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
Cerrado eyes feasibility study for Brazil assetSPONSOREDcerrado goldTENDER FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF THE BAUXITE BLOCK OF SANTOU (TELIMELE), GUINEASPONSOREDcenter for mining promotion and development (cpdm)Metal Bank draws on experience as resource upgrades nearSPONSOREDmetal bank limitedThird-quarter combined IOC production volumes of 4.7Mt, making an annualized rate of 18.9Mt, was 8% above analyst...Read More
Cerrado eyes feasibility study for Brazil assetSPONSOREDcerrado goldTENDER FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF THE BAUXITE BLOCK OF SANTOU (TELIMELE), GUINEASPONSOREDcenter for mining promotion and development (cpdm)Metal Bank draws on experience as resource upgrades nearSPONSOREDmetal bank limitedAren't larger companies looking to snap up producers of metals viewed as essential to an electrified economy?Read More
(IDEX Online) - De Beers' plans for a diamond mine on Canada's Baffin Island has raised concerns about neighboring Inuit communities, as well as polar bear and caribou populations.The UK-based miner bought the Chidliak Project in September 2018 as part of its purchase of Peregrine Diamonds for C$107m.Wildlife groups are now warning that caribou populations are already in decline and the...Read More
(IDEX Online) - LVMH reports a 23 per cent growth in revenue (16 per cent organic) for it watches and jewelry businesses in the first nine months of 2022.The French luxury conglomerate said growth across all it sectors - including wines and spirits, fashion and leather goods, and perfumes and cosmetics - was 28 per cent for the same period, with a total revenue of $55.6bn.LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Fugitive diamond billionaire Nirav Modi is awaiting the outcome of his last-ditch appeal against extradition back to India. The High Court in London says it will hand down its verdict as soon as possible after a two-day hearing. Modi, 51, (pictured) is accused of fraudulently using letters of undertaking offered by the Punjab National Bank (PNB) in an alleged $1.85bn...Read More
Jefferies analysts reiterated their Buy view on Rio Tinto stock, despite the production results being weaker than expected.Read More
Stillwater Critical Minerals (TSXV: PGE; US-OTC: PGEZF) is "rewriting the book" on the Lower Stillwater Igneous Complex in Montana, says president and CEO, Michael Rowley.The company's evaluation of the flagship Stillwater West project continues to confirm more parallels to South Africa's Bushveld Igneous Complex, and positions the company as the second-largest landholder in the Stillwater Complex...Read More
This week's episode features Douglas Silver, mineral economist, keynote speaker and author at the Q3 Global Mining Symposium. Douglas gives a data-rich presentation on how Canada is measuring up in the mining industry on an international level. He describes Canada as the "centre of the universe" in regard to international mining and explains why the country as well as its mining companies are posi...Read More
After achieving notorious maritime prosperity - initially by salvaging sunken ships - historic entrepreneur Joseph De Lamar became a prominent mine owner in the late 1880s, gaining control of a mountain six miles west of Silver City, Idaho. De Lamar sold a majority interest in the property for a pretty profit after rich veins of gold and silver were discovered, before moving on to other mining ve...Read More
Probe Metals (CVE: PRB) says drilling at its Val-d'Or East project's Monique deposit in Quebec has returned "significant" gold intercepts that are likely to expand the area of the strike and increase its resource update due by year's end. Highlights from the results of 45 new holes showed "continued strike and depth expansion with significant gold intercepts along the Monique gold zones," Probe, a...Read More
Mayfair Gold (TSXV: MFG; OTC: MFGCF) has increased the resource at its Fenn-Gib project located in the Timmins region of northeast Ontario. The new resource is based on assay results from 61% (about 67,000 metres) of the company's current 110,000-metre infill and expansion drill program.Fenn-Gib now hosts a pit-constrained indicated resource of 118.1 million tonnes at 0.81 gram gold per tonne for...Read More
Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE: DNN) says it has received positive test results from its in-situ uranium recovery process at the Wheeler River project in northern Saskatchewan's Athabasca basin, which it called 'historic.'The successful test marks one of the first uses in the high-grade basin of the in-situ (ISR) leaching method that separates uranium from ore underground and pumps the solution to...Read More
Canada's Iamgold (TSX IMG; NYSE: IAG) said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell its stake in the Rosebel gold mine in Suriname to Zijin Mining in a deal valued at US$360 million.The Chinese miner will acquire Iamgold's 95% interest in Rosebel Gold Mines, which owns the Rosebel operation and a 70% participating interest in the Saramacca mine, a satellite for Rosebel.Zijin is also assuming Iamgold's eq...Read More
"Mining operations at the GC Mine were partially affected in August and September 2022 as the Company worked on improving ventilation and electric power facilities to comply with several new safetyRead More
Cerrado eyes feasibility study for Brazil assetSPONSOREDcerrado goldTENDER FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF THE BAUXITE BLOCK OF SANTOU (TELIMELE), GUINEASPONSOREDcenter for mining promotion and development (cpdm)Metal Bank draws on experience as resource upgrades nearSPONSOREDmetal bank limited"Mining operations at the GC Mine were partially affected in August and September 2022 as the Company worked on i...Read More
Share this article VANCOUVER - Troilus Gold Corp. [TLG-TSX; CHXMF-OTCQX] reported positive assay results from the continuing 11,000-metre drill campaign at its 100%-owned Troilus project, north-central, Quebec, Canada, which aims to expand and identify higher-grade mineralization to the northern and southern extents of zone 87, the larger of two formerly mined pits.Results reported today are amon...Read More
Toronto-listed Barrick reported chief executive Mark Bristow as saying the process of completing the final agreements and legal steps that would enable the development of the Reko Diq project wasRead More
Cerrado eyes feasibility study for Brazil assetSPONSOREDcerrado goldTENDER FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF THE BAUXITE BLOCK OF SANTOU (TELIMELE), GUINEASPONSOREDcenter for mining promotion and development (cpdm)Metal Bank draws on experience as resource upgrades nearSPONSOREDmetal bank limitedASX-listed IGO announced the sudden death of its chief executive, Peter Bradford, on Sunday. Bradford died on Sat...Read More
Cerrado eyes feasibility study for Brazil assetSPONSOREDcerrado goldTENDER FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF THE BAUXITE BLOCK OF SANTOU (TELIMELE), GUINEASPONSOREDcenter for mining promotion and development (cpdm)Metal Bank draws on experience as resource upgrades nearSPONSOREDmetal bank limitedSydney-based Blu Horseshoe has for the past four-and-a-half months been refining its platform, which presents inv...Read More
Mining firms including Barrick Gold, B2Gold, Kinross Gold, Equinox Gold, SSR Mining, Pan American Silver, and Eldorado Gold are those identified by CIBC Capital Markets as under the spotlight for theRead More