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

Hole 43 caused a stir among some NGO's and the anti-mining lobby in the region, with claims that the company should not have been drilling, which we will dig into later in this article.Read More

IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixOreCorp prepares to deliver Tanzania's next big gold mineSPONSOREDorecorpArrow Minerals on the gold discovery path in West AfricaSPONSOREDarrow mineralsBlackEarth Minerals boosts graphite asset in MadagascarSPONSOREDblackearth mineralsUS Senator Martin Heinrich, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has int...Read More

The expected interest rate increase by the Federal Open Market Committee will be the largest since 2000.Read More

The company expects that Kamoa Copper will become the world's third-largest copper mining complex after the phase 3 expansion with annualized copper production capacity of about 600,000 tonnes perRead More

New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG; NYSE-A: NFGC) has reported more high-grade gold results from its ongoing, 400,000-metre drill program at its Queensway project in Newfoundland. Highlights from the drilling included 6.8 metres grading 8.7 grams gold per tonne starting from 98.3 metres in drill hole NFGC-22-533; and 2.2 metres grading 275 grams gold starting from 32.5 metres in drill hole NFGC-22-538....Read More

Shares of Baselode Energy (TSXV: FIND; US-OTC: BSENF) rose to their highest in May as the company reported elevated radioactivity in a near-surface interval in drill hole AK22-038 as part of the company's ongoing 20,000-metre drill program on the Ackio uranium discovery at its Hook project, in northern Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin.The drill hole reported a radioactivity of 914 counts per second,...Read More

SRK Consulting has built deep experience working in the African mining sector and has developed a firm grasp of where potential opportunities are and some of the critical challenges preventing the industry from contributing to local economies to its fullest potential.The Northern Miner's senior reporter, Henry Lazenby, caught up with SRK Consulting director and principal consultant Andrew van Zyl...Read More

Champion Iron (TSX: CIA; US-OTC: CIAFF) has completed the first rail shipments containing 24,304 tonnes of high-grade 66.2% Fe iron ore concentrate from the Phase II expansion project at the Bloom Lake mine in Quebec.The mine complex is located approximately 13 km north of Fermont, and 10 km north of the Mont Wright iron ore mining complex belonging to ArcelorMittal Mines Canada. The Bloom Lake...Read More

Osisko Mining (OSK: TSX) has released more high-grade results from its infill and expansion drilling at the Windfall gold project in Quebecc, including 43 intercepts in 17 underground drill holes and five wedges from surface.The infill intercepts are located inside the mineral resource estimate (MRE) blocks defined in January 2022, which reflected 1.7 million metres of drilling. The measured and i...Read More

Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) has revealed a costs blowout at its massive C??t?(C) gold project in Ontario, with preliminary estimates from an ongoing risk analysis indicating that development of the asset would require between US$1.2 billion and US$1.3 billion to complete.That compares to the company's previous assessment of between US$710 million and US$760 million needed and represents an eye-p...Read More

The company saw its gold AISC increase 14.3% to US$1,164 per ounce compared with the prior year quarter and 19.Read More

As widely expected, the Federal Reserve raised its target rate by 50 points today, its largest increase in 22 years.Some market analysts were even predicting a 75-basis point hike. But today, Jay Powell reassured markets by claiming that he's not considering such a move.The stock market soared after Powell's reassuring announcement. The Dow gained over 900 points today, with most of the gains comi...Read More

In an interview with Kitco earlier this week, John LaForge, head of real asset strategy for Wells Fargo Investment Institute, called gold's price movement over the past year and a half "the most confusing of all the commodities."And he's absolutely right.It might seem a bit discrediting for a financial analyst to admit that they're confused about a market. But there isn't an investor worth his sal...Read More

Blair Schultz Joins Board Of DirectorsNOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES.Canex Metals Inc. (Read full newsRead More

Sarama Resources Ltd. ("Sarama" or the "Company") (ASX: SRR, TSX-V: SWA) advises that an Investor Briefing will be held via webcast following the Company's commencement of trading on the Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX") on 2 May 2022. Sarama's President, CEO & MD, Andrew Dinning, will provide ...Read full newsRead More

The Luxembourg-based green energy fund, Thematica Future Mobility, is the "cornerstone" backer of the raising that is pricing 22.2 million new shares at 67c each.Specifics weren't disclosed.Sovereign's Kasiya rutile project in Malawi features the largest deposit in the world, and a potential major source of "low carbon footprint critical minerals natural rutile and graphite".Natural rutile is the...Read More

Toronto-listed Nutrien, the world's largest fertilizer company, has raised its full-year 2022 adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) guidance toRead More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Sun Summit Minerals Corp. [SMN-TSXV; SMREF-OTCQB] reported initial drill results from its winter 2022 exploration drill program and has discovered new zones of bulk-tonnage-style gold-silver-zinc mineralization on its 100%-optioned Buck property, near Houston, central British Columbia.New zones discovered of strong gold-silver-zinc mineralization included westernmost...Read More

The company, the world's second largest copper producer, attributed the decline to lower grades at its Ministro Hales operation and lower throughput at the Chuquicamata concentrator.Read More

IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixOreCorp prepares to deliver Tanzania's next big gold mineSPONSOREDorecorpArrow Minerals on the gold discovery path in West AfricaSPONSOREDarrow mineralsBlackEarth Minerals boosts graphite asset in MadagascarSPONSOREDblackearth mineralsThe Luxembourg-based green energy fund, Thematica Future Mobility, is the "cornerstone" backer of...Read More