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

This podcast features SolGold CEO Nick Mather accepting The Northern Miner's "Mining Person of the Year" for 2018, first announced in March 2019.The award is in recognition of Nick's role as the driving force behind the wildly successful grassroots exploration team that has drilled off the world-class Alpala copper-gold deposit at its Cascabel project in Imbabura province in northern Ecuador.Even...Read More

Shares of Nighthawk Gold (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) soared 21% to 44 ? following news of drill results at the junior's Colomac project in the Northwest Territories.The first assay results from its 2019 drill program returned 56 metres of 13.49 grams gold per tonne, including 31 metres of 22.12 grams gold from 238 metres downhole in hole 19-08, and 111 metres of 2 grams gold, including 24 metres of...Read More

Alrosa held a rough diamond tender earlier this week at the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) in Ramat Gan. The sale resulted in a revenue of $10.2 million. The company sold 120 stones at a total weight of 1,940 carats, including two large diamonds weighing more than 50 carats each. Firms from Belgium, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Russia, the UAE and the USA were among the tender participants. The tende...Read More

GGTL Laboratories Liechtenstein announced it has launched  a  the first real  diamond fingerprint report in the market. GGTL Director Thomas Hainschwang explained that the report is the result of 23 years of experience in diamond/fancy color diamond testing combined with the development of unique diamond testing equipment at the laboratory.  This service which has been develop...Read More

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The top five gainers on the TSX last week were Lydian International, Talon Metals, Corvus Gold, Marathon Gold and Roxgold.Read full newsRead More

Get detailed information about the North Bud Farms Inc (NBUD) stock including price, charts, technical analysis, historical data, North Bud Farms reports and more.Read full newsRead More

Kutcho Copper Corp. (TSXV: KC) has raised C$2 million through a private placement of 10 million units (each consisting of one share and one warrant). Shares of the company went up nearly 3% on Monday afternoon from 19 cents at the time of announcement to the offering price of 20 cents. Its current market capitalization sits at approximately C$11.3 million.The financing is being backed by major sha...Read More

Kutcho Copper Corp. (TSXV: KC) has raised C$2 million through a private placement of 10 million units (each consisting of one share and one warrant). Shares of the company went up nearly 3% on Monday afternoon from 19 cents at the time of announcement to the offering price of 20 cents. Its current market capitalization sits at approximately C$11.3 million.The financing is being backed by major sha...Read More

The head of state-run miner Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, said Chile's mining industry was increasingly held back by new environmental regulations and the low productivity of Chilean workers, local daily La Tercera reported on Monday.Codelco Chief Executive Nelson Pizarro said in a presentation on Friday that regulatory hurdles were only adding to problems that have long plagued Ch...Read More

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At least nine illegal gold miners have died in Zimbabwe after they detonated explosives underground and were trapped at a mine owned by unlisted London-headquartered Metallon Corporation north of the capital Harare, the company said on Monday.Metallon put its Mazowe Mine on care and maintenance last September, citing viability problems. One of Zimbabwe's biggest gold producers, it still operates t...Read More

Saudi Arabian Mining Co. is weighing a plan to raise as much as $5 billion through a rights offering that could be the biggest since mid-2018, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The shares slumped.At $5 billion, the offering would be the largest since Bayer AG raised $7 billion last JuneThe company, also known as Maaden, is working with HSBC Holdings Plc's Saudi Arabia unit on the p...Read More

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Pan Global Resources (TSXV: PGZ) was able to negotiate access to the Torrubia copper target in the Aguilas project, located near the city of Cordoba in southern Spain.In a media statement, the Vancouver-based company said that being able to enter Torrubia provides access to approximately 1.9 kilometres of strike with the widest and strongest soil copper geochemistry in the north part of the Torrub...Read More

Pan Global Resources (TSXV: PGZ) was able to negotiate access to the Torrubia copper target in the Aguilas project, located near the city of Cordoba in southern Spain.In a media statement, the Vancouver-based company said that being able to enter Torrubia provides access to approximately 1.9 kilometres of strike with the widest and strongest soil copper geochemistry in the north part of the Torrub...Read More

Vancouver-based Barrian Mining (TSX-V: BARI) announced that it recently completed induced-polarization and resistivity geophysical survey at its flagship Bolo gold property, located 90 kilometres northeast of Tonopah, central Nevada.In a media statement, Barrian said that the survey identified multiple high-priority anomalies that warrant follow-up reverse circulation drill testing. These new anom...Read More

Vancouver-based Barrian Mining (TSX-V: BARI) announced that it recently completed induced-polarization and resistivity geophysical survey at its flagship Bolo gold property, located 90 kilometres northeast of Tonopah, central Nevada.In a media statement, Barrian said that the survey identified multiple high-priority anomalies that warrant follow-up reverse circulation drill testing. These new anom...Read More

Barrick Gold's (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD) chief executive, Mark Bristow, said the company's bid for its 64%-owned Acacia Mining (LON:ACA) is an "appropriate" and "elegant" solution to the long-running row over outstanding tax claims that has hit the African miner's bottom-line.The $285-million offer, considered by some analysts and Acacia's minority shareholders as a low, would see the world's second...Read More

Barrick Gold's (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD) chief executive, Mark Bristow, said the company's bid for its 64%-owned Acacia Mining (LON:ACA) is an "appropriate" and "elegant" solution to the long-running row over outstanding tax claims that has hit the African miner's bottom-line.The $285-million offer, considered by some analysts and Acacia's minority shareholders as a low, would see the world's second...Read More