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

Condor Gold (TSX: COG; LSE: CNR) has outlined two mining scenarios in an updated technical study for its flagship La India gold project in Nicaragua, both of which anticipate robust economics. The preliminary economic assessment prepared by SRK Consulting considers two possible routes to develop the asset.One is to go with a mixed open pit and underground operation, which would produce a to...Read More

Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has announced that its board has formally accepted a planned underground expansion of the Karowe mine in Botswana, which is expected to extend the operation's life for 20 years - until 2040. The Vancouver-based miner said the approval follows the financial closure and satisfaction of all conditions precedent to a US$220 million debt package, announced in July....Read More

Asante Gold (TSXV: ASE), a pure gold exploration and development company, has outlined plans to fast-track its newly added, past-producing Bibiani gold mine in Ghana into production. The Vancouver-based company, which completed the acquisition of Bibiani from Australia's Resolute Mining (ASX: RSG; LSE: RSG) in mid-August, said local company Harlequin International had already kicked off the...Read More

Future remains golden for Rox ResourcesSPONSOREDrox resourcesCashed-up Karora is doubling gold production at a blistering paceSPONSOREDkarora resourcesOzAurum drills in home of goldSPONSOREDozaurum resourcesRising nationalismSPONSOREDswannTwo weeks ago, I wrote that investors appear to have been right in heavily discounting feasibility study valuations for the Mt Carrington project, if a recent re...Read More

Supposedly this was going to be over by the end of the year, yet here we are.General Motors is idling six plants this month, four in the U.S.Ford is idling a plant near Kansas City.Toyota is slashing worldwide production by 40% this month.This is not going away, and even when this crisis eases, the next is already looming.A handful of car companies are doing better than others, but none are being...Read More

Matador Mining (ASX: MZZ) has uncovered gold grading 55.4 grams per tonne during power auger drilling at the greenfields Big Pond target within the Cape Ray project in Canada.Read full newsRead More

BURKINA-SECURITY/IAMGOLD (PIX):Iamgold suspends convoys to Burkina Faso gold mine after attackRead full newsRead More

The hit at Blaffo Gueto included 2m at 613gpt gold. Another hole returned 17.4m at 17gpt gold from 244m, including 1m at 216gpt gold.Read More

Share this article TORONTO - Aquila Resources Inc. [AQA-TSX, AQARF-OTCQB] said Monday it has agreed to be acquired by Gold Resource Corp. [GORO-NYSE American], a move that would create a diversified North American precious and base metals producer.In keeping with that plan, Aquila said it has entered into a binding letter agreement with Gold Resource, setting out certain key terms of a proposed a...Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipFuture remains golden for Rox ResourcesSPONSOREDrox resourcesCashed-up Karora is doubling gold production at a blistering paceSPONSOREDkarora resourcesOther assays from the resource expansion programme included 372m at 1.02% Cu-eq from 36m, within 462m at 0.91% Cu-eq."The strik...Read More

The platform, which monitors about 90% of global copper and nickel smelting activity, said along with seasonal maintenance, there had been extended downtime as copper smelters waited for expected higher treatment and refining charges later this year.It said there had been a significant reduction in activity in south central China, which was put down to recent flooding and power restriction directi...Read More

Mining Journal's Chris Cann speaks with Midnight Sun chief executive Al Fabbro about the work programme Rio Tinto is currently funding and running to earn its exposure to the Solwezi copper-cobalt project in Zambia.Fabbro also addresses the issue of managing risk in one of Africa's traditional mining strongholds.Read More

Gold Royalty (NYSE-AM: GROY) is acquiring Abitibi Royalties (TSXV: RZZ; US-OTC: ATBYF) and Golden Valley Mines and Royalties (TSXV: GZZ; US-OTC: GLVMF) in a deal that will create a larger company with 191 royalties and a balance sheet with about US$47 million in cash and on debt.The business combination will have a significant presence in two of the world's top-tier mining jurisdictions, Nevada an...Read More

Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE: EQX) has released new reserve and resource numbers for its Mesquite mine in California and for the Fazenda Brasileiro and Riacho Dos Machados mines in Brazil.The Mesquite heap leach gold mine's latest measured and indicated numbers show a 65% increase in contained gold, to almost 1.4 million oz. (22.3 million tonnes grading 0.24 gram gold per tonne). The contained m...Read More

Ascot Resources (TSX: AOT) has received the ball and SAG mills at its Premier gold-silver project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle, putting the junior on track to restart production in late 2022.The company, which anticipates being fully permitted for construction in the third quarter, placed the orders for the long-lead items last October."Ordering the ball and SAG mills last year was a prud...Read More

BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has struck a deal to use artificial intelligence tools developed by KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, to look for critical materials used in electric vehicles (EVs) and clean energy. The world's largest miner and the Silicon Valley-based tech firm will jointly fund and operate exploration usi...Read More

De Beers, the world's largest diamond producer by value, said today that it had sold about US$515 million worth of rough diamonds during its latest event, making it the biggest sale since February and the largest total for this time of year since 2016. The Anglo American (LSE: AAL) unit, which sells diamonds to a handpicked group of about 80 buyers ten times a year at events called sights, sai...Read More

BURKINA-SECURITY/IAMGOLD (PIX):Iamgold suspends convoys to Burkina Faso gold mine after attackRead full newsRead More

Matador Mining (ASX: MZZ) has uncovered gold grading 55.4 grams per tonne during power auger drilling at the greenfields Big Pond target within the Cape Ray project in Canada.Read full newsRead More

Aluminium closed up 1.49% on the London Metal Exchange to US$2,757.25, having reached $2,775.50/tonne in early trading yesterday.It was the first day back in the LME Ring yesterday for members of the open outcry trading system after an 18-month suspension due to COVID-19.In a mixed finish for base metals, copper gained 0.22% and nickel fell 0.78%.Gold softened slightly to $1,822 an ounce on the sp...Read More