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

San Marco Resources (TSXV: SMN) today announced that, following the completion of a first-phase of exploration and evaluation, experts were able to confirm the existence of a porphyry copper-molybdenum-gold system at the Esp?-ritu SMR property in northern Mexico's Sonora state.The 4697-hectare Esp?-ritu SMR property is located approximately 15 kilometres east of the town of Sahuaripa and is 100% o...Read More

San Marco Resources (TSXV: SMN) today announced that, following the completion of a first-phase of exploration and evaluation, experts were able to confirm the existence of a porphyry copper-molybdenum-gold system at the Esp?-ritu SMR property in northern Mexico's Sonora state.The 4697-hectare Esp?-ritu SMR property is located approximately 15 kilometres east of the town of Sahuaripa and is 100% o...Read More

San Marco Resources (TSXV: SMN) today announced that, following the completion of a first-phase of exploration and evaluation, experts were able to confirm the existence of a porphyry copper-molybdenum-gold system at the Esp?-ritu SMR property in northern Mexico's Sonora state.The 4697-hectare Esp?-ritu SMR property is located approximately 15 kilometres east of the town of Sahuaripa and is 100% o...Read More

Shares in Egypt-focused gold miner Centamin (LON:CEY) (TSX:CEE) nosedived Wednesday in London after the company posted a 13% drop in full-year gold output from Sukari, its only operating mine and the African country's sole bullion-exporting operation.The company produced 472,418 ounces of gold at the Sukari mine last year, compared to 544,658 ounces in 2017, due to disruptions and lower grades at...Read More

Shares in Egypt-focused gold miner Centamin (LON:CEY) (TSX:CEE) nosedived Wednesday in London after the company posted a 13% drop in full-year gold output from Sukari, its only operating mine and the African country's sole bullion-exporting operation.The company produced 472,418 ounces of gold at the Sukari mine last year, compared to 544,658 ounces in 2017, due to disruptions and lower grades at...Read More

Shares in Egypt-focused gold miner Centamin (LON:CEY) (TSX:CEE) nosedived Wednesday in London after the company posted a 13% drop in full-year gold output from Sukari, its only operating mine and the African country's sole bullion-exporting operation.The company produced 472,418 ounces of gold at the Sukari mine last year, compared to 544,658 ounces in 2017, due to disruptions and lower grades at...Read More

Shares in Egypt-focused gold miner Centamin (LON:CEY) (TSX:CEE) nosedived Wednesday in London after the company posted a 13% drop in full-year gold output from Sukari, its only operating mine and the African country's sole bullion-exporting operation.The company produced 472,418 ounces of gold at the Sukari mine last year, compared to 544,658 ounces in 2017, due to disruptions and lower grades at...Read More

Concentrate exports from Indonesia's Grasberg mine, the world's second-largest copper mine, will drop about 85% this year because of a lag in output while operations shift from open pit to underground mining, a government official said on Wednesday.Shipments this year are expected to fall to 200,000 tonnes from an estimated 1.2 million tonnes last year, Yunus Saefulhak, director of minerals at Ind...Read More

Concentrate exports from Indonesia's Grasberg mine, the world's second-largest copper mine, will drop about 85% this year because of a lag in output while operations shift from open pit to underground mining, a government official said on Wednesday.Shipments this year are expected to fall to 200,000 tonnes from an estimated 1.2 million tonnes last year, Yunus Saefulhak, director of minerals at Ind...Read More

At least 40 people died and another 10 were injured in a gold mine collapse Sunday in northern Afghanistan, authorities said.Read full newsRead More

PolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limitedE26 Lift 1 North (E26L1N) will cost more than A$200 million over three and a half years, with construction to begin this month.Full production is slated for mid-2022 with the project to deliver 40 million tonnes of ore over 10 years.PolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limitedIt will involve 11km of unde...Read More

PolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limited"Our preliminary tracer tests of the wellfield in the third quarter 2018 exhibited robust percolation rates through the orebody. These results were as good as, and in some cases better than, modelled in the 2017 technical study," CEO Russell Hallbauer said Tuesday.He added the rate at which the dissolved copper was increasing in th...Read More

Mining chatter in the Yukon these days is all about the yellow metal. It's been that way for at least 10 years, according to geologist Mike Burke, who spent more than 20 years working for the Yukon Geological Survey before moving to the private sector."People were having a hard time in 2008, and then along came Kinross and bought Underworld Resources. That started an area play," Burke recalls. Now...Read More

Silver's latest rally, which sees the metal up by over 12% from 2018 lows to be trading at US$15.65 per ounce, has sparked considerable speculation that 2019 is the year that the precious metal will shine. This has breathed life into primary silver miners like First Majestic Silver (TSX:FR)(NYSE:AG), which has gained a remarkable 17% over the last month. That - along with an improving outlook for...Read More

Last year was a tough one for silver miners. Silver opened the year at over US$17 an ounce, but by November 2018 it had plunged to under US$14 per ounce, and there were signs that the white metal was caught in a protracted slump. While the overall outlook for silver remains stagnant for 2019 with higher gold prices the only positive catalyst for the precious metal, it shouldn't deter investors fro...Read More

"Talks with China are going very well!" US president Donald Trump tweeted earlier. Commodities were mixed, with copper closing lower on the London Metal Exchange and palladium hitting a fresh high.It was worth US$1,321 an ounce on the spot market earlier - above gold's value of $1,281.50/oz.Among the majors, Freeport-McMoRan closed up 1.8% in New York and Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO) gained 0.8% in London...Read More

The Zgounder silver mine in Morocco. Source: Maya Gold & Silver Inc.Maya Gold & Silver Inc. [MYA-TSX; MYAGF-OTC] achieved a key milestone Wednesday January 9 with the announcement that its flagship Zgounder silver mine in Morocco has reached the commercial production stage. Maya is a Morocco-focused company with a portfolio that also includes the Boumadine polymetallic deposit, located in...Read More

GT Gold's exploration camp on the Tatogga property in the Golden Triangle region of northwestern British Columbia. Source: GT Gold Corp.GT Gold Corp. [GTT-TSXV, GTGDF-OTC] shares were active Wednesday January 9 after the company said the final and deepest hole of its Saddle North porphyry drill program (hole TTD109) returned the strongest intercepts reported so far. The Saddle North discovery is l...Read More

Brine sampling in Q3 2018 at the Smackover lithium project in Arkansas. Source: Standard Lithium Ltd.Standard Lithium Ltd. [SLL-TSX; STLHF-OTC-Nasdaq-Int. Designation; S5L-FSE] said Wednesday January 9 that it has produced its first quantity of battery quality (over 99.56% purity) lithium carbonate.The battery quality lithium carbonate was produced at the company's prototype lithium carbonate crys...Read More

The signal has preceded solid gains for the S&P, historicallyFor the first time in nearly three years, the weekly Investors Intelligence (II) survey showed more market newsletters were bearish on stocks than bullish. The survey started in 1963. II analyzes more than 100 independent newsletters and determines whether they are bullish or bearish on the stock market (they also have a third designatio...Read More