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

In the land of the Federal Reserve and its market-manipulating mechanisms, there's now an unofficial market term called the “Powell Put” or the “Powell Pivot.”It is in direct reference to Fed chairman Jerome Powell. Before he became chairman, Wall Street referred to prior heads' policies with terms like the "Greenspan Put" the "Bernanke Put" and the "Yellen Put."In layman's...Read More

From valley to peak in the space of one month...The bears were poised to claim final victory in late December... and black crepe was unfurling over Wall Street.The major averages lost nearly 20% from their early October highs. The Nasdaq in fact tumbled into an official bear market.Who could say where it would stop?All things good must end - unlike some things bad - and 10 years is a plenty handso...Read More

News out this week is that there is strong interest in cannabis among senior citizens.Upon reading this news, a very prominent investor and friend emailed me. (I won't say his name, but you would know who it is if I did.)His email read simply: Too late.What he means is that if the elderly are now hip to weed... it's too late to make any profits. Akin to Joe Kennedy and the shoeshine boy, or your m...Read More

Aura Minerals Inc. (ORA.TO) announces that it has resumed limited mining operations at its San Andres gold mine in Honduras.Rodrigo Barbosa, the Company's President & CEO commented, "We have been working very closely with local and national authorities to cease the illegal occupation of our privateRead full newsRead More

Beneath a plot of land in southeastern Siberia lie vast stores of gold, according to Russia's biggest gold producer, Polyus PJSC, and tapping them could provide the Russian central bank with a huge and nearly sanction-proof backstop for its currency.Read full newsRead More

Central banks are buying gold at a rate not seen since the end of World War II as geopolitical concerns see a shift in appreciation for the asset.Read full newsRead More

Central banks are buying gold at a rate not seen since the end of World War II as geopolitical concerns see a shift in appreciation for the asset.Read full newsRead More

The Salave project will see average annual production of 79,200 ounces of gold in concentrate at an average grade of 59.7 g/t gold.Read full newsRead More

Shree Kargutkar, portfolio manager at Sprott Asset Management, joins BNN Bloomberg to talk about M&A in the gold sector, and weigh in on the Barrick-Randgold and Newmont-Goldcorp deals.Read full newsRead More

Shree Kargutkar, portfolio manager at Sprott Asset Management, joins BNN Bloomberg to talk about M&A in the gold sector, and weigh in on the Barrick-Randgold and Newmont-Goldcorp deals.Read full newsRead More

USA is coercing every nation not to use Huawei5G or any of Huawei telecom gear. USA is now using the threat of trade sanctions on nations using or intend to use Huawei telecom gear. This will be short term bullish for US dollar but in the long term it will sink the US dollar. I will prefer to accumulate more and more physical gold on dips. Better to increase portfolio allocation to hard assets n...Read More

USA is coercing every nation not to use Huawei5G or any of Huawei telecom gear. USA is now using the threat of trade sanctions on nations using or intend to use Huawei telecom gear. This will be short term bullish for US dollar but in the long term it will sink the US dollar. I will prefer to accumulate more and more physical gold on dips. Better to increase portfolio allocation to hard assets n...Read More

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A surprising OPEC update also boosted oil pricesOngoing budget negotiations in the U.S. and global trade talks were again the focus on Wall Street today. However, the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all rallied this time around on a much more upbeat news cycle, with President Donald Trump indicating another government shutdown will likely be avoided, though he said he's "not happy" about the proposed spe...Read More

Alrosa's (MCX:ALRS) sales dropped by 44% year-on-year in January, according to a press release issued by the Russian miner.The company said that it sold a total of $281.5 million worth of rough and polished diamonds, with rough stones leading most of the transactions and generating proceeds of $278.2 million.According to the world's top diamond producer by output, following a busy month in Decembe...Read More

A new report by McKinsey forecasts a rapid switch from gas guzzlers to electric vehicles on the world's roads will be boosted by the plummeting costs of owning a battery powered vehicle.The consulting firm's 2019 Global Energy Perspective report foresees a two-thirds drop in the cost of EV battery packs by 2030. The tipping point at which EVs will be cheaper to own than internal combustion engine-...Read More

A new report by McKinsey forecasts a rapid switch from gas guzzlers to electric vehicles on the world's roads will be boosted by the plummeting costs of owning a battery powered vehicle.The consulting firm's 2019 Global Energy Perspective report foresees a two-thirds drop in the cost of EV battery packs by 2030. The tipping point at which EVs will be cheaper to own than internal combustion engine-...Read More

The world's largest mineral exploration collaboration, MinEx Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), has welcomed MICROMINE as the sole software provider to be involved in the landmark project.MICROMINE will provide information and advice on software solutions for mineral exploration as part of the $218 million CRC project, which was set up to develop new technologies to increase the discovery of new m...Read More

Speculators are targeting more short-term upside for PYX stockOptions volume is running hot on Pyxus International Inc (NYSE:PYX) this afternoon, as the stock heads toward its best day since Oct. 8. At last check, around 18,000 options have been exchanged -- five times the average daily volume -- with PYX shares trading up 28.1% at $21.58. Today's upside comes in reaction to the leaf tobacco manuf...Read More

Fremont Gold Ltd. (TSXV:FRE) (FSE: FR2) (OTC Pink: USTDF) (Read full newsRead More