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

Mining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelThe five-year loan will bear interest at SOFR + 8.25%, subject to a 2% SOFR floor, and will be: secured by a second-ranking lien on all IAMGOLD...Read More

Argentina Lithium ramps up exploration in 2023SPONSOREDargentina lithium & energyESG must be about more than box tickingSPONSOREDslr consultingGoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumGreat Southern peaking under the coverSPONSOREDgreat southern miningMining magnate Robert Friedland's Canada-based Ivanhoe Electric will be the operator of the JV during the exploration phase, whic...Read More

Highlights at PDA included 14.15m grading 20.95 gpt gold, with the company stating that the deposit has already surpassed La Yaqui Grande in terms of resource size.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lab growns over 10 carats are to be auctioned in what's being described as the first sale of its kind.Hundreds of stones will be offered for sale in The Size Matters online event by Virtual Diamond Boutique (VDB), the sourcing and trading app.It says it's the "first-ever auction dedicated to laboratory-grown diamonds of such rare and large sizes".Among the vendors in...Read More

The "X-Date" is the day the U.S. Treasury goes broke. It's not the same as the debt ceiling but it is a consequence of the failure of Congress to raise the debt ceiling.Right now, the Treasury is at the debt ceiling. That means it has no legal authority to issue net new debt. It can issue new debt if old debt is maturing. That keeps the total debt unchanged; you're just rolling over maturing debt...Read More

Mining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelUnique in every aspect, the Mint has been a feature of the Australian gold industry for more than 120 years, churning out bars and coins as wel...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lucara reported a drop of almost 40 per cent in its Q1 sales of diamonds from its Karowe mine, in Botswana.The Canadian miner said rough revenue fell from US$67.2m in Q1 2022 to $41.3m, but it sold more carats - up from 80,295 to 83,374, a reflection of ongoing weakness in the market."As anticipated, Q1 delivered lower revenues than in the comparative period, owing to the change in...Read More

The Spain-focussed company outlined in its January-quarter results that it had benefitted from improved electricity prices, which had impacted its bottom line.Read More

Mining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelThe company is in discussions with license holders and county governments in Kenya and hopes to make quick announcements on copper projects, sa...Read More

Dear Outsider,I decided to get some cheap food at the local Mexican joint around the corner and lick my wounds from a terrible week of trading for me.Last week I wrote to you about the biggest investing mistake of my career.I didn't follow my own advice and got burned because I had too many eggs in one basket...A classic mistake.All the signs were there...It was too good to be true...An extre...Read More

Reporting its March quarter results, the company said it had paused all detailed engineering and economic studies while the evaluation takes place.Read More

Canada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDChina's Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), last week confirmed that a new, more rigorous, set of emissions standards will go nationwide...Read More

The note, entitled, "Bearish fundamentals - when will the LME price crack?Read More

Canada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDNewmont has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Newcrest for US$17.8 billion to become the world's largest gold producer with some 8Moz...Read More

Canada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDNewmont successfully completed just over four weeks of due diligence and the two have signed a scheme implementation deed. Newcrest shareholder...Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - TRX Gold Corp. [TNX-TSX; TRX-NYSE American] reported drilling results from the Anfield and Eastern porphyry zones. The results demonstrate the potential for the Anfield and Eastern porphyry zones to add to resources and a new mining area on the Buckreef gold project. The Buckreef Project is located in the Geita District of the Geita Region, south of Lake Victoria, app...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Plans to revive the mothballed Ellendale mine - once the world's largest producer of fancy yellow diamonds - have been boosted by "excellent" valuations of bulk samples, says owner Gibb River Diamonds.An independent appraisal of diamonds from the Ellendale 9 Lights stockpile, one of four bulk samples, averaged US$1,443 per carat.The company said updated valuations across a num...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Indian government will renew diplomatic efforts to have the Britain return the Koh-i-Noor diamond.It follows the coronation of King Charles III earlier this month. Queen Camilla pointedly had the iconic 105.6-carat oval-cut Golconda gem removed from her crown, to avoid heightening tensions."The thrust of this effort to repatriate India's artefacts comes from the personal c...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The second part of the controversial Heidi Horten auction raised over $42m on Friday, bringing the total so far to $198m.That surpasses the original estimate by Christie's Geneva that the total sale of 700 items, including an online sale that closes tomorrow, would raise $150m.Christie's said earlier that her gems represented the most valuable jewelry collection ever to b...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi has won the first round of a legal battle to prove he was kidnapped against his will from his new home on Antigua and Barbuda, in the West Indies.Choksi, 64, claims India was involved in an elaborate plot to bring him back to his home country, where he is due to stand trial over the alleged $1.8bn Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud.    &nbs...Read More