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

L Brands plans on closing 250 Victoria's Secret stores this yearL Brands Inc (NYSE:LB) just reported first-quarter losses and revenue that missed analysts' estimates. The apparel retailer's Victoria's Secret branch, which has been steeped in controversy lately, saw its sales for the first-quarter cut in half, while its Bath & Body Works sales dropped by 18%, with both branches hit hard by coronav...Read More

Weekly jobless claims will be at the forefront once againMay ends with a week packed of economic reports and earnings, although the window to squeeze everything in is tightened by Memorial Day on Monday. As the recent past has shown, investors will be glued to their screens on Thursday as another weekly jobless claims report comes out. Additionally, the last week of the month will feature a revise...Read More

The Dow is down nearly 145 points middayThe broad market's rally appears to be breaking today, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) down nearly 200 points midday. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are also in the red, as weekly jobless claims, U.S.-China tensions, and a dip in FAANG stocks weigh. However, positive sentiment remains over states easing lockdowns, and data fr...Read More

EXPE reported a revenue beat and a wider-than-expected loss for its first quarter The shares of Expedia Group Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE) are down 1.5% at $78.40 at last check, after the company reported wider-than-expected first quarter losses for share. However, the company also announced a revenue beat, and forecast a rebound for May as cancellations stabilize. Following the news, analysts chimed in with...Read More

Medtronic's fourth-quarter earnings and revenue fell short of analysts' estimatesMedtronic PLC (NYSE:MDT) entered the earnings confessional this morning, but came up short of Wall Street's estimates. The shares of the medical technology and services company are down 1.5% to trade at $96.64, after posting fourth-quarter profits of 58 cents and revenue of $6 billion, both well below analysts expect...Read More

Mastercard said its employees will not have to return to offices until it is safe to do soMore and more companies are jumping on the trend of allowing their employees to do remote work for the foreseeable future, even as lockdown restrictions are being lifted. The list includes Twitter (TWTR), Visa (V), American Express (AXP), and now Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA). While not as extreme as Twitter, whi...Read More

The Senate passed legislation that could bar Chinese companies from publicly listing in the U.S. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are down this morning, almost 100 points below breakeven. This fall comes on the heels of news that weekly jobless claims rose by 2.44 million -- just a hair above the 2.40 million estimates -- for what marks now 10 straight weeks of declines. Futures on t...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ) (the "Corporation" or "Venzee") has announced it is increasing previously announced financing for gross proceeds of $1.0M to $1.4M.The Company intends to complete the non-brokered private placement of 28,000,000 units of the Company ("Units") at a price of $.05 per Unit, for anticipated aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of approxima...Read More

Kirkland Lake (TSX: KL) is set to invest C$1 million at 80c per unit in Melkior.Read More

Once again, "we're heavily reliant on the Chinese market to prop up global growth at the current time," he said in a podcast presented as part of Singapore Stock Exchange's Commodities UnpluggedRead More

NRW generated A$1.6 billion of revenue for the first 10 months of 2019-20, with earnings estimated at $177 million, or a normalised $107 million.Read More

Total sales of watches and jewelry in the USA plunged in March, compared with same month last year, down by 27.2 per cent. It is an unprecedented fall, driven by unprecedented events. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were reflected to some extent in February's year-on-year figure, which saw a slowdown, but still some positive growth (up 3.4 per cent).The disastrous figure for March is the...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A judge has ruled that the Rio Tinto subsidiary DDMI can temporarily withhold diamonds from its troubled joint venture partner Dominion. DDMI and Dominion have a 60/40 split ownership of the Diavik mine in Canada's Northwest Territories.But Dominion has been in creditor protection since April after closing its other mine, Ekati, also in Northwest Territories, because of C...Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesThe underground mine, which aims to extend the life of the centennial Chuquicamata copper deposit by 40 years, is reaching production rates of about 20,000 tonnes per day and the company has sunk someRead More

Cardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resources"Which is of course the way some shareholders would have liked to see us go," Mather said on a Red Cloud Securities webinar this week.Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resources"The index generally sees the annual lows in April but the unique circumstances resulting from COVID-19 have meant that April was instead the first signs of recovery," Marex Spectron's global head of analytics Dr Guy Wolf said.The index put the April average at 87.2, up from 86.7 in March and compared with 85 a year ago and 84.8 in...Read More

Seven ways the resources sector can survive the COVID-19 crisisSPONSOREDproudfootCardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resources"I believe that long-term mining economics should determine pricing.Read More

Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL) has struck a strategic partnership with Melkior Resources (TSXV: MKR), which is advancing its flagship Carscallen gold project in the Timmins gold camp of Ontario.The Toronto-based gold miner, whose high-grade mines in Canada and Australia produced 974,615 oz. of the precious metal last year, is investing $1 million in a non-brokered private placement for up...Read More

Phase one drilling at Rockcliff Metals' (CSE: RCLF) Freebeth property in central Manitoba has returned high-grade copper and zinc mineralization including 5.28% copper equivalent over 2 metres and 4% copper-equivalent over 5 metres.The drill program also pinpointed the historic Last Hurrah zone on the property, which is 3.5 km southeast of the past-producing Spruce Point copper-zinc mine, and with...Read More

With an initial US$493-million investment, Cypress Development's (TSXV: CYP) Clayton Valley lithium project could produce 27,400 tonnes lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) per year over a 40-year mine life, according to a prefeasibility study (PFS) released this week.At an 8% discount rate, the project has an after-tax net present value of US$1.1 billion, an internal rate of return of 25.8%, and a...Read More