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

Morgan Stanley sees a sharp reversal in commodities with prices rising nearly 20% by 2017 making mining stocks historically attractiveInvestors returned to the metals and mining sector in a big way on Wednesday after an analyst report called a bottom in the commodities rout.On the Comex market in New York copper for delivery in December climbed 1.7% to a three-week high of $2.3960 or $5,280 a tonn...Read More

Polysole LV1250 and Traverse TF4000 Have Successfully Passed the USDA BioPreferred Program's Stringent Independent Certification ProcessVancouver, BC - Solegear Bioplastic Technologies Inc. (TSX-V:SGB) announces today that it has earned a USDA Certified Biobased Product and Packaging Label for its Polysole LV1250 injection molding bioplastic verifying its 85% bio-based content. Solegear's TF4000...Read More

Four in 10 Americans say they have "a great deal" or "a fair amount" of trust and confidence in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately and fairly. This ties the historical lows on this measure set in 2014 and 2012. Prior to 2004, slight majorities of Americans said they trusted the mass media, such as newspapers, TV and radio.Americans' confidence in the media...Read More

Four in 10 Americans say they have "a great deal" or "a fair amount" of trust and confidence in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately and fairly. This ties the historical lows on this measure set in 2014 and 2012. Prior to 2004, slight majorities of Americans said they trusted the mass media, such as newspapers, TV and radio.Americans' confidence in the media...Read More

Brett Kolankowski told The Whigg.com that he is delighted to be working as a bus driver after his mining engineering degree from Queens University didn't quite work out.The Mississauga resident looked for a career in his field, but said jobs were hard to come by within the slumping mining industry. Kolankowski saw an ad for bus drivers and decided to "give it a shot." He told the Whigg that he is...Read More

Bristol Bay is one of the world's richest salmon runs. Image published by Emma Forsberg under Creative Commons license.The Environmental Protection Agency didn't respect proper permitting procedures and relied on hypotheticals when preventing the mine from proceeding after invoking section 404(c) last year, concludes a report released today.Development of the Pebble Bay Mine has been stymied due t...Read More

The drying up of equity and debt markets coupled with new lows in cash reserves have pushed Canada's junior mining industry to the brink says PwC's annual report on the TSX Venture's top 100 junior mining companies.According to report, now in its ninth year, juniors raised $514 million in equity financing in 2015, down 25% from last year, while debt financing fell 27% to $278 million over the sa...Read More

Freeport McMoRan has been mining copper, silver and gold at Grasberg in remote Indonesia since the 1970s. In terms of reserves, Grasberg is still the richest deposit on the planetCopper and gold giant Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) was trading higher as much as 6.7% on Tuesday with already more than 28 million shares in the owner of the iconic Grasberg exchanging hands by midday.The Phoenix-based com...Read More

Skeena Resources Limited (TSX.V: SKE) ("Skeena" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the acquisition of a 100% interest in the GJ property (the "GJ Property") from majority owner Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TCK) ("Teck") and its 49% joint venture partner, NGEx Resources Inc. (TSX: NGQ) ("NGEx"). The GJ Property is comprised of 80 mineral claims totaling 37,508 hectares and is located adjacent...Read More

Copper Mountain is located in Canada, 20km south of Princeton. Image from IntelligenceMine.Copper Mountain announced that in the third quarter of 2015 the mine produced 20.4 million pounds of copper.Concentrate shipped during the quarter contained approximately 21.9 million pounds of copper, plus gold and silver, generating an estimated US$60 million in gross revenue. In the third quarter the mil...Read More

Toronto, ON - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM) (the "Company" or "Siyata") is pleased to announce that it has received its first purchase order from BUG, Israel's largest technology retail chain, to launch Truckfone in their outlets nationwide.BUG is Israel's largest retail chain for mobile devices, computers and IT products - renowned not only for its size, but also its unmatched market reputatio...Read More

At least 10 people were killed and nine others were wounded when a gunman who demanded to know his victims' religions opened fire Thursday on a campus in southwest Oregon, witnesses and authorities said.The gunman was killed in a firefight with Douglas County sheriff's deputies at Umpqua Community College, Sheriff John Hanlin said. Multiple law enforcement sources identified him to NBC New...Read More

At least 10 people were killed and nine others were wounded when a gunman who demanded to know his victims' religions opened fire Thursday on a campus in southwest Oregon, witnesses and authorities said.The gunman was killed in a firefight with Douglas County sheriff's deputies at Umpqua Community College, Sheriff John Hanlin said. Multiple law enforcement sources identified him to NBC New...Read More

Andrew Pullar, CEO of The Sentient Group, a private equity fund, says his plan for investment success is all about identifying companies with long-life, low-cost, world-class assets and supporting them through to production. In this interview with The Gold Report, Pullar plots the course for a handful of what he believes are world-class mining assets.The Gold Report: Please sum up your current vie...Read More

The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) expressed its firm support for Canada's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)."Canada's mining industry has been a strong advocate for liberalized trade and investment flows for many years," stated Pierre Gratton, MAC's President and CEO."NAFTA, free trade agreements with Chile, Peru, Colombia, and other countries in Latin America, Africa, and...Read More

Scores of U.S. Secret Service employees improperly accessed the decade-old, unsuccessful job application of a congressman who was investigating scandals inside the agency, a new government report said Wednesday. An assistant director suggested leaking embarrassing information to retaliate against Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, chairman of the House oversight committee.The actions by the employees co...Read More

Scores of U.S. Secret Service employees improperly accessed the decade-old, unsuccessful job application of a congressman who was investigating scandals inside the agency, a new government report said Wednesday. An assistant director suggested leaking embarrassing information to retaliate against Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, chairman of the House oversight committee.The actions by the employees co...Read More

A decision on Friday by a Greek court going in favour of Eldorado Gold's (TSX:ELD) Skouris mine has bumped the stock up by close to 10 percent.Shares in the $3.3-billion market cap company gained 9.63 percent at the close of trading in Toronto, following news that the company can temporarily resume mining until a final court ruling is made. It's the most the Vancouver-based global gold miner has...Read More

Two top Army generals recently discussed trying to kill an article in The New York Times on concussions at West Point by withholding information so the Army could encourage competing news organizations to publish a more favorable story, according to an Army document.The generals' conversation involved a Freedom of Information Act request that The Times made in June for data on concussions resu...Read More

Two top Army generals recently discussed trying to kill an article in The New York Times on concussions at West Point by withholding information so the Army could encourage competing news organizations to publish a more favorable story, according to an Army document.The generals' conversation involved a Freedom of Information Act request that The Times made in June for data on concussions resu...Read More