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

NOVA SCOTIA - Vancouver-based Atlantic Gold Corp. has updated the results for its most recent resource extension drilling at its three gold projects near Halifax.At the Touquoy gold deposit, intersects were of good lengths and there were some very high grades for an open pit project. Assays included 6.25 g/t gold over 6 metres; 5.19 g/t over 5 metres; 1.65 g/t over 16 metres; 1.64 g/t over 9 metre...Read More

Victoria Gold Corp. (TSXV: VIT) has increased the tonnage, gold grade and ounces in the measured and indicated category at its Eagle deposit in the Yukon, where the Toronto-based company expects to start pouring gold in the second half of 2019.Once in production, the open-pit deposit will produce about 200,000 ounces of gold a year for more than a decade, according to a 2016 feasibility study, and...Read More

Victoria Gold Corp. (TSXV: VIT) has increased the tonnage, gold grade and ounces in the measured and indicated category at its Eagle deposit in the Yukon, where the Toronto-based company expects to start pouring gold in the second half of 2019.Once in production, the open-pit deposit will produce about 200,000 ounces of gold a year for more than a decade, according to a 2016 feasibility study, and...Read More

Victoria Gold Corp. (TSXV: VIT) has increased the tonnage, gold grade and ounces in the measured and indicated category at its Eagle deposit in the Yukon, where the Toronto-based company expects to start pouring gold in the second half of 2019.Once in production, the open-pit deposit will produce about 200,000 ounces of gold a year for more than a decade, according to a 2016 feasibility study, and...Read More

Troilus Gold Corp. (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) has tripled its land position with the acquisition of 11,300 hectares to the northeast of its Troilus mine project in Quebec.Troilus is advancing its Troilus gold project immediately to the south, and has drilled more than 36,000 metres at the project this year.Last month the company updated the resource to 121.7 million measured and indicated tonnes gr...Read More

Troilus Gold Corp. (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) has tripled its land position with the acquisition of 11,300 hectares to the northeast of its Troilus mine project in Quebec.Troilus is advancing its Troilus gold project immediately to the south, and has drilled more than 36,000 metres at the project this year.Last month the company updated the resource to 121.7 million measured and indicated tonnes gr...Read More

Troilus Gold Corp. (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) has tripled its land position with the acquisition of 11,300 hectares to the northeast of its Troilus mine project in Quebec.Troilus is advancing its Troilus gold project immediately to the south, and has drilled more than 36,000 metres at the project this year.Last month the company updated the resource to 121.7 million measured and indicated tonnes gr...Read More

SUDBURY, Ont. - Yesterday Vale and Glencore announced that they are planning to create a joint feasibility study to explore and develop mineralization accessible from Glencore's Nickel Rim South mine.The study will include both economic and technical feasibility for using the infrastructure - shaft, underground development, surface facilities - of the Nickel Rim mine that is expected to exhaust it...Read More

SUDBURY, Ont. - Yesterday Vale and Glencore announced that they are planning to create a joint feasibility study to explore and develop mineralization accessible from Glencore's Nickel Rim South mine.The study will include both economic and technical feasibility for using the infrastructure - shaft, underground development, surface facilities - of the Nickel Rim mine that is expected to exhaust it...Read More

After three unsuccessful attempts to go lower currency bears finally gathered enough strength to launch the attack earlier today. Thanks to their action, USD/JPY declined sharply, erasing many days of increases generated by the bulls. How low can the currency pair fall in the coming days?EUR/USD - Trading in the Triangle Earlier today, EUR/USD increased above the upper border of the blue consolida...Read More

QUEBEC - Mason Graphite of Montreal has updated the feasibility study for the Lac Gueret project by adding detailed economic information. Detailed engineering for the project near Baie Comeau is almost complete. Equipment has begun arriving at the site, and pre-construction work is underway.The company made no changes to the reserves, resources or project scope. Mason now puts the direct capex a...Read More

Paulson & Co. won some support from a prominent shareholder advisory firm for replacing three members of Detour Gold Corp.'s board, including its chairman, after nominating eight candidates.The recommendation by Glass Lewis & Co. on Tuesday was slightly more forceful than the stance taken by advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. on Friday, when it urged shareholders to back Detour'...Read More

Paulson & Co. won some support from a prominent shareholder advisory firm for replacing three members of Detour Gold Corp.'s board, including its chairman, after nominating eight candidates.The recommendation by Glass Lewis & Co. on Tuesday was slightly more forceful than the stance taken by advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. on Friday, when it urged shareholders to back Detour'...Read More

Could this be 9 times more valuable than Google, Facebook, and Amazon combined?It's a gadget you could conceal in the palm of your hand. A gadget that could easily pass through airport security. A gadget that could be mass produced quickly.And a gadget that holds the technology set to blow the lid off a breakthrough $15 trillion tech revolution...Of course, this gadget could stand to make a lot of...Read More

CROX nabbed a multi-year high yesterdayCrocs, Inc. (NASDAQ:CROX) started December off strong, nabbing a seven-year high of $29.80 yesterday. The good times could keep rolling for the shoe retailer, as history suggests CROX shares could be headed even higher in the coming month.Specifically, the stock's Schaeffer's Volatility Index (SVI) of 49% ranks in the 15th percentile of its annual range. Th...Read More

Analysts are raising concerns on Aphria Inc. amid a 30 per cent plunge in its shares in the past two days, following a short-seller report regarding the Canadian pot producer's transactions in Latin America.Read full newsRead More

Under rather unfortunate circumstances, Aphria Inc (TSE:APHA) (NYSE:APHA) (FRA:10E) Hindenburg affair thrust an important sector hot button issue into the limelight: corporate governance. While this piece is not a judgement-one way or another-on yesterday's antagonizing events,Read full newsRead More

Montan Mining Corp. (TSXV:MNY | FSE:S5GM | SSE:MNYC) ("Montan" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed the non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement"), previously announced in its News Release dated September 25, 2018 and further extended in its News Release dated November 9, 2018.Read full newsRead More

The shares are trading near a historically bullish trendlineTwitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) rallied hard off its early April lows near $27, eventually topping out at a three-year high of $47.79 in mid-June. The stock has pulled back sharply since then, and after last Thursday's 4.4% plunge following reports that Fox News was boycotting Twitter, is once again testing its 320-day moving average. This could...Read More

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