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
Canada's mining industry started the year off on the right foot, with major deals including the Barrick-Randgold merger and Newmont's acquisition of Goldcorp, setting the tone for the sector.As a result, Ernst & Young's Canadian Mining Eye index - which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior mining companies - rose 5% fin the January-Mar...Read More
Canada's mining industry started the year off on the right foot, with major deals including the Barrick-Randgold merger and Newmont's acquisition of Goldcorp, setting the tone for the sector.As a result, Ernst & Young's Canadian Mining Eye index - which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior mining companies - rose 5% fin the January-Mar...Read More
Acacia Mining Plc reported a slump in underlying core earnings on Thursday as it struggled with production issues at its North Mara gold mine in Tanzania, where it said pressure was building for a settlement of its row with the government.Acacia, majority-owned by Barrick Gold, is embroiled in a long-running tax dispute with Tanzania. It has cut output by a third since the government banned the ex...Read More
Acacia Mining Plc reported a slump in underlying core earnings on Thursday as it struggled with production issues at its North Mara gold mine in Tanzania, where it said pressure was building for a settlement of its row with the government.Acacia, majority-owned by Barrick Gold, is embroiled in a long-running tax dispute with Tanzania. It has cut output by a third since the government banned the ex...Read More
UrbanGold Minerals (TSXV: UGM) announced this week that it is about to start a helicopter-borne geophysical survey on its 100%-owned StarGold property, located in Quebec, eastern Canada.In a press release, UrbanGold explained that the 809-line-kilometre electromagnetic survey is designed to cover the entire property, and it is aimed at identifying the potential source of a large angular boulder fr...Read More
UrbanGold Minerals (TSXV: UGM) announced this week that it is about to start a helicopter-borne geophysical survey on its 100%-owned StarGold property, located in Quebec, eastern Canada.In a press release, UrbanGold explained that the 809-line-kilometre electromagnetic survey is designed to cover the entire property, and it is aimed at identifying the potential source of a large angular boulder fr...Read More
Lion One Metals (TSXV: LIO) (ASX: LLO) announced that it kicked off a drilling campaign at its 100%-owned Tuvatu gold project located on the island of Viti Levu in Fiji.In a press release, the North Vancouver-based miner said that the initial drilling program will test shallow dipping lodes in an area called the HT Corridor, which is a mineralized zone cross-cutting the principal vein system of t...Read More
Lion One Metals (TSXV: LIO) (ASX: LLO) announced that it kicked off a drilling campaign at its 100%-owned Tuvatu gold project located on the island of Viti Levu in Fiji.In a press release, the North Vancouver-based miner said that the initial drilling program will test shallow dipping lodes in an area called the HT Corridor, which is a mineralized zone cross-cutting the principal vein system of t...Read More
Lion One Metals (TSXV: LIO) (ASX: LLO) announced that it kicked off a drilling campaign at its 100%-owned Tuvatu gold project located on the island of Viti Levu in Fiji.In a press release, the North Vancouver-based miner said that the initial drilling program will test shallow dipping lodes in an area called the HT Corridor, which is a mineralized zone cross-cutting the principal vein system of t...Read More
Government's decision to seal-off, foreign owned Gaika Mine in Kwekwe, seems to to have had little effect amid reports there is massive looting of gold ore in the dead of night.Read full newsRead More
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) is ready to finish building its giant copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo after its largest shareholder pumped an additional C$612 million (about $454m) into the Canadian company.China's state-owned CITIC Metal is paying C$3.98 per share, a premium of 29% over Ivanhoe's last closing price. The investment, the second major one in less than a year, paired with the...Read More
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) is ready to finish building its giant copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo after its largest shareholder pumped an additional C$612 million (about $454m) into the Canadian company.China's state-owned CITIC Metal is paying C$3.98 per share, a premium of 29% over Ivanhoe's last closing price. The investment, the second major one in less than a year, paired with the...Read More
Shares in Sirius Minerals (LON:SXX), the British company building a huge fertilizer mine beneath a national park, jumped on Thursday after it announced it had secured a ten-year supply and distribution deal in Europe.The agreement with BayWa Agri Supply & Trade, will see the German agribusiness buy up to 2.5 million tonnes a year of polyhalite, a form of potash that is used in plant fertilizers....Read More
Shares in Sirius Minerals (LON:SXX), the British company building a huge fertilizer mine beneath a national park, jumped on Thursday after it announced it had secured a ten-year supply and distribution deal in Europe.The agreement with BayWa Agri Supply & Trade, will see the German agribusiness buy up to 2.5 million tonnes a year of polyhalite, a form of potash that is used in plant fertilizers....Read More
Government's decision to seal-off, foreign owned Gaika Mine in Kwekwe, seems to to have had little effect amid reports there is massive looting of gold ore in the dead of night.Read full newsRead More
April 23, 2019 (ACCESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / April 23, 2019 / Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (Read full newsRead More
The dividend is payable on June 20 to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 6.Read More
Underground at a Discovery Metals project. Source: Discovery Metals Corp.Discovery Metals Corp. [DSV-TSXV; AYYBF-OTC] on Thursday April 25 announced details of an amended property option agreement related to its Puerto Rico polymetallic project, which is located in Coahuila State, Mexico.The company also said it has concurrently signed a 30-year exploration and mining agreement with the Boquillas...Read More
The 1,758-carat diamond recovered from Lucara Diamond's Karowe diamond mine in Botswana. Source: Lucara Diamond Corp.Lucara Diamond Corp. [LUC-TSX; LUCRF-OTC] said Thursday April 25 that it has recovered 1,758-carat diamond from its 100%-owned Karowe diamond mine in BotswanaOne of the largest diamonds in recorded history, the largest diamond recovered in Botswana, and the largest diamond to be min...Read More
Kakula's new, southern box cut. A third decline tunnel will be driven from the bottom of the box cut to provide access and ventilation to the southern side of the underground, high-grade Kakula Deposit. Source: Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. [IVN-TSX; IVPAF-OTC] Chairman Robert Friedland said Thursday April 25 that CITIC Metal Co. Ltd. has agreed to invest an additional $612 million in Ivanh...Read More