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
Raymond James has raised its average silver price forecasts for 2021 to US$25 per oz., up 37.9% from its previous estimate, and to US$22.50 per oz. in 2022, a 25% increase.For the remainder of this year, the financial services firm forecasts an average silver price of US$25 per oz. in the third quarter and US$26 per oz. in the fourth quarter, for a full-year average of US$21.07 per ounce."Our pric...Read More
For years upon years, a handful of traders knew something fishy was going on in the futures market.Now, with the biggest penalty ever for this kind of illegal activity just announced, we're finally getting an idea of the scale of it, and it is shocking.JP Morgan is going to pay $920 million and is admitting wrongdoing for tens of trillions of dollars' worth of transactions, which number over 50,00...Read More
Rio Silver Inc. (TSXV:RYO) wishes to confirm that the company's mRead full newsRead More
Straightup Resources (CSE:ST) is pleased to announce that, further to its news release dated September 9, 2020, Clark Exploration and Consulting has commenced compilation and reinterpretation work of all of the available historical data on the Company's Belanger gold property located in the Red Lake District, Ontario.Read full newsRead More
Renforth Resources Inc. is pleased to inform shareholders that ReRead full newsRead More
Brigadier Gold Limited is pleased to announce the first ever diamRead full newsRead More
FenixOro Gold Corp is pleased to announce that the Company's shRead full newsRead More
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TORONTO, Sept.28, 2020(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FenixOro Gold Corp (CSE:FENX, OTCQB:FDVXF, Frankfurt:8FD) is pleased to announce that the Company's shares...Read full newsRead More
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Top Gold Stocks To Watch Sep 25, 2020 (GoldStocks.com via COMTEX) --In 2020, investors have had a great focus on gold stocks. Gold companies are generally...Read full newsRead More
Gold on the weekly price chart looks like this: The price remains in an uptrend despite this week's sell-off - at least, on the weekly time frame.Read full newsRead More
Share this articleCleveland-Cliffs is making its second billion-dollar acquisition in less than a year with the purchase of steel maker ArcelorMittal's U.S. business for about $1.4 billion in cash and stock.About a third of the deal will be an up front cash payment of about $505 million, the companies said Monday. ArcelorMittal, based in Luxembourg, will also receive stock in Cleveland-Cliffs valu...Read More
Great Bear Resources (TSXV: GBR; US-OTC: GTBAF) has reported assays that returned broad intervals of near-surface gold mineralization from ten drill holes along the LP fault at the company's wholly owned Dixie gold project, in Ontario's Red Lake district.The company continues to hit gold on 50-75-metre sections along a 5-km strike of the 18-km LP fault zone at Dixie.Drill highlights include 40 met...Read More
Lion One Metals (TSXV: LIO; US-OTC: LOMLF) has released an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its wholly owned Tuvatu alkaline gold project in Fiji, which suggests a high-grade, 1,000-tonne-per-day underground operation.The proposed five-year mine would generate an average of 77,969 oz. gold annually, at all-in sustaining costs (AISCs) of US$713 per ounce. With an initial capital co...Read More
Australian junior Piedmont Lithium (ASX: PLL) has confirmed it has signed a sales agreement with Tesla to supply the electric car maker with high-purity lithium ore for up to ten years.Piedmont accidentally released the announcement last week, following the hyped Tesla Battery Day, but the Australian Stock Exchange said it would not publish it then.The initial five-year agreement will see Piedmont...Read More
Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE: CLF) is buying "substantially all" of Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal's (NYSE: MT) operations in the United States in a US$1.4 billion deal that will make it North America's largest flat-rolled steel producer.Under the transaction, Cleveland-Cliffs will pay about US$505 million in cash and US$873 million in common and non-voting preferred shares.The boards of both companies...Read More
Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) has withdrawn its 2020 production, cash cost and capital expenditure guidance for its Chapada copper and gold mine in northern Brazil after a power outage caused damage to all four of the operation's SAG and ball mill motors.The company said that the operation, 270 km northwest of the capital Brasilia, suffered a power outage on the morning of Sept. 27. When power was res...Read More
Central Asia Metals (LSE: CAML) has been fined ?,?65,000 (US$75,757) for a tailings breach at its Sasa zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia on Sept. 14 that leaked an estimated 8,000 cubic metres into the Kamenica River.The company estimates that 3,000 cubic metres of the spill into the 14-km-long river consists of the dam wall, with the fines and water making up the remaining 5,000 cubic metres. The...Read More
New Horizon beckons for gold minerSPONSOREDhorizon mineralsOceanaGold, leading social performance in gold miningSPONSOREDoceanagoldRox eyes amazing Grace potentialSPONSOREDrox resourcesTrident aims to fill valuable nicheSPONSOREDtrident royaltiesThe return of inflation, courtesy of heavy-duty government stimulus, is expected to benefit most minerals, according to leading investment bank, Morgan St...Read More