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

At least 30 Afghans were killed on Sunday when the tunnel they were digging in to mine gold in northern Afghanistan collapsed, officials said.Officials said the victims were villagers who were mining for gold illegally, rather than in a government project."Poor villagers during winters try to compensate their earnings by pursuing illegal mining. They dig tunnels to enter the mines," Nek Mohammad N...Read More

Ecuador, one of the hottest destinations for copper prospectors, aims to more than double the value of mining to its economy by 2021, but projects risks delays and potential halts due to growing local opposition to the extraction of the country's resources.According to the latest report by Fitch Solutions Macro Research, the ongoing expansion of mining exploration in the South American country is...Read More

Ecuador, one of the hottest destinations for copper prospectors, aims to more than double the value of mining to its economy by 2021, but projects risks delays and potential halts due to growing local opposition to the extraction of the country's resources.According to the latest report by Fitch Solutions Macro Research, the ongoing expansion of mining exploration in the South American country is...Read More

Ecuador, one of the hottest destinations for copper prospectors, aims to more than double the value of mining to its economy by 2021, but projects risks delays and potential halts due to growing local opposition to the extraction of the country's resources.According to the latest report by Fitch Solutions Macro Research, the ongoing expansion of mining exploration in the South American country is...Read More

Ecuador, one of the hottest destinations for copper prospectors, aims to more than double the value of mining to its economy by 2021, but projects risks delays and potential halts due to growing local opposition to the extraction of the country's resources.According to the latest report by Fitch Solutions Macro Research, the ongoing expansion of mining exploration in the South American country is...Read More

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Last year was a tough one for silver investors and miners. The white metal started the year on a positive note, opening at just over US$17 an ounce, but then the wheels fell off and it plunged to under US$14 per ounce in mid-November 2018.While silver has rallied in recent days, following gold higher, to trade at US$15.70 per ounce, it is still well under US$17 an ounce and down by 8% over the las...Read More

In early December, I'd discussed bullish signs for gold as we prepared to enter the new year. At the time, the spot price of gold had just reached $1,250 per ounce. As of this writing, gold has climbed to nearly $1,300 per ounce. There is good reason to believe that the yellow metal can carry this momentum throughout 2019.The bout of stock market volatility has spilled over into 2019. It shows no...Read More

Pacific Empire Minerals (TSXV: PEMC) recently consolidated 90 sq. km of contiguous claims in central B.C.'s Babine copper-gold porphyry district into its Paragon copper-gold project after amalgamating its Wasp property and recently option Nilkitkwa property with six claims of newly staked ground.Rock samples from a due diligence program at Nilkitkwa include 1.89% copper and 0.2% copper. The six cl...Read More

Small-scale gold mining has led to the destruction of more than 170,000 acres of primary rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon over the past five years, according to new research.Read full newsRead More

An Australian mining company wants to expand its mine in South Carolina because they have found more gold.Read full newsRead More

The expansion of Trans Mountain pipeline will continue to generate a lot of headlines in 2019, energy experts say. Whether it generates any jobs is the $7.4 billion question.Kevin Birn, a crude oil analyst for IHS Markit, said Trans Mountain promises to be a key election issue for both the Alberta government in the spring and the federal government in the fall."I think it's going to be hard for th...Read More

Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), majority owned by Vedanta Resources, suspended operations at its Nchanga mine following the introduction of an import duty on copper concentrates, the company said.Zambia, Africa's No.2 copper producer, introduced new mining duties, increased royalties and plans to replace Value Added Tax (VAT) with a sales tax by April to help bring down mounting debt.KCM said...Read More

Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), majority owned by Vedanta Resources, suspended operations at its Nchanga mine following the introduction of an import duty on copper concentrates, the company said.Zambia, Africa's No.2 copper producer, introduced new mining duties, increased royalties and plans to replace Value Added Tax (VAT) with a sales tax by April to help bring down mounting debt.KCM said...Read More

When investing in stocks, you're taking on risks for the potential of high returns. Some stocks are higher risk than others. Some of these high-risk stocks do offer potentially higher returns, but not all of them.Depending on how big of an appetite for risk you have, you would want to avoid stocks with one or more of these three things: volatile earnings or cash flow, a weak balance sheet, and hig...Read More

Sun Metals (TSXV: SUNM; US-OTC: SMTTF) has announced the final results from its 15,000-metre, 2018 drill program at its Stardust polymetallic project in north-central British Columbia.Notable intercepts from the carbonate-replacement deposit include: 1.72% copper, 0.93 gram gold per tonne and 29.1 grams silver per tonne over 5 metres from 232 metres downhole, 1 metre grading 0.59 gram gold, 382.8...Read More

In the final days of 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his country a gift of stability and security.The day after Christmas, he announced that the country had successfully tested the Avangard system. This is a hypersonic boost-glide missile that boasts a speed of Mach 20 and is impossible to track and take down before it reaches its intended target. It's something the country has be...Read More

Small-scale gold mining has led to the destruction of more than 170,000 acres of primary rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon over the past five years, according to new research.Read full newsRead More

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