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

The longest and highest-grade intercept drilled so far at Ungiold's (TSXV: UGD) Nieta concession in the Dominican Republic "suggests that sulphide mineralization may have a steeper plunge to the northeast than originally interpreted, but, most importantly, it suggests that the system is strengthening to depth," CEO Joe Hamilton says.Drill hole 20-147 returned 30 metres averaging 9.02 grams gold pe...Read More

Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK) has released high-grade drill results from the Lynx and Triple Lynx zones at its Windfall gold project, 700 km northwest of Montreal.Drill highlights from the 20 drill holes and 12 wedge holes include 28 metres of 202 grams gold per tonne (9 metres estimated true width); 3 metres of 171 grams gold per tonne; 2 metres of 173 grams gold per tonne; and 2 metres of 52.7 grams...Read More

Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) has entered into a definitive purchase agreement with Waterton Global Resource Management to acquire a 100% interest in the Getchell gold project, which lies within the Getchell gold belt near Winnemucca, Nevada.To acquire the past-producing asset, Premier will need to make a US$23-million cash payment to the vendor on closing and issue 13.8 million comm...Read More

BHP's (LSE: BHP; NYSE: BHP) Escondida and Spence copper mines in northern Chile are poised to pay a total of US$840 million for an early end to a 2008 energy contract with a coal-fired thermoelectric plant.The move follows a series of recent steps BHP has been taking to become an environmentally friendly miner, including carbon capture and storage and other innovations such as direct air capture.L...Read More

88 Energy (ASX:88E) Prepares for Billion Barrel Farm OutSPONSORED88 energyScoped for growth: Nevada Copper shifts into production modeSPONSOREDnevada copper corp.Element 25's Butcherbird on songSPONSOREDelement 25Lithium no quiet place for AVZSPONSOREDavz mineralsThat might sound like a tricky concept to grasp but what it comes down to is that value of the shares one man owns in Fortescue curr...Read More

Alrosa, the world's top diamond miner by output, has found a 236-carat rough diamond of deep amber colour at one of its mines in Russia's northeastern region of Yakutia.The precious stone, thought to be between 120 and 230 million years old, is the largest coloured diamond ever mined in Russia, the company said.The diamond, described as having a "natural and intense yellow-brown colour," was found...Read More

Share this articleTORONTO - The chief executive of Barrick Gold Corp. said Monday the company's strategy for spending money is unchanged despite a run up in gold prices that boosted second-quarter results and prompted an increased dividend.Mark Bristow said he is actively guarding against temptation to change course."First of all, the way you do it, is you don't blow your brains out, like what hap...Read More

"All the opportunities created by the merger and subsequent transactions have been seized and more have been identified.Read More

88 Energy (ASX:88E) Prepares for Billion Barrel Farm OutSPONSORED88 energyLithium no quiet place for AVZSPONSOREDavz mineralsScoped for growth: Nevada Copper shifts into production modeSPONSOREDnevada copper corp.Element 25's Butcherbird on songSPONSOREDelement 25That might sound like a tricky concept to grasp but what it comes down to is that value of the shares one man owns in Fortescue curr...Read More

Ethos Gold (TSX-V: ECC)(OTC: ETHOF) and its President and CEO Mr. Craig Roberts should be no strangers to Outsider Club readers.We've featured him and the company several times, and we're doing so today as well in the wake of some big news.With gold soaring, Ethos is starting in a strong position and getting even stronger by making some big moves. Read on for details.To your wealth,Gerardo Del Rea...Read More

Greenlane Renewables Inc. is a pioneer in the rapidly emerging renewable natural gas (RNG) market.Read full newsRead More

Thanks to U.S. dollar's weakness, the Fed's holding of interest rates at an all-time low and discouraging private sector job additions amid the pandemic, the appeal for gold has increased.Read full newsRead More

Since co-founding his first junior mining company, Gammon Gold, in his garage in Halifax, N.S., in 1994, Bradley Langille has spent the majority of his career outside of the country - hunting for precious metals and building mines in Mexico.After about three years in Canada, he shifted his focus to Mexico, where his partner had business connections, and between 1999 and 2007, built two mines: the...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Sewel?? ? diamond, the second largest rough gem ever found, is in Singapore on a "worldwide tour" before owners Louis Vuitton decide what to do with it. The 1,758-carat stone, the size of a tennis ball, was discovered in the Karowe mine in Botswana in April 2019, and is the biggest diamond since the 3,106-carat Cullinan was discovered in South Africa in 1905. The French luxury...Read More

(IDEX Online) -  An extremely rare gold Rolex Daytona sold for $1.5m, a record high price for a watch in any online auction.It fetched almost twice the high estimate of $800,000 in a week-long auction by Sotheby's, in London. It also set a record for highest price ever paid for a wristwatch in the UK.Only 10 examples of the Daytona JPS (John Player Special) Ref. 6264 in 18k yellow gold a...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The diamond market could take "the best part of two years" to recover, Goldman Sachs analyst Jack O'Brien has warned.India's manufacturing midstream, responsible fort the vast majority of the world's diamonds, has collapsed because of a lack of credit, resulting in significant stockpiles, he said.And Russian miner Alrosa expects to have amassed a year's worth of...Read More

Michael Cuggino of the Permanent Portfolio makes the case that gold is still relatively cheap, despite its 35% increase this year.Read full newsRead More

KUALA LUMPUR: Shares of Borneo Oil Bhd have rallied to a two-year high in early trade today after announcing a gold deposits discovery in one of its mining plots.Read full newsRead More

In May, a fleet of ships set sail for fuel-starved Venezuela with Iranian gasoline, stunning international observers who wondered if the two nations would so blatantly defy U.S. sanctions efforts in a Caribbean Sea patrolled by the U.S. Navy.Read full newsRead More

Alianza Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V: ANZ, OTC: TARSF) ("Alianza" or the "Company") reports that the 2020 reverse-circulation ("RC") drilling program at the Horsethief Gold Property, Nevada has been completed. This work is funded by partner Hochschild Mining (US), a subsidiary of Hochschild Mining PLC ("Hochschild", LSE:HOC) under an option to earn a 60% interest in the [...]Read full newsRead More