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

Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) has agreed to sell its El Cubo mine and related assets to Mexico-focused miner VanGold Mining (TSXV: VGLD).Endeavour will receive a combination of US$7.5 million cash, US$5 million in VanGold shares and US$2.5 million in unsecured promissory notes, for a total payment of US$15 million.The El Cubo mine, located in Guanajuato, Mexico, includes two previously o...Read More

Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) is buying Trillium Mining for $25 million (US$19.6 million) to access a 5,418-hectare land package located east of its own Island Gold deposit in Ontario, Canada.The acquisition, Alamos said, more than doubles its land position to 15,000 hectares in the Michipicoten Greenstone Belt of northern Ontario.The move would give the Toronto-based company Trillium's namesa...Read More

Scoped for growth: Nevada Copper shifts into production modeSPONSOREDnevada copper corp."Demand for copper, but also aluminium, nickel and cobalt, is going to be absolutely enormous," Rahim told a Jefferies commodities webinar.Read More

Bardoc eyes long-term growth in prime goldfields locationSPONSOREDbardoc goldDrill results multiply value options in front of YandalSPONSOREDyandal resources'Best discovery in my time': De Grey on the march at HemiSPONSOREDde grey miningDecade of performance: Pitram delivers diamond standard for Argyle diamond mineSPONSOREDmicromineThe company said the integration created synergies by comb...Read More

It looks as though Congress is finally on the verge of passing the long-awaited second coronavirus stimulus bill. But before anyone gets too excited I feel compelled to remind you how the last one went.Despite all the media hype surrounding the $1,200 stimulus checks (not much when you consider the average monthly rent in America is $1,468), you should remember the program was overwhelmingly a sl...Read More

John Horgan's NDP government predicted B.C.'s deficit would grow to $13.6 billion this fiscal year, but also forecasted the economy would see a quicker recovery from COVID-19 than other provinces. BNN Bloomberg's Tara Weber digs into the numbers.Read full newsRead More

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Investments in oil and gas offshore Norway are set to decline by 4.2 percent next year compared to 2020, a smaller drop than what the industry feared in early 2020Read full newsRead More

PHOENIX - 4Front Ventures Corp. (CSE: FFNT) (OTCQX: FFNTF) ("4Front" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has completed the sale and leaseback of its cultivation and production facilities in Olympia, WA and Georgetown, MA (the "Transaction") with an affiliate of Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc., (NYSE: IIPR) ("IIP").This previously announced transaction generated proceeds of US$33 mil...Read More

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Vancouver, BC - Summa Silver Corp ("Summa Silver" or the "Company")(CSE: SSVR, OTCQB: SSVRF, Frankfurt: 48X) is pleased to announce additional high-grade silver-gold intersections from the Hughes Property in central Nevada. These results spanning across 3.5 km confirm the considerable geologic potential of the project while the new Ruby Discovery represents a 1.3 km step-out from the historic...Read More