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

Drilling operations at SolGold's Cascabel Project in Ecuador. Source: SolGold Plc.SolGold Plc [SOLG-TSX, LSE AIM] said Friday February 8 that it is disappointed by the Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. [CGP-TSX, CTNXF-OTC, GWN-FSE, BSE] reaction to SolGold's announced intention to bid for all the issued and outstanding shares of Cornerstone.SolGold issued a press release On January 31, 2019, sa...Read More

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), lying pretty much in the centre of Africa, is geographically the eleventh-biggest country in the world and is well known for its mineral riches.In its most recent report, published in 2014 and titled ‘The Mineral Industry of Congo (Kinshasa)’, the US Geological Survey (USGS) notes that the country “played a globally significant role in the...Read More

Cobalt leader talks about new era for project, IdahoSPONSOREDecobalt solutionsDelivering a 90-minute keynote presentation to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence's Cape Town World Tour stop this week, Friedland named air pollution - or airpocalypse - as the single biggest issueRead More

Alderan unlocking Frisco potentialSPONSOREDalderan resourcesThe eight drill holes reported ere were designed to explore the upper 150m of Bx 6, the northernmost outcropping breccia pipe identified to date.Read More

Mike and Susan are close family friends of mine.We get together frequently to catch up on life, family, boating and we occasionally talk investments.Even in retirement, Mike and Susan know the importance of continuing to grow their wealth.But recently over dinner, Mike spoke about one mistake that could end up costing their family BIG TIME down the road, which is why I want to explain the situatio...Read More

ELKO, NEVADA - Fremont Gold (TSXV: FRE; US-OTC: USTDF) is drilling 1,000 reverse-circulation (RC) metres at its Gold Bar gold project, a two-hour drive from Elko, Nevada. It's targeting a potential southeast extension of the past-producing Gold Bar pit, in an area that has never been drilled. It intends to follow up by diamond drilling 500 metres at its nearby Gold Canyon gold project. Both proper...Read More

James Hesketh had his eye on Midway Gold's Tonopah project - 30 km southeast of the Round Mountain mine in Nevada's Walker Lane trend - since 2007.So when Midway Gold went bankrupt a decade later, Hesketh struck a deal to buy the project for US$25,000 in cash, another US$130,000 in fees to replace a bond, and a promise to pay a US$350,000 debt that Midway owed to the royalty holders on the propert...Read More

The 25th Investing in African Mining Indaba took place this week. Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer attended the indaba and unpacks the highlights.AdvertisementRead More

"From time immemorial proverbial wisdom has taught the virtues of saving," wrote Henry Hazlitt, "and warned against the consequences of prodigality and waste."Hazlitt authored his masterly primer on economics, Economics in One Lesson, in 1946.Yet he etched it in the rock of ages with its timeless insights."But there have always been squanderers, and there have apparently always been theorists to r...Read More

Have you ever tried to cut sugar out of your diet?It's almost impossible. The stuff is in everything.In fact, the average American consumes roughly 15 teaspoons of added sugar per day - and often without even realizing it.In addition to things you already know about, pickles, pasta, salsa, beer, granola, baked beans, and tomato sauce all have added sugar.Well, that's what marijuana is going to be...Read More

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A hidden gem trading under a secret name could be the key to retirement riches.Picture theperfectstock for a moment.What would it look like?No doubt it would have hundreds of billions in revenue - more than tech giants like IBM, Facebook and Google.It would probably be a leader in cutting-edge technology like smartphones, robotics, e-commerce and medical equipment.It would have tens of thousands o...Read More

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Q&A with the SolGold CEO on what he has coming at Alpala an the other Ecuador exploration targetsRead full newsRead More

RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration Services compiles the best drill intersections around the world and then ranks them based on gold equivalent grams per tonne using ruling metal and mineral prices.Year to date Osisko Mining's Windfall gold project in Quebec's Abitibi belt is the runaway winner with Global Atomic Corp's uranium project in Niger coming in second.There are caveats. The Windfall grad...Read More

RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration Services compiles the best drill intersections around the world and then ranks them based on gold equivalent grams per tonne using ruling metal and mineral prices.Year to date Osisko Mining's Windfall gold project in Quebec's Abitibi belt is the runaway winner with Global Atomic Corp's uranium project in Niger coming in second.There are caveats. The Windfall grad...Read More

RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration Services compiles the best drill intersections around the world and then ranks them based on gold equivalent grams per tonne using ruling metal and mineral prices.Year to date Osisko Mining's Windfall gold project in Quebec's Abitibi belt is the runaway winner with Global Atomic Corp's uranium project in Niger coming in second.There are caveats. The Windfall grad...Read More

Next Green Wave Announces DTC Eligibility Vancouver, British Columbia - February 07, 2019 - Next Green Wave Holdings Inc. (CSE:NGW) (OTCQB:NXGWF) ("Next Green Wave" or the "Company"), a Canadian based...Read full newsRead More

Nominations are now open for the 12th annual Mines and Money Asia Outstanding Achievement Awards. Considered to be Asia's most prestigious mining investment awards and a highlight in the Asian mining calendar, the annual event recognizes 'the best of the best' in the Asia Pacific region.Nominated by industry peers these awards are designed to recognize excellence and outstanding achievement over a...Read More

The security was forming a bullish pattern on the chartsSubscribers to Schaeffer's Weekly Options Countdown doubled their money with the Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) weekly 2/1 175-strike call. Here's a quick look at why we expected an outsized move from the home improvement retail stock, and how the profitable options trade unfolded.At the time of our recommendation on Sunday, Jan. 27, HD had already...Read More