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

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

Cryptocurrencies suffered a double-drubbing in the last few hours, crashing Bitcoin back below $4,000 to 2019 lows...Read full newsRead More

Oil prices rose for a ninth straight sessionThe Dow explored a 311-point range on both sides of breakeven. Fueling the choppy trading were weakness in retail stocks after several retailers -- including Macy's (M) and Kohl's (KSS) -- reported dreary holiday sales numbers, uncertainty surrounding the ongoing government shutdown, and a warning on U.S. debt levels from Fed Chair Jerome Powell. However...Read More

Immunomedics stock could pare recent gains, if history is any indicatorThe shares of Immunomedics, Inc. (NASDAQ:IMMU) have rebounded from their annual low of $12.86 on Dec. 20, and were last seen 2.2% higher on the day to trade at $17.62. However, traders might want to exercise caution before jumping in on IMMU, with the biotech stock running up to a key trendline -- a signal that, if history is...Read More

Benefit from a stock's move higher while reducing your dollars at riskThe past few months have been wild on Wall Street, and while the stock market has bounced from its Christmas Eve drubbing, many investors are still nervous about another leg lower. However, there's an options strategy for shareholders who want to minimize their capital at risk without totally exiting the game: the stock replacem...Read More

Biotech stock AMRN is heading toward a 34% gain this weekStocks are cautiously higher, but gains are capped by subpar holiday sales data. Among stocks making notable moves higher today are beer maker Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE:STZ), cardiovascular disease specialist Amarin Corporation (NASDAQ:AMRN), and casino name MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM). Below, we'll take a look at the new...Read More

Newmont Mining Corp, the world's No. 2 gold producer, is cutting 120 jobs at its Carlin mining operation in Nevada after deciding to reduce the life span of one mine and suspending part of another due to a wall slide, a spokesman said on Thursday.The Denver, Colorado-based company announced the cuts to its workforce and union on Jan. 7 and is in the process of informing affected employees, Newmont...Read More

Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI) of Toronto reports the highest grades from surface drilling in the Western extension at the Island gold mine near Wawa. High grades were also recorded from across the Main and Eastern extensions.Results from the Western extension include surface hole MH16-03 with 152.07 g/t gold (36.74 g/t cut) over a true width of 5.0 metres. Other assays from that hole were 12.98 g/t gold...Read More

Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI) of Toronto reports the highest grades from surface drilling in the Western extension at the Island gold mine near Wawa. High grades were also recorded from across the Main and Eastern extensions.Results from the Western extension include surface hole MH16-03 with 152.07 g/t gold (36.74 g/t cut) over a true width of 5.0 metres. Other assays from that hole were 12.98 g/t gold...Read More