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

Russia's Alrosa, the world's top diamond producer by output, is extending the life of its Aikhal mine to 2044 by digging deeper into the ground, in a project estimated to cost about RUB 10 billion ($16m).The 300 metres underground extension, the company said, will add almost 20 million carats to the raw material base of the Aikhal mining and processing division, allowing it to keep annual outpu...Read More

Russia's Alrosa, the world's top diamond producer by output, is extending the life of its Aikhal mine to 2044 by digging deeper into the ground, in a project estimated to cost about RUB 10 billion ($16m).The 300 metres underground extension, the company said, will add almost 20 million carats to the raw material base of the Aikhal mining and processing division, allowing it to keep annual outpu...Read More

May-dated crude is trading more than 2% higher this morningDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are signaling a lower start, under pressure from Boeing (BA). The blue-chip stock is off 1.2% in electronic trading, after a New York Times article over the weekend suggested "shoddy production" at a factory that makes BA's 787 Dreamliner. Futures on the S&P 500 Index (SPX) are pointed lower, too,...Read More

Concord Resources Ltd.'s profit doubled last year as the metals trading startup benefited from the turmoil in aluminum and alumina markets following sanctions on Russian producer United Co. Rusal. "It was a year of exceptional opportunities," Chief Executive Officer Mark Hansen said in an interview in London. "The sanctions on Rusal created disruptions across the aluminum and alumina supply chain...Read More

You can never totally rule out a correction, so here's how to hedge a risk-on portfolio"History suggests that a run through 2,900 and back to the September intraday high of 2,940 is imminent. Since 1950, in the 11 instances in which the SPX experienced at least a 20% decline from intraday high to intraday low, as it did in the fourth quarter, and then rallied back to within 2% of its intraday high...Read More

Japan's mining and energy conglomerate JXTG Holdings Inc., the majority owner of Chile's Caserones copper mine, is said to be studying the sale of the operation, in a deal that could fetch about $1 billion.According to The Wall Street Journal, the urge for offload the asset comes amid expectations of rising copper prices, driven in part by a lack of investment in new mines and soaring demand for...Read More

Japan's mining and energy conglomerate JXTG Holdings Inc., the majority owner of Chile's Caserones copper mine, is said to be studying the sale of the operation, in a deal that could fetch about $1 billion.According to The Wall Street Journal, the urge for offload the asset comes amid expectations of rising copper prices, driven in part by a lack of investment in new mines and soaring demand for...Read More

Japan's mining and energy conglomerate JXTG Holdings Inc., the majority owner of Chile's Caserones copper mine, is said to be studying the sale of the operation, in a deal that could fetch about $1 billion.According to The Wall Street Journal, the urge for offload the asset comes amid expectations of rising copper prices, driven in part by a lack of investment in new mines and soaring demand for...Read More

The Minerals Council of Australia or MCA issued a communiqu?(C) calling on the Scott Morrison administration to repeal a current ban on nuclear power.The release followed Morrison's comments last week on a Tasmanian radio station, where the prime minister said he would be okay with receiving proposals from the nuclear energy industry.However, following a negative reaction from the opposition, the...Read More

The Minerals Council of Australia or MCA issued a communiqu?(C) calling on the Scott Morrison administration to repeal a current ban on nuclear power.The release followed Morrison's comments last week on a Tasmanian radio station, where the prime minister said he would be okay with receiving proposals from the nuclear energy industry.However, following a negative reaction from the opposition, the...Read More

Toronto-based Pelangio Exploration (PX:TSX-V) announced that its exploration team has started a limited drilling program at the company's Dome West property located in Timmins, Ontario. Dome West, formerly controlled by Central Porcupine Mines, is a 56-hectare land holding that is adjacent to the former Paymaster Mine and separated by some 800 metres from Goldcorp's open-pit Dome Mine.In a press r...Read More

Toronto-based Pelangio Exploration (PX:TSX-V) announced that its exploration team has started a limited drilling program at the company's Dome West property located in Timmins, Ontario. Dome West, formerly controlled by Central Porcupine Mines, is a 56-hectare land holding that is adjacent to the former Paymaster Mine and separated by some 800 metres from Goldcorp's open-pit Dome Mine.In a press r...Read More

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Use gold to protect any IRA, 401(k), or retirement account from a looming financial crisis. Every American needs to learn how to protect and secure their retirement against the worst stock market crash in history, and this IRA/401KInvestment Guide 2019 is one way the average American can help protect their investments in the event of a crisis.Jim Rickards is the nation's most vocal and intellig...Read More

Newmont Goldcorp (NYSE:NEM)(TSX:NGT) and Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD), the No. 1 and 2 bullion producers, have cleared all the regulatory conditions to combine their operations in Nevada ahead of schedule.The US Federal Trade Commission, said the companies, granted an early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act on April 19.The new business, yet to be named, will be...Read More

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Vancouver, BC - Graphite One Inc. (TSX-V:GPH | OTCQX:GPHOF) ("Graphite One" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed the first tranche of a non-brokered private placement offering (the "Offering"), raising gross proceeds of CA$1,869,560.The net proceeds of the Offering will be used for exploration and development of the Company's Graphite Creek Project and for general...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ) (the "Corporation" or "Venzee") is pleased to announce its intention to complete a non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") of units of the Company ("Units") at a price of $0.075 per Unit, for anticipated aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $2.0 million.Each Unit is expected to be comprised of one common share of th...Read More

With four discoveries in the Yukon last year, a property purchase this year, and financial and technical backing from partners Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) and Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC), White Gold (TSXV: WGO) has momentum as it heads into 2019's exploration season.The company's acquisition in January of the 163 sq. km QV project from Comstock Metals (TSXV: CSL) brings its holdi...Read More

Scandium International's Nyngan scandium project in New South Wales, Australia. Source: Scandium International Mining Corp.Scandium International Mining Corp. [SCY-TSX; SCYYF-OTC] said it has been notified that its mine lease grant for the Nyngan scandium project in Australia is currently invalid. The company said it received this information from the New South Wales Department of Planning and Env...Read More