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

Bedrock gold discovery adds to Kingwest reignSPONSOREDkingwest resourcesZenith Minerals aiming for new heights with lithium focusSPONSOREDzenith minerals limitedNorth Gilbey's a Gascoyne game-changerSPONSOREDgascoyne resources ltdMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDJust as the EU is over-dependant on Russian gas, so too is the bloc over-reliant on minerals from b...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Scientists in Australia say they have proof that microscopic diamonds were formed in space.They say lonsdaleite, a rare diamond smaller than the width of a human hair were formed when a dwarf planet collided with a large asteroid about 4.5 billion years ago.Diamonds found on Earth have a cubic structure, but these are hexagonal, which makes them even stronger than normal diamonds.A...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Grib Diamonds says it's been forced to postpone its rough auction in Dubai next month after a correspondent bank blocked payments from some buyers.The Antwerp-based company, which sells diamonds from a Russian mine, told customers it had canceled viewings due to take place from 4th to 8th October and an auction on 12th October."We are currently encountering some banking issues...Read More

(IDEX Online) - State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lender, is opening rupee accounts to handle Russia-related trade settlements.The news follows an announcement by the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) that the state-owned bank was being authorized to promote rupee trade with Russia. Moscow is now expected to name a Russian bank to operate the trade mechanism.The...Read More

Bedrock gold discovery adds to Kingwest reignSPONSOREDkingwest resourcesZenith Minerals aiming for new heights with lithium focusSPONSOREDzenith minerals limitedNorth Gilbey's a Gascoyne game-changerSPONSOREDgascoyne resources ltdMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDTwo headlines best told the story last week.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Netflix is to screen an eight-part crime drama set in the heart of Antwerp's diamond district. Diamonds charts the story of an ultra-orthodox Jewish family whose youngest son commits suicide.His long-estranged brother Noah (Belgian actor Kevin Janssens) returns to take charge of the family business, using mafia-style methods that are anything but orthodox.The drama has be...Read More

Bedrock gold discovery adds to Kingwest reignSPONSOREDkingwest resourcesZenith Minerals aiming for new heights with lithium focusSPONSOREDzenith minerals limitedNorth Gilbey's a Gascoyne game-changerSPONSOREDgascoyne resources ltdMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDStoeferle said that the value of gold equities has fallen so much, across all types of companies, t...Read More

Under the new programme Kinross will buy back US$300 million in shares over the remainder of 2022 and in 2023 and 2024, allocate 75% of its excess cash (free cash flow after paying interest andRead More

The Fed kicked off its two-day meeting today in Washington. The most likely outcome is a 0.75% rate hike, which would bring the Fed's target rate to between 3-?? 3.25%.The stock market was down significantly today ahead of tomorrow's announcement. Importantly, the 10-year Treasury yield rose to 3.57% today, the highest level in over a decade.Rising yields are especially bad for growth stocks, whic...Read More

Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) and Australian exploration and development company Green Technology Metals (ASX: GT1) have entered into a strategic partnership to advance an integrated lithium chemical supply chain in North America. The collaboration agreement, announced by Lithium Americas in a news release on Tuesday, builds on the Vancouver-headquartered miner's $10-million investment...Read More

Canadian junior South Star Battery Metals (TSXV: STS; OTCQB: STSBD) is moving ahead with Phase 1 construction of its Santa Cruz graphite mine in Brazil, after receiving the permit from the municipality of Itabela, in Bahia state.The company said it had also held talks with the State of Bahia development agency and the Bahia industrial confederation as well as representatives from the port faciliti...Read More

GoviEx Uranium (TSXV: GXU) says its feasibility study for a mine in the West African country of Niger shows it may earn US$1.6 billion over its 19-year mine life. Production is forecast at 50.8 million lb. of U3O8 over the life of the mine, averaging nearly 2.7 million lb. a year, the Vancouver-based company said in a press release Tuesday. GoviEx described the project, called Madaouela, as one...Read More

Baselode Energy (TSXV: FIND; US-OTC: BSENF) has announced geochemical assay results for AK22-069, the latest and best hole to date from its now-complete 22,500-metre diamond drill program on the ACKIO uranium discovery, intersecting 0.9% U3O8 (uranium oxide) over 31 metres starting at 69.3 metres true vertical depth.The reported intersection includes 1.86% U3O8 over 12.5 metres at 79.7 metres...Read More

This week's episode features Global X director of research Rohan Reddy in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on macro, energy, industrial metals and precious metals. Reddy sees the markets as 'late-cycle', with strong lont-term fundamentals in uranium and lithium, and short-term opportunities in copper and silver.All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli.Music Credits:"Rattlesnake Railroad...Read More

Canada's Bluestone Resources (TSX-V: BSR) said the results of a referendum held during the weekend that would ban mining in the Asuncion Mita municipality of Guatemala, where it is looking to develop its Cerro Blanco gold deposit, are unlikely to be enforced.The company also said illegal activities were observed during the referendum held on Sunday, and that the commission behind the vote against...Read More

The world-famous Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) released yet another battery breakthrough this month. Before you ask, it's not the long-awaited replacement for lithium. That pipe dream is still keeping engineers up at night. As it turns out, the most cutting-edge research at one of the planet's top labs is almost entirely focused on cathodes, the positively charged component that releases lit...Read More

The proceeds are being raised through a subscription agreement with PearTree Securities that is to see the issuance of about 1.51 million shares at a price of C$13.27 per share.Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipBedrock gold discovery adds to Kingwest reignSPONSOREDkingwest resourcesZenith Minerals aiming for new heights with lithium focusSPONSOREDzenith minerals limitedThe proceeds are being raised through a subscription agreement with PearTree Securities that is to see the issuance o...Read More

Bedrock gold discovery adds to Kingwest reignSPONSOREDkingwest resourcesZenith Minerals aiming for new heights with lithium focusSPONSOREDzenith minerals limitedNorth Gilbey's a Gascoyne game-changerSPONSOREDgascoyne resources ltdMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDSpeaking on a panel at the Precious Metals Summit moderated by Dundee Corporation executive vice pr...Read More

Bedrock gold discovery adds to Kingwest reignSPONSOREDkingwest resourcesZenith Minerals aiming for new heights with lithium focusSPONSOREDzenith minerals limitedNorth Gilbey's a Gascoyne game-changerSPONSOREDgascoyne resources ltdMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSORED"Maarten is an extremely capable and experienced finance professional and I am looking forward to w...Read More