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

With a feasibility study underway for its McIlvenna Bay copper-zinc project in eastern Saskatchewan, developer Foran Mining (TSXV: FOM) has released assay results for two infill holes. The holes were drilled as part of a 30,000-metre program and are expected to "positively impact" existing resources by growing the indicated inventory.Drillholes MB-21-231a returned a 16.4-metre mineralized interval...Read More

With an updated resource for its past-producing zinc-silver-gold-copper South Mountain project expected in April, BeMetals (TSXV: BMET) has also started a preliminary economic assessment (PEA), which is scheduled for completion by September."These studies are part of the critical path towards advancing South Mountain to a potential mine construction decision stage given continued positive results,...Read More

Radisson Mining Resources (TSXV: RDS; US-OTC: RMRDF) has encountered more high-grade mineralization during a resource expansion drill program at its O'Brien gold project in northwestern Quebec, about halfway between the towns of Rouyn-Noranda and Val d'Or.Highlights included 57.48 grams gold per tonne over 2.80 metres starting from 848.80 metres downhole, including 196 grams gold per tonne over 0....Read More

The bill, which aims to set a royalty of 3% ad valorem for copper and lithium, and which received a favourable reading by the mining commission in March 2020, will be returned to the Chamber of Deputies. Its passage had been frozen in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Half the funds obtained from the royalty would go into a regional convergence fund to finance regional and communal development pro...Read More

Huntsman Set to Expand Nickel Sulphide Discovery at CanegrassSPONSOREDhuntsman explorationThe bill, which aims to set a royalty of 3% ad valorem for copper and lithium, and which received a favourable reading by the mining commission in March 2020, will be returned to the Chamber of Deputies. Its passage had been frozen in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Half the funds obtained from the royalty...Read More

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 was signed by President Biden on March 11 and the peasants rejoiced.The $1.9 trillion stimulus package will give the majority of Americans a $1,400 check, depending on your income level. If you're like me, you're looking forward to the potential of turning that $1,400 check into $10,000 or more.I always have a list of stocks that I'm watching, and in the last...Read More

March 16, 2021Peter Hawley, President and CEO of Fabled Silver Gold Corp. updates investors on the Santa Maria project. Touching base both on operations as w...Read full newsRead More

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Vancouver, BC- Summa Silver Corp ("Summa" or the "Company") (TSXV:SSVR, OTCQB: SSVRF, Frankfurt: 48X)is pleased to announce that it has engaged National Drilling EWP of Elko, NV to carry out drilling at the Company's high-grade silver-gold Hughes Property near Tonopah, Nevada in 2021.Drilling is expected to start in early to mid-April. The focus of the drilling will be to expand on previously r...Read More

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February 18, 2021- New Gold Inc. ("New Gold" or the "Company") (TSX and NYSE American: NGD) provides its annual operational outlook for the New AftonRead full newsRead More

Investors now have until May 15 to bid on blocks that will be awarded to the winning companies by September 15.Read full newsRead More

Vancouver, BC - LEAF Mobile Inc. (TSX: LEAF) ("LEAF" or the "Company"), Canada's leading free-to-play mobile game group, announces subsidiary company, East Side Games Inc. ("ESG"), has entered into a multi-year partnership with World of Wonder Productions Inc. ("WOW") for the exclusive mobile game rights to Emmy Award-winning competition series, RuPaul's Drag Race, to develop and publish a new...Read More

A special dividend of US39.6c brought total dividends paid out 2020 to 72.6c - versus 19.8c paid in 2019.Read More

Share this article TORONTO - Tinka Resources Ltd. [TK-TSXV; TKRFF-OTC; TLD-FSE] shares rallied in heavy trading volume Wednesday, March 17 after the company released new drilling results from the company's Ayawilca Project in Peru.The latest results include assays from six diamond drill holes from a 2020-2021 resource expansion and infill drill program.Four holes were located in the Camp area, an...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A trader has been arrested on suspicion of diverting duty-free gold worth almost $14m back into India's domestic market.Preet Kumar Agarwal is accused of re-directing 250kg of gold after it had been formally cleared by airport Customs officers for export, thus evading tax. He was arrested last Thursday under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.India's Enforcement...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A new website launched by CIBJO provides easy-to-understand definitions of natural and lab-grown diamonds to avoid confusion for anyone who buys, sells or handles them.The site at www.whatisadiamond.org defines a diamond as  a mineral consisting essentially of carbon that crystallises in the isometric (cubic) crystal system."It defines a synthetic diamond or laboratory-grown d...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A lab-grown diamond company claims it's going beyond carbon neutrality, by creating gems that are carbon-negative. Ryan Shearman and Dan Wojno, co-founders of Aether Diamonds, based in New York, say their diamonds pull excess carbon from the atmosphere. As a result, every one they produce has a positive impact on the planet.They use a patent-pending technique called carbo...Read More