The precious metals all soared in 2025, and while a continued monetary expansion and geopolitical risk could still drive gains especially for gold in 2026, a pullback in silver, platinum and palladium is possible after recent partly speculative surges.Read More

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 U.S. indices are back at all-time highs, gold remains at/near $1,500 here in the U.S., interest rates are expected to go lower as the Fed meets this week and is largely anticipated to cut a quarter basis point. Everything is awesome! Right?Why, then, does the Fed continue with capital injections and why do capital injections continue to increase in size?On October 22, the Fed pumped $99.9 bill...Read More

Precious metals miner Hochschild Mining on Wednesday reported a near 9% jump in ...Read full newsRead More

Precious metals miner Hochschild Mining on Wednesday reported a near 9% jump in ...Read full newsRead More

(IDEX Online) - Reports are rife that LVMH has approached Tiffany & Co about a possible takeover of the U.S. jeweler.According to Reuters, LVMH, which is the world's largest luxury group by sales, submitted a preliminary, non-binding offer to Tiffany earlier this month. Tiffany has reportedly not yet responded to the offer.The merger would give the French company a way to expand into the...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Sales of fine jewelry and fine watches increased by 2 percent in the U.S. market in August compared to the same month a year ago, as the graph below illustrates. This is the second successive month that sales have increased since the start of the year. While the increases are small, they are sure to come as something of a relief for retailers as they head into the holiday season.&n...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A 50-carat diamond worth $1.84 was stolen from a display at the International Jewellery Tokyo AUTUMN on Thursday. According to reports, the diamond was last seen in a glass showcase at 5pm. An hour later, just after the show closed, the diamond had vanished and the case left unlocked. The stone was displayed by a company from Saitama, north of Tokyo, and was the only item...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Russian diamond miner Alrosa has announced the discovery of a rough diamond weighing over 230-carats at the Udacnhaya kimberlite pipe. The rare specimen is the largest gem-quality diamond found by Alrosa in the past three years.   The 232.4-carat octahedron has a yellowish hue and several chips. Its dimensions are 40?'...39?'...23 mm.In the first nine months of the y...Read More

Precious metals miner Hochschild Mining on Wednesday reported a near 9% jump in ...Read full newsRead More

In mid-2000, one of the most successful advertising campaigns running was Capital One's "What's In Your Wallet?"Remember the commercials? The first year the ads ran, Capital One total US accounts went from 29MM to over 40MM, and card consideration among consumers tripled!This was the first time ever Capital One executed a sustained advertising campaign and they knocked it out of the park.But if th...Read More

Chile, Paris, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Haiti.On the surface, these places have little in common. But recent news headlines have tied them all together under one common theme.Unrest.Look at news coming out of any of these places in the past few months. You'll see that frustrated citizens have taken to the streets in the tens of thousands for a variety of reasons.In some places, the reasons are economi...Read More

In this interview with SmallCapPower at the MoneyShow Toronto 2019, 1933 Industries Inc. (CSE:TGIF) (OTCQX:TGIFF) CEO Chris Rebentisch discusses the Company's operations, its 45% year-over-year organic growth, 1933's successful branding efforts, and touches upon future growth initiatives.Read full newsRead More

Gold has stalled out, drifting sideways to lower for nearly a couple months now. Traders are becoming more frustrated its preceding powerful rally has failed to resume. That is inexorably eroding this past summer's bullish psychology. Corrective phases to rebalance sentiment are normal and healthy after strong uplegs. Gold had grown too overbought, exhausting traders' near-term buying...Read More

Gold has stalled out, drifting sideways to lower for nearly a couple months now. Traders are becoming more frustrated its preceding powerful rally has failed to resume. That is inexorably eroding this past summer's bullish psychology. Corrective phases to rebalance sentiment are normal and healthy after strong uplegs. Gold had grown too overbought, exhausting traders' near-term buying...Read More

Intel's earnings beat brushed a disappointing report from Amazon (AMZN) under the rug The Dow reversed yesterday's dip by finishing over 150 points higher, thanks to positive news from both the corporate earnings and U.S.-China trade fronts. Today's earnings docket included a bang-up report from chipmaker Intel (INTC), which climbed over 7% on an earnings and revenue beat. That overshadowed a big...Read More

Commander Resources is pleased to announce that it has granted Imperial Metals Corporation an option to earn a 100% interest in seven mineral claims.Read full newsRead More

Precious metals miner Hochschild Mining on Wednesday reported a near 9% jump in ...Read full newsRead More

Intel was among the many blue chips that reported this weekStocks saw a positive start to the week, amid encouraging news on the U.S.-China trade front. Specifically, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said both sides were making "substantial progress." The major stock market indexes spent the rest of the week reacting to an onslaught of earnings reports, with McDonald's (MCD) and Travelers (TRV) among...Read More

The broader equities market is in rally mode, thoughIt's poised to be a record-setting session on Wall Street, with the upside fueled by a big earnings win for Intel (INTC). Not all stocks are higher, though, with utility name PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG) and alternative energy issue First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) selling off this afternoon. Here's a quick look at what's pressuring the shares of P...Read More

Schaeffer's Todd Salamone talks with SmallCapPower at MoneyShow TorontoSchaeffer's Senior V.P. of Research Todd Salamone recently caught up with SmallCapPower at The MoneyShow Toronto to discuss options trading. Todd goes into detail about one mistake options traders will want to be sure to avoid: putting too much money into a single trade. There are a few reasons why committing too much capital c...Read More

Trade optimism is powering Wall Street at middayThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) looks poised to finish the week strong, up nearly 200 points at midday, thanks to a blowout earnings report from chip icon Intel (INTC). The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are firmly in the black too, and heading for their third straight wins, with the former pacing for a record closing hig...Read More