agreement with the world's biggest mining machinery maker, Caterpillar, CEO Donald McGurk said the alliance was a...Read More

Barrick, Mali miners reassure as share prices tumble

August 20, 2020 / www.mining-journal.com

Miners and explorers were quick to say operations were unaffected and they were closely monitoring the developing situation.Barrick said yesterday its Loulo-Gounkoto complex had not been affected and operations were continuing as normal.It noted it had "an adequate inventory for its foreseeable requirements and management has taken steps to secure its supply lines".Verisk Maplecroft senior Africa...Read More

The 13-carat Ring Carved out of Diamond

August 20, 2020 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - It's a diamond ring, but not as we know it.  The entire piece (pictured) has been carved from a fancy dark grey natural rough type IaB diamond and weighs 13.15 carats.The Gemological Institute of America's New York lab say it's the first ring of its kind submitted to them for evaluation.It probably started life as a 20-carat rough, they say in the spring is...Read More

Women take Sterling Sex Bias Claim to Supreme Court

August 20, 2020 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Women alleging sex bias by Sterling Jewelers are calling on the US Supreme Court to allow them to pursue a joint action.A group of 70,000 current and former employees claim Sterling, a subsidiary of Signet Jewelers, paid them less than men and gave them fewer promotions. Sterling strenuously denies the claims.Last November, Sterling persuaded a court that only a few hundred women w...Read More

Tiffany Introduces Total Diamond Traceability

August 20, 2020 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Tiffany & Co is to provide unprecedented detail on the provenance of its diamonds, by telling customers exactly where each stone was mined, sorted, graded, cut and set.The New York-based jeweler says it will share the "full craftsmanship journey" for each each newly-sourced, individually-registered stone of 0.18 carats or above, to show its commitment to complete traceability.I...Read More

Conventional mine and mill

August 20, 2020 / www.mining-journal.com

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesMuch of the increase was due to the impact of higher precipitation estimates on water management infrastructure and operating costs, and changes in power supply from liquified natural gas to diesel.Read More

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