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

(IDEX Online) - Amnesty International is calling on the government in Sierra Leone to address concerns over the impact of a diamond mine on a neighboring community.It claims their lives are being blighted by blasting operations and by water pollution caused by Meya Mining.Residents are "forced to evacuate their homes and take shelter in the different structures made by the company until the b...Read More

Cypress Development advances Nevada lithium project towards productionSPONSOREDcypress development corpCanada's NexGen eyes large-scale uranium productionSPONSOREDnexgen energyUranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDUsing Primetals and voestalpine's technologies and FMG's iron ore, the target is to design an engineer a net-zero emission industrial-scale prototy...Read More

Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO) shares rocketed by 23% today on news that it has partnered with Mitsui to develop the Florence copper project, located in Arizona.Mitsui has committed to an initial investment of US$50 million to be used for construction. The initial investment will be in the form of a copper stream agreement on 2.67% of the copper produced at Florence.While the project has attracted cont...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Pandora is moving its North American headquarters from Baltimore to New York City, as it aims to "double revenue in the market".The world's largest jewelry brand sold over $1bn in the US last year and believes its new home, on the 35th floor of the 1540 Broadway skyscraper in Times Square, will help it recruit world-class talent."The location increases global talent attraction...Read More

Cypress Development advances Nevada lithium project towards productionSPONSOREDcypress development corpCanada's NexGen eyes large-scale uranium productionSPONSOREDnexgen energyUranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDOn November 18, OZ agreed to grant BHP four weeks of due diligence access after BHP increased its non-binding indicative proposal from $25 per shar...Read More

Conuma will pay Teck $120 million in cash in staged payments over the next 36 months, and an ongoing 25% net profits interest royalty, first payable after Conuma recovers its investment in Quintette.Read More

Nevada Lithium Resources (TSXV: NVLH; OTCQB: NVLHF) and Iconic Minerals (TSX-V: ICM; OTCQB: BVTEF) say drill results from their Bonnie Claire Lithium joint venture in Nevada show near-surface strong grades. Drill hole BC2202C cut 600.46 metres from surface grading 1,157 parts per million (ppm) lithium, including 121.92 metres from 6.1 metres depth grading 753 ppm lithium, and 298.7 metres from...Read More

Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A | TECK.B; NYSE: TECK), Canada's largest diversified miner, has reached a deal to sell its closed Quintette steelmaking coal mine to Conuma Resources for US$120 million cash.The asset, in northeast British Columbia, has been shuttered since 2000, after being in operation for 18 years.Teck said Conuma Resources, a Canadian steelmaking coal producer, will also pay an ongoi...Read More

Under the deal, Mitsui has committed an initial investment of US$50 million for a 2.67% copper stream from Florence.Read More

This week's episode features geopolitical and natural resource commentator Paul from the Sirius Report in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli. Paul discusses the major themes of 2022, including the global move towards multipolarity, the EU's energy crisis, the war in Ukraine, the increasing importance of gold, and further developments in BRICS+. He also discusses the diminishing sense of tr...Read More

Shares in Emerita Resources (TSXV: EMO; OTCQB: EMOTF) rose 7% on Tuesday after it reported drill results at its Iberian Belt West base metals project in Spain and said it will publish an initial mineral resource estimate by May. Drill hole LR057 at the La Romanera deposit cut 25.1 metres from 328.8 metres depth grading 0.3% copper, 1.5% lead, 6% zinc, 0.74 gram per tonne gold and 82 grams silver...Read More

"Returns are favourable and the project is positively located in the lower-risk jurisdiction of Ontario, Canada, although this is offset by Triple Fag's smaller low-materiality investment size, anRead More

Cypress Development advances Nevada lithium project towards productionSPONSOREDcypress development corpCanada's NexGen eyes large-scale uranium productionSPONSOREDnexgen energyUranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDIn the event, gold production was severely affected in the first part of the year, but little did we know then that more bad news was round the cor...Read More

Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) is buying all the shares it does not already own of fellow Canadian Arena Minerals (TSXV: AN) in a deal that gives the Vancouver-based lithium miner further access to the Pastos Grandes basin in Argentina.The transaction, which values the target company at US$227 million, will see Arena's shareholders receive 0.0226 of a Lithium Americas common share for each...Read More

Have you ever felt like the odd one out? Like every time you speak up, the "cool kids" in class are in the back snickering at you?You know the type. They probably looked something like this:Anyone who has dove headfirst into the investment community with no experience knows that feeling like an old friend. When I first started trading, with nothing but a few hundred dollars and my wits, I got a...Read More

US federal subsidies available to electric vehicle makers, battery makers and other sectors in the green energy transition under the IRA have led to threats of a potential trade war from European andRead More

Cypress Development advances Nevada lithium project towards productionSPONSOREDcypress development corpCanada's NexGen eyes large-scale uranium productionSPONSOREDnexgen energyUranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDThe company says that the area which hosts its copper-gold mine Kyzlbulag and its Demirli copper molybdenum mine, which is owned by them, is being...Read More

Shares in Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) shot up 25% on Tuesday after it sold its latest portion of nearly US$1 billion in assets to build the C??t?(C) gold project in northern Ontario. The Toronto-based miner and developer said today it's selling its exploration and developments assets in Senegal, Mali and Guinea to Casablanca, Morocco-based Managem for US$282 million. On Monday it agreed to s...Read More

Last week, HSBC, one of the world's largest banks, announced that it would no longer fund oil and natural gas exploration and development projects.It also announced that it would increase the scrutiny of existing customers in terms of their efforts to reduce carbon emissions.It all has to do with so-called ESG investing.As you probably know by now, ESG stands for environmental, social and governan...Read More

The funding from the US air force research laboratory aims to advance construction readiness and environmental studies for the Stibnite scheme.Read More