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

Scottie Resources Corp. and AUX Resources Corporation are pleasRead full newsRead More

Environmentalists and tribal leaders are fighting a plan by K2 Gold to sell its mining claims to a large corporation for development.Read full newsRead More

As Canbud Corp #CBDX story unfolds, here is a brief but extremely informative clip on who they are, what they're doing and why they're doing it.Karl Boyd has...Read full newsRead More

CMOC selling stake in DRC mine to CATLRead full newsRead More

With gold's reputation as a store of value and recent gold-focused merger and acquisition activity, there is renewed investor interest in companies active in this exploration.Read full newsRead More

With gold's reputation as a store of value and recent gold-focused merger and acquisition activity, there is renewed investor interest in companies active in this exploration.Read full newsRead More

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(IDEX Online) -  The United States has blacklisted Myanmar's state-owned gem company following the removal of state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi as leader in a military coup in February.Myanma Gems Enterprise, part of the country's ministry of mines, is said to be responsible for all sales of the country's ruby, jade and other gems.The US Treasury Department has banned it from a...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Pandora reported an increase in its Q1 revenue, even though it's having to close more retail outlets because of the Covid pandemic.The Danish jeweler, best known for its charm bracelets, said sales for the quarter were up 13 per cent on organic basis to $719m.That's in spite of the fact that 35 per cent of its 7,000 points of sale globally were closed for business as of t...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Murowa mine, in Zimbabwe, reported a 15 per cent drop in its diamond production for 2020 as known deposits begin to run dry.Owners RioZim said it was exploring sites near the three kimberlites pipes currently being worked in the southern central Midlands Province.Rough output in the year ending 31 December 2020 from the RioZim associate RZM Murowa Private Limited was 579,000 ca...Read More

Huntsman Set to Expand Nickel Sulphide Discovery at CanegrassSPONSOREDhuntsman explorationShaofu said smelting capacity increased 1.8% in 2020 to 8.Read More

Huntsman Set to Expand Nickel Sulphide Discovery at CanegrassSPONSOREDhuntsman explorationObserving that the return on capital employed in the copper sector had fallen to single digits since 2012, Araneda said the challenge the company faced went beyond building capacity to reducing costRead More

Ready for development copper-gold projectSPONSOREDjosemaria resources incKodiak Copper: A New Copper-Gold Discovery in CanadaSPONSOREDkodiak copperCapella to bring new life to Norway's historic copper sectorSPONSOREDcapella minerals ltdAre mining companies being held back by their board composition? SPONSOREDswannRight-wing heavyweights Hernado de Soto, Keiko Fujimori and Rafael Lopez Aliaga a...Read More

Ready for development copper-gold projectSPONSOREDjosemaria resources incKodiak Copper: A New Copper-Gold Discovery in CanadaSPONSOREDkodiak copperCapella to bring new life to Norway's historic copper sectorSPONSOREDcapella minerals ltdAre mining companies being held back by their board composition? SPONSOREDswann Lasso, of the CREO party, is a 65-year-old financial entrepreneur and politician...Read More

Huntsman Set to Expand Nickel Sulphide Discovery at CanegrassSPONSOREDhuntsman explorationRio has sole-funded more than $25 million of work on the project under a 2015 farm-in agreement with Antipa Minerals and has increased its stake from 51% to 65%.Read More

Giyani Metals Corp. (TSXV: EMM) has updated a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) based on a larger inferred resource estimate for the company's flagship Kgwakgwe Hill (K.Hill) manganese project in southeastern Botswana, about 60 km southwest of the capital Gaborone.The K.Hill project is a near-surface deposit that Giyani hopes can produce high purity manganese for battery use in the electric ve...Read More

After closing a $61 million bought deal on April 9 (upsized from $55 million), B.C.-focused gold-silver developer Ascot Resources (TSX: AOT) has announced a $20.6 million private placement financing by miner Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI, NYSE: AUY; LSE: AUY).Ascot has entered into an agreement with Stifel GMP, with Stifel purchasing, on a bought deal basis, 24 million Ascot shares at 86 ? each. An underw...Read More

Scottie Resources (TSXV: SCOT) has entered into a letter of intent with AUX Resources (TSXV: AUX; US-OTC: AUXRF) proposing a merger of the two companies that would consolidate the two companies gold-silver holdings in the Stewart mining camp in B.C.'s Golden Triangle into a total of 522 sq. km.Scottie's acquisition of AUX would expand its Cambria project, which is adjacent to Ascot Resources' (TSX...Read More

NextSource Materials (TSX: NEXT; US-OTC: NSRCF) - which is developing its large flake graphite project in Madagascar and is backed by Sir Mick Davis' Vision Blue Resources - is teaming up with a prominent Japanese trading company and its Chinese partner, which owns and operates graphite anode processing facilities in China, to build a battery anode plant that it says should be ready for commission...Read More

Ready for development copper-gold projectSPONSOREDjosemaria resources incKodiak Copper: A New Copper-Gold Discovery in CanadaSPONSOREDkodiak copperCapella to bring new life to Norway's historic copper sectorSPONSOREDcapella minerals ltdAre mining companies being held back by their board composition? SPONSOREDswannWhat investors will be looking for in the spending habits of shoppers is evidence...Read More