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

General Motors is also set to gain after earningsU.S. stock futures are pointing to a slightly lower open this morning after President Donald Trump's State of the Union address last night. Traders will also be digesting another important dose of quarterly earnings reports, including well-received results from Walt Disney (DIS) and General Motors (GM). Elsewhere, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin c...Read More

Iran is allegedly negotiating with Switzerland, South Africa, France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Austria, Germany and Bosnia to carry out financial transactions in cryptocurrency...Read full newsRead More

Digging into the RSI for the S&P 500The S&P 500 Index (SPX) has been ripping higher since Christmas, gaining 15% since then. The index just had its best month since October 2015, and its best January since 1987. As a result of these gains, the Relative Strength Indicator (RSI)is getting close to overbought territory. The RSI is a popular overbought/oversold indicator. It's an oscillator that range...Read More

Shares in Calidus Resources (ASX:CAI) soared 25% Wednesday after the company increased the mineral resource at its Warrawoona gold project in Western Australia's Pilbara region by a whopping 75%.The new mineral resource estimate now sits at 21.2 million tonnes grading 1.83g/t gold for 1.25 million ounces.About 64% of the new resources is in the confident indicated category status, with the higher-...Read More

Shares in Calidus Resources (ASX:CAI) soared 25% Wednesday after the company increased the mineral resource at its Warrawoona gold project in Western Australia's Pilbara region by a whopping 75%.The new mineral resource estimate now sits at 21.2 million tonnes grading 1.83g/t gold for 1.25 million ounces.About 64% of the new resources is in the confident indicated category status, with the higher-...Read More

RJK Explorations (TSXV: RJX.A) announced this week that it has entered into a property option agreement with Anthony "Tony" Bishop for the Bishop Nipissing diamond properties in Ontario, Canada.Kimberlite on Bishop Nipissing Diamond Claims. Photo by RJK.In a press release, RJK said the exploration properties total 2,090 hectares encompassing at least 18 potential kimberlite pipes located approxima...Read More

RJK Explorations (TSXV: RJX.A) announced this week that it has entered into a property option agreement with Anthony "Tony" Bishop for the Bishop Nipissing diamond properties in Ontario, Canada.Kimberlite on Bishop Nipissing Diamond Claims. Photo by RJK.In a press release, RJK said the exploration properties total 2,090 hectares encompassing at least 18 potential kimberlite pipes located approxima...Read More

The Australian Bureau of Statistics issued a report this week that shows that the country's mining sector set a new record for exports in 2018."Australia's resources exports - including minerals, metals and petroleum - generated $248 billion in revenue. This is the highest-ever annual export value and accounted for 72 per cent of Australia's goods exports," the Minerals Council of Australia said i...Read More

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

Hot Chili has executed a binding memorandum of understanding to acquire a landholding that adjoins two of its projects in Chile.Read full newsRead More

* Two binding bids in coal plants sale* One bid from Greece's GEK Terna, Czech Seven Energy, sources say* Second bid by Greek industrial group Mytilineos -sources* PPC seeks higher price, board to meet this week to decideGreece's Public Power Corp. (PPC) is seeking a higher price from two bidders for three coal-fired plants it is selling to boost competition in the energy market, a company source...Read More

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Over the last four years, Pure Gold Mining (TSXV: PGM) has doubled the indicated resource for its Madsen gold project in Red Lake, one of the highest grade undeveloped gold deposits in the world.The company released an updated resource estimate today that sees Madsen's indicated resource jump by 319,000 ounces of gold (18%) to a total of 2.06 million ounces contained within 7.19 million tonnes at...Read More

The past-producing Troilus gold mine near Chibougamau, Quebec. Source: Troilus Gold Corp.Troilus Gold Corp. [TLG-TSXV] on Wednesday February 6 reported a significant increase in share ownership of the company by management and the board.Within the last three months, members of the Troilus management team and board of directors have acquired over 2.72 million shares, an amount that represents appro...Read More

Underground development at Ivanhoe's Kamoa-Kakula mining complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Source: Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. [IVN-TSX; IVPAF-OTC] Chairman Robert Friedland says the company's Kamoa-Kakula mining complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo is set to become one of the world's greatest copper mines. Peak annual production is expected to exceed 700,000 tonnes.Frie...Read More

Basamuk Processing Plant part of US$2.1 billion Ramu Nickel Cobalt Mine in Papua New Guinea - Credit Highlands Pacific June 2018INTERVIEW with Anthony Milewski, Chairman and CEO, Cobalt 27 Capital Corp., on the friendly acquisition of Highlands Pacific in a transaction expected to add initial increased attributable production of over 600,000 lbs of cobalt and 2,900 tonnes of nickel per year to Cob...Read More

Some of you already know about my charity work with Out Of The Heat / Out Of The Cold Program in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. The Program provides a weekly meal for the homeless and a haven of compassion and sense of community for people who for a variety of reasons have found themselves without a regular meal and a roof over their heads.It developed naturally. In my younger years, I was focus...Read More

CAPE TOWN – Angola's State-owned diamond firm Endiama sees production rising to 13.8-million carats in 2022 compared with 9.5-million carats forecast for this year, a senior official said on Wednesday.Production in 2018 was 9.4-million carats, Endiama's director of geology, Kapingana Mandavela, told an African mining conference.AdvertisementTo watch Creamer Media's latest video repor...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) reported that diamond trading was balanced in 2018, with imports and exports of rough and polished in line with the year-earlier figures.   Exports of polished goods were down 4.5% on the year in volume terms to 4.79 million carats, but up slightly in value to $11.45 billion.   Exports of rough stones declined on the year by 5% to 1...Read More

I’ve got an urgent announcement for you today.One that will help you claim your fair share of a $940 billion pile of cash scheduled to be paid to Americans.No, this has nothing to do with Trump’s State of the Union Address last night.In fact, this cash isn’t tied to Washington at all! (Except for the fact that much of this cash was freed up because of legislation passed in late 2...Read More