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

PERU - SENACE, the Peruvian National Environmental Certification Service, has rejected Toronto-based Sierra Metals' environmental impact assessment for the expansion of the tailings management facility at the Yauricocha polymetallic mine in the Yauyos province.Sierra Metals has 15 business days to provide a re-evaluation to the authorities to initiate a review process. This process will delay the...Read More

PERU - SENACE, the Peruvian National Environmental Certification Service, has rejected Toronto-based Sierra Metals' environmental impact assessment for the expansion of the tailings management facility at the Yauricocha polymetallic mine in the Yauyos province.Sierra Metals has 15 business days to provide a re-evaluation to the authorities to initiate a review process. This process will delay the...Read More

ONTARIO - Toronto-based McEwen Mining has announced plans to spend $20 million for exploration on its properties near Timmins. The company will offer approximately 6.0 million flow-through shares priced at $3.02 each.McEwen says the offer price represents a premium of 25% over the closing price of its common shares on the TSX as of Dec. 5, 2018.The most promising exploration program in 2018 was...Read More

ONTARIO - Toronto-based McEwen Mining has announced plans to spend $20 million for exploration on its properties near Timmins. The company will offer approximately 6.0 million flow-through shares priced at $3.02 each.McEwen says the offer price represents a premium of 25% over the closing price of its common shares on the TSX as of Dec. 5, 2018.The most promising exploration program in 2018 was...Read More

ONTARIO - Toronto-based McEwen Mining has announced plans to spend $20 million for exploration on its properties near Timmins. The company will offer approximately 6.0 million flow-through shares priced at $3.02 each.McEwen says the offer price represents a premium of 25% over the closing price of its common shares on the TSX as of Dec. 5, 2018.The most promising exploration program in 2018 was...Read More

Most of its sector peers are trading lower today, thoughMarvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:MRVL) is bucking broader tech headwinds today, after the chipmaker reported adjusted third-quarter profit of 33 cents per share on $851 million in revenue -- more than analysts were expecting. And even though company forecast a roughly 10% decline in current-quarter storage revenue, MRVL stock is up 3% in...Read More

A high-profile Chinese tech exec was arrested in Canada at the request of the U.S.Stocks are set to pick up right where they left off on Tuesday, with Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures trading 350 points below fair value at last check. Today's selling appears to be sparked by news that Canadian authorities have detained Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou at the request of the U....Read More

Newmont Mining Corp on Thursday updated its five-year production outlook and said it expects gold production for 2019 to be in the midpoint of its previous forecast.The Colorado-based miner sees 2019 output at 5.2 million ounces of gold, from an earlier forecast range of 4.9 million ounces to 5.4 million ounces.The company expects production in 2019 to be driven by its recently completed Subika Un...Read More

Stifel has downgraded CNAT, while others issued price-target cutsThe shares of Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:CNAT) are down a whopping 50% in electronic trading, after the drug developer's mid-stage study of a treatment for fatty liver disease failed to meet its main goals. In response, Stifel downgraded the stock to "hold" from "buy," while slashing its price target to $4 from $10. In add...Read More

NEVADA - Premier Gold Mines of Thunder Bay, Ont., has provided an update on development at the South Arturo joint venture in the Carlin Trend. Construction of the Phase One open pit and the El Nino underground mine are progressing well.The El Nino underground deposit is the down-plunge extension of the Phase Two pit that was mined in 2016-17. Initial gold production is expected late next year. R...Read More

NEVADA - Premier Gold Mines of Thunder Bay, Ont., has provided an update on development at the South Arturo joint venture in the Carlin Trend. Construction of the Phase One open pit and the El Nino underground mine are progressing well.The El Nino underground deposit is the down-plunge extension of the Phase Two pit that was mined in 2016-17. Initial gold production is expected late next year. R...Read More

How you can transform lagging indicators into leading indicators. From Bollinger bands to momentum oscillators, technical indicators have been at the forefront of the trading world's constant need to stay ahead of the curve since the first exchange opened its door over 200 years ago.After all, every trader is always looking for an edge... Some way to predict what will happen next... And hopefully...Read More

ONTARIO - Toronto-based Wesdome Gold Mines says drifting and drilling the 7 zone at the Eagle River mine has resulted in longer than average strike lengths and extended the zone at depth. The underground mine is located about 50 km west of Wawa.The 7 zone is an intermediate zone parallel to the 300 zone to the north and the historic 8 zone to the south. The development work taking place on the...Read More

ONTARIO - Toronto-based Wesdome Gold Mines says drifting and drilling the 7 zone at the Eagle River mine has resulted in longer than average strike lengths and extended the zone at depth. The underground mine is located about 50 km west of Wawa.The 7 zone is an intermediate zone parallel to the 300 zone to the north and the historic 8 zone to the south. The development work taking place on the...Read More

Alto Ventures (TSXV: ATV) announced today that it has received a work permit to carry out exploration programs consisting of line cutting, ground geophysics and 3,000 metres of diamond drilling on its Oxford Lake project in Manitoba, central Canada. The work permit, however, was issued with certain conditions including a requirement that a heritage resource impact assessment is completed before wo...Read More

Alto Ventures (TSXV: ATV) announced today that it has received a work permit to carry out exploration programs consisting of line cutting, ground geophysics and 3,000 metres of diamond drilling on its Oxford Lake project in Manitoba, central Canada. The work permit, however, was issued with certain conditions including a requirement that a heritage resource impact assessment is completed before wo...Read More

Alto Ventures (TSXV: ATV) announced today that it has received a work permit to carry out exploration programs consisting of line cutting, ground geophysics and 3,000 metres of diamond drilling on its Oxford Lake project in Manitoba, central Canada. The work permit, however, was issued with certain conditions including a requirement that a heritage resource impact assessment is completed before wo...Read More

Canada's Barrick Gold (ASX, NYSE:ABX), the world's No.1 gold miner, is selling research and development company AuTec and laying off executives hired to lead what the Toronto-based company had called its "digital reinvention."Barrick is in the midst of merging with Africa's Randgold Resources (LON:RSS) and incoming CEO Mark Bristow has announced his intention to offload non-core assets, reduce co...Read More

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is under growing pressure one year after taking office following the removal of long-time leader Robert Mugabe. That pressure may be about to increase if his handling of the diamond industry doesn't reflect his alleged commitment to economic reform and anti-corruption.That's the main message of a report released Thursday by campaign group and accountability...Read More

Vancouver, BC - IsoEnergy Ltd. (TSX-V: ISO | OTCQX: ISENF) (the "Company" or "IsoEnergy") has entered into an agreement with Cormark Securities Inc., as lead underwriter on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters, pursuant to which the underwriters have agreed to purchase, on a bought deal private placement basis, 6,818,000 flow-through shares of the company at a price of 44 cents per flow-through...Read More