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) - Bank of America is forecasting a 15 per cent increase in diamond prices this year, amid the ongoing squeeze on supplies.It says supply of diamonds is now the lowest since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. And the US currently accounts for a half of global demand, says the bank, one of the world's largest financial institutions.Sanctions on Russia, over its invasion of Ukrain...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) appointed seven directors at its AGM, but has yet to find a permanent replacement for executive director Iris Van der Veken.She quit at the end of March over the council's failure to take a tougher stance against Alrosa, the miner that is one-third owned by the Russian government.The London-based watchdog was also rocked by the departure...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A huge 1kg platinum coin, set with 6.5-carats of Argyle pink diamonds, smashed estimates when it sold at auction for just over US$1m.The one-off creation is the highlight of the Royal Canadian Mint's Opulence Collection, featuring gems from the iconic Australian mine that closed in November 2020.The rose gold-plated, platinum coin, known as The Ultimate, was hand set with 462...Read More

Graphite One (GPH: TSXV; US-OTC: GPHOF) has reported high-grade results from its 2021 drill program at the Graphite Creek project in Alaska as it looks to complete a prefeasibility study towards the end of July. Highlights from the 2,150 metres of drilling include 5.8 metres grading 35.78% graphitic carbon starting from 61.6 metres in hole 21GC0624800; and 16 metres grading 6.9% graphitic carb...Read More

Fireweed Zinc (TSXV: FWZ) has inked a binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to acquire a 100% interest in the Mactung Tungsten Project in Yukon and the Northwest Territories, the company said in a news release Tuesday.The Mactung site, which straddles the border of the two territories contains one of the largest and highest-grade tungsten deposits in the world and is among the few potential sizable sourc...Read More

Montage Gold (TSXV: MAU; OTC: MAUTF) has entered into an agreement with Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) and Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV; LSE: EDV) to acquire a 100% interest in the Mankono-Siss?(C)dougou joint venture project in C??te d'Ivoire.The JV project consists of three properties - Siss?(C)dougou, Gbongogo and Siss?(C)pl?(C) - that lie within the perimeter of the company's Kon?(C) gold pr...Read More

The board of Russian diamond major Alrosa (MCX: ALRS) has suggested shareholders vote to receive no dividend for 2021 during the upcoming general meeting.Alrosa reported a net profit of 91.32 billion rubles ($1.89 billion) in 2021, nearly triple the 32.25 billion rubles ($662.87 million) profit in 2020. Dividends for the first half of 2021 amounted to 64.7 billion rubles ($1.3 billion), topping 70...Read More

Amid the frenzied analyses of supply, demand and spiking prices for green metals and critical minerals, another metal may be preparing to steal the spotlight: gold. While the price of gold spiked earlier this year to US$2,068 per oz. (just shy of its August 2020 all-time high) on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it hasn't stayed at those elevated levels. At press time, the yellow metal was at a rela...Read More

Canada's Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) unveiled Wednesday a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Copper World Complex in Arizona, which includes recently discovered deposits at the property as well as the Rosemont asset.The document comes only two weeks after a U.S. court cleared the path for the company to proceed with its planned Copper World mine.Hudbay's other major copper...Read More

Savannah Resources (AIM: SAV), the company building western Europe's largest lithium mine, said on Wednesday it sympathized with shareholders' frustration regarding the time Portugal has taken to review its application, but noted it was a political process beyond the company's control.Chairman Matthew King said the company expected to make further progress at the Mina do Barroso project this year,...Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Uranium stocks surged Tuesday, on the news, reported by Bloomberg, that the Biden Administration is seeking $4.3 billion in funds to purchase enriched uranium, a move aimed at spurring the development of the US uranium industry.The US has long been largely dependent on Russian uranium imports to meet demand for the nuclear reactor fuel. The proposed plan, which would...Read More

Imagine living in a world where, at any moment, and without much warning, you and everyone around you could die in a nuclear armageddon - an instant flash of blinding white silence, then darkness forever.For Americans over 60 years old, that world was once a reality during the Cold War. And that nuclear armageddon never came closer than it did in the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.That Time the Worl...Read More

You may say it is cynical. You may say it is cancerous - and you would be correct.Yet can you say it is fully false?The “people” give the orders in democracy, say the civics books.Yet deeper probing reveals the American people wield limited influence over their governing affairs.Unelected and unaccountable judges, bureaucrats, pettifoggers, understrappers and jacks-in-office do the pri...Read More

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Share this article VANCOUVER - Bell Copper Corp. [BCU-TSXV; BCUFF-OTCQB] received complete assay results from drill hole BS-3 at its 100%-owned Big Sandy Project. Big Sandy is a large, truncated porphyry copper-molybdenum target located in northwestern Arizona, approximately 30 km south of the optioned Perseverance Project.Highlights include inclined drillhole BS-3 that cut 200 metres grading 0...Read More

Vaca said that while the pre-feasibility study (PFS) delivered in April featured a net present value (NPV) of US$2.9 billion, "our aim is to get that to $3.9-4.7 billion with the feasibility.Read More

The agreement is a formal recognition of the Tahltan Nation's right to manage resource development decisions within their Territory and honours Tahltan's jurisdiction in land-management decisions inRead More

The mine encountered operational and geotechnical challenges in the latter part of May that are expected to delay stope mining in the East South mining area and result in reduced concentrateRead More

The minister said the government is seeking to resolve certain issues around consultations in order to be able to receive concession applications again as it seeks to develop a robust mining sector.Read More