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

The penny finally appears to have dropped. Legislation proposed at the end of March in the US will see Joe Biden's government fast track supplies of critical minerals, while European nations are at last waking up to the impending shortage of metals integral to the energy transition.But those with only a cursory knowledge of mining appreciate these things take time. Bringing a mine online takes an...Read More

With hype around battery metals exploration at an all-time high, Toronto-listed junior Orford Mining could be set to fly as it progresses a nickel exploration project in Canada - with a little help from Andrew ‘Twiggy' Forrest.The project in question is West Raglan, an advanced stage nickel-copper-PGE exploration asset 90km down the road from Glencore's Raglan nickel mine, one of the lowest-...Read More

Toronto-headquartered exploration company, Arizona Metals Corp (TSX.V:AMC, OTCQX:AZMCF), has received permit approval from the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a seventh drill pad, located west of its promising precious and base metals Kay deposit, located in Yavapai, about a one hour drive from Phoenix, Arizona.This new pad, situated approximately 200m west of the Kay deposit, will allow fo...Read More

Azure Minerals managing director Tony Rovira outlines the district potential and provides an update on the "mine in the making" at the flagship Andover nickel-copper-cobalt project in Western Australia, where a two-pronged approach to development is underway.Read More

Drill hole 22TK0380 set a new record at the Tamarack project, with 23.44 meters of massive sulphide nickel and copper mineralization, the firm said.Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Huntington Exploration Inc. [HEI-TSXV] is changing its named to Angel Wing Metals Inc. and will begin trading under the new name on May 19, 2022. The shares will trade under the symbol AWM."The name "Angel Wing Metals" is inspired by the bladed wing-shaped amethyst crystals present in the Angel Wing prospect, one of five priority targets identified at the recently ac...Read More

Share this article VANCOUVER - Goliath Resources Ltd. [GOT-TSXV, GOTRF-OTCQB, B41F-FSE] has mobilized for a 24,000-metre diamond drilling campaign on a high-grade gold-silver discovery at the company's 100%-owned Golddigger project in British Columbia.The announcement comes after Goliath raised $14.6 million from an offering of flow-through units priced at $1.19 each, money that has enabled Gol...Read More

IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixKumtor deal paves way for ChaaratSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.Kropz set to fly after false startSPONSOREDkropzPredictive Discovery to forge a golden future in GuineaSPONSOREDpredictive discoveryDrill hole 22TK0380 set a new record at the Tamarack project, with 23.44 meters of massive sulphide nickel and copper mineralization, the...Read More

The greater exposure to copper will start with production from its majority-owned Quebrada Blanca 2 (QB2) copper operation in Chile in the fourth quarter and further planned mines in Mexico andRead More

IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixKumtor deal paves way for ChaaratSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.Kropz set to fly after false startSPONSOREDkropzPredictive Discovery to forge a golden future in GuineaSPONSOREDpredictive discoveryProduct shipments from the plant had resumed, the firm said.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Harrods, the landmark department store for the super-rich, in Knightsbridge, London, will no longer sell expensive jewelry, watches or other luxury goods to Russian customers.It has contacted all customers on its database with a Russian address, warning them they can no longer buy items priced at over ?, ?300 ($370) because of UK sanctions."The UK authorities have introduced furthe...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Indian manufacturers are working short weeks or closing their factories altogether as supplies of Russian diamonds run out.The rough supplied in normal times by Alrosa - mostly smaller stones - accounts for 40 per cent of their needs (by volume), but Surat is now feeling the full force of sanctions and banking restrictions.There will also be an inevitable knock-on effect in the US,...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lucapa has announced the recovery of a 204-carat diamond at its Mothae mine, in Lesotho.It's the eighth +100 carat diamond, and third +200 carat, to be recovered since commercial mining started there in January 2019.The Australian miner owns 70 per cent of the kimberlite mine, the remainder belongs to the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho.Mothae is the world's highest...Read More

(IDEX Online) - De Beers today announced 4th cycle rough sales of $604m, a year-on-year increase of 56 per cent.The UK-based miner said demand remained strong, but faced possible threats from Covid lockdowns in China, and sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.It was De Beers' second full sales cycle since the US and EU sanctioned Alrosa, part-owned by the Russian government, and its...Read More

Banyan Gold (TSXV: BYN) has delivered a mineral resource update on its flagship AurMac property nestled in an emerging mining district of the Yukon between Alexco Resource Corp's (TSX: AXU) Keno Hill mine and Victoria Gold's (TSX: VGCX) Eagle gold mine.CEO Tara Christie tells The Northern Miner on the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference (VRIC) sidelines that the project is living up to expect...Read More

TDG Gold (TSXV: TDG) has published an initial resource estimate for the former producing Shasta gold-silver mine in north-central B.C. following the conclusion of its 2021 drill program, which confirmed the historic drilling results on the property since 1983. The resource amounted to 22 million tonnes averaging 0.79 g/t gold and 26.7 g/t silver in the inferred category.The resource is restricted...Read More

Trevali Mining (TSX: TV) said the eight missing miners, for whom rescuers have been searching since the company's Perkoa mine in Burkina Faso was hit by flash floods last month, have failed to reach the mine's refuge chamber situated more than 500 metres below the surface. "This is devastating news," the company's CEO Ricus Grimbeek said in a press release on May 17. "We would like to offer our...Read More

BHP's (NYSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) chief executive Mike Henry wants to gear up on the company's US$5.7 billion Jansen potash project in Canada as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused major disruptions to global fertilizer supplies.The ongoing war in Ukraine has left the world not only short of important grains but also fertilizers since neighbours Russia and Belarus account for almost 40% of global pr...Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipIsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixKumtor deal paves way for ChaaratSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.Company president and CEO Jason Kosec that the financing was filled quickly, despite there being a difficult financing market for junior gold explo...Read More

The stairs up and the elevator down. Today the stock market boarded the elevator... again...The Dow Jones careened another 1,164 stomach-wrenched points today - the fifth collapse of at least 800 points this year - and the greatest single-day plunge since 2020.Both the S&P and Nasdaq were crowded into the identical box. Both endured the identical harrows.The S&P plummeted 165 points; the N...Read More