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

When I first launched Junior Mining Monthly, it was predicated on the idea that governments around the world were spending at an unsustainable pace, that the general public would soon start adding and subtracting the numbers and come to the conclusion that there needed to be a change.I then speculated that volatility would ramp up as a result of geopolitical and monetary turbulence that would be m...Read More

When I first launched Junior Mining Monthly, it was predicated on the idea that governments around the world were spending at an unsustainable pace, that the general public would soon start adding and subtracting the numbers and come to the conclusion that there needed to be a change.I then speculated that volatility would ramp up as a result of geopolitical and monetary turbulence that would be m...Read More

Newmont Mining plans to acquire smaller rival Goldcorp for $10 billion in the biggest-ever acquisition in the gold sector.Read full newsRead More

Recently, we openly discussed the potential for global turmoil related to Europe, Asia, China, and South America. The issues before the globe are that the global economy may not be firing in sync and that there are credit and debt, as well as geopolitical, issues that persist. The interesting component of all of this is that the US stock market has staged a very impressive recovery over the past t...Read More

Years late and massively over-budget, Europe's first EPR nuclear plants in Finland and France are on the verge of "energizing", as the sector jargon goes...Read full newsRead More

For those that still believe the US markets are weak and poised for a total collapse, we want to bring something to your attention. Throughout weeks of uncertainty about China trade deals, the US government shutdown, continued Brexit issues and who knows what else... oh yeah US Q4 Earnings data, guess what has been taking place in some US sectors? That's right, a rather solid price recovery.Two of...Read More

Pancontinental Resources (TSXV: PUC) entered into a binding letter of intent with Pelangio Exploration (TSXV: PX) to acquire up to a 75% interest in the Strachan Ni-Co-Cu project, located 65 kilometres northwest of Timmins, Ontario.Strachan covers 2,280 hectares within the Montcalm Greenstone Belt and sits approximately 5 kilometres south of Pancon's Gambler project, 10 kilometres east of Pancon's...Read More

Pancontinental Resources (TSXV: PUC) entered into a binding letter of intent with Pelangio Exploration (TSXV: PX) to acquire up to a 75% interest in the Strachan Ni-Co-Cu project, located 65 kilometres northwest of Timmins, Ontario.Strachan covers 2,280 hectares within the Montcalm Greenstone Belt and sits approximately 5 kilometres south of Pancon's Gambler project, 10 kilometres east of Pancon's...Read More

Pancontinental Resources (TSXV: PUC) entered into a binding letter of intent with Pelangio Exploration (TSXV: PX) to acquire up to a 75% interest in the Strachan Ni-Co-Cu project, located 65 kilometres northwest of Timmins, Ontario.Strachan covers 2,280 hectares within the Montcalm Greenstone Belt and sits approximately 5 kilometres south of Pancon's Gambler project, 10 kilometres east of Pancon's...Read More

Two decades ago, Anglo American Plc created the world's No. 1 gold miner by merging its South African assets. Having long since been eclipsed by its rivals, AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. may need to leave home to keep up.Newmont Mining Corp. and Barrick Gold Corp. have forged mega deals that will extend their lead over AngloGold. Saddled with Mponeng, the world's deepest mine in a dying South African ind...Read More

Two decades ago, Anglo American Plc created the world's No. 1 gold miner by merging its South African assets. Having long since been eclipsed by its rivals, AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. may need to leave home to keep up.Newmont Mining Corp. and Barrick Gold Corp. have forged mega deals that will extend their lead over AngloGold. Saddled with Mponeng, the world's deepest mine in a dying South African ind...Read More

Wondering why stocks are soaring?Simple really - Global Central Bank balance sheets are soaring again...Read full newsRead More

...despite a surge in renewable energy investment since 2004, when the world spent less than US$62 billion on cleaner energy, as global energy demand grew, so did the consumption of fossil fuels...Read full newsRead More

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc has signed an agreement to allow extraction of lithium from its geothermal wells in California, a project that could offer U.S. carmakers and battery producers a secure supply of the metal, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.The venture has been in talks to supply Tesla Inc with lithium, a component for batteries to power electric cars, the newspaper rep...Read More

Last week we discussed the difference between a rally and bull market.Gold stocks have been in a rally.That rally is now over as gold stocks peaked at their 400-day moving averages days ago and sliced through their 200-day moving averages Friday.Take a look at the charts of any gold stock index (GDX, GDXJ, HUI) and it's clear they are in a downtrend.Go back two to three years. You'll see lower hig...Read More

Last week we discussed the difference between a rally and bull market.Gold stocks have been in a rally.That rally is now over as gold stocks peaked at their 400-day moving averages days ago and sliced through their 200-day moving averages Friday.Take a look at the charts of any gold stock index (GDX, GDXJ, HUI) and it's clear they are in a downtrend.Go back two to three years. You'll see lower hig...Read More

Residents of the Combayo community, located in the Cajamarca department of northern Peru, announced a protest for February 6, 2019, against Minera Yanacocha, owned by Colorado's Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM), Peru's Buenaventura, and the World Bank's International Finance Corporation.According to local media, people are blaming the miner for polluting the Mashc??n river and its tributarie...Read More

Residents of the Combayo community, located in the Cajamarca department of northern Peru, announced a protest for February 6, 2019, against Minera Yanacocha, owned by Colorado's Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM), Peru's Buenaventura, and the World Bank's International Finance Corporation.According to local media, people are blaming the miner for polluting the Mashc??n river and its tributarie...Read More

Residents of the Combayo community, located in the Cajamarca department of northern Peru, announced a protest for February 6, 2019, against Minera Yanacocha, owned by Colorado's Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM), Peru's Buenaventura, and the World Bank's International Finance Corporation.According to local media, people are blaming the miner for polluting the Mashc??n river and its tributarie...Read More

Chile's President Sebasti??n Pi??era announced this week the appointment of Robert Mayne-Nicholls as the new Vice President of the National Mining Company, known for its initials in Spanish Enami.Enami is the state-owned mining development corporation that supports small and medium-sized mines with technical and financial support and by buying and processing their mineral. Up until December 2018,...Read More