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

Since 2013, Candente Gold (TSXV:CDG) has been engaged with an agreement to reprocess the tailings deposit derived from the Mexico mine, which is part of the San Rafael Vein in the El Oro District, where the company has earned an undivided 100% interest from Goldcorp S.A. de C.V.El Oro is located in the state of Mexico in central Mexico.In a press release, Candente said that the agreement has to be...Read More

Since 2013, Candente Gold (TSXV:CDG) has been engaged with an agreement to reprocess the tailings deposit derived from the Mexico mine, which is part of the San Rafael Vein in the El Oro District, where the company has earned an undivided 100% interest from Goldcorp S.A. de C.V.El Oro is located in the state of Mexico in central Mexico.In a press release, Candente said that the agreement has to be...Read More

Canada's Avalon Advanced Materials (TSX: AVL) and Australia's Cheetah Resources announced this week that they have joined forces to work on the development of the rare earth resources on the Nechalacho project near Yellowknife, in Canada's Northwest Territories.In order to move forward with such a plan, the companies signed a binding Terms Sheet under which Cheetah will acquire ownership of the ne...Read More

Canada's First Vanadium (TSX-V: FVAN) is extending its Nevada-based Carlin project, considered the largest, highest grade primary vanadium deposit in North America, by acquiring the southern extension of the asset.The strategic move, announced Thursday, gives the company mineral rights to an additional 200-metre strike length of Carlin.Strategic move gives the company mineral rights to an additi...Read More

Shares in Canada's Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) jumped 12.6% in pre-market trading in New York on Thursday on the news that it will resume mining and heap leaching at its K????lada?? gold mine in Turkey.The Vancouver-based miner noted it would halt a previously announced $520 million-project to build a mill on site. The facility would have made K????lada?? a nine-year, 270,000-ounce-per-an...Read More

Shares in Canada's Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) jumped 12.6% in pre-market trading in New York on Thursday on the news that it will resume mining and heap leaching at its K????lada?? gold mine in Turkey.The Vancouver-based miner noted it would halt a previously announced $520 million-project to build a mill on site. The facility would have made K????lada?? a nine-year, 270,000-ounce-per-an...Read More

Lithium is set to soar - and leave investors pocking huge profits.Even with all the headlines and controversy surrounding Tesla founder Elon Musk, recent research shows that even bad press can't stop the momentum of a huge component that makes Tesla what it is today.In fact, Tesla merely helped highlight how completely critical lithium is in today's increasingly-technological world... and how scar...Read More

Ecuador-focused explorer SolGold (LON, TSX:SOLG) revealed Thursday plans to acquire Cornerstone Capital Resources (TSX-V:CGP), a Canadian firm which has a 15% interest in the miner's coveted Cascabel copper-gold project, located 180 km north of the capital Quito.The takeover would see Cornerstone's investors receive 0.55 SolGold shares for each their shares, which SolGold said was a 20% premium.I...Read More

Ecuador-focused explorer SolGold (LON, TSX:SOLG) revealed Thursday plans to acquire Cornerstone Capital Resources (TSX-V:CGP), a Canadian firm which has a 15% interest in the miner's coveted Cascabel copper-gold project, located 180 km north of the capital Quito.The takeover would see Cornerstone's investors receive 0.55 SolGold shares for each their shares, which SolGold said was a 20% premium.I...Read More

Ecuador-focused explorer SolGold (LON, TSX:SOLG) revealed Thursday plans to acquire Cornerstone Capital Resources (TSX-V:CGP), a Canadian firm which has a 15% interest in the miner's coveted Cascabel copper-gold project, located 180 km north of the capital Quito.The takeover would see Cornerstone's investors receive 0.55 SolGold shares for each their shares, which SolGold said was a 20% premium.I...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Quadron Cannatech Corporation (CSE:QCC) (the "Company" or "Quadron"), is pleased to announce the completion of the sale of an end-to-end cannabis extraction and processing facility to Cannaworld Ventures Inc. ("Cannaworld Ventures").Cannaworld Ventures provides strategic investments in the cannabis industry focusing primarily on opportunities in the cannabis processing sector. C...Read More

This helped offset a decline in the retail investment and jewellery segments, according to the GFMS Gold Survey released on Wednesday.Read More

Solgold CEO, Nick MatherSolGold [SOLG-TSX, LSE] said Thursday it is planning to make an offer to acquire all the outstanding shares of Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. [CGP-TSX, CTNXF-OTC, GWN-F].If the offer succeeds, holders of Cornerstone who tender their shares to the offer will receive 0.55 of a SolGold share in exchange for every Cornerstone share tendered, SolGold said.However, readers of...Read More

Diamond drilling on the Moosehead gold project in central Newfoundland. Source: Sokoman Iron Corp.Sokoman Iron Corp. [SIC-TSXV] emerged as the volume leader on the TSX Venture Exchange Thursday after the company released final assays from phase two drilling on the Moosehead Gold Project in north-central Newfoundland.However, investors reacted to those results by sending the shares down 38% or $0.0...Read More

Choco 10 MineRusoro Mining Ltd. [RML-TSXV] shares tumbled in heavy trading Wednesday following news of an unfavourable court decision related to a US$1.2 billion arbitration award that followed the expropriation of mining properties in Venezuela.Rusoro said the Paris Court of Appeals, in a decision dated January 29, 2019, has partially annulled the arbitral award issued in favour of the company in...Read More

Vale SA, the world’s largest iron ore miner, has vowed to sacrifice production for safety to avoid another tailings dam failure. (Image: Screenshot from BBC News video.)Analysts have begun to weigh the consequences of a deadly tailings dam breach at a Brazilian mine operated by Vale SA [VALE-NYSE], the world's largest producer of iron ore and nickel.The Brumadinho dam breach, which occurred...Read More

Full Article: SWOT Analysis: Gold Traders Bullish for 11th Straight WeekBY: Frank HolmesStrengthsIn what has been a rather rare occurrence, silver was the best performing metal this week, up 2.64 percent despite a steady trickle of silver out of the physical metal ETFs on a near daily basis. Gold traders are bullish for an 11th straight week, as surveyed by Bloomberg, on the heels of a declining...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Tach?(C) company and Samir Gems jointly announce the purchase of the 29.59-carat fancy pink diamond, "The Rose of Kao" (Lesotho).   The diamond was purchased at an undisclosed price by a partnership between Tach?(C) and Samir Gems, Tach?(C) said in a statement.   Under the deal, Namakwa Diamonds will retain an ownership percentage in the diamond, thus participating in th...Read More

"Tshisekedi would be a relatively positive figure for mining investment"SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftGolden Mile positioned for successSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesCardinal advances at pace in Ghana SPONSOREDcardinal resourcesRevised Leonora PFS is next for KinSPONSOREDkin miningThe drill hole included multiple 1m intersections with grades above 20% copper and Ivanhoe said DD1450 was the t...Read More

I can’t believe I’m saying this...But even with a $630 billion valuation, the market still doesn’t love Alphabet (GOOG) nearly enough.The market is missing something huge about Alphabet. Investors are completely ignoring a “hidden asset” that Alphabet owns which alone is worth more than most publicly traded companies.I believe that factoring in the value of this ̶...Read More