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

Citron thinks one U.S. Representative will be positive for the social media concernThe Dow is cruising today toward its longest weekly winning streak since August. Among names making notable moves are blockchain concern Overstock.com Inc (NASDAQ:OSTK) and social media entity Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) are higher, while medical device maker Helius Medical Technologies (NASDAQ:HSDT) is lower. Below, w...Read More

Gold futures settled above $1,300 an ounce on Friday, with prices for the yellow metal at their highest since June as the U.S. dollar pulled back and investors eyed geopolitical turmoil and global growth worries. Rising gold prices reflect "political uncertainty" in the U.S., Eurozone, Venezuela and pockets of South America, as well as China-U.S. trade talks, said George Gero, managing director at...Read More

This update corrects the contract reference for gold to April, which has higher open interest volume than the February contract. AFP/Getty Images Gold futures for April delivery settled above $1,300 an ounce on Friday, with prices for the yellow metal at their highest since June as the U.S. dollar pulled back and investors eyed geopolitical turmoil and global growth worries. Rising gold prices ref...Read More

SIRF suggests the drug maker is "exploiting gaps" in the U.S. healthcare systemThe shares of drugmaker Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (NASDAQ:CORT) are lower today, as traders digest a scathing report from the Southern Investigative Reporting Foundation (SIRF). In a nutshell, the report says Corcept epitomizes what's wrong with the U.S. healthcare system, laying out a case that the "small compa...Read More

A small number of workers at Grupo Prodeco's port in Colombia have voted down a proposed strike, the union which held the vote said on Friday, adding that only eight out of 115 workers voted.Prodeco, a subsidiary of Switzerland's Glencore, is the third-largest producer of thermal coal in the Andean country.The company pressured workers not to participate in the vote, union head Aldo Amaya said, ad...Read More

Pacific Bay Minerals (TSXV: PBM) has extended the Meteor Boot zone 20 metres southeast at its Haskins-Reed polymetallic project in northern B.C. with a recent, seven hole, 448 metre drill program.The company tested targets near the Meteor zone, where 2011 drilling cut 17.5 metres grading 88.35 grams silver, 1.11% lead and 3.39% zinc.Highlights from the company's recent drill program include 5.2 me...Read More

Pacific Bay Minerals (TSXV: PBM) has extended the Meteor Boot zone 20 metres southeast at its Haskins-Reed polymetallic project in northern B.C. with a recent, seven hole, 448 metre drill program.The company tested targets near the Meteor zone, where 2011 drilling cut 17.5 metres grading 88.35 grams silver, 1.11% lead and 3.39% zinc.Highlights from the company's recent drill program include 5.2 me...Read More

Bedford-based RosCan Gold (TSXV: ROS) announced this week positive assay results from an initial Air Core drilling program at its Kandiole project in western Mali.The project is comprised of five permits of contiguous land in the Birimian Rocks, east of B2Gold's Fekola mine and Iamgold's Boto and Diakha deposits.In a press release, RosCan said that the drilling program was completed in December 20...Read More

Bedford-based RosCan Gold (TSXV: ROS) announced this week positive assay results from an initial Air Core drilling program at its Kandiole project in western Mali.The project is comprised of five permits of contiguous land in the Birimian Rocks, east of B2Gold's Fekola mine and Iamgold's Boto and Diakha deposits.In a press release, RosCan said that the drilling program was completed in December 20...Read More

Bedford-based RosCan Gold (TSXV: ROS) announced this week positive assay results from an initial Air Core drilling program at its Kandiole project in western Mali.The project is comprised of five permits of contiguous land in the Birimian Rocks, east of B2Gold's Fekola mine and Iamgold's Boto and Diakha deposits.In a press release, RosCan said that the drilling program was completed in December 20...Read More

Trade, earnings, and politics dominated headlines this weekTraders had a ton to digest this week, especially considering it was cut a day short for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday. Fourth-quarter earnings season was in full swing, but constant buzz around U.S.-China relations, the government shutdown, and the Fed kept shifting Wall Street's attention seemingly hour to hour. As of this...Read More

Canada's Mirasol Resources (TSX-V: MRZ) announced that it has signed an option to purchase agreement which would allow it to complete the consolidation of the Sascha - Marcelina low sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag district in the Santa Cruz province of southern Argentina.In a press release, Mirasol explained that under the terms of the agreement, it can acquire 100% of the Marcelina claims from a pri...Read More

Canada's Mirasol Resources (TSX-V: MRZ) announced that it has signed an option to purchase agreement which would allow it to complete the consolidation of the Sascha - Marcelina low sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag district in the Santa Cruz province of southern Argentina.In a press release, Mirasol explained that under the terms of the agreement, it can acquire 100% of the Marcelina claims from a pri...Read More

Canada's Mirasol Resources (TSX-V: MRZ) announced that it has signed an option to purchase agreement which would allow it to complete the consolidation of the Sascha - Marcelina low sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag district in the Santa Cruz province of southern Argentina.In a press release, Mirasol explained that under the terms of the agreement, it can acquire 100% of the Marcelina claims from a pri...Read More

WSJ: The Fed's balance sheet unwind could end sooner than expectedWith an end hopefully in sight for the now record-breaking government shutdown, and after upbeat comments about U.S.-China trade negotiations from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is up more than 200 points -- now pacing for its fifth consecutive weekly win, and its longest weekly win streak...Read More

On Wednesday morning, a rocket blasted off from Blue Origin's West Texas facility in West Texas, carrying eight NASA experiments into space with it.Climbing past an altitude of 350,000 feet (over 100 kilometers), the New Shepard rocket launched its capsule, from which the company founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos plans to conduct space tourism. Blue Origin tweeted that it plans to begin flying huma...Read More

Citrix Systems stock gapped lower post-earnings yesterdayCitrix Systems, Inc (NASDAQ:CTXS) gapped lower yesterday, Thursday, Jan. 24, in the wake of a subpar quarterly report. This triggered three price-target cuts to the software name, including to $110 from $115 at Wedbush. However, it's not all bad news: that drop has put CTXS in touch with a trendline with historically bullish implications....Read More

A simple way to stop picking losers, and start cashing in like Wall Street's elite.Most traders would never believe that 9 out of 10 trades could be winners.But while it may sound impossible, thanks to a research breakthrough, it may not be as far-fetched as many think.JPMorgan's trading desk produced a 99.52% win rate from 2013 through 2017. That includes 2 straight years without a losing day....Read More

Analysts are already bullish on the nameOppenheimer initiated coverage on Aptose Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:APTO) with an "outperform" rating and a $6 price target -- a nearly 200% premium to last night's close -- sending the stock up 3.5% to trade at $2.09. The brokerage firm waxed optimistic on the company's cancer drug, CG-806, and its potential for commercial growth as a treatment for both acute...Read More

Several analysts tweaked their price targets after earningsDespite its fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue miss, the shares of Western Digital Corp (NASDAQ:WDC) are up 10% at $44.18, on a positive forecast from the company. Specifically, the data storage concernforesees improved revenue in the second half of the year, as it beginsto cut costs. WDC bottomed out at a six-year low of $33.83...Read More