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

Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: SKREF) has initiated a 20,000-metre drill program at its flagship 1,073-sq.-km Troilus gold project in Quebec's Frotet-Evans greenstone belt.The program is designed to upgrade existing resources and grow mineralization across the past-producing property.Although the drilling is scheduled to take place by year-end, Troilus Gold chief executive Justin Reid said, "dril...Read More

Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) and Japan Gold (TSXV: JG) are expanding their footprint in the Asian country with the acquisition of the Kanehana project, which comprises 40 new claims and covers seven historic gold mines.The asset spans 124 sq. km and adjoins the west side of the Japan Gold's Ikutahara project on Hokkaido, the country's second-largest island.Under a joint venture formed in Fe...Read More

For a province of just over a million people, Saskatchewan punches above its weight in the Canadian mining industry. While potash and uranium continue to be mainstays in the province, there has been increasing diversification within the sector to include base metals, lithium, diamonds and rare earth elements.Like the rest of the country, Saskatchewan went into a lockdown in March as Covid-19 sprea...Read More

Great Bear Resources (TSXV: GBR; US-OTC: GTBAF) has retained B.C.-based Blue Coast Research to complete metallurgical test work and consulting for its Dixie gold project in Ontario's Red Lake district.The test work is expected to provide the gold explorer with metallurgical recovery estimates and processing flow sheet recommendations for the Dixie project zones, which are required to publish an in...Read More

Russian-Zimbabwean platinum venture Great Dyke Investments (GDI) has cleared an important hurdle to develop what it would be the African nation's largest mine of the precious metal.GDI, 50% owned by Russia's Vi Holding and Zimbabwean investors, said the African Export-Import Bank had completed a due diligence study allowing it to proceed with a $500 million funding program for the Darwendale proje...Read More

Share this article If you are an investor in resource stocks, then the first and a half months of 2020 have been very kind to you, especially so if your portfolio has been over-weighted to the gold/silver sector.I don't know the exact numbers, but I'm pretty sure that other than the high flying technology sector, the gold/silver sector has been the top performing market segment so far this year...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lucky Kevin Kinard unearthed a diamond weighing over nine carats on a day trip to a park in Arkansas, USA. He was sifting at the Crater of Diamonds State Park, near Murfreesboro, the world's only dig-your-own-diamond attraction, situated on a disused mine. The 9.07-ct stone found by Kevin, 33, is the second largest since the park opened for amateur diamond hunters in 1972. The...Read More

The selloff continues. The S&P 500 is now 8% off its record high set earlier this month. The NASDAQ is 10% off. Gold is now down around 10% from its record high as well. This isn't a doom piece. The S&P had a gap to fill from when everyone thought the world was going to end in March. A little strength in the dollar. A dash of volatility in the couple tech stocks propping the whole thing up.....Read More

In this interview, Andrew O'Donnell is joined by the President and CEO of FPX Nickel, based in Vancouver, Canada. The key topics they discuss are ?EUR? Carbon Ne...Read full newsRead More

The world's top gold miners sought to reassure investors on Monday that they're not going on a spending spree despite surging gold prices boosting their shares and free cash flow.Read full newsRead More

The world's top gold miners sought to reassure investors on Monday that they're not going on a spending spree despite surging gold prices boosting their shares and free cash flow.Read full newsRead More

Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. is pleased to announce that a diamRead full newsRead More

Vancouver, BC - Summa Silver Corp ("Summa Silver" or the "Company") (CSE: SSVR, OTCQB: SSVRF, Frankfurt: 48X) is pleased to announce that its common shares have been approved for trading on the OTCQB Venture Market effective today. The Company's U.S. listing will trade under the symbol "SSVRF" while the Company's primary Canadian listing will continue to trade on the Canadian Securities Exc...Read More

(Bloomberg) -- Skyrocketing gold is providing a welcome windfall to the mining industry, but it's also attracting a broader base of investors who are demanding greater attention to environmental, social and governance topics. Interest in ESG issues has moved to the forefront in conversations with stakeholders in the past year, top executives said in the run-up to the Denver Gold Group's Americas c...Read More

(Bloomberg) -- Skyrocketing gold is providing a welcome windfall to the mining industry, but it's also attracting a broader base of investors who are demanding greater attention to environmental, social and governance topics. Interest in ESG issues has moved to the forefront in conversations with stakeholders in the past year, top executives said in the run-up to the Denver Gold Group's Americas c...Read More

The precious metal price fell below US$1,900 an ounce on the spot market earlier but was at $1,913/oz at the time of writing.Meanwhile, Wheaton Precious Metals has announced it intends to seek admission to the London Stock Exchange in the fourth quarter."This proposed listing will support the company's plans for growth and brings the first senior precious metal streaming company to the LSE," it sa...Read More

The Northern Miner and Canadian Mining Journal conducted a reader survey to gauge how the sector is faring through the Covid-19 pandemic, which began officially in March. The survey was open in July and August, with 384 people from the sector taking time to respond to a combination of multiple-choice and open-ended questions. Respondents represented principally mining and exploration companies, su...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Canadian miner Mountain Province Diamonds has held its first traditional sale February.Prices per carat were in line those achieved by comparable stones at the equivalent sale in 2019, the company said.Mountain Province operates the Gahcho Kue mine (pictured) in Canada's Northwest Territories, in a joint venture with De Beers Canada Inc.The sale, in Antwerp on Saturday, realiz...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Tiffany & Co yesterday secured a January court date for its legal battle against the French luxury conglomerate LVMH.The expedited four-day hearing would still make it technically possible for the $16.2bn acquisition to go ahead before antitrust approvals expire.LVMH pulled out of its delayed purchase of the New York-based jeweler two weeks ago, citing pressure from the French...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Sixteen diamond workers have taken their lives during the Covid crisis in Surat, according to media reports in India.Many despaired after losing their jobs during lockdown. Some returned to their villages in Gujurat, only to find that agricultural work couldn't sustain their families.Last month the body of Jaysukh Gajera, president of Surat Diamond Polishers' Association,...Read More