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

Horizonte plans $325M financing to develop Araguaia nickel project in Brazil

August 12, 2020 / www.northernminer.com

Horizonte Minerals (TSX: HZM) announced that it is arranging a senior secured project finance facility of up to US$325 million to fund the construction and development of its flagship Araguaia nickel project in Para state in Brazil.A syndicate of five international financial institutions, including BNP Paribas, ING Capital LLC, Mizuho Bank, Natixis, and Soci?(C)t?(C) G?(C)n?(C)rale, will act as th...Read More

Wesdome meets production guidance in Q2

August 12, 2020 / www.northernminer.com

Wesdome Gold Mines' (TSX: WDO) Eagle River complex in Ontario churned out 25,142 oz. gold in the second quarter at all-in sustaining costs (AISCs) of US$879 per ounce.According to the company, based on 50,264 oz. generated from the asset in the first half of the year, Wesdome is well-positioned to meet its 2020 production guidance of 90,000-100,000 oz. gold at all-in sustaining costs of US$985-$1...Read More

U.S. Gold adds Idaho project to portfolio

August 12, 2020 / www.northernminer.com

U.S. Gold (NASDAQ: USAU) is adding a new exploration project to its portfolio through its acquisition of Northern Panther Resource Corporation, which holds the Challis gold project in Idaho.U.S. Gold is currently focused on developing the advanced-stage Copper King project in Wyoming and the Keystone project located in the Cortez Gold Trend of Nevada.Under the terms of the merger agreement, U.S....Read More

Hudbay posts US$51.9M loss on Constancia suspension

August 12, 2020 / www.northernminer.com

Canadian miner Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM, NYSE: HBM) posted a US$51.9 million loss in the second quarter, as an eight-week suspension of its Constancia copper mine in Peru weighed on results.The Toronto-based company revised down its production targets for its Peruvian operations to 65,000-75,000 tonnes of copper and 25,000-35,000 ounces of precious metals. Hudbay had earlier forecast 80,000-95,0...Read More

Former Goldcorp CEO David Garofalo Takes the Helm at Gold Royalty Corp.

August 12, 2020 / www.outsiderclub.com

Publisher's Note: After fighting in the trenches of the gold bear market for the past few years, finding success where success was scant, I have the good fortune of a deep network in the gold space. That means I can reach out to people most others can't to get an inside look at what's going on in the world of gold, just like I did with billionaire John Paulson and his recent Big Long on gold. Th...Read More

RT @MarketsTicker: API data show a more than 4 million-barrel weekly decline in U.S. crude supplies, sources say

August 11, 2020 / trib.al

The American Petroleum Institute reported late Tuesday that U.S. crude supplies dropped by 4.4 million barrels for the week ended Aug. 7, according to...Read full newsRead More

Granada 55.56 g/t Over 3 Meters From 1220 kg Surface Grab Sample; Adds Second Drill

August 11, 2020 / bit.ly

Granada Gold Mine is pleased to provide an update of its 2020 HigRead full newsRead More

LAURION Announces Upsize of Previously Announced Non-Brokered Private Placement of Flow-Through Shares

August 11, 2020 / bit.ly

LAURION Mineral Exploration Inc. (TSXV:LME) is pleased to announcRead full newsRead More

Brigadier Announces Appointment of New Director

August 11, 2020 / bit.ly

Brigadier Gold Limited is pleased to announce that Mr. Garry ClarRead full newsRead More

Gold heads for biggest drop in 7 years on rising U.S. yields

August 11, 2020 / fw.to

The rally that pushed gold to record heights above US$2,000 an ounce has come to an abrupt halt, with the haven metal seeing the biggest drop in seven years after bond yields spiked higher.Read full newsRead More

Gold heads for biggest drop in 7 years on rising U.S. yields

August 11, 2020 / fw.to

The rally that pushed gold to record heights above US$2,000 an ounce has come to an abrupt halt, with the haven metal seeing the biggest drop in seven years after bond yields spiked higher.Read full newsRead More

RT @goldstocktrades: Granada Gold $GGM.V Finding High Grade Gold In Heart of Cadillac Break

August 11, 2020 / youtu.be

http://goldstocktrades.com/blog Disclosure: Author (Jeb Handwerger) owns shares and they are featured sponsor companies. Sponsors are website advertisers so ...Read full newsRead More

RT @TheArabSource: Greek Armed Forces on high alert for potential confrontation with #Turkey

August 11, 2020 / aml.ink

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) - The Greek media reported on Tuesday, that the Greek Armed Forces are on high alert, at a time when the eastern MediterraneanRead full newsRead More

RT @staunovo: Oil companies start to take back crude from U.S. emergency reserve #oott

August 11, 2020 / www.reuters.com

Energy companies have begun taking back millions of barrels of oil from the U.S. government's emergency stockpile after renting storage in the facility to help manage a glut of crude this spring after energy demand collapsed during COVID-19 lockdowns, a Department of Energy website showed on Monday.Read full newsRead More

Miner Barrick beats profit estimates as gold prices surge

August 11, 2020 / dlvr.it

Miner Barrick beats profit estimates as gold prices surge, warns on Papua New Guinea mineRead full newsRead More

Predicting The Price Of Gold | Zero Hedge

August 11, 2020 / www.zerohedge.com

...real rates have been negative before during the 1940s in the post WW2 Era and in the 1970s STAGFLATION.Read full newsRead More

Predicting The Price Of Gold | Zero Hedge

August 11, 2020 / www.zerohedge.com

...real rates have been negative before during the 1940s in the post WW2 Era and in the 1970s STAGFLATION.Read full newsRead More

SK makes world's 1st NCM battery with 90% #nickel

August 11, 2020 / m.theinvestor.co.kr

SK Innovation will commercialize the world's first nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) batteries that contain 90 percent nickel, according to industry sources on August 10. ?EUREURThe South Korean battery maker will supply lithium-ion batteries that contain 90 percent nickel, 5 percent cobalt and 5 percent manganese inside cathodes to Ford F-150 electric pickup trucks set for release in 2023, they said....Read More

Barrick Gold profit rises, beats expectations

August 11, 2020 / dlvr.it

Barrick Gold Corp. profit and revenue rose for the second quarter as it made changes to its operations at mines due to the Covid-19 pandemic,and it said it stayed within its 2020 production guidance range.Read full newsRead More

US to reimpose 10% tariff on Canadian aluminium

August 11, 2020 / www.northernminer.com

The U.S. government will reimpose a 10% tariff on some aluminium imports from Canada as of Aug. 16, U.S. President Donald Trump announced during a campaign event at a Whirlpool plant in Clyde, Ohio, on August 6.In response to the U.S. president's announcement, the Canadian government has said that it will impose a $3.6 billion (US$2.7 billion) tariff on U.S. aluminium products starting from Sept...Read More

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