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

Analysts are saying to drop these stocksThe U.S. stock market has muscled its way back near breakeven, thanks to a rebound in tech shares. Three names in particular traders should monitor today are drugmaker MacroGenics Inc (NASDAQ:MGNX), boat maker Marine Products Corp. (NYSE:MPX), and truck manufacturer Navistar International Corp (NYSE:NAV). Let's take a closer look at what's moving shares of M...Read More

The brokerage firm also lifted its price target on the stockThe shares of Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ:GLUU) are trading up 5.6% at $7.48, after Cowen and Company named the mobile app maker their best pick for 2019. The brokerage firm also raised its GLUU price target to $9.50 from $8 -- territory not charted since November 2007 -- saying the stock's current price discounts next year's launches, which...Read More

U.S. production of lithium is set to increase 1,300% in the next 2 years.Who wouldn't be happy with 614% gains in a very short amount of time?Well that's what one lithium mining stock did in just under 12 months. But only Australians could reap the rewards of that slam-dunk.Until now that is. The very same "secret sauce" that led to that stock's meteoric rise is now being implemented here in Ameri...Read More

VANCOUVER - The Association for Mineral Exploration has announced the winners of its 2018 celebration of excellence award winners. They will be recognized for their significant efforts and contribution to the mining industry. The awards will be handed out on Jan. 30, 2019, during the awards gala at the Roundup.Here is a list of the winners:Al McOnie, Seymour Iles and Jared Chipman of Alexco Resour...Read More

VANCOUVER - The Association for Mineral Exploration has announced the winners of its 2018 celebration of excellence award winners. They will be recognized for their significant efforts and contribution to the mining industry. The awards will be handed out on Jan. 30, 2019, during the awards gala at the Roundup.Here is a list of the winners:Al McOnie, Seymour Iles and Jared Chipman of Alexco Resour...Read More

Gold futures ended with a loss on Monday, pulling back from the nearly five-month high they settled at late last week, as the U.S. dollar strengthened at the expense of the British pound. Gold for February delivery GCG9, +0.24% on Comex fell by $3.20, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,249.40 an ounce, while March silver SIH9, +0.42% lost 0.6% to $14.605 an ounce. Read: Silver is primed to take the spotl...Read More

Gold futures ended with a loss on Monday, pulling back from the nearly five-month high they settled at late last week, as the U.S. dollar strengthened at the expense of the British pound. Gold for February delivery GCG9, +0.00% on Comex fell by $3.20, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,249.40 an ounce, while March silver SIH9, -0.21% lost 0.6% to $14.605 an ounce. Read: Silver is primed to take the spotl...Read More

TORONTO - PwC Canada has taken its annual look at market capitalization for 100 junior miners and found a 6% increase to $12.9 billion for the 12-month period ending June 30, 2018, compared to a year earlier. Looking at 987 companies in the broader mining sector, PwC saw their collective value increase by 5% to $21.1 billion this year.The gains made by the mining sector are the strongest since 201...Read More

TORONTO - PwC Canada has taken its annual look at market capitalization for 100 junior miners and found a 6% increase to $12.9 billion for the 12-month period ending June 30, 2018, compared to a year earlier. Looking at 987 companies in the broader mining sector, PwC saw their collective value increase by 5% to $21.1 billion this year.The gains made by the mining sector are the strongest since 201...Read More

Two brokerage firms issued price-target hikes in responseThe shares of Xperi Corp (NASDAQ:XPER) are up a whopping 45.5% to trade at $18.63, leaping higher after settling all legal matters with Samsung Electronics over a new patent license agreement. In addition, the tech company also raised its fourth-quarter and fiscal year outlook. Two brokerage firms have issued price-target hikes in response,...Read More

The president is reportedly changing his tune on defense spendingDefense stocks are higher today, bucking the broad-market sell-off, amid reports that President Donald Trump is performing an about-face on defense spending. The president in October said the defense budget for 2020 would be $700 billion, about a 5% cut, but rumor has it he told Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to submit a $750 billion b...Read More

Longitudinal section of the Goldboro deposit looking north. (Image: Anaconda Mining)NOVA SCOTIA - Anaconda Mining of Toronto has filed an updated 43-101 report for the resources at its Goldboro gold project 175 km northeast of Halifax. The deposit is now thought to contain 3.8 million measured and indicated tonnes grading 4.96 g/t gold and containing 602,700 oz. The inferred estimate is 2.1 millio...Read More

CHILE - Over the last 15 years, Newcrest Mining has discovered gold deposits in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia and continues to explore and evaluate prospects in those countries as well as in many others including Fiji, North America, Mexico, Cote d'Ivoire, Chile, Argentina, and Ecuador.This week it signed an option agreement in Chile to earn up to a 75% interest in Cornerstone Capital...Read More

CHILE - Over the last 15 years, Newcrest Mining has discovered gold deposits in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia and continues to explore and evaluate prospects in those countries as well as in many others including Fiji, North America, Mexico, Cote d'Ivoire, Chile, Argentina, and Ecuador.This week it signed an option agreement in Chile to earn up to a 75% interest in Cornerstone Capital...Read More

CHILE - Over the last 15 years, Newcrest Mining has discovered gold deposits in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia and continues to explore and evaluate prospects in those countries as well as in many others including Fiji, North America, Mexico, Cote d'Ivoire, Chile, Argentina, and Ecuador.This week it signed an option agreement in Chile to earn up to a 75% interest in Cornerstone Capital...Read More

CHILE - Over the last 15 years, Newcrest Mining has discovered gold deposits in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia and continues to explore and evaluate prospects in those countries as well as in many others including Fiji, North America, Mexico, Cote d'Ivoire, Chile, Argentina, and Ecuador.This week it signed an option agreement in Chile to earn up to a 75% interest in Cornerstone Capital...Read More

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AVZ Minerals' Manono became the world's largest non-brine lithium resource after the Perth-based company released the maiden estimate for its 60%-owned project in southern DRC in August this year.At the end of November, AVZ published the results of a drilling campaign that further increased Manono's size - by more than half to just over 400 million tonnes grading 1.66% Li2O for 6.6m tonnes of lith...Read More

AVZ Minerals' Manono became the world's largest non-brine lithium resource after the Perth-based company released the maiden estimate for its 60%-owned project in southern DRC in August this year.At the end of November, AVZ published the results of a drilling campaign that further increased Manono's size - by more than half to just over 400 million tonnes grading 1.66% Li2O for 6.6m tonnes of lith...Read More

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