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

Ventyx Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:NASDAQ:VTYX) Q4 2022 Earnings Conference Call March 24, 2023 4:30 PM ETCompany ParticipantsRaju Mohan - Founder & Chief Executive OfficerMarty Auster -...Read full newsRead More

Planet 13 Holdings Inc. (OTCQX:PLNHF) Q4 2022 Earnings Conference Call March 23, 2023 5:00 PM ETCompany ParticipantsMark Kuindersma - IR, LodeRock Advisors Inc.Larry Scheffler -...Read full newsRead More

GeoVax Labs, Inc. (NASDAQ:NASDAQ:GOVX) Q4 2022 Earnings Conference Call March 23, 2023 4:30 PM ETCompany ParticipantsGabrielle DeGravina - CG CapitalDavid Dodd - Chairman, President &...Read full newsRead More

Celcuity Inc. (NASDAQ:NASDAQ:CELC) Q4 2022 Earnings Conference Call March 23, 2023 4:30 PM ETCompany ParticipantsRobert Uhl - ICR Westwicke, IRBrian Sullivan - CEO and Co-FounderVicky Hahne...Read full newsRead More

Canadian Mining Journal Editor-in-Chief Tamer Elbokl spoke with economist, founder of the publication Critical Metals for a Sustainable World, and former vice-president with Scotiabank, Patricia Mohr at PDAC 2023 in Toronto in March. Mohr discussed Canada's critical minerals potential, including in nickel, copper and rare earths - from mining to refining - as well as rising demand for minerals fro...Read More

Gemfields reported revenues of US$341 million in 2022, up by 32% year-on-year. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose by 25% to $166 million in 2022.Read More

Shawn Wallace, CEO and Chair of Torq Resources, talks to Mining Journal about the company's flagship copper-gold project in Chile and what investors can expect over the course of the year.Read More

Unsurprisingly copper, the most widely traded and investable of the new energy metals, was the most widely discussed.Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipAvino Silver & Gold looks to triple production by adding assetsSPONSOREDavino silver & gold mines ltd Rex Minerals nearing investment decision on Hillside copper-gold projectSPONSOREDrex mineralsThe Iluka Resources spin-off said its improved reserves of 41 million tonne...Read More

Mark Selby, chairman and CEO of Canada Nickel Company, talks to Mining Journal about the junior miner's Crawford nickel-cobalt sulphide discovery and what investors can expect to see in the coming months.Read More

Video Series: Mining Journal speaks with Dr Michelle Michot Foss SPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesSouthern Silver excited by high-grade prospects at Cerro Las Manitas SPONSOREDsouthern silver exploration corp.Rex Minerals nearing investment decision on Hillside copper-gold projectSPONSOREDrex mineralsAvino Silver & Gold looks to triple production by adding assetsSPONSOR...Read More

Western Copper and Gold (TSX: WRN; NYSE-AM: WRN) announced Friday a strategic equity investment by Japan's Mitsubishi Materials to advance the company's Casino copper-gold project in Yukon towards development.Mitsubishi has agreed to acquire about 5% of Western's outstanding shares at $2.63 per share. The exact number of shares to be issued (and by extension, total proceeds received) will depend o...Read More

Politicians everywhere have a tendency to make decisions based on short-term outcomes that might become catastrophic in the long term. There are few better examples of this than legislation in London 250 years ago. In one of the U.K.'s worst ever political decisions (and we've had a few), Parliament voted on Apr. 27, 1773, to help the financially troubled East India Co. (EIC) by allowing it to...Read More

"After the approval in the Senate Mining Commission, some additional issues have arisen, which do not alter what was legislated by the Commission with the executive available to evaluate them in thisRead More

"Old soldiers never die," said Gen. Douglas MacArthur in his long-ago farewell address of April 1951. "They just fade away," he added with a note of deep sadness.I sure wish we could say that about Keynesian economists.That is, about economists who follow the doctrines and dogmas of John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), a British economist whose main works were published in the 1920s and '30s and whose...Read More

The Northern Miner caught up with the world's biggest mining technical consulting group SRK Consulting at PDAC in Toronto in March 2023. Tamer Elbokl, Editor-in-Chief of TNM sister publication Canadian Mining Journal discussed the latest trends in mine closure and reclamation with SRK's principal corporate consultant Jeff Parshley, who specializes in closure planning and closure cost estimation. W...Read More

Shares in coloured gems miner Gemfields (LSE: GEM; JSE: GML) climbed more than 5% on Friday after it posted record revenue for 2022, exceeding the US$300-million mark for the first time.The Africa-focused emeralds and rubies miner said last year revenue hit US$341 million, a 32% increase from the almost US$258 million recorded in 2021."The coloured gemstone market has seen strong demand after the...Read More

Bolivia's government is calling its lithium-producing neighbours to forge ahead with the idea of setting a Latin America-wide policy on the exploitation of the coveted battery metal.The idea, part of a broader initiative involving Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile to form an OPEC-like cartel, seeks to collectively boost the bargaining power of these countries, President Luis Are said in a spee...Read More

Daniel Major, CEO of GoviEx, talks to Mining Journal about the company's progress at its uranium projects in Niger, Zambia and Mali.Read More

Mitsubishi agreed to acquire a 5% stake in the junior at C$2.63 per share. The exact number of shares will be determined by whether Rio Tinto elects to exercise its right to maintain its 7.Read More