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

Although gold cooled by nearly 3%, it was enough to beat U.S. Treasury and corporate bonds, domestic and oversea stocks, commodities and Bitcoin. In the bloodbath that was September, gold's traditional role as a diversifier and haven was clear to see.Read full newsRead More

Jervois officially opened its Idaho Cobalt Operations mine site on 7 October and once commissioned will be the only primary cobalt mine in the US.Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipChaarat makes headway at KyzyltashSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.Metal Bank draws on experience as resource upgrades nearSPONSOREDmetal bank limitedThe new measured resource, which is a first, at the former Anglo American mine is of 55.33 million t, grading 39.26% Fe.The me...Read More

Chaarat makes headway at KyzyltashSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.Metal Bank draws on experience as resource upgrades nearSPONSOREDmetal bank limitedCerrado eyes feasibility study for Brazil assetSPONSOREDcerrado goldMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDThe main focus of the scoping study will be to assess the hub, North Lake deposit, and spoke, Contact Lake, Previ...Read More

Chaarat makes headway at KyzyltashSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.Metal Bank draws on experience as resource upgrades nearSPONSOREDmetal bank limitedCerrado eyes feasibility study for Brazil assetSPONSOREDcerrado goldMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDTrevali's 90%-owned subsidiary Nantou Mining has filed an application for liquidation with the Judicial Tribunal...Read More

Chaarat makes headway at KyzyltashSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.Metal Bank draws on experience as resource upgrades nearSPONSOREDmetal bank limitedCerrado eyes feasibility study for Brazil assetSPONSOREDcerrado goldMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDUntil last week doubts lingered about Simandou, a project with roots that date back to 1997 when Rio Tinto was gr...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Two men have been arrested after a flamboyant pastor and his wife were robbed at gunpoint of $1m of jewelry. A third suspect remains at large.The alleged incident happened as Lamor Miller-Whitehead was giving a live-streamed sermon at the Leaders of Tomorrow church, in Brooklyn, New York, in June.The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York says Juwan Anders...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Jewelers of America (JA) is seeking donations to support independent jewelers whose stores were wrecked by the devastating 130mph Hurricane Ian. At least 106 people died when it hit Florida on 28 September, the state's deadliest hurricane since 1935. "Our hearts go out to the retail jewelers who sustained significant damage by Hurricane Ian," said JA president and CEO David J....Read More

"While we had expected the permit amendment to be granted, the official receipt is a catalyst for the stock in our view, and partially de-risks development of the new zone through 2022-2023," saidRead More

Our TNM Drill Down feature highlights the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining Intelligence (www.miningintelligence.com).TNM Drill Down, Sept. 30-Oct. 7This week's top three assays take us around the world, to Alaska, Morocco and Fiji, with projects by Nova Minerals (ASX: NVA), Stellar Africagold (TSXV: SPX) and...Read More

When Revival Gold (TSXV: RVG) was founded in 2017 around a property consolidation of the Beartrack-Arnett gold project - a land position that was originally held by the first governor of the state of Idaho in the late 1800s - the vision was to revive what was the nearby town of Salmon's first modern mine.The town thrived when the mine was in operation from 1994 until 2000, producing 600,000 oz. go...Read More

The world's first, and still largest, broadcaster is 100 years old. The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) was formed on Oct. 18, 1922, by a group of leading wireless manufacturers, including the Italian inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937). The company became a corporation when it was nationalized in 1927.Marconi had been building transmitting devices since 1894, and mov...Read More

Gold was down again today, but overall it's had a good run lately (for a change).Gold rallied from $1,624 per ounce on Sept. 28 to $1,701 at the close on Oct. 3 for a 4.74% gain after two months of steady losses.It's too soon to applaud or even put the Champagne on ice. Gold is down almost 20% from its March high and is having one of its worst years since 2013. Maybe this is a turning point, maybe...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Police are hunting an armed raider over a smash and grab attack at a jewelry store in Springfield, Virginia, USA.They've named the suspect as Lamont Marable, 25, of Maryland. He is wanted for commercial robbery, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and conspiracy to commit a felony. Staff buzzed two suspects into the store. The suspects used hammers to smas...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The EU has imposed new sanctions worth almost $7bn on Russia, but has again decided against a ban on rough diamonds.The 27-nation bloc acknowledged that the state-owned miner was funding a submarine bearing its name. And it quoted President Vladimir Putin (pictured) as saying that Alrosa "gives serious revenues to the federal and regional budget".The EU agreed a raft of new restric...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A private collector from Florida, USA, has paid a near-record $57.7m for the Williamson Pink Star, an 11.15-ct diamond described as "rare masterpiece of nature". The pre-sale estimate was just $21m. It set a new world record for the price per carat ($5,178,124 ) at auction for any diamond or gemstone amid frenzied bidding at Sotheby's Hong Kong on Friday (7 October). And it be...Read More

Share this article VANCOUVER - Jervois Mining Ltd. [JRV-TSXV, ASX, JRVMF-OTC, IHS-FRA] said it will officially open it its 100%-owned Idaho cobalt operations (ICO) today on a mine site near Salmon, Idaho.Once fully commissioned, ICO will be the only primary cobalt mine in the United States. As a result, ICO's opening represents a significant milestone for the secure supply of this critical minera...Read More

Chaarat makes headway at KyzyltashSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.Metal Bank draws on experience as resource upgrades nearSPONSOREDmetal bank limitedCerrado eyes feasibility study for Brazil assetSPONSOREDcerrado goldMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDUnder the agreement, each Cornerstone share will be exchanged for 15 SolGold shares, with SolGold having the opti...Read More

That compares to 15,514 attributable GEOs and US$27.6 million in revenue for the same period last year.The company said that its preliminary cost of sales, excluding depletion for the three months, was US$7.3 million, resulting in cash operating margins of approximately US$1,383 per attributable GEO, which compares to US$3.7 million and US$1,541 per attributable GEO for the third quarter last year...Read More

The company on July 28 told shareholders that briefings on the appeal were scheduled to be completed August 11 with a final decision expected shortly thereafter. Reuters, however, reported October 6 that the hearing for the lawsuit has been set for January 5, 2023."Today's news implies the Federal BLM appeals case is now expected to be resolved in early 2023 (from H2/22 previously), and as a resul...Read More