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

VANCOUVER, BC, April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --VANCOUVER, BC, April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - First Mining Gold Corp. (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

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

Kvanefjeld project looks unlikely to be developed in current cycleRead full newsRead More

Vancouver, BC April 8, 2021 - KORE Mining Ltd. (TSXV: KORE | OTCQX: KOREF) ("KORE" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the United States Forest Service ("USFS") and has engaged a third party consultant to complete the environmental review for KORE's proposed exploration drilling program. KORE is currently accepting bids from drill...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ) (the "Corporation" or "Venzee") a smart tech platform that automates the distribution of consumer-facing product information to retailers, announces today a purchase of additional Connectors from a Product Information Management (PIM) partner.The partner is an industry-leading master data management (MDM) and PIM platform that provides a compe...Read More

Coal production will hit 8 billion tonnes in 2021 after COVID-19 drove a 2% drop in total output in 2020.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lucara has announced a two-year extension to its deal with HB Antwerp to market the large rough stones (+10.8-cts) that represent 70 per cent of its revenue.The Canadian miner reached an initial agreement last July to sell the stones from its Karowe mine, Botswana, to the Belgian manufacturer based on the estimated polished outcome.Any adjustments are made later, based on the actua...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Israel's diamond trade is showing clear signs of recovery, with steep year-on-year rises for imports and exports in the first quarter of 2021.Net imports of rough diamonds were up 75.6 per cent to ?, ?476m, said the Ministry of Economy. And net exports of rough diamonds increased by 66.3 per cent to $389.8mIsrael was largely unaffected by the global pandemic during the corresp...Read More

Los Cerros Limited (ASX: LCL) has announced results from an exploration program ongoing at its 100%-owned Quinchia gold project. The company has been drilling for gold in the hills of central western Colombia. The Quinchia project is located in the Mid-Cauca porphyry belt, 100km south of Medellin. The region is home to a number of multi-million ounce gold discoveries, and Los Cerros is aiming to i...Read More

Drilling at the Southwest zone, 2.5 km southwest of the main mineral corridor at Troilus Gold's (TSX: TLG) project in Quebec has stepped out the 2019 discovery by over 400 metres along strike and by up to 450 metres down-dip. An updated resource and pre-feasibility study for the project are expected in the second half of this year.The single-asset developer has released assay results for five dril...Read More

Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ: PLL; ASX: PLL), which in September signed a deal to supply Tesla with high-purity lithium, has boosted the resources at its flagship Piedmont Lithium project in the U.S. by 40%.The 100%-owned project is an integrated spodumene-to-lithium hydroxide project about 40 km west of Charlotte in North Carolina.Indicated resources measure 21.6 million tonnes grading 1.12% lithium...Read More

The latest drill results from Talisker Resources' (TSX: TSK) past-producing Bralorne gold project in south-central B.C. hit new mineralization below historic workings and southeast of prior intercepts. With a resource estimate expected in 2022, Talisker plans to incorporate these assays into its dataset and is completing a 50,000-metre drill program this year.Most recent drillhole assays are from...Read More

Lift-off for Highfield ResourcesSPONSOREDhighfield resourcesKodiak Copper: A New Copper-Gold Discovery in CanadaSPONSOREDkodiak copperCapella to bring new life to Norway's historic copper sectorSPONSOREDcapella minerals ltdHot Chili rises to the topSPONSOREDhot chiliInterest rates have been at the heart of recent mining equity performance. From the start of 2015 until March 2020, US dollar den...Read More

"I don't know what the [expletive] I'm doing."Here you have the confession of a stock trader. A stock trader with three days' experience."I just know I'm making money," - perhaps $300 per day, he gloated.Analyst Jason Zweig best tells this fellow's tale:You could have made good money even with bad stock picks. It was like being invited to bet on black, without limits, at a roulette wheel on which...Read More

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.- S?,ren KierkegaardI've come to the point in my life where I am really starting to question my own existence...What am I doing here? Why do I do the things I do? What is the meaning of this absurd journey we call life?Maybe it's because I am getting older. Maybe it's because I'm raising children. Or maybe I'm suffering from the existential angst that we all ha...Read More

The company picked up three Epiroc D65 down-the-hole drill rigs, comprising two blast-hole configuration rigs and one reverse circulation rig.DDB said the introduction of RC capabilities provided additional growth potential to carry out grade control drilling."With the current strong tendering pipeline, Dynamic continues to ensure access to the right fleet to undertake new projects, as well as ser...Read More

Arizona Gold Corp. provides additional underground drilling resulRead full newsRead More

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Country now the worst affected by COVID-19 worldwideRead full newsRead More