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

Vancouver, BC - Graphite One Inc. (TSX-V:GPH | OTCQX:GPHOF) ("Graphite One" or the "Company") is now trading under the new name and is pleased to announce results from its 2018 Field Program at its Graphite Creek Project, a large?EUR?flake graphite deposit located in the Kigluaik Mountains on the Seward Peninsula approximately 60 km north of the City of Nome, Alaska.Highlights:Drilling Res...Read More

South Africa's labour court ordered the Ghana-focused developer to pay former exploration director Hendrik Schloemann $140,000 plus interest and legal costs in December. GoldStone told shareholders it would consider an appeal after the ruling, but withdrew its application for leave to appeal on February 5 in secret. In the case, Schloemann successfully argued he had not resigned, as the...Read More

DRA Global, the Perth-headquartered parent company of the Johannesburg-based DRA Engineering business, is close to wrapping up its important strategic purchase of fellow South African company SENET,Read More

Paul Pint, Executive Chairman of Aguia Resources. Source: Aguia Resources Ltd.Aguia Resources Ltd. [AGRL-TSXV; AGR-ASX] shares were active Monday March 18 after the company released a maiden resource estimate for its Andrade copper project in Brazil.The company said total inferred mineral resources are estimated at 10.8 million tonnes with an average grade of 0.56% copper and 2.56 grams/tonne silv...Read More

The exploration crew working at Northern Dynasty's Pebble Project in southern Alaska. Source: Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. [NDM-TSX; NAK-NYSE] said Monday March 18 that it has raised US$11.5 million from a share offering that was completed on a bought deal basis.The offering consisted of 17.9 million common shares priced at 64 cents a share and was completed under a...Read More

Carolina Sanchez, Secretary of Mining Policy, Ministry of Production and Labor. Photo courtesy Argentina government Mining Policy Secretariat ?s Press office.During the recent PDAC Convention in Toronto, Carolina Sanchez, Secretary of Mining Policy,Ministry of Production and Labor, Argentina, spoke to Resource World about her country's efforts to grow their mining industry.RESOURCE WORLD: Vanadium...Read More

Albert Milton, the managing director of Botswana's Debswana Diamond Mining, announced that Debswana aims to keep production at around 24 million carats this year, Reuters reported.   Debswana is a joint venture between De Beers and Botswana's government. In 2018, Debswana's production increased with six percent, reaching 24.1 million carats, its highest output in the past four years. Th...Read More

Alrosa reported last week that net profit had risen with some 15 percent to reach $1.4 billion in 2018. The announcement followed earlier reports that the company's sales volume had dropped with eight percent compared to 2017. Higher price levels for goods sold, however, caused sales to rise $4.4 billion, a value increase of six percent, the leading diamond miner said.   "The key financial d...Read More

LONDON – Russian State-controlled miner Alrosa will assess the quality of Zimbabwe's diamond reserves over the next six months but would only start mining if it can take a majority stake in such a project, the company's chief executive said on Monday.Zimbabwe is seeking to attract investment and has scrapped legislation that restricts foreign participation for some commodities. It ha...Read More

More than 450 students, GIA (Gemological Institute of America) alumni, job seekers and industry professionals connected with 56 companies looking to hire and 23 career coaches offering expert advice at GIA's New York Jewelry Career Fair on Friday, March 8. The annual event paved the way for new talent and those looking to enter the gem and jewelry industry with a unique opportunity to network dire...Read More

JOHANNESBURG – A deadly mine collapse in Angola has left at least 30 people dead. The incident occurred in Chipindo municipality in Angola’s south-west Huila Province as illegal gold miners mined for gold, the state media reported on Sunday.AdvertisementRadio Nacional de Angola (RNA) reports said the mine collapsed due to ground humidity.Huíla Province, about 904 km south o...Read More

Mine restoration at the Mir diamond mine, which flooded about a year-and-a-half ago, is only expected to start after 2024, Russian miner Alrosa reported on Monday, detailing the timelines for the potential restart of the Siberian underground operation.To decide on the mine’s fate, Alrosa would start on exploration down to 1 300 m to confirm the operation’s reserves. Budgeted to co...Read More

Let's begin with a few basics about IRAs...Traditional IRAs generally provide a tax deduction for the amount you contribute. The money grows tax-deferred until you withdraw it. Then it is taxed at your ordinary income tax rate. You must begin required minimum distributions (RMDs) by April 1 following the year you turn 70 1/2 and do so every year thereafter. And if you die before removing all the...Read More

Since the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference wrapped up in early March, Monarch Gold (TSX: MQR; US-OTC: MRQRF) has fielded calls from three mining companies about possible joint ventures to explore its Croinor gold project, 55 km east of Val-d'Or in Quebec.The project has a fully permitted past-producing mine that is open at depth, and the junior has already found...Read More

Toachi Mining (TSXV: TIM) is trenching its Guatuza copper-gold target at its La Plata gold-copper, zinc and silver volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project in Ecuador. It plans to drill Guataza in the second half of the year, beginning with 5,000 metres exploring exposed VMS slabs to determine how far they extend underground.Before that though, the company will finish a preliminary economic ass...Read More

"Tshisekedi would be a relatively positive figure for mining investment"SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftThe ‘do nothing', or more correctly ‘do little', view from Credit Suisse about leading miners such as BHP and Rio Tinto is summarised in a comment early this week that the "large capRead More

Bannerman Resources Ltd (ASX:BMN) received a query from the ASX today related to the company's shares rising from 3.9 cents at the close of trading on Monday, March 11 to a high of 5 cents today.The ASX also noted the significant increase in the volume of Bannerman securities traded over the last few days.Bannerman responded to the query explaining that it was not aware of any information that had...Read More

I try to avoid partisan politics in my analysis. And I never try to tell people how to vote or what they should think. I trust my readers to make their own judgments. But sometimes I can't avoid partisan politics because they can have a major impact on markets and the economy.Leading Democratic presidential hopefuls Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders have expressed desires to incre...Read More

The Debswana Diamond Company (Debswana) on Monday announced the start of its Cut-9 project, which is aimed at extending the life of the Jwaneng mine, in Botswana, to 2035.The project is expected to yield an estimated 53-million carats of rough diamonds from 44-milllion tonnes of treated material.AdvertisementDebswana – a joint venture between the government of Botswana and De Beers Group &nd...Read More

I've repeated this many times. Confidence in government is dying.The House of Commons voted 413-202 last week to delay Britain's exit from the EU.Despite resounding defeats, Prime Minister Theresa May refuses to heed the advice - and vote - of the people in hopes of a cancellation of the Brexit vote.The next few days will decide whether or not Britain leaves the EU, paving the way for more consequ...Read More