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

OK2 Minerals (TSXV: OK) entered into an arms-length definitive agreement with EMX Royalty (TSXV: EMX) to acquire the past-producing Bleikvassli Cu-Zn-Ag-Pb-Au Mine, and the Sagvoll and Mer??ker Zn-Cu projects, all located in Norway, as well as the advanced-stage Bastutr??sk Zn-Cu-Au project in Sweden.In a press release, the Vancouver-based miner said that together with the acquisition, it will und...Read More

OK2 Minerals (TSXV: OK) entered into an arms-length definitive agreement with EMX Royalty (TSXV: EMX) to acquire the past-producing Bleikvassli Cu-Zn-Ag-Pb-Au Mine, and the Sagvoll and Mer??ker Zn-Cu projects, all located in Norway, as well as the advanced-stage Bastutr??sk Zn-Cu-Au project in Sweden.In a press release, the Vancouver-based miner said that together with the acquisition, it will und...Read More

OK2 Minerals (TSXV: OK) entered into an arms-length definitive agreement with EMX Royalty (TSXV: EMX) to acquire the past-producing Bleikvassli Cu-Zn-Ag-Pb-Au Mine, and the Sagvoll and Mer??ker Zn-Cu projects, all located in Norway, as well as the advanced-stage Bastutr??sk Zn-Cu-Au project in Sweden.In a press release, the Vancouver-based miner said that together with the acquisition, it will und...Read More

Three unions at Codelco's Chuquicamata mine downed tools late Wednesday and blocked access to the century-old operation, claiming that the Chilean copper miner has been violating agreements with workers and threatening union leaders.A spokeswoman for the company, the world's No. 1 copper producer, told MINING.com the mine was operating normally, adding that the blockage has not prevented workers f...Read More

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Cactus Club Cafe is giving away a $300 gift card, so you can go in and enjoy some of their fresh, locally sourced cuisine.Read full newsRead More

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Less than a year after acquiring a 76% stake in the Coscuez emerald mine in Colombia, Fura Gems (TSXV: FURA; US-OTC: FUGMF) has completed a maiden resource estimate that puts the potential mine life of the project at 30 years.The company mapped more than 20 km of underground tunnels, drilled more than 1,600 metres and recovered nearly 16,000 carats of emeralds from bulk samples that resulted in an...Read More

You might buy and forget stocks that have increased their earnings or cash flow over many years. However, investors need to be very careful around commodity stocks such as Cameco (TSX:CCO)(NYSE:CCJ) and Crescent Point Energy (TSX:CPG)(NYSE:CPG).CamecoCameco stock has done very well in the last 12 months by appreciating about 20%. However, it's not the type of investment that you can buy and forge...Read More

However the optimism could evaporate with reports emerging at the time of writing of a second Canadian believed to have been detained in China.The news follows last week's arrest in Canada of Huawei's CFO Meng Wanzhou, who has since been granted bail.Base metals were little changed on low volumes on the London Metal Exchange yesterday and the gold price is similar to this time yesterday, around US...Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Aben Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: ABN) (OTCQB: ABNAF) (Frankfurt: E2L2) has reported analytical results from the remaining holes of the 2018 drill program at the Company's 100%-controlled 23,000-hectare Forrest Kerr Gold Project. This series of holes (FK18-37 to 45) focussed on areas immediately adjacent to known high-grade gold horizons and sought to test for an exte...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Trans Atlantic Gem Sales (TAGS) held a rough diamond tender from the November 26 to December 4 at the Dubai Diamond Exchange in the Almas Tower, Dubai., selling 97,841 carats for $46.4 million.   The company reported that two regular productions of high quality and high color material from South Africa and Angola were offered for sale, as well as several significant special s...Read More

HARARE/LONDON – De Beers and Vast Resources will be allowed to explore for diamonds in Zimbabwe, which would make them the first listed companies to mine there in that sector for two years, Mining Minister Winston Chitando said.A spokesman for De Beers, an Anglo American unit, said in an email it was not mining in Zimbabwe and did not intend to. Vast Resources said it could not comment.Adver...Read More

JSE-listed diamond miner Trans Hex reported a group net profit of R52-million for the six months ended September 30, compared with the R199-million loss reported for the six months to September 30, 2017.The company managed to raise its earnings a share to 37.6c apiece, compared with a loss of 89.7c apiece in the prior comparable period.AdvertisementSales revenue from the South African operations i...Read More

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On Saturday, Dec. 1, at the end of the G-20 meeting in Buenos Aires, President Trump and his team of trade and finance advisers had dinner with President Xi Jinping of China and his team.The purpose was to discuss the ongoing trade war between China and the U.S. Trump's team had presented the Chinese team with 142 specific trade demands.The two sides went over the demands one by one during the cou...Read More

The world has a love affair with celebrity. Most people spend lots of time and energy keeping up on the lives of their favorite stars, and many idolize them.It's understandable. After all, the lives of movie stars seem very glamorous and who wouldn't want all the stuff they have?But the reality is that movie stars, rock stars, or even some book authors, for all their glitz and glamour, are just ve...Read More

No cord, no problem.At the end of August, I noted that the stock market had served us up an opportunity to purchase shares of giant cable and broadband provider Charter Communications (CHTR) at a very attractive price.The reason that Charter shares were on sale is that the market was greatly misinterpreting how big of a problem “cord-cutting” was for the giant cable company.So far so g...Read More

There's really no other way to say it: marijuana stocks have made people rich.And we've made people rich with marijuana stocks.Readers and I have privately financed six cannabis companies:The Green Organic Dutchman - Sold for 154%Auxly Cannabis (Cannabis Wheaton) - Sold for 136%Emblem Corp. - Sold for 120%The other three are still open so I can't reveal their names. Two of them are about to begi...Read More