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 - Siyata Mobile Inc. (NasdaqCM: SYTA, SYTAW / TSX-V:SIM / FRA: WK3D) (the "Company" or "Siyata") announced the commercial launch of its Uniden (R) Mobile Coverage Kit (MCK), which is intended to empower first responders and government agencies to stay connected even in remote areas where cellular coverage is weak.Siyata's Uniden (R) MCK is designed to significantly improve cellular...Read More

Vancouver, BC December 16, 2020 - KORE Mining Ltd. (TSXV: KORE | OTCQX: KOREF) ("KORE" or the "Company") is pleased to announce plans to transfer all of its British Columbia ("BC") gold exploration assets ("Spin-out") into a newly incorporated company: Karus Gold Corp. ("Karus" or "Karus Gold").Highlights of Karus Gold:Unlocks value of BC assets for KORE shareholders through creation of Karus Gold...Read More

Before it ceased operation in 1942, the Octave mine produced over $310 million worth of gold, and that was from just 30% of the vein. Now it is for sale.Read full newsRead More

Investors are putting pressure on gold miners, whose high greenhouse gas emissions have been less scrutinized, to report transparently and take concrete steps to curb them after a rally in prices this year drew closer attention to the sector's footprint.Read full newsRead More

"While the FOMC has already implemented a huge package of easing over the course of the year, the government's failure to bring another fiscal boost does push the onus back onto Powell et al," IG senior market analyst Joshua Mahony said.The gold price was up more than US$26 an ounce, near $1,854/oz on the spot market.Newmont closed 2.6% higher in New York, Harmony Gold Mining rose 3.5% in South Af...Read More

"With regard to interest rates, we continue to expect it will be appropriate to maintain the current 0-0.25% target range for the federal funds rate until labour market conditions have reached levels consistent with the committee's assessments of maximum employment and inflation has risen to 2% and is on track to moderately exceed 2% percent for some time," he said.Gold rose to US$1,865 an ounce o...Read More

Three mines on three continents are examples of what's happening in copper, the metal voted by investors as the most likely to succeed in both the old world of construction and plumbing and the newRead More

Share this article SUDBURY - The Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario and the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation plan to create more than 100 full-time jobs, to improve Canada's supply chain and reduce import dependency for electric vehicle battery production.The Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario are each investing $5 million in the First Cobalt Co...Read More

Share this articleTORONTO - Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. (TSX:KL) (NYSE:KL) (ASX:KLA) today announced that a quarterly dividend payment for the fourth quarter of 2020 of US$0.1875 per common share will be paid on January 14, 2021 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 31, 2020. The US$0.1875 per share payment represents a 50% increase in the quarterly dividend from the previo...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Antwerp's export of rough and polished diamonds fell again in November after both hitting a 2020 peak in September.Rough exports were $725m, down from $957m in October. Year-on-year this was a marked decline, down almost 15 per cent, after a sharp rise of 75 per cent last month.Polished exports fell by nine per cent in November to $612m, according to newly-released figures fro...Read More

(IDEX Online) - De Beers reportedly increased rough prices by up to three per cent at its last Sight of the year in the firmest indication so far that demand is recovering from the pandemic.Insiders say it's the first time since COVID-19 that De Beers has put prices up, after offering discounts and unprecedented flexibilities to Sight holders since August.Yields from the 10th Sight of the yea...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lucapa has announced the recovery of an exceptional 101-carat diamond at its Mothae mine, in Lesotho.The Type IIa stone has been measured as D color and is the fourth +100 carat diamond recovered from the southern lobe of the mine's kimberlite pipe since operations started in January 2019.The Australian miner, which partners with the Lesotho government, said it looked forward...Read More

Scoped for growth: Nevada Copper shifts into production modeSPONSOREDnevada copper corp.The London-headquartered miner said it would achieve sustainable production from its first underground mining panel - known as "Panel 0" - by October 2022, with the project's development capital -Read More

Scoped for growth: Nevada Copper shifts into production modeSPONSOREDnevada copper corp.The global activity dispersion index averaged 53, up from the 50.3 recorded in October, however the volatility of regional activity was striking, Marex Spectron's global head of analytics Dr Guy Wolf said.Capacity utilisation rebounded in China, where the index rose from 42.2 in October to 48.6.Scoped for...Read More

Emerging miner Pure Gold Mining (TSXV: PGM; LSE: PUR) has introduced first ore to the mill at its PureGold mine in Red Lake, Ontario. With first gold production expected later this month, the company will moving on to a full-scale ramp up of the mining and milling activities in the next quarter."The introduction of ore to the milling facility reflects the successful culmination of our project buil...Read More

Explorer Surge Copper (TSXV: SURG) has entered into a definitive option agreement with Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) to hold the right to acquire a 70% interest in the Berg porphyry deposit in central British Columbia.Under the terms of the agreement, Surge can earn a 70% stake in the copper-molybdenum-silver project by issuing $5 million worth of its common shares and spending $8 million on the propert...Read More

Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE-AM: EQX) is buying fellow miner Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG), which will spin out its Nevada assets in a new U.S.-focused gold miner to be called i-80 Gold Corp.The all-stock deal valued at $612 million (US$480 million) hands Equinox Gold Premier's interest in the Hardrock project in Ontario, the Mercedes Mine in Mexico and the Hasaga and Rahill-Bonanza properties in...Read More

Canada Nickel Company (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) is partnering with the Taykwa Tagamou First Nation to develop electric power for its Crawford nickel-cobalt sulphide project in Ontario's Timmins-Cochrane mining camp.Under a memorandum of understanding, the Taykwa Tagamou Nation will develop the electrical transmission assets to supply Crawford with reliable power and the junior exploration company...Read More

Aurania Resources (TSXV: ARU; US-OTC: AUIF) reported that it found more evidence of ancient roads and peculiar landforms that may be old prospecting or mine sites near its Lost Cities - Cutucu project in southeastern Ecuador. In detail, the Canadian miner found the roads in the vicinity of the Tiria-Shimpia silver-zinc-lead target area, which is developing into one of the larger mineralized areas...Read More

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) unveiled on Wednesday that underground production from the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia is slated to begin in October 2022, adding that it will come with a price tag of US$6.75 billion.When it was approved in 2015, Rio Tinto expected the expansion to cost US$5.3 billion and reach first sustainable production in early of 2021.In 2019, however, the...Read More