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

FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX; OTC: FPOCF) is in the process of completing an internal scoping study to further evaluate the option to [...]Read full newsRead More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Pure Gold Mining Inc. [PGM-TSXV] on Friday announced details of an agreement with Sprott Resources Lending that will provide the company with additional liquidity while it works to overcome operational challenges at its Red Lake, Ont., gold mine.In Friday's news release, the company also provided an operations update and said director Mark O'Dea will assume the role o...Read More

The project is expected to yield an after-tax net present value of US$412 million at a 5% discount rate and a 27% internal rate of return at a $1,700/oz gold price and $21.50/oz silver price.Read More

A low-carbon electricity grid, and the electrification of almost all transport and industry, will need to take place on an eye-wateringly tight timeframe if the terms of the legally-binding ParisRead More

The additional credit facility matures on September 30 and accrues interest at a rate of 14% per annum.Read More

Ero Copper touts green focus and shareholder returnsSPONSOREDero copperIsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixHistoric assays build hype for Alicanto at SalaSPONSOREDalicanto mineralsBlackEarth Minerals boosts graphite asset in MadagascarSPONSOREDblackearth mineralsThe scale of transformation in the industry, for Africa and the world, since February 2020, is hard to compreh...Read More

In a close vote, the report and its 52 articles was rejected by five votes and returned to the Committee for further revision.Read More

The reform, approved in a record two days, defines lithium as a strategic mineral with the state having the exclusive right to explore, exploit and use lithium, despite the state lacking the abilityRead More

But behind the surge in earnings there remain deep seated challenges for the sector, including the cost and availability of electricity delivered by state-owned Eskom and a deterioration in key railRead More

It's a year of many firsts for Australia's Vital Metals (ASX: VML; US-OTC: VTMXF) and its rare earth elements operation in the Northwest Territories. Following the establishment in 2021 of Nechalacho, Canada's first rare earths mine, Vital's Yellowknife-based subsidiary Cheetah Resources will this week ship its first load of mixed rare earth concentrate to a processing facility in Saskatchewan....Read More

Chile's constitutional assembly has rejected a proposal from the environmental committee seeking to tighten up rules related to the protection of the country's natural resources, which would have hit the mining sector if they became law.Among the changes suggested, there was one granting nature the status of a legal subject with rights, keeping environmental crimes free of any statutes of limitati...Read More

As mining booms, the industry is suffering from the employment consequences of earlier bear-market bites. Most of us are aware from an early age that every action has consequences. Adults learn that these outcomes might be complicated, and that not all are foreseeable. This is especially true when multiple independent corporate decisions are taken that come to have an impact at the global level...Read More

This week, Canada's Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, travelled nearly 5,000 km away from his base in Ontario to Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, not to make a new announcement, but to promote elements of this year's federal budget tabled in early April that allocates a massive $3.8 billion to support the country's critical minerals sector. Standing in front of an Air Tindi plane at...Read More

Chile's Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, is developing a free-to-use platform for suppliers to calculate their greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), a service the company said is not currently available in the mining industry.The project, supported by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Alta Ley Corporation and the Association of Industrial Mining Suppliers (Aprimin), aims to me...Read More

At the time, president and CEO Diane Garrett, said the financing would be transformational for the company, as the funds will enable the company to continue advancing the metallurgical and processRead More

In the past 40 years, the median net worth of members of Congress has quadrupled - even when adjusted for inflation.Meanwhile the real median household income has improved by just 27%.In fact, more than half of the people serving in Congress are millionaires, representing less than 1% of the population.How did they get so rich?Well, it's not the salary...We know that because the annual salary of a...Read More

Did you catch the absolute frenzy about Elon Musk's proposed takeover of Twitter? Employees at Twitter were falling on their fainting couches repeatedly.The Washington Post warned of the grave danger to democracy.Now think about this. This is a highly censored platform. They ban you for raising questions about vaccines. You are dinged for wondering a bit about Zelenskyy's war drums. They body-bag...Read More

Eight workers from Trevali Mining's (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) Perkoa zinc mine in Burkina Faso have been missing for five days as flooding caused by heavy rainfall in Burkina Faso on Apr. 16 disrupted operations, the company said. In an updated statement on Apr. 21, the company said that the eight workers were yet to be found and that the company had decided to suspend its production guidance for...Read More

Share this article VANCOUVER - Nevada Sunrise Gold Corp. [NEV-TSXV; NVSGF-OTC] reported intersecting lithium mineralization over significant widths in the inaugural drilling program at its 100%-owned Gemini lithium project, located in the Lida Valley basin in Esmeralda County, Nevada. Drilling began in the second week of March 2022 and concluded in the first week of April 2022. Two boreholes were...Read More

The judge ordered the suspension on the grounds that the no prior consultation process had been undertaken with local communities.Read More