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

Sun Summit Minerals (TSXV: SMN; US-OTC: SMREF) says 2023 could be a decisive year for the company's Buck gold/silver/zinc project in north-central British Columbia. A set of 3,000 metres of outstanding drill results will shed light on how large the emerging epithermal system is, and company president Sharyn Alexander says an initial resource could be ready before the year is out."With the results...Read More

Caledonia Mining (LSE: CMCL) has added to its portfolio one of Zimbabwe's biggest gold mining projects after completing the acquisition of Bilboes Gold, owner of the namesake asset, the U.K.-based miner said in a news release Friday.The shares plus royalty transaction, announced last year, will help the company more than double its annual output, potentially making it Zimbabwe's top gold miner. T...Read More

From Russia's invasion of Ukraine to stubbornly high inflation, and an unrelenting focus on reshoring critical minerals supply chains, last year was full of twists and turns for miners. Were you paying attention? Test your mining knowledge with The Northern Miner's 2022 mining news quiz.Read More

Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipCypress Development advances Nevada lithium project towards productionSPONSOREDcypress development corp4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingThe LME announced on January 5 that Huey Evans will not seek re-ele...Read More

While the broader market tanked last year, a small group of companies notched double-digit gains. I'm talking about defense contractors. And you can see for yourself how they did:Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) jumped 35%.Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) shot 40% higher.General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) rose 19.25%.Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) climbed 17%. Compare that with a 9% drop for the Dow and a 2...Read More

Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC; ASX: C6C) said it reopened its mine in southern British Columbia this week following a Dec. 27 ransomware attack that left deliveries unaffected.The Vancouver-based company restarted the primary crusher at its mine near Princeton about 300 km east of Vancouver on Jan. 1 and resumed operations at the mill "shortly thereafter," Copper Mountain said in a news releas...Read More

Patriot Battery Metals (TSXV: PMET; ASX: PMT; OTCQX: PMETF) is starting one of Quebec's largest winter lithium drilling programs at its Corvette property near James Bay as it prepares an initial resource estimate for the end of June. The Vancouver-based company plans to use five rigs to drill 20,000 metres in the period to April, it said in a news release on Thursday. It wants to lengthen a 2.2-...Read More

Arctic Canadian Diamond, operator of the Ekati mine in the Northwest Territories, is on track to expand revenue by more than half as it aims to be the only miner using a remote underwater vehicle with a cutting drum. The Calgary-based unlisted company will likely record 2022 income of about $500 million, an increase of more than 60% from the previous year's 11 months of operations, because of h...Read More

The incredible meltdown of FTX and the Bernie Madoff scam long before should tell us a thing or two about how much the government will protect us against scams. It does not and will not.Too often, government itself is part of that scam.That certainly seems true in the above two cases. And perhaps this is why Sam Bankman-Fried is being treated with kid gloves, with his $250 million bail not involvi...Read More

"The severe cold temperatures of -35° Celsius (-31° Fahrenheit) immediately froze a number of essential systems in the mills, which delayed the restart of milling operations for several days,"Read More

Cypress Development advances Nevada lithium project towards productionSPONSOREDcypress development corp4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingSubsequent to the grant of the extension in 2021, SEMARNAT suggested it had made a typographical error and that the correct term was tw...Read More

Cypress Development advances Nevada lithium project towards productionSPONSOREDcypress development corp4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingLaw 21,420, enacted in early 2022, amended the Mining Code and aims to increase the government take from mining concessions and surface...Read More

The early repayment of its gold prepay facility to Newcrest Mining was the first step in debt reduction at the firm.Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Red Pine Exploration Inc. [RPX-TSXV; RDEXF-OTCQB] has released results from its continuing exploration program at the 100%-owned Wawa project, northern Ontario. Hole SD-22-396 intersected significant mineralization in the Surluga North vein network above the Jubilee Shear Zone (hanging wall) of the current resources of the Wawa Gold Project. All reported drill widths...Read More

The LME announced on January 5 that Huey Evans will not seek re-election to the role and will step down after the appointment of a new chair. The search for a replacement is underway, the LME said.Read More

Cypress Development advances Nevada lithium project towards productionSPONSOREDcypress development corp4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streaming"International geopolitics has become an important factor affecting China's resource supply," the country's minister of natural resourc...Read More

"Freeport is successfully ramping up underground mining in Indonesia - our base case assumes progress according to guidance - and growing volumes in 2023 that should support free cash flowRead More

Throughout the downtime, which resulted from the attack on its IT systems, the firm has been shipping copper concentrate to the Port of Vancouver from mine inventory and has maintained its plannedRead More

The calendar has scrolled to 2023... for good ... or ill.As a financial newsletter, we are duty-bound to hazard our annual market forecast - such as it is.So today we fetch our crystal ball from storage, blow away the dust... and gaze for images of the year ahead.How will the economy fare in 2023? Where will the stock market end the year? Gold? Oil? Bitcoin?The answers - the guaranteed answers - a...Read More

"The miners are trading at premium valuations heading into a tricky year on multiple fronts," the bank said in December. "We would be incrementally cautious.Read More