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

(IDEX Online) - India's Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), organized an India Pavilion at the Vicenzaoro Winter show which ends tomorrow, with a total of 355 sq m housing 19 exhibitors showcasing jewelry and loose stones.   Pramod Kumar Agrawal, Chairman, GJEPC, said, "India's total exports of gems and jewelry to Europe accounted for $3.94 billion in 2018. Europe has b...Read More

Likely Shadary win in DR Congo threatens further squeeze on miners' profitsSPONSOREDverisk maplecroftAlderan unlocking Frisco potentialSPONSOREDalderan resourcesRhyolite Ridge PFS beats expectationsSPONSOREDioneerElement 25 targeting clean entry into high-growth marketSPONSOREDelement 25The three incidents occurred during the December 2018 half, impacting volumes by 4 million tonnes of iron or...Read More

PolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limitedElement 25 targeting clean entry into high-growth marketSPONSOREDelement 25The enlarged miner, which completed its merger with Randgold Resources on January 1, said it had made detailed proposals to the government about a partnership approach, to provide the state with an improved share in the economics without overburdening the mi...Read More

Greenland Minerals Ltd (ASX:GGG) largest shareholder Shenghe Resources Holding Co Ltd has formed a joint venture (JV) company with subsidiaries of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).Shenghe will hold 45% of the JV company China Nuclear Sheng Mining Ltd which will be the designated agent for Shenghe for the import, export and trading of rare earth materials that carry radionuclides.Participa...Read More

Quebec-based diamond miner Stornoway Diamonds has appointed Hubert Lacroix and Angelina Mehta to its board of directors.Lacroix has more than 30 years of experience in business and law and has expertise in corporate governance. He served as president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada from January 2008 to June 2018, as special counsel at Stikeman Elliott from 2005 to 2008, and as executive chairperson at...Read More

The first time I appeared on live financial television was August 15, 2007. It was a guest appearance on CNBC's Squawk Box program at the early stages of the 2007-2008 financial crisis.Of course, none of us knew at that time exactly how and when things would play out, but it was clear to me that a meltdown was coming; the same meltdown I had been warning the government and academics about since 20...Read More

The government "shutdown" enters its second month.But today we raise a celebratory cheer...A cheer for the temporary unemployment of one subset of furloughed federal employees.We refer to the government statisticians who collect, sort, analyze, worry, torture and weaponize economic data.That is, those who throw false weights upon the scales in support of government policy x or government policy y....Read More

Goldspot, which will have the stock ticker, SPOT, has raised at least C$7.Read More

Before we get into this, I've got to say that I like some aspects of silver as an investment, but it tarnishes in the real world (sorry).I'm probably going to take some heat on this, and everyone feel free to email in and let me know what you think, but I think there are better metal investments (especially miners) to invest in right now.Unlike gold, where most of it goes into jewelry and investme...Read More

After the boom, backlash, and (partial) bust of Bitcoin in central Washington, one might expect an aversion to the technology. But instead, one authority Washington State's Douglas country wants to capitalize on the resources left in the aftermath of the mining bust to promote new growth in blockchain.Read full newsRead More

The study projects a $752 million net present value and an 87% internal rate of return.Read full newsRead More

Last week's other top-gaining mining stocks on the TSXV were QMX Gold, Euro Manganese, Primeline Energy Holdings and Tsodilo Resources.Read full newsRead More

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Jeff Bezos is the world's richest person with $137 billion - here is the surprising breadth of companies and investments he owns outside of Amazon.Read full newsRead More

NOVA SCOTIA - Vancouver-based Atlantic Gold Corp. confirms that recent diamond drilling has confirmed mineralized extensions at both the Fifteen Mile Stream project and the Cochrane Hill project.At Fifteen Mile Stream, located 57 km from the central mill at the Moose River Consolidated gold mine, Atlantic drilled 11,385 metres in 69 holes. The best results were 4.31 g/t gold over 9 metres, 3.24 g/...Read More

NOVA SCOTIA - Vancouver-based Atlantic Gold Corp. confirms that recent diamond drilling has confirmed mineralized extensions at both the Fifteen Mile Stream project and the Cochrane Hill project.At Fifteen Mile Stream, located 57 km from the central mill at the Moose River Consolidated gold mine, Atlantic drilled 11,385 metres in 69 holes. The best results were 4.31 g/t gold over 9 metres, 3.24 g/...Read More

Core from a quartz arsenopyrite breccia vein in the Central structure of the 3 Aces project. (Image: Golden Predator Mining)YUKON - Golden Predator Mining Corp. of Vancouver says its 2018 drill program at the 3 Aces gold project successfully extended the mineralization in the Hearts zone. Continuity has been confirmed 500 metres down dip and 220 metres along strike from the zone's discovery outcro...Read More

Core from a quartz arsenopyrite breccia vein in the Central structure of the 3 Aces project. (Image: Golden Predator Mining)YUKON - Golden Predator Mining Corp. of Vancouver says its 2018 drill program at the 3 Aces gold project successfully extended the mineralization in the Hearts zone. Continuity has been confirmed 500 metres down dip and 220 metres along strike from the zone's discovery outcro...Read More

Montan Mining Corp. (TSXV:MNY; FSE:S5GM)(Read full newsRead More

BRITISH COLUMBIA - Wildsky Resources of Vancouver and Margaux Resources of Calgary have signed a letter of intent covering Wildsky's Cassiar gold project 105 km south of Watson Lake. Wildsky will grant Margaux an option to acquire all of the common shares of Cassiar Gold Corp., a subsidiary of Wildsky.Margaux will issue 58.2 million common shares to Wildsky at a deemed price of $0.08 per share for...Read More