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
Codelco will use Waybridge to digitise its global refined copper business, which the company said would "lead the industry towards more efficient, reliable, and sustainable trading".Read More
Precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) said Thursday that it will provide up to $A30 million (about US$20 million) to its takeover target Australia's New Century Resources (ASX: NCZ), subject to certain conditions.The financial support comes as record levels of rainfall in North Queensland, Australia, resulted in flooding at the Century zinc mine and Karumba port facility...Read More
With construction starting in 2024, the company expects the facility to produce about 50,000tpa of battery-grade lithium hydroxide from multiple sources, with the potential to expand up to 100,000tpa.Read More
Twentieth-century British philosopher Bertrand Russell once gave a public lecture on astronomy.An attendee - supposedly - claimed that Earth was not situated in space, as this Russell fellow argued...This attendee claimed instead that Earth rested upon the back of a monstrous turtle.Russell asked this individual what particular solidity the turtle was standing upon, what structure held it up.The a...Read More
High-grade drill results extending the mineralization at Troilus Gold's (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) main project to revive a gold and copper mine in Quebec will probably increase its profitability, an analyst said. Troilus shares rose. The assays add 150 metres to the project's X22 zone for a total strike length of 1 km, which remains open to the southwest and at depth, Troilus said on Thursday....Read More
The issue saw Advanced Metallurgical Group (AMG) subscriving for 124 million newly issued shares of Zinnwald Lithium at a 10% premium to share prices in the run up to the deal.Read More
Patriot Battery Metals (TSXV: PMET; ASX: PMT; US-OTC: PMETF) said it has extended the main spodumene deposit on its Corvette project in Quebec by half a kilometre, sending its stock higher. The Vancouver-based explorer's 20,000-metre winter drilling campaign at the project about 300 km east of James Bay has lengthened the CV5 deposit strike another 550 metres to 3.15 km, it said on Thursday. As...Read More
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