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

Mining Journals Tom Hoskyns speaks to Nova Royalty CEO and Co-founder Alex Tsukernik. Royalties are seen as a traditional precious metals play.Alex outlines Nova Royalty focus on copper and why a Royalty company is an attractive route for investors looking to benefit from the energy transition.Nova Royalty is a copper and nickel focused royalty and streaming company.Copper and nickel are critical...Read More

Tom Hoskyns from Mining Journal speaks to World Copper Ltd CEO, Nolan Peterson about their new, 426 million tonne oxide copper resource, at the Escalones Project in Chile.  Nolan outlines a planned drill program as the company advances to a PEA in the coming months.  Nolan also discusses World Copper's acquisition of the Zonia oxide copper resource in Arizona and the favourable economics...Read More

Vancouver, Canada - TheNewswire - September 2 7 2021 - Nexus GoldRead full newsRead More

(IDEX Online) - The world's third largest rough diamond - a 1,174.76- carat clivage stone recovered at Karowe, Botswana -  has gone on display at a New York hotel.The baseball-sized gem (pictured) is being shown at at the Whitby Hotel, in upper midtown Manhattan, by miner Lucara and manufacturer HB Antwerp.They're keen to highlight the stone's natural state, says a Reuters repo...Read More

The company just reported a maiden resource at the project of which 82% is in the measured and indicated categories, some 81.67 million tonnes grading 0.65% copper and 0.Read More

Drilling highlights included 396m grading 0.42% copper equivalent from surface within a broader intercept of 1,213m grading 0.28% copper equivalent, collared about 1,300m east of Warintza Central.Read More

London-based private equity fund Appian Capital is said to be in advanced negotiations to sell its Atlantic Nickel unit in Brazil for around US$1 billion, with Canada's Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A /TECK.B; NYSE: TCK) cited as one of the likely buyers. According to the O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper, the Vancouver-based miner's main interest is Atlantic Nickel's Santa Rita open pit nickel-cobal...Read More

Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) pledged this week that it will achieve net negative greenhouse gas (GHG) emission no later than 2050. To reach that goal, the company has two separate global targets.The first target relates to reductions in Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (indirect-energy) emissions. Initial work will focus on defining specific options to address the largest sources - heavy and light ve...Read More

On Monday, the ordinary shares of GreenRoc Mining (AIM: GROC) started trading on London's junior AIM platform. The explorer seeks to capitalize on the growing demand for critical minerals its stable of Greenlandic assets could produce.The company was created to buy the spun-out assets of Alba Mineral Resources (AIM: ALBA).In its IPO, GreenRoc raised ?5.1 million (US$6.9 million). It issued 111.2...Read More

Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL) rose nearly 8.5% in early trading Monday after IKN News released a statement Sunday saying the gold miner was "marketing itself to the highest bidder."According to the report, the sales process is in an advanced stage, with at least four companies still in the process and "one has now emerged as the clear favorite," although that company is not specified."This deal cou...Read More

Chinese miner MMG once again will have to halt operations at its Las Bambas copper mine in Peru, one of the country's largest, as community protests in the nearby province of Chumbivilcas have affected supply logistics. The blockade on public roads along Peru's major copper transport corridor has impacted the company's concentrate shipments and sales, the company says. While production at th...Read More

It has been a whirlwind development year for Red Pine Exploration's (TSXV: RPX) flagship, 100%-owned Wawa gold project, starting with the consolidation of the company's interests and acquisition of the War Eagle mining claims adjacent to the property in the Michipicoten region of Ontario this spring, and positive results from its summer drilling program, announcing the discovery of high-grade go...Read More

The western United States has long been a source of mining riches, with Nevada a prime example. The state has one of the highest gold endowments on the planet, annually producing approximately 84% of all the gold in the U.S. While a lot of exploration in parts of the region has focused on near-surface, bulk-tonnage targets, Vancouver-based junior Headwater Gold (CSE: HWG; US-OTC: HWAUF) is targe...Read More

Future remains golden for Rox ResourcesSPONSOREDrox resourcesOzAurum drills in home of goldSPONSOREDozaurum resourcesDeveloping Canada's Premier Copper-Gold MineSPONSOREDFirefly shines as new era loomsSPONSOREDfirefly resourcesInterestingly, however, the next sharp move in the price of nickel is as likely to be up as it is down.Read More

Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) has asked an international arbitrator to impose 'urgent interim measures' on the Kyrgyz Republic and state miner Kyrgyzaltyn JSC to address alleged "critical operational and safety issues" at the Kumtor mine.In its latest application, Centerra seeks immediate relief pending a final award in the arbitration to prevent the defendants from "causing irreparable damage to the mi...Read More

Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure he is obeying your will and not his own? Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation. Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing. - George Orwell, "1984"Dear Outsider,I just got back from a closed-door investment conference at the Sagamore Pendry, Baltimore's bout...Read More

The happy talk out of Wall Street would have you believe that the Evergrande financial collapse in China is under control and that responsible parties have taken steps to avoid a "Lehman moment" in Chinese capital markets.Almost everything about that narrative is factually wrong. It's Wall Street happy talk at its finest, assuring investors that things are under control while the smart money runs...Read More

Mining Journal Americas editor Paul Harris is joined by Cormark Securities base metals analyst Stefan Ioannou and a suite of emerging copper companies to discuss what's driving the copper price and future demand, the jurisdictions likely to pick up responsibility for meeting that demand, and some of the most exciting projects currently providing leverage to the copper price for investors.In this s...Read More

Mining Journal Americas editor Paul Harris speaks with Western Copper and Gold president and chief executive Paul West-Sells about the company's plans to develop the massive Casino copper and gold asset, which returned a $2.3 billion after-tax NPV (8% discount) over a base-case 25-year life within a PEA published last month (August).Western Copper and Gold is solely focused on developing the world...Read More

Mining Journal's Tom Hoskyns speaks with Granite Creek Copper President and CEO Tim Johnson about the latest update on their project in the Minto Copper Belt and the 24 months change from early-stage copper play to a resource stage company.In November 2020, Granite Creek Copper completed its acquisition of Copper North Mining Corp, combining its Stu Cu-Au Project with the PEA-stage Carmacks Cu-Au-...Read More