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

Highlights included 18.3m grading 3.35 grams per tonne at the Black Stallion target, 47.2m grading 0.8g/t at the Pegasus target, 10.7m grading 1.06g/t at the Palomino target, 22.9m grading 0.Read More

The government is seeking to impose a 10% export tax on gold above a reference value of US$400 per ounce.Read More

(IDEX Online) - A legendary Cartier watch - one of only four ever made - could fetch $400,000 when it is auctioned at Sotheby's Paris next month.It was presented to Belgian motocross driver Gaston Rahier for a unique achievement, winning his class of the grueling Paris-Dakar Rally across the Sahara Desert in both 1984 and 1985.The Cartier Cheich (pictured) has a dial framed by a gol...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Natural Diamond Council (NDC) is promoting mined gems with 12 love-story podcasts in India.Pyaar Actually - Love Stories like No Other are narrated by TV and stage stars Shriya Pilgaonkar, Aahana Kumra and Akshay Oberoi, drawing on parallels between natural diamonds and real-life loving relationships.Richa Singh, managing director of the Natural Diamond Council in India an...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Canadian miner Star Diamond has announced a first-half net loss, up to 30 June, of $1.5m, down from $3.1m for the same period in 2021.It blamed ongoing operating costs and the fact that exploration and evaluation expenditures had exceeded interest and other income earned. Star Diamonds joint venture partner Rio Tinto Canada, which holds a 75 per cent stake in the Fort ?? la...Read More

The results from a second set of assays from NorthWest Copper's (TSXV: NWST; US-OTCQX: NWCCF) ongoing 2022 Kwanika drill program in north-central British Columbia highlights the discovery of additional very high-grade copper and gold mineralization within a previously undrilled shallow area of the deposit.The company reported on Wednesday it had intersected several near-surface intervals of 'chalc...Read More

Metal Energy (TSXV: MERG) has officially acquired a 70% interest in the Manibridge nickel-copper project in Manitoba. The company expects to continue exploration on the property and shortly complete the milestones required for 100% ownership.As part of the Manibridge earn-in agreement, Metal Energy has issued a total of 5 million common shares to the optioner of the project, CanAlaska Uranium (TSX...Read More

Avalon Advanced Materials (TSX: AVL; OTC: AVLNF) has started road work and site preparations for the installation and commissioning of its demonstration dense media separation (DMS) plant for the Separation Rapids lithium project located 70 km north of Kenora, Ont.The work is happening at the Avalon quarry site along the Avalon road leading to the Separation Rapids project. The quarry is a permitt...Read More

Frontier Lithium (TSXV: FL; US-OTC: LITOF) continues to cut long intervals of high-grade lithium in infill drilling on the Spark pegmatite at its PAK project near Red Lake, in northern Ontario. The current drill campaign is focused on upgrading inferred open-pittable resources at Spark as the company works towards a prefeasibility study later this year. Highlights from the latest four holes repo...Read More

Canada Nickel Co. (TSXV: CNC; OTC: CNIKF) has confirmed a second significant discovery through new assay results from its Deloro property in Ontario, acquired by the miner less than one year ago.Deloro is located 9 km southeast of Timmins and contains an ultramafic target that measures 1.4 km north-south by 450 metres east-west based on the total magnetic intensity (TMI). Ultramafic lithologies an...Read More

In 2018, a study completed by a research group at MIT ranked various metals and minerals that were expected to be most positively affected by new technologies in the future.At the top of that list were the usual suspects: lithium and cobalt. That's because both of these metals play a critical role in EV and other green energy technologies, which will be vital to combating climate change going forw...Read More

But whence will growth originate?Since the Great Financial Crisis the monetary and fiscal authorities have conjured over $43 trillion from the great void of nothingness.Within the past 24 months alone, the Federal Reserve has plucked - from the same vast void - 50% more dollars than all dollars that ever existed in 256 previous years of American history.Each of these dollars are representations of...Read More

With all projects meeting their schedules, Zijin reported production for the six-month period of 410,000 tonnes copper and 27 tonnes gold, which are up 70% and 23% year on year, respectively.Zijin chairman Chen Jinghe said the company intends to continue to add assets to its global mix."As the world races towards a ‘net-zero' transition, we have also allocated resources globally to increase...Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Brixton Metals Corp. [BBB-TSXV; BBBXF-OTCQB] reported its first drill hole results from the Camp Creek copper-gold-silver-molybdenum porphyry target on its wholly owned Thorn project located in northwestern British Columbia. The Thorn project is located within the Taku River Tlingit and Tahltan First Nation's traditional territory.Highlights include Hole THN22-201 tha...Read More

The company's June quarter financial statements reported a working capital deficit of US$359 million, more than triple the $95 million hole at the end of the March quarter.Read More

Lonmin's main asset is the Denison project and past producing Crean Hill nickel-copper-platinum group metals mine in Sudbury in Ontario, Canada which is 37km east of Magna's Shakespeare project.Read More

Investor Insight: InterGroup MiningSPONSOREDintergroup miningSun shines on Saturn MetalsSPONSOREDsaturn metalsEmerging SA gold developer Barton Gold breaks the mouldSPONSOREDbarton gold holdings limitedSky the limit for AuTECO in CanadaSPONSOREDauteco minerals ltdWith all projects meeting their schedules, Zijin reported production for the six-month period of 410,000 tonnes copper and 27 tonnes gol...Read More

Investor Insight: InterGroup MiningSPONSOREDintergroup miningSun shines on Saturn MetalsSPONSOREDsaturn metalsEmerging SA gold developer Barton Gold breaks the mouldSPONSOREDbarton gold holdings limitedSky the limit for AuTECO in CanadaSPONSOREDauteco minerals ltdGlencore's CEO Gary Nagle said last year the company was reviewing the future of its 49% in Viterra with a view to unlocking value, and...Read More

Investor Insight: InterGroup MiningSPONSOREDintergroup miningSun shines on Saturn MetalsSPONSOREDsaturn metalsEmerging SA gold developer Barton Gold breaks the mouldSPONSOREDbarton gold holdings limitedSky the limit for AuTECO in CanadaSPONSOREDauteco minerals ltd"The transaction makes strategic sense as shareholders will benefit from jurisdictional and project risk diversification, enhanced finan...Read More

(IDEX Online) - An Australian professor is using laser technology to identify "stray" Argyle pink diamonds.John Watling, a former Argle physicist and Professor of Forensic and Analytical Chemistry at University of Western Australia has set up a lab in Perth that "fingerprints" diamonds.It allows him to trace them back to their original source - not just the mine, but the individual kimberlite pipe...Read More