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

There are a million factors for investors to consider when investing in gold stocks. And among the factors considered to be most important is ore grades.When a mining company talks about ore grades, it is usually referring to the concentration of mineral contained within the rock. For gold, grades are typically reported to the public in grams per tonne (g/t).A gold grade of five g/t simply means t...Read More

Judson Culter, CEO of Rover Metals, provides an update on current operations and upcoming milestones, including progress on the Nevada based Tobin Gold proje...Read full newsRead More

"We are making good progress and we're looking at potential to accelerate Jansen Stage 1 first production into 2026," Henry said. This would be around a year earlier than previously guided.Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Patriot Battery Metals Inc. [PMET-CSE, PMETF-OTCQB, R9GA-FSE] on Tuesday released the first series of analytical results for winter-spring drilling at its Corvette - FCI gold-copper-silver-lithium project in the James Bay Region of Quebec.Assays announced on Tuesday are for holes designed to test the northeastern and down-dip extension of the lithium-tantalum minerali...Read More

Lumina raised C$24 million in October 2021 which it is using for a 30,000m drilling programme to take both pits to the indicated and measured resource categories to use in a pre-feasibility studyRead More

The company said the results indicate that the limits and centre of Vizcachitas deposit are not yet known. An additional 3,300m of core are awaiting assay results at this time.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 discovery"We are making good progress and we're looking at potential to accelerate Jansen Stage 1 first production into 2026," Henry said. This wo...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 discoveryAnother own goal, this time by the entire Western world, is how complacent we've been in allowing China to dominate the lithium-ion batte...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Sanctions on Russian diamonds could force jewelers to amend their designs, say De Beers boss Bruce Cleaver, as they struggle to source enough melee.Alrosa, part-owned by the Russian government, produces a disproportionate percentage of the world's stones under 0.2-cts (the GIA's definition of melee).As a result, designers may have to find other ways to accentuate the larg...Read More

"If there's a decline in copper prices, my belief is that it will be short-lived, because we really do have big deficits on the horizon and markets are tight now [with] relatively low levels ofRead 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 discoveryThe owner of a string of firms including electric vehicle maker Tesla warned of up to 18 months of economically difficult times.Read More

U.S. and Canadian-based uranium companies are set to soar on a looming Russian production ban in the Western world, GoldSilver.com's senior precious metals analyst, Jeff Clark, told an industry event in Vancouver on May 17."Uranium is already in a bull market," he told the VRIC conference. "Yes, those prices have come down just like the others have, but for fundamental key reasons such as supply-d...Read More

While the movement to an electrified future is already picking up pace, it will be much slower than some of the optimistic projections in the market today, CPM Group founder and MD Jeffrey Christian told an industry event in Vancouver.He took silver as a prime example, pointing out that hundreds of millions more oz. of silver would need to be produced to keep up with the projected linear magnitude...Read More

Virtually every mining stock in the market today, whether a major or a junior's, has been off between 10% and 40% over the past few weeks, making anything one buys 'seem like a bike,' says independent exploration geologist Brent Cook."I don't buy that," he told the VRIC in Vancouver on May 17.According to the seasoned investor and co-founder of the Exploration Insights newsletter, retail investors...Read More

Critical Elements Lithium (TSXV: CRE; US-OTC: CRECF) has converted spodumene concentrate from its Rose project in northern Quebec into battery grade lithium hydroxide using a thermal leaching process in a pilot program, the company said. The company had announced similar results in October 2018 when a pilot program demonstrated extraction rates of 93%, surpassing the world average of 70-75%. Thi...Read More

This week's episode features Northern Miner senior reporter Henry Lazenby in discussion with host Adrian Pocobelli on this year's Mining Indaba conference in South Africa. He outlines the huge opportunity for Africa to play a pivotal role in producing the world's green metals, but also the difficulties with corrupt governance, the 'resource curse', and faltering infrastructure.All this and more wi...Read More

Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD; OTC: MPVD) has released interim exploration results for its 100%-held Kennady North project in the Northwest Territories, consisting of over 1,070 sq. km of claims and leases that completely surround its 49%-held Gahcho Ku?(C) diamond mine, operated by 51% owner De Beers.The 2022 exploration program is focused on finding new kimberlites based on a detailed an...Read More

Electric vehicles (EVs) overtook smartphones and other high-tech devices for the first time last year as the main driver of cobalt demand, with the sector consuming 59,000 tonnes of the battery metal or 34% of the total globally.According to a report published on Tuesday by the Cobalt Institute, cellphones manufacturers consumed 26,000 tonnes of the metal used in lithium-ion batteries, while lapto...Read More

Champion Iron (TSX: CIA; US-OTC: CIAFF) has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the Pointe Noire iron ore pelletizing facility located in Sept-??les, Que., directly adjacent to the port facilities that the company currently uses. The plant was commissioned in 1965 with an original pelletizing nameplate capacity of 6 million tonnes per year, but was put on care and maintenance i...Read More

The Mining Legends Speaker Series kicked off with an inaugural in-person event in Vancouver featuring mining entrepreneur and Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee Ross Beaty and rising talent Maggie Layman, vice-president exploration of Osisko Development (TSXV: ODV).?EUR? Organized by The Northern Miner, the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame and Young Mining Professionals, the series pairs CMHF indu...Read More