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

ArcWest Exploration (TSXV: AWX) closed today the 100% acquisition of the Sparrowhawk property near Smithers, in the western Canadian province of British Columbia.In a press release, the Vancouver-based miner explained that it decided to go ahead with the purchase because the property is adjacent to two significant porphyry copper-gold deposits, including Glencore Canada's Bell and Granisle mines a...Read More

Canada's Pure Gold Mining (TSX-V: PGM) expects to begin trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange this quarter and so lift its international profile ahead of its transition to producer from developer.The Vancouver-based company said it doesn't intend raising capital in conjunction with the admission of its shares.Listing seeks lifting Pure Gold's international profile ahead of its tr...Read More

Canada's Pure Gold Mining (TSX-V: PGM) expects to begin trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange this quarter and so lift its international profile ahead of its transition to producer from developer.The Vancouver-based company said it doesn't intend raising capital in conjunction with the admission of its shares.Listing seeks lifting Pure Gold's international profile ahead of its tr...Read More

Brazilian mining giant Vale (NYSE:VALE) has been denied stability certificates for at least 17 dams and dikes after the licences expired on March 31, as a result of an ongoing review of the miner's operations in the country following the January dam disaster at its C??rrego do Feij??o mine, which killed hundreds.The loss of certificates will not require additional evacuations around structures...Read More

Bond yields are crashing in major markets all around the world as there are fears of a global economic slowdown. Read for details.Read full newsRead More

Condor Gold (LON:CNR) said Monday that recent metallurgical test work on samples taken from its 100%-owned La India gold project in Nicaragua had confirmed 95.4% gold recovery in laboratory conditions.The gold recoveries, said the miner, are far better than the ones found during tests carried out in 2014, for preliminary feasibility study, which used material from drill core from the La India and...Read More

Condor Gold (LON:CNR) said Monday that recent metallurgical test work on samples taken from its 100%-owned La India gold project in Nicaragua had confirmed 95.4% gold recovery in laboratory conditions.The gold recoveries, said the miner, are far better than the ones found during tests carried out in 2014, for preliminary feasibility study, which used material from drill core from the La India and...Read More

Condor Gold (LON:CNR) said Monday that recent metallurgical test work on samples taken from its 100%-owned La India gold project in Nicaragua had confirmed 95.4% gold recovery in laboratory conditions.The gold recoveries, said the miner, are far better than the ones found during tests carried out in 2014, for preliminary feasibility study, which used material from drill core from the La India and...Read More

Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) has kicked off commercial production at its Lamaque mine located in Quebec, the company's first operation in the home country, expected to produce between 100,000-110,000 ounces of gold this year.Lamaque underground gold mine in Val d'Or, Quebec, is expected to produce up to 135,000 ounces of the precious metal a year in 2020 and 2021.Lamaque, which the Vancouver-...Read More

Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) has kicked off commercial production at its Lamaque mine located in Quebec, the company's first operation in the home country, expected to produce between 100,000-110,000 ounces of gold this year.Lamaque underground gold mine in Val d'Or, Quebec, is expected to produce up to 135,000 ounces of the precious metal a year in 2020 and 2021.Lamaque, which the Vancouver-...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Peekaboo Beans Inc (CSE:BEAN | OTCQB:PBBSF) (the "Company" or "Peekaboo Beans") has entered into a consulting agreement with iCap Ventures Inc. for services related to financial and operational analysis, the review of strategic opportunities, the examination of sources of financing and recommendations related to future capital requirements, and general guidance to the company's...Read More

Vancouver, BC - IsoEnergy Ltd. (TSX-V: ISO | OTCQX: ISENF) (the "Company" or "IsoEnergy"), is pleased to announce assay result for drill holes LE19-09, LE19-10 and LE19-11. The highlight is drill hole LE19-09, which intersected 4.5m of 4.2% U3O8, including 2.0m of 6.8% U3O8. Drill hole LE19-09 was collared 30 metres to the west of drill hole LE18-01A, the original Hurricane zone discovery dr...Read More

Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM | OTCQX: SYATF) (the "Company" or "Siyata"), is pleased to announce it has received its first purchase order from a Tier 1 US Cellular Carrier, for its flagship Uniden (R) UV350 marking a significant milestone for the Company both as an official vendor to the carrier and receiving its first order from a major United States customer.The Unid...Read More

Peninsula Energy Ltd (ASX:PEN) has achieved successful outcomes from the mining phase of a low pH uranium production field demonstration at its Lance Projects in the US state of Wyoming.A key objective of the mining phase was to lower the local mining zone pH to the targeted level of around 2.0 standard units (SU) without compromising the ability to move lixiviant through the mining zone.This tech...Read More

Beowulf said on Monday it would double its holding in the company to 31.3% and raise £750,000 at 5.5p, a 21% discount to the previous closing price.The announcement sent its share price down 14% to 6p.CEO Kurt Budge said the capital raise was needed to keep the company's diversification plan going as it struggles to get a licence for its iron ore project in Sweden."Given the current adverse...Read More

Royalty & Streaming is acquiring a royalty on the San Luis property, above, of SSR Mining. Source: Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd.Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. [MTA-CSE; MTAFF-OTCQB; X9CP-FSE] said Monday April 1 that it has struck a deal to acquire a portfolio of 18 royalties from Alamos Gold Inc. [AGI-TSX, NYSE] for $11.5 million, payable in common shares of Metalla.The acquisit...Read More

An artist's rendering of the Tres Estradas phosphate mine in Brazil. Source: Aguia Resources Ltd.Aguia Resources Ltd. [AGRL-TSXV; AGR-ASX] shares advanced Monday April 1 after the company said it has raised $874,708 from a private placement financing, and expects to bring in an additional $200,000 from loans provided by certain officers and directors.The non-brokered private placement consists of...Read More

(IDEX Online News) - In general, for rounds March was all about reversing the trends of February, when the market dared a little, only to be whistled back in March. Parallel to trends in the previous month, prices of round diamonds under a carat remained rather stable, with a few goods, especially in the higher colors and clarities, losing a few percent. Prices of goods between 80 points and a c...Read More

Macau's Executive Council announced during a press conference at Government Headquarters earlier this month that its government has drafted and submitted a bill that, when approved by lawmakers, would open the way for Macau to join the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). Once accepted, Macau could then import and export rough diamonds. According to a government spokesperson, the bi...Read More

Representatives of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) accompanied King Filip of Belgium on a state visit to South Korea. During the state visit, Golden Dew, one of Korea's largest jewelry brands, launched three special cuts it developed together with Antwerp diamond companies. During the visit in March, three special diamond cuts were presented to the general public in the presence of the Kin...Read More