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
Royalty juniors co-exist in a noisy space, just like exploration companies do, but what is essential to their success is exposure to active, rather than envisioned exploration programs.The junior gold mining market is flooded with exploration companies claiming to have found the next big target, but the reality is any discovery made may likely take them five or ten years to develop into an operati...Read More
Great Panther Mining is a precious metals miner in the AmericasSPONSOREDgreat pantherStellar metrics just the start for near-term developer Theta GoldSPONSOREDtheta gold minesPAM puts itself in the middle of Thailand 4.0SPONSOREDThe future economy is looking greenSPONSOREDlomiko metals incKSM is one of the largest undeveloped gold-copper deposits in the world with proven and probable reserves of 3...Read More
The world has changed. The world has not changed. Embrace the chaos, but not in your portfolio.I don't need to go into the details about how damn weird things are right now. Housing, retail, tech, commodities, everything is in flux. The threat of rampant inflation, a Fed stuck in an impossible situation. Yet the fundamentals really haven't.All of this matters but it doesn't help us make some money...Read More
BARRICK GOLD-PORGERA/:Barrick CEO hopes Papua New Guinea gold mine will restart this yearRead full newsRead More
HGZ - near surface32.91 gt Au over 6.40 metres, including 148.82Read full newsRead More
Alien Metals (LON: UFO | OTCMKTS: ASLRF | FRA: I3A1) posted very encouraging results on Monday from maiden drilling at its Hancock Iron Ore project in West...Read full newsRead More
(IDEX Online) - A flawless 10.59-carat diamond ring sold for $968,000 at Phillips Hong Kong, well above its pre-sale estimate of $700,000 to $850,000.The D-color type IIa Asscher-cut stone was cut from a 30.80 carat rough diamond recovered at the Letseng mine, Lesotho.Phillips said the 165-lot Jewels and Jadeite sale on Saturday (5 June) raised $6.8m in total, with 76 per cent sold by lot, but onl...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Alrosa expects to increase rough diamond prices, as consumer demand outstrips slowing supply.The Russian state-controlled miner has a stockpile of more than 23 million carats, and has a 31.5m carats target for 2021."Demand for diamonds from retail is very high," said the company's CEO Sergei Ivanov (pictured). "So the scale of orders coming from the midstream, as I dare to ass...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A new trade fair launches this September in Denver, Colorado, USA.The HardRock Summit will feature gemstones and jewelry at Sparkle & Joy, and minerals, fossils and meteorites at a parallel event called Evolution.Organizers are expecting 400 exhibitors altogether at the Colorado Convention Center (pictured) and the nearby Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel.Co-founders of HardRock a...Read More
With copper's key role in the transition to greener forms of energy to fight climate change, along with soaring prices for the metal, companies are accelerating their work plans at copper projects around the world. We profile eight companies with copper projects.ASCENDANT RESOURCESAscendant Resources (TSX: ASND; US-OTC: ASDRF) is focused on the exploration and development of the Lagoa Salgada volc...Read More
Drilling at Nighthawk Gold's (TSXV: NHK) 930-sq.-km Indin Lake gold project, 200 km north of Yellowknife, has extended mineralization at the Grizzly Bear deposit ahead of a resource update expected later this year.Nighthawk released results of 18 holes totalling 4,048 metres drilled at Grizzly Bear. The shallow holes, limited to 200 metres depth, targeted mineralization extensions to the north and...Read More
Serbia's President, Aleksandar Vucic, may seek voter approval for Rio Tinto's (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) Jadar lithium project near the city of Loznica, in western Serbia, as community opposition grows.Speaking on local TV today, Vucic said the government fully supports the project, which could become Serbia's second largest export earner once developed. He also said his administration won'...Read More
Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, a private research university in Saudi Arabia, have developed what they believe is an economically viable system to extract high-purity lithium from seawater.Previous efforts to tease lithium from the mixture the metal makes together with sodium, magnesium and potassium in seawater yielded very little. Although the liquid contains...Read More
Great Panther Mining is a precious metals miner in the AmericasSPONSOREDgreat pantherStellar metrics just the start for near-term developer Theta GoldSPONSOREDtheta gold minesPAM puts itself in the middle of Thailand 4.0SPONSOREDThe future economy is looking greenSPONSOREDlomiko metals incThe first hint that doubts are developing about the longevity of boom conditions emerged last month, soon afte...Read More
Great Panther Mining is a precious metals miner in the AmericasSPONSOREDgreat pantherStellar metrics just the start for near-term developer Theta GoldSPONSOREDtheta gold minesPAM puts itself in the middle of Thailand 4.0SPONSOREDThe future economy is looking greenSPONSOREDlomiko metals incWith 93.7% of the votes in, just a few tens of thousands of votes separate the candidates. Notably, more than...Read More
This time last year, I was researching and writing my latest book, The New Great Depression. The book is mostly about the economy, but of course, it was impossible to write about the economic impact of COVID without considering the source of COVID and the policy response to the pandemic, including lockdowns and quarantines.I did an enormous amount of research on the two leading theories of the sou...Read More
What goes down must come up.At least that's the case with a short squeeze.Short squeezes are one of the most powerful catalysts on Wall Street, with the potential to create massive windfalls for investors on the long side of the trade.By now you've heard the hype surrounding "meme stocks" and the epic run-ups caused by r/wallstreetbets, which decimated hedge funds to the tune of more than $12 bill...Read More
By George Mwangi Special to Dow Jones Newswires The value of Tanzania's gold exports rose 24% in the year ended April 30 due to an increase in global prices...Read full newsRead More
The gold mining sector is a popular field for investors as there are over 300 companies listed and publicly traded. Gold and gold mining companies are often seen as complementary...Read full newsRead More
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