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

Sanatana Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has compleRead full newsRead More

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In the latest Zoom with Zimtu, hear from James Ferreira of Lake Winn Resources about their new Cloud Project in Manitoba. For more information and updates, f...Read full newsRead More

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Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 10, 2020 - LEAF Mobile Inc. (TSX.V: LEAF), announces that the special meeting of its shareholders, originally scheduled for December 11, 2020, will be cancelled.However, LEAF still intends to proceed with its previously announced acquisition of all of the outstanding securities of ESG (the "Acquisition"). LEAF intends to obtain minority shareholder approval by wa...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ) (the "Corporation" or "Venzee") is pleased to announce that, due to increased investor support, the Company has increased the size of its previously announced $1.5 million private placement (the "Offering") and will now issue up to 36.363 million units (each a "Unit"), for gross proceeds of up to $2 million.With respect to the private placemen...Read More

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Rockcliff Metals (CSE: RCLF) has released the results from a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its 100%-owned Tower and Rail projects in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake greenstone belt in central Manitoba.The study envisions the development of the Tower high-grade copper deposit in parallel with the refurbishment of Bucko mill, followed by the Rail copper deposit development. Tower is about 460 k...Read More

Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX:WPM) and Capstone Mining (TSX:CS) have struck a deal whereby the streaming company will pay US$150 million for a share of the silver output from Capstone's Cozamin copper mine in Zacatecas state, Mexico. In 2019 the mine produced 35.84 million lbs. copper, 1.16 million oz. silver, and 18.46 million lbs. zinc.Wheaton has agreed to buy 50% of Cozamin's silver output unti...Read More

NorZinc (TSX:NXC; OTCQB:NORZF) has received the final assays from surface drill hole PC-20-225, and the results indicate high grades of both silver and zinc.Beginning at a depth of 525.6 metres, the hole returned 4.3 metres at 189 grams silver per tonne, 27.18% zinc, 16.89% lead, and 0.47% copper (56.28% zinc equivalent).A lower grade, 1.1 metre intersection from 506.8 meters returned 2.56 grams s...Read More

Since listing on the TSX Venture exchange in May, PGM-focused Clean Air Metals has drilled over 19,000 metres at its wholly owned 30-sq.-km Thunder Bay North project, 50 km northeast of Thunder Bay in Ontario. The site features two parallel intrusions - Current Lake and Escape Lake - which feature platinum group metal (PGM) and copper-nickel mineralization. The mineralization at each of the two st...Read More

Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX:KL) (NYSE:KL) (ASX:KLA) has set its full year production guidance at between 1.3-1.4 million oz. for 2021, driven by strong growth at its Detour Lake mine in Ontario.This is nearly identical to the company's 2020 production target of 1.35-1.4 million oz., though next year's guidance will not include the Holt Complex, which is now on care and maintenance.All-in sustaining co...Read More

As the world's economies start to pick up following the impacts from the Covid-19 pandemic, CPM Group's director of commodities and asset management Carlos Sanchez expects base metals markets to return to normality in 2021, supporting increases in prices."We're already seeing normal supply and demand dynamics returning to pre-pandemic levels for the base metal markets," he said in an interview. "...Read More

Scoped for growth: Nevada Copper shifts into production modeSPONSOREDnevada copper corp.Cloak it all with the ESG allure of becoming a supplier of a full suite of battery materials for the green revolution, which is true for a time only, and the summary of IGO's A$1.Read More

We've known for a while now that our phones are eavesdropping on us. There have been numerous times when I was talking to my friends about a movie, a TV show, or even an actor, and I opened up my phone to advertisements for that very content. Or I'll have a question about some obscure fact: Who was it that starred in the 1977 version of The Island of Dr. Moreau? So I take out my phone to Google...Read More

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