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

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Interview with Cole Evans, President & CEO of Enduro Metals (TSX-V:ENDR) If you want our take on this interview and Enduro Metals, go to https://cruxinvestor...Read full newsRead More

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Vancouver, BC - IsoEnergy Ltd. (TSX-V: ISO | OTCQX: ISENF) is pleased to report additional chemical assay results from the completed summer drilling program at the Hurricane zone. The Hurricane zone is a recent discovery of high-grade uranium mineralization on the Company's 100% owned Larocque East property (the "Property") in the Eastern Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan (Figure 1).Highlight...Read More

This year's dawning winter rally has great upside potential after the gold and gold stock corrections run their courses.Read full newsRead More

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US retail sales figures for October were up 0.3% from September but lower than forecasts of 0.5%.The country's industrial production rose 1.1% in October but was still 5.6% lower than its pre-pandemic February level.The S&P 500 closed 0.48% lower, the FTSE 100 lost 0.87% but Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 0.42%.Market futures were mixed.The gold price was about US$1,881 an ounce on the spot market....Read More

(IDEX Online) - A pearl and diamond bracelet specially made for singer Dame Vera Lynn - Britain's celebrated wartime Forces' Sweetheart - is to be sold at auction.It includes a hand-painted enamel depicting a bluebird over the white cliffs of Dover, a reference to one of her most famous songs.Dame Vera died in June aged 103. The White Cliffs of Dover bracelet is being sold online at Chri...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Walmart, Costco, Amazon, Macy's and JC Penney account for almost half the fine jewelry and watch sales made by north America's 10 biggest supersellers.The combined sales totals from membership-only warehouse clubs, hypermarkets, department stores and general e-commerce were 8.1bn in 2019, according to the newly-published State of the Majors report by National Jeweler maga...Read More

(IDEX Online) - IDEX Online is to become the first diamond trading platform in the world to feature diamonds with GIA's Diamond Origin Reports. The pioneering development will allow buyers to filter their search to display only diamonds that come with a GIA Diamond Origin Report (DOR).The DOR scientifically matches a polished diamond to its original rough, telling the story of the gem�...Read More

Scoped for growth: Nevada Copper shifts into production modeSPONSOREDnevada copper corp.In a note title "It's time to believe", Jefferies pointed to an increase in China's industrial production, which was up 6.9% year-on-year on October, as well as a 7.Read More

This week's episode features an interview with Platinum Group Metals president and chief executive R. Michael Jones, who discusses the company's large-scale Waterberg PGM project in South Africa. Michael also mentions the company's newly developed technology patent using palladium in lithium-ion batteries and shares his views on the outlook for both platinum and palladium.All this and more with on...Read More

Champion Iron (TSX: CIA) plans to acquire the Kamistitusset iron ore project in southwest Newfoundland - only a few kilometres away from its Bloom Lake mine - out of a restructuring process.The project's former owner, Alderon Iron Ore, defaulted on a US$14-million loan from Sprott Private Resource Lending in March.In return for the project, Champion has agreed to pay $15 million in cash, and to ex...Read More

Revival Gold (TSXV: RVG; US-OTC: RVLGF) has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on a restart of its flagship Beartrack-Arnett project in Idaho, which outlines a 12,000-tonne-per-day first-phase heap leach operation for the brownfields site.The scenario includes an initial seven-year mine, producing an average of 72,000 oz. gold annually at all-in sustaining costs (AISCs) of US$1,057 p...Read More

Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) has released exploration results from its wholly owned Hasaga project in Ontario's Red Lake camp that point to extensions of the Epp-C and Epp-D zones at the past-producing site.The company has reported assay results for six drill holes, which stepped out the Epp-C area to the east and confirm continuity of the high-grade structures within the Epp-D zone...Read More

Although the processing plant at their Juanicipio mine won't be completed until next year, partners Fresnillo (LSE: FRES) and Mag Silver (TSX: MAG; NYSE-MAG) were able to declare first production last month by processing Juanicipio ore at Fresnillo's nearby facilities.Initial production from the underground mine, in Zacatecas, Mexico, began in August. Until the new plant is ready, Juanicipio ore w...Read More