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

Factors affecting metals markets 1. There will be position squaring and rebuilding before the Federal Reserve chairman's testimony before the US senate on 30th June. Powell will testify on coronavirus response. 2. Quarter end position squaring and rebuilding is still going on. 3. Trader's dilemma is to choose between economic progress or second wave of coronavirus. This has res...Read More

Factors affecting metals markets 1. There will be position squaring and rebuilding before the Federal Reserve chairman's testimony before the US senate on 30th June. Powell will testify on coronavirus response. 2. Quarter end position squaring and rebuilding is still going on. 3. Trader's dilemma is to choose between economic progress or second wave of coronavirus. This has res...Read More

The gold belt is known for its rich geological environment.Read full newsRead More

Adamera Minerals Corp. announces that is has closed the first traRead full newsRead More

Pancontinental Resources Corporation has signed a Purchase AgreemRead full newsRead More

QMX Gold Corporation is pleased to announce its 2020 summer exploRead full newsRead More

Aben Resources Ltd. is pleased to provide an update on the planneRead full newsRead More

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Vancouver, BC - FinCanna Capital Corp. (CSE:CALI) (OTCQB:FNNZF) (the "Company" or "FinCanna"), a royalty company for the U.S. licensed cannabis industry, is pleased to announce that it has restructured the royalty agreement ("Restructured Royalty Agreement") with its portfolio company QVI Inc. ("QVI"), which is now in operation at its newly opened cannabis-infused product manufacturing facility...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Ovation Science Inc. (CSE:OVAT) ("Ovation" or the "Company"), announces it has expanded distribution of its DermSafe (R) hand sanitizer lotion to Mexico. Ovation's new distributor, Grupo Venta International, S.A. de C.V. ("Grupo Venta"), with corporate offices in Guadalajara, Mexico, have made their first purchase of over 10,000 bottles of DermSafe, which they will begin distrib...Read More

Vancouver, BC - LEAF Mobile Inc. (TSX.V : LEAF), a leading creator and publisher of counter culture mobile games, today released financial results for its year end 2019 and first quarter ended March 31, 2020. The results are prior to subsequent events, the completion of its previously announced April 17th qualifying transaction where the acquisition of LDRLY (Technologies) Inc., assets, which in...Read More

If more companies continue to be gobbled up by Chinese mining companies, there certainly seems that something strategic is going on behind the scenes...Read full newsRead More

Gold is everywhere in modern life, but most people know little about the environmental impacts of gold mining.Read full newsRead More

The total debt of the company will remain at just under $2 billion, but at a lower average interest rate and longer average due date.Read More

Perenti withdrew its guidance earlier this year, which turned out to be a judicious decision considering a contract for subsidiary Barminco was paused after two months when Panoramic Resources decidedRead More

(IDEX Online) - The British jewelry retailer Beaverbrooks reported a 30 per cent surge in sales on the first day of post-lockdown trade.Customers flocked to the family firm's 59 newly-opened high street stores in a retail frenzy after three months of restrictions were lifted on 15 June.The average spend on watches and jewelry items was up by almost a quarter (23 per cent) year-on-year.And tot...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Zimbabwe's ambitious plans to treble diamond production to 11m carats a year are under threat from COVID-19, says a human rights watchdog.The country has pinned its hope on exploiting rich reserves to revive an economy crippled by triple-digit inflation and high unemployment. But it has amassed a glut of unsellable diamonds, according to the Harare-based NGO Centre for Na...Read More

(IDEX Online) - British miner BlueRock Diamonds says revenue almost trebled in 2019 at its Kareevlei mine, in the Kimberley region of South Africa.It was up 190 per cent from $1.75m in 2018 to $5.1m in the year ended 31 December 2019, according to final results issued yesterday.BlueRock sold 12,675 carats during 2019, up 124 per cent from 5,657 carats in 2018 and the average price per carat r...Read More

Rupert Resources on a Roll at IkkariSPONSOREDCardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesThe major's affiliate Rio Tinto Exploration Canada (RTEC) will use RAB drills to test copper showings, structural, geophysical, geochemical...Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesA slump in economic activity in the wake of COVID-19 saw copper demand collapse, with prices plunging to a four-year low of $2.10/lb mid-March.However, BofA analysts said a spike in M1 and M2 money supply metrics indicated a recovery was on the way, with copper prices set to rise as a result.Artemis all set thanks to unique approac...Read More