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

An SEC filing revealed the company's plans to raise $2 billionTesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock is up 5.4% to trade at $246.80, after a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing revealed the electric car concern's plans raise over $2 billion in capital through convertible notes and a new stock offering. Additionally, TSLA CEO Elon Musk intends to buy $10 million of stock in the offering. This fo...Read More

Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted on Thursday to ban uranium exploration and mining in the Central Asian nation despite previously issuing licenses to foreign companies such as Canada's Azarga Uranium.The move, which may expose the Bishkek government to compensation claims from foreign investors, followed a series of public protests against plans to develop the Kyzyl Ompul project in which Azarga has...Read More

Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted on Thursday to ban uranium exploration and mining in the Central Asian nation despite previously issuing licenses to foreign companies such as Canada's Azarga Uranium.The move, which may expose the Bishkek government to compensation claims from foreign investors, followed a series of public protests against plans to develop the Kyzyl Ompul project in which Azarga has...Read More

The earnings heavy week will also feature speeches from several Fed leadersNext week will be packed with earnings, as blue chip Walt Disney (DIS) and e-tailer Etsy (ETSY) step into the spotlight. Earnings from Lyft (LYFT) and Roku (ROKU) are also on tap. Elsewhere, the consumer price index (CPI), and producer price index (PPI) will be two of the biggest releases on the earnings front. Plus, severa...Read More

Zynga could be set up for a record year after first-quarter bookings blew past estimates Corporate earnings releases keep pouring in, and this morning Wall Street is digesting numbers from social gaming company Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), maker of Words with Friends, and online furniture selling expert Wayfair Inc (NYSE:W). While ZNGA is jumping out of the gate, shares of W are pulling back.For Zynga...Read More

Lucara Diamond Corp, which has recovered two of the largest diamonds in recent history, is turning to technology to ensure growth in an industry where new mine acquisitions remain elusive.For the Vancouver-based junior miner, that means using advanced technology like sorting based on atomic density to boost value from its Karowe mine in Botswana, and also diversifying away from mining into an onli...Read More

Lucara Diamond Corp, which has recovered two of the largest diamonds in recent history, is turning to technology to ensure growth in an industry where new mine acquisitions remain elusive.For the Vancouver-based junior miner, that means using advanced technology like sorting based on atomic density to boost value from its Karowe mine in Botswana, and also diversifying away from mining into an onli...Read More

India's Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL), the world's second largest zinc miner, expects its output to grow in 2019/20 after a drop in the previous financial year, a senior executive said, a move that could put pressure on global prices.The company's refined zinc production fell 12 percent in 2018/19 to 696,000 tonnes due to the closure of its open cast mines, prompting a switch to underground mines. The...Read More

Tesla stock is pointed higher on plans to raise capitalDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are pointing toward a lower open, with the S&P 500 Index (SPX) following suit. Investors continue to digest Fed Chair Jerome Powell's post-meeting comments indicating interest rates will likely remain unchanged, which dampened expectations for a rate cut. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) is poi...Read More

Mined diamonds are less carbon-intensive than man-made, but their producers should use more green energy, according to a study commissioned by the natural diamond industry, highlighting tensions between the mined and lab-grown sectors.The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which investigates allegations of deceptive advertising, sent warning letters to eight lab-grown diamond companies at the beginnin...Read More

Minaurum Gold (TSXV: MGG) has more than doubled the size of its Alamos silver project in Sonora, Mexico.In a press release, the Vancouver-based miner said that it staked an additional 20,872 hectares, which makes the project over 37,000 hectares in size.Minaurum also announced that its ongoing district-scale reconnaissance mapping found four new vein zones, which were named Rosario, La Dura Oeste,...Read More

Pure Energy Minerals Limited (TSXV: PE) reached a deal this week with subsidiaries of Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB) on the terms of an earn-in agreement providing for the development of the company's Clayton Valley lithium project in Nevada.Under the earn-in agreement, the company granted an option in favour of the investor to acquire all of the Pure Energy's interests in Clayton Valley."The in...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Graphite One Inc. (TSX-V:GPH | OTCQX:GPHOF) ("Graphite One" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Anthony Huston, CEO of Graphite One presented at the Benchmark Minerals Summit 2019, in Washington, D.C. Mr. Huston was the only CEO of a graphite developing company to present at this invitation-only session in which he highlighted the Company's graphite project and...Read More

TORONTO, April 29, Apr 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- TORONTO, April 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Galane Gold Ltd. (Read full newsRead More

Editor’s note: This story was previously published in March 2019. It has since been updates and republished.The potential to become wealthy often means investing in an enterprise when it is small and waiting for the entity to grow large. For this reason, many investors are willing to take chances on what they believe to be hot penny stocks. Investors in these stocks often lose everything &he...Read More

James HyerczykApr 30, 2019 11:40 PM GMTGold futures are trading lower early Wednesday on position-squaring ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate and monetary policy decisions later today at 18:00 GMT. The price action suggests gold traders are leaning toward the hawkish side.Increased demand for risky assets could also be contributing to the selling pressure. Perhaps limiting losses is t...Read More

Banking sector speakers said funds were available for good projects and good management teams from debt sources, but the difficulty was the barren equity markets.Read More

The Diamond Producers Association (DPA), released a research report, entitled The Socioeconomic and Environmental Impact of Large-Scale Diamond Mining, on the socioeconomic and environmental benefits and impacts on local communities, employees and the environment by the mining activities of its own members.DPA Members generate more than US$16 billion in net socioeconomic and environmenta...Read More

TORONTO – Lucara Diamond Corp, which has recovered two of the largest diamonds in recent history, is turning to technology to ensure growth in an industry where new mine acquisitions remain elusive.For the Vancouver-based junior miner, that means using advanced technology like sorting based on atomic density to boost value from its Karowe mine in Botswana, and also diversifying away from min...Read More

Imagine you're selling your family home this year. All your kids have grown up and moved out - it's finally time to downsize to something more manageable. If you sell in the spring or summer, what are you going to do with the profits from your big transaction? Come April, the tax man is going to be after you for any capital gains you made. So, what do you do with that money? My suggestion is calcu...Read More