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

* China's Tsingshan Group and partners including GEM Co Ltd on Friday announced the start of work on a $700 million battery chemicals project in Indonesia.* A GEM spokesman said piling work began on Friday, while a joint statement said construction would start "as soon as possible after obtaining relevant approvals".* A joint venture agreement on the project, situated in the Morowali Industrial Pa...Read More

Both companies and the fund managers that invest in them are under pressure to pay more attention to environmental, social and governance issues. For the former group, that requires delivering increased transparency on an ever-expanding range of metrics. For the investment crowd, tailoring strategies to address the new demands means increased spending on data - at a time when fees are slowly but s...Read More

Both companies and the fund managers that invest in them are under pressure to pay more attention to environmental, social and governance issues. For the former group, that requires delivering increased transparency on an ever-expanding range of metrics. For the investment crowd, tailoring strategies to address the new demands means increased spending on data - at a time when fees are slowly but s...Read More

Both companies and the fund managers that invest in them are under pressure to pay more attention to environmental, social and governance issues. For the former group, that requires delivering increased transparency on an ever-expanding range of metrics. For the investment crowd, tailoring strategies to address the new demands means increased spending on data - at a time when fees are slowly but s...Read More

CRBP is heading toward its third straight weekly gain of 10% or moreThe shares of Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CRBP) are up 1% to trade at $7.86 today, after Canaccord Genuity raised its price target on the drugmaker to $38 from $36 while maintaining its "overweight" rating. The analyst in coverage is bullish on Corbus Pharmaceuticals' recent pact with Kaken Pharmaceutical to devel...Read More

Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) is reviewing "all funding options" to pay for the full closure and rehabilitating of its Ranger uranium mine, after studies showed the cost would be almost A$300 million (about $213m) higher than previous estimates.Delivering is fourth quarter results, the company said the rise in costs was largely due to expenditures associated with additional water treatment,...Read More

Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) is reviewing "all funding options" to pay for the full closure and rehabilitating of its Ranger uranium mine, after studies showed the cost would be almost A$300 million (about $213m) higher than previous estimates.Delivering is fourth quarter results, the company said the rise in costs was largely due to expenditures associated with additional water treatment,...Read More

Stocks will try to overcome pre-market losses for a second straight dayDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are trading below fair value, with stocks set to snap a five-day winning streak. Investors this morning are digesting the latest inflation data, with the consumer price index (CPI) for December matching expectations, dipping 0.1% for the month. But even if the pre-market losses hold, a...Read More

"We're seeing a bump [in filings], and in some provinces that bump is significant..." Read full newsRead More

Canada's Endeavour Mining (TSX:EDV) (OTCQX:EDVMF) has increased its stake in its Ity gold mine in Ivory Coast to 85% from 80% by buying shares in the operation from a local company owned by former soccer star.DYD International Holdings was founded by Didier Drogba, an ex Chelsea Football Club striker who also represented Ivory Coast's national team, received about one million shares in Endeavour...Read More

Canada's Endeavour Mining (TSX:EDV) (OTCQX:EDVMF) has increased its stake in its Ity gold mine in Ivory Coast to 85% from 80% by buying shares in the operation from a local company owned by former soccer star.DYD International Holdings was founded by Didier Drogba, an ex Chelsea Football Club striker who also represented Ivory Coast's national team, received about one million shares in Endeavour...Read More

Canada's Endeavour Mining (TSX:EDV) (OTCQX:EDVMF) has increased its stake in its Ity gold mine in Ivory Coast to 85% from 80% by buying shares in the operation from a local company owned by former soccer star.DYD International Holdings was founded by Didier Drogba, an ex Chelsea Football Club striker who also represented Ivory Coast's national team, received about one million shares in Endeavour...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