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

GoldSpot Discoveries (TSXV: SPOT) and Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM) announced that they have established a partnership to use machine learning to identify new drilling targets at the Segovia operation located in the Segovia-Remedios mining district of Antioquia, northwestern Colombia."With the recent closing of a C$20-million private placement, Gran Colombia plans to dramatically accelerate the ex...Read More

Apr 11, 2019 (Baystreet.ca via COMTEX) -- 2019 is set to be the year of an epic gold rebound that dwarfs the 2016 rally. The global economy is throwing up...Read full newsRead More

Two months after disappointing the market with its annual results, the world's second-largest lithium miner said expansion plans had gone better than expected and that sales would likely beat its forecasts for this year.Santiago-based Soc. Quimica y Minera de Chile SA will exceed its sales target of just under 50,000 tons of lithium as output ramps up at its operations in the Atacama salt flat, ac...Read More

How you can transform lagging indicators into leading indicators.Many traders are tired of repeating the same mistakes over and over again, but are unsure how to break the cycle of bad decisions that lead to mediocre, or even poor results.And even the supposed "market gurus" or "experts" don't have the answer... or if they do, it's "all flash and no substance."But there is a REAL solution.While ot...Read More

Apr 11, 2019 (Baystreet.ca via COMTEX) -- 2019 is set to be the year of an epic gold rebound that dwarfs the 2016 rally. The global economy is throwing up...Read full newsRead More

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Investing.com - Gold prices fell on Thursday in Asia amid renewed trade optimism. Brexit development was also in focus as the EU and the U.K. agreed to an extension of the Brexit deadline until October.Gold futures traded on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange were down 0.3% to $1,309.85 an ounce by 12:20 AM ET (04:20 GMT).Traders are closely monitoring developments on the Sino-...Read More

Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxInnovation will figure heavily in both projects as the company implements a change of strategy focused on sustainability to position it for the changing future.Read More

This episode features highlights from the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame's 31st annual induction ceremony held in Toronto earlier this year. The 2019 inductees are discoverer Kate Carmack, geologist James M. Franklin, company-builder James W. Gill, mine-builder Sandy Laird and geologist Brian Meikle.In 2019, the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame welcomed five new inductees (clockwise from top left): Kate...Read More

The placing and subscription involved a total 444.4 million ordinary shares at a price of 0.135p each, with 407.4 million as part of the placing.Of the 37 million shares in the subscription, 7.4 million were taken up by CEO Andrew Prelea and 29.6 million by director Roy Tucker, bringing their shareholding in the company up to 0.49% and 0.88%, respectively.Vast (AIM:VAST) has applied for the s...Read More

Toho has put $20 million into the joint venture company Abra Mining, with another $10 million on its way once the definitive feasibility study is completed - still expected to be mid-year.Read More

Diamond drill core storage for the Vizcachitas Project located 130 km northeast of Santiago, Chile. Source: Los Andes Copper Ltd.The sharp rise in the value of Los Andes Copper Ltd. [LA-TSXV] shares continued Friday April 12 as investors reacted to this week's news that the company has won the approval of Chile's Environmental Evaluation Service in connection with drilling work at its Vizcachitas...Read More

The Eleonore gold mine 320 km north of Matagami in the James Bay region of Quebec. Source: Goldcorp Inc.Newmont Mining Corp. [NEM-NYSE] shareholders have approved the company's $10 billion takeover of Goldcorp Inc. [G-TSX; GG-NYSE]. The combined company, called Newmont Goldcorp., will rank as the world's biggest gold producer with assets across the Americas, Africa and Australia.About 98% of votes...Read More

The Florence in-situ copper project 65 miles southeast of Phoenix, Arizona. Source: Taseko Mines Ltd.Taseko Mines Ltd. [TKO-TSX; TGB-NYE American] on Friday April 12 announced the first copper production from its 100%-owned Florence Project in Arizona. Florence is an in-situ copper recovery project, located midway between Phoenix and Tucson, near the community of Florence.The facility is expected...Read More

Changing societal perceptions, combined with more and more countries legalising cannabis use, mean that companies should adopt nontraditional methods of determining whether employees are fit for duty, says Predictive Safety director of fatigue education Dr Doug Potter.He points out that the global perception on cannabis use has shifted and that several countries, including South Africa, have decri...Read More

Want to know how to get the best deal every time? Know your BATNA.BATNA stands for "best alternative to a negotiated agreement."The term was coined by Roger Fisher and William Ury in their 1981 bestseller, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Without Giving In.BATNA is simply the best you can do if the other person refuses to negotiate with you - if they tell you to “go jump in a lake!” or R...Read More

Yellow Cake PLC (LON:YCA) is raising ?25.9mln, increased from ?22.9mln, through a share placing in order to fund the purchase of at least 1mln pounds of uranium.The company, a vehicle specifically set up to acquire and own physical uranium as an investment strategy, upgraded the funding after the original offer (announced yesterday) saw strong investor demand.Via a framework agreement with Kazat...Read More

What do you think of when you think of electronics?Bulky television sets? Laptops? Cords, wires, circuit boards?That's old-fashioned thinking.Today's electronics are far more compact, streamlined, and flexible.In fact, they can exist in plain view without you ever seeing them.That's because of a drastic new technological leap forward.These are "printed electronics."Printed electronics, by their ve...Read More

Aim-listed diversified miner Vast Resources has raised £600 000 through a placement and subscription of around 440-million shares at a price of 0.135p apiece.The placing was for 407-million ordinary shares, and the subscription was for 37-million shares, of which 29-million and 7.4-million shares were taken up by directors Roy Tucker and Andrew Prelea, respectively.AdvertisementThe proceeds...Read More

I want to take you back to a simpler time, when people actually thought marijuana investing was "a fad."If you've been investing with me and reading these pages over the last half decade, you know that simply isn't the case. Cannabis stocks have been the single-most profitable sector in the entire world.But I would like to point out that we were ahead of the curve... while a ton of "pot gurus" hav...Read More