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

Orestone Mining (TSXV: ORS) is staking an additional Cu-Au porphyry target at its Captain property in north-central British Columbia, Canada.In a press release, the company revealed that the new Cu-Au porphyry target, called Max, is located 7 kilometres northwest of its main East Admiral Au-Cu porphyry target."The Max Extension claims cover 2,834 hectares and cover a phyllic altered felsic intrusi...Read More

Orestone Mining (TSXV: ORS) is staking an additional Cu-Au porphyry target at its Captain property in north-central British Columbia, Canada.In a press release, the company revealed that the new Cu-Au porphyry target, called Max, is located 7 kilometres northwest of its main East Admiral Au-Cu porphyry target."The Max Extension claims cover 2,834 hectares and cover a phyllic altered felsic intrusi...Read More

Orestone Mining (TSXV: ORS) is staking an additional Cu-Au porphyry target at its Captain property in north-central British Columbia, Canada.In a press release, the company revealed that the new Cu-Au porphyry target, called Max, is located 7 kilometres northwest of its main East Admiral Au-Cu porphyry target."The Max Extension claims cover 2,834 hectares and cover a phyllic altered felsic intrusi...Read More

First Vanadium (TSXV: FVAN) reported this week positive results from 17 confirmation drill holes within and along a 1,220 metres corridor of mineralization at its Carlin vanadium project.The project is located 6 miles south of Carlin city and consists of 72 unpatented mining claims covering 1,140 acres. It was explored and drilled by Union Carbide Corporation in the late 1960s and such exploration...Read More

World famous jeweller Tiffany & Company has launched an initiative to provide greater transparency about the origins of its diamonds to customers, from miners to retailers.Following in the footsteps of the world's No. 1 diamond miner, De Beers, which is testing a blockchain technology-based platform aimed at clearing the supply chain of imposters and conflict diamonds, Tiffany has begun tracing ea...Read More

World famous jeweller Tiffany & Company has launched an initiative to provide greater transparency about the origins of its diamonds to customers, from miners to retailers.Following in the footsteps of the world's No. 1 diamond miner, De Beers, which is testing a blockchain technology-based platform aimed at clearing the supply chain of imposters and conflict diamonds, Tiffany has begun tracing ea...Read More

Investing.com - Gold prices edged up on Thursday in Asia after the U.S. dollar slipped amid growing expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve would halt its rate tightening cycle in 2019.Gold futures for February delivery traded 0.4% higher to 1,296.55 by 1:45?EUR?AM ET (06:45?EUR?GMT) on the?EUR?Comex?EUR?exchange.Minutes from the Fed's Dec. 18-19 policy meeting revealed that several members sai...Read More

White Gold (TSXV: WGO; US-OTC: WHGOF) has found near-surface gold mineralization on its Betty gold project in Yukon's White Gold district after drilling shallow, rotary air-blast holes on the property during its mid-2018 exploration campaign. White Gold drilled more than 1,800 metres across 28 holes on six target areas at Betty in 2018. It also collected 916 soil samples, surveyed 103 sq. km with...Read More

In January, shares of Eldorado Gold Corp (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) sank to 17-year lows. If you had bought shares in 2002, you would have made a 5,000% return by 2011, only to see those gains completely erased over the next 8 years. That's a tough pill to swallow.Last quarter alone, the company lost more than $100 million. With a market capitalization of just $660 million, it's clear that the market is...Read More

Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX:KL)(NYSE:KL) stock is on a tear. Since the summer of 2015, shares are up more than 2,000%, rising every single year despite volatile swings in underlying commodity prices.In the fourth quarter of 2018, Kirkland reported record production of 231,000 ounces, roughly 30% higher than its previous record of 180,000 ounces the quarter before. Full-year production also set recor...Read More

The Pretium Resources Brucejack Mine in northwestern British Columbia. Source: Pretium Resources Inc.Pretium Resources Inc. [PVG-TSX, NYSE] said Friday January 11 that it has retained an independent legal counsel to launch an investigation of unusual trading activity in its shares.Stock price charts show that Pretium shares have been in freefall in recent days, tumbling from $11.73 on January 8, 2...Read More

The processing plant for Endeavour Mining's Hound?(C) Mine in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Source: Endeavour Mining Corp.Endeavour Mining Corp. [EDV-TSX; EDVMF-OTCWX] said Friday January 11 that it has increased its ownership stake in the Ity Mine in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa to 85% from 80% after striking a deal with one of the world's best known soccer players, Didier Drogba.In exchange for the a...Read More

Integra's DeLamar gold and silver project in southwestern Idaho. Source: Integra Resources Corp.Integra Resources Corp. [ITR-TSXV; IRRZF-OTCQB] has announced more results from recent drilling on its DeLamar gold and silver project in southwestern Idaho.Highlights included step out drill hole IDM18-59, which intersected 2.53 g/t gold equivalent (1.71 g/t gold and 69.03 g/t silver) over 109.73 metre...Read More

Full Article: The Japanese government is still pegging the gold priceBy: The Speculative InvestorAbout five months ago I posted an article in response to stories that the Chinese government had pegged either the SDR-denominated gold price or the Yuan-denominated gold price. These stories were based on gold's narrow trading range relative to the currency in question over the preceding two years,...Read More

Auryn Resources (TSX: AUG; NYSE-AM: AUG) has found a zone of oxide copper mineralization at the Milpoc prospect, 12 km south of the Sombrero Main target on its Sombrero North copper property in Peru. Rock samples it collected at the 1.2 km by 500 metre Milpoc graded as high as 8.75% copper and 101 grams silver per tonne. Auryn optioned the 1,200 sq. km Sombrero copper-gold project in July 2016 fro...Read More

TSX-, Nasdaq- and Botswana Stock Exchange-listed Lucara Diamond Corporation on Thursday recovered a 127 ct, top white gem-quality diamond from its Karowe diamond mine, in Botswana.Since mining started at Karowe in 2012, the company has recovered 129 diamonds in excess of 100 ct, including 12 diamonds larger than 300 ct.Advertisement“The recovery of this latest, high-value diamond attests to...Read More

We're in a situation right now where growth matters.Market-sellers are panicking. Trade wars are biting. There's talk of recession... a lot of bad news, basically.So growth has to be a main focus for investors.After all, if an industry can demonstrate growth in adverse conditions, it stands to reason that growth will accelerate when things brighten up again.And that's why I've zeroed in on one of...Read More

RESOURCEStocks: What do you believe sets Golden Mile Resources apart from other nickel/gold explorers in Western Australia?Lachlan Reynolds: Golden Mile Resources has the advantage of having a suite of strong projects, including both an advanced nickel-cobalt asset and prospective gold exploration properties in sought-after locations. The company is funded to undertake all of its immediate ex...Read More

New Gold's share price climbed more than 10 percent after the company announced positive results for both gold and copper production in Q4.Read full newsRead More

Overview:ChineseInvestors.com, Inc. (OTCQB: CIIX), founded in 1999, offers a proprietary financial news media and content platform providing information to the global Chinese-speaking community, in China, the United States, Canada and around the world. The Company went public on OTCQB in January 2012 under the symbol CIIX.After recognizingRead full newsRead More