The precious metals all soared in 2025, and while a continued monetary expansion and geopolitical risk could still drive gains especially for gold in 2026, a pullback in silver, platinum and palladium is possible after recent partly speculative surges.Read More

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

AngloGold Ashanti and Barrick Gold will sell their effective 80% stake in the Morila Gold Mine in Mali, the miners said on Monday, as political crisis grips the West African nation after soldiers seized power in a coup.Read full newsRead More

88 Energy (ASX:88E) Prepares for Billion Barrel Farm OutSPONSORED88 energyAVZ closes on financing for tier-one lithium projectSPONSOREDavz mineralsElement 25's Butcherbird on songSPONSOREDelement 25Lithium no quiet place for AVZSPONSOREDavz mineralsIt was Tsingshan Steel which stirred nickel 12 months ago with a big buying order that reportedly took 78,000 tonnes of nickel off the London Metal...Read More

Auryn and Eastmain Resources had announced the transaction a month ago, designed to create three, commodity-specific exploration companies, with Fury to be focused on Canada and headed by former Agnico Eagle VP of corporate development Mike Timmins. Yesterday, the pair said Auryn would issue 7.5 million subscription receipts in two tranches, the first priced at $2 and the second at the flow-t...Read More

The deal also includes earn-outs based on future performance. IG was formed in Melbourne in 2012 and has a presence in South Africa, Chile and Singapore.Read More

(IDEX Online) - De Beers reportedly sold $300m of rough at Sight 7 last week, after offering 10 per cent discounts to buyers.It signals the start of a recovery after its sales for the whole of Q2 fell 96 per cent to just $56m.The miner sold $551m of uncut gems at its February Sight, the last before the pandemic took hold globally and decimated demand.De Beers, which sells a quarter of the world�...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A spectacular yellow-brown diamond fetched $325,000 in the first online-only sale of diamonds by Christie's.The Jewels Online: Summer Sparkle realized $1,492,625 in total, with 84 per cent sold by lot.The headline lot was a 20.21-carat pear-shaped stone (pictured) set in a fine white diamond necklace. Other highlights included old mine brilliant-cut diamond ring of 12.02...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Uncertain times are reflected in an uncertain market, with few price movements during July and little to discern by way of overall trends. A glance at the charts shows a more or less equal split between red (falls) and green (rises). Key one-carats (1.00-1.24cts), both round and fancy cuts, were pretty much static. Only the smallest fancies (0.18-0.22cts) showed consistent increase...Read More

The first thought leadership panel of the Global Mining Symposium was focused on sustainability and the importance of the shift from commitments to action by the mining industry. Moderated by Henry Stoch, Deloitte's Canadian sustainability and climate change leader, the panel featured Marcia Smith, senior vice president, sustainability and external affairs with Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.B; NYSE: T...Read More

This week's episode features the launch of The Northern Miner's Global Mining Symposium virtual mining conference, with opening remarks by group publisher Anthony Vaccaro. As well, Rio Tinto responds to last week's podcast - we examine what was said and take another look at where things stand.All this and more with online editor and host Adrian Pocobelli.Gord SusinskiThis episode's Mining Minute...Read More

The Northern Miner kicked off its inaugural Global Mining Symposium on Tuesday, with mining leaders, influential investment professionals, and forward-thinking innovators from around the world. The three-day event includes panel discussions, fireside chats, and company presentations and covers the financial, technological, and operational developments that guide the global mining and mineral expl...Read More

A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for Troilus Gold's (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) namesake project in Quebec has outlined a 22-year, 35,000-tonne-per-day open pit and underground mine, with the 9,000 tonne-per-day sub-surface portion starting up in the eighth year.The resulting operation would produce an average of 220,000 gold oz. per year over the first five years of operation, and 246,000 go...Read More

Evolution Mining (ASX: EVN) has released an updated resource for its recently acquired Red Lake gold project, which the company says is materially higher than the figures estimated during its due diligence of the acquisition.The Sydney, Australia-based gold miner acquired the northern Ontario operations from Newmont Mining (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) in a US$475-million deal that closed earlier this yea...Read More

Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) has released an updated resource for the Getchell gold project in Nevada. Last month, the company announced a definitive purchase agreement for the asset with Waterton Global Resource Management.Measured and indicated resources at Getchell consist of 21 million tonnes at 2.16 grams gold per tonne for 1.5 million oz. gold, with an additional 2.8 million i...Read More

Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) will take a dispute over mining rights for the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to the country's Supreme Court after a minor court dismissed the Canadian company's attempt to regain the licence.The world's second-largest gold producer and its Chinese partner, Zijin Mining, became embroiled in a dispute with the PNG government in April, when Prime Mini...Read More

Scorpio Gold (TSXV: SGN) has granted an option to Titan Mining (TSX: TI) to earn an 80% interest in the Mineral Ridge property in Nevada.The terms of the agreement require Titan to spend US$35 million in staged expenditures over a period of five years to earn an 80% ownership interest in Mineral Ridge Gold LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Scorpio Gold which holds all of the mineral rights and water...Read More

A new report by Fitch Solutions forecasts that global gold production will increase from 106 million oz. in 2020 to 133 million oz. by 2029, for an average annual growth rate of 2.5%.According to the report, this result would be an acceleration from the average growth of just 1.2% over 2016-2019.In the market analyst's view, Russian gold production will lead the rise with gold output jumping from...Read More

The company said it was the third such request by the Prefect of Azuay in his personal capacity, which INV believed was politically motivated in advance of the 2021 presidential elections. "We have been advised by our legal counsel that this and other previous rulings have set a precedent that any future referendum requests related to mining activities should not impact our legally granted mi...Read More

If you're like me, you haven't stepped foot in an airport in over half a year.When we eventually do, we'll enter a whole new world. It'll look a lot like the one before, but will be fundamentally transformed.The way things are looking, some airlines might not be around anymore. I wouldn't be surprised if we see government-brokered takeovers similar to the financial sector in the last recession, bu...Read More

Catch up and get informed with this week's content highlights from Charlotte McLeod, our editorial director.Read full newsRead More

Gold79 Mines Ltd. is pleased to announce executive management chaRead full newsRead More