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

I’m back from my mini-vacation! All in all, I got to visit the following places this time around: Iloilo City, Guimaras Island, Bacolod, and Camiguin Island.It was awesome to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life (as usual), but as I mentioned in the last post, I left behind a lot of unfinished work, this time around…I really wish I had been able to wrap up the finishing tou...Read More

Chemesis International Inc. to Construct GMP Certified Extraction Facility & Production Lab in Bogota, ColombiaColombia based, La Finca Interacviva-Arachna Med announces plans to construct Certified Extraction Facility & Production Lab with International Export CapabilitiesJanuary 28, 2019Vancouver, BC - Chemesis International Inc. (CSE: CSI) (OTC: CADMF) (FRA: CWAA) (the "Company" or "Chemesis...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Gemological Science International (GSI) announced that Co-Founder and President Debbie Azar has become the newest member of the 24 Karat Club.   Since 1902, The 24 Karat Club, located in Manhattan, has fostered the interests of the jewelry industry. "With a profound belief that values and integrity are found in creating lasting relationships, The 24 Karat Club aligns with GSI...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Jewelers of America (JA), the national trade association for businesses serving the fine jewelry marketplace, has announced the appointment of Regina Ciarleglio as Director of Membership.   She will oversee the operations of the Membership Department, including membership development and retention. "We are thrilled to welcome Regina Ciarleglio to Jewelers of America," said JA...Read More

Lucara Diamond Corporation's Karowe mine, in Botswana, has yielded another significant find – a 240 ct top white gem diamond.It will be shown alongside the 127 ct, top white gem diamond recovered earlier this year, together with other exceptional diamonds recently recovered from Karowe at Lucara's upcoming diamond tender that will close on March 7.Advertisement"This . . . diamon...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Diamond Producers Association, in association with Lakm?(C) Fashion Week, announced the winners of 'The Real Cut', a platform which will bring together emerging diamond jewelry designers from iconic jewelry brands to define future trends while drawing on their inspiration from diamonds.   Shazia Motiwala of A.S Motiwala, Bhavana Jhakia of Om Jewellers, Rupam Singhal of Or...Read More

LSE-listed Petra Diamonds delivered solid production, along with a “continued improvement” in its safety performance, in the first half of the 2019 financial year.CEO Johan Dippenaar on Monday said the mining company, which operates the Cullinan, Finsch and Koffiefontein mines, in South Africa, and the Williamson mine, in Tanzania, was “seeing production reaching consistent leve...Read More

Each of these gold stocks has strong growth catalysts for 2019, making them attractive buys.Read full newsRead More

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A free tool can help traders bank big during the upcoming earnings season.Too many investors let their portfolios slip during the busy holiday season, but this is a huge mistake... especially with the market moving events just around the corner!With the crazy market action investors have been seeing lately, right now is the time to prepare to bank big wins.It's important for investors to position...Read More

A proposal to stop Germany from using coal for power generation within two decades may leave an unexpected beneficiary: The company that burns the most of the fuel.While RWE AG was quick to say it's "too soon" to shed all fossil fuel plants by 2038, the recommendations outlined this weekend by a panel advising Chancellor Angela Merkel called for compensation for the utilities and 40 billion euros...Read More

An alarm warning of an imminent mining dam rupture was issued on Sunday morning near Brumadinho, the same Brazilian community where the collapse of a dam at Vale's (NYSE:VALE) C??rrego do Feij??o mining complex on Friday killed at least 58, while more than 400 are still missing.The alert of "dangerously high water levels" at another dam that is part of the same mining complex in south-east B...Read More

Chilean copper miner Antofagasta Plc is evaluating building a new concentrator plant at its Centinela mine that would cost around $3 billion, the chief executive of the company was quoted telling a local daily on Sunday.Antofagasta's copper production rose 3 percent to 725,300 tonnes last year, allowing the company to weigh potential expansion projects and upgrades, Ivan Arriagada said, according...Read More

Chilean copper miner Antofagasta Plc is evaluating building a new concentrator plant at its Centinela mine that would cost around $3 billion, the chief executive of the company was quoted telling a local daily on Sunday.Antofagasta's copper production rose 3 percent to 725,300 tonnes last year, allowing the company to weigh potential expansion projects and upgrades, Ivan Arriagada said, according...Read More

A group of activists from the Ixtacamaxtitl??n municipality, located in the Puebla state of central Mexico, presented a letter to the country's president, Andr?(C)s Manuel L??pez Obrador, where they state that Minera Gorri??n's Ixtaca project represents "a threat to their lives."Gorri??n is a subsidiary of Canada's Almaden Minerals (TSE: AMM) and the Ixtaca deposit is said to be one a multimillion...Read More

A group of activists from the Ixtacamaxtitl??n municipality, located in the Puebla state of central Mexico, presented a letter to the country's president, Andr?(C)s Manuel L??pez Obrador, where they state that Minera Gorri??n's Ixtaca project represents "a threat to their lives."Gorri??n is a subsidiary of Canada's Almaden Minerals (TSE: AMM) and the Ixtaca deposit is said to be one a multimillion...Read More

A group of activists from the Ixtacamaxtitl??n municipality, located in the Puebla state of central Mexico, presented a letter to the country's president, Andr?(C)s Manuel L??pez Obrador, where they state that Minera Gorri??n's Ixtaca project represents "a threat to their lives."Gorri??n is a subsidiary of Canada's Almaden Minerals (TSE: AMM) and the Ixtaca deposit is said to be one a multimillion...Read More

An alarm warning of an imminent mining dam rupture was issued on Sunday morning near Brumadinho, the same Brazilian community where the collapse of a dam at Vale's (NYSE:VALE) C??rrego do Feij??o mining complex on Friday killed at least 40 and left over 400 more feared dead.The alert of "dangerously high water levels" at another dam that is part of the same mining complex in south-east Braz...Read More

Trawling through the lists of possibly undervalued stocks, the following three TSX index tickers display some deep discounts against their projected cash flow values, as well as some low multiples. But are they a buy? Let's review the data and check what their track records look like, as well as any trailing dividend yields that might be calculable.Transcontinental (TSX:TCL.A)A common sight on the...Read More

The Canadian market is finally starting to see some upward movement again. A few of you may have actually achieved the "buy low" part of the "buy low, sell high" equation, and are excited to see that your investments are currently paying off.If you didn't get in on dirt cheap stocks, there's not only still a chance to make some money, but also to get some guaranteed funds in your pocket. That's ri...Read More