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

GoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelStanmore Resources was for much of the past decade a low-key Queensland-focussed coal mining business, until catapulted up to a value of A$3 billion (US$2 billion) thanks to a series of events.Read More

GoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelThe conflict reportedly involved the the Sudanese military and an "influential militia group" called the Rapid Support Forces.Read More

GoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickel  Drilling last year at the Moblan project has enabled Sayona to announce a new resource of 51.4 million tonnes grading 1.31% based on a 0.55% cut-off. The strike has been extended from 1.Read More

GoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTogether with its direct lithium extraction technology partner, Lilac Solutions, Lake announced the production of 2,500kg of lithium carbonate equivalents at the Kachi lithium pilot plant.Read More

(IDEX Online) - US customs officers seized three shipments of counterfeit jewelry within 24 hours, with a total value, if genuine, of over $4.4m. The first two shipments, both from Hong Kong and destined for a private residence in Jeffersonville, Indiana, contained 400 bracelets and almost 1,000 jewelry sets, all bearing suspect Van Cleef and Arpels trademarks. The third, also also from Hong Kong,...Read More

Cangrejos would produce an average of 371,000ozpa of gold and 41Mlbpa of copper for 26 years, from reserves of 11.Read More

Speaking at the 2023 CESCO Mining Exploration Forum in Santiago, Chile, the minister said that while world exploration budgets increased in 2022, with Chile representing 5.Read More

GoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelThe survey asks about central risk trends and requires participants to rate risks in up to three jurisdictions they are familiar with.Read More

The company received its operating license in early April and has now commissioned the second module, a dense media separation plant, having previously commissioned the crushing plant at the end ofRead More

GoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelJack Lifton, executive chairman of the Critical Minerals Institute and technical adviser to One World Lithium, which is developing direct lithium extraction technology for use in brine projects.Read More

"Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn't, pays it."- Attributed to Albert EinsteinDear Outsider,We receive a lot of questions from readers about the basics of investing.Whenever I make an investment, I begin by asking myself one simple question: What is my goal?For me personally, I want to be able to live off my investments. Wheneve...Read More

GoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelSprott is to obtain the shares and NSR as the senior secured lender to Pure Gold. As of the end of October 2022, Pure Gold had secured debts of C$133 million to Sprott and unsecured debts of C$16.Read More

I've taught a seminar on financial warfare at the U.S. Army War College for the past seven years.It's always a delight and a challenge because these people are so smart to begin with. These are serious, super sharp people that any top corporation would love to have. They certainly refute the popular refrain that military intelligence is an oxymoron.I can assure you, it's not true.I usually have ab...Read More

Together with its direct lithium extraction technology partner, Lilac Solutions, Lake announced the production of 2,500kg of lithium carbonate equivalents at the Kachi lithium pilot plant.Read More

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