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

Since the beginning of the Twentieth Century, a healthy mineral exploration industry has been the major driving force that has uncovered northern Manitoba's economic mineral deposits to the benefit of all Canadians.Multiple cities and communities were established in Manitoba due to these exploration and mining successes, including Flin Flon, Thompson, Snow Lake and Bissett.In the 1990s, the Manito...Read More

Carube Copper (TSXV: CUC) has expanded the gold-in-soil anomaly at its Main Ridge gold project in Jamaica east to a 5.5 km total strike length.Though Carube has several copper and gold projects in Jamaica, the company says Main Ridge is one it can fast track through exploration. Carube is now carrying out detailed mapping and sampling at Main Ridge, including rock-chip samples, grab samples and ch...Read More

In its 2019 forecast, the Australian bank put the average price for the upcoming March quarter at below US$1,200 per ounce.This forecast means a drop from the current price of $1,231/oz can't be far off."[The] US-China trade war is a source of market anxiety and, therefore, potential support for gold and silver prices. But for now, buoyant US economic activity and the US Fed's ongoing rate-hike cy...Read More

TSX-V-listed Diamcor sold 2 979 ct of rough diamonds for $653 652 in its November tender.That equates to an average price of $218/ct.AdvertisementThe diamonds were recovered from resumed processing exercises at the company’s Krone-Endora at Venetia project, in South Africa’s Limpopo province.Most of the material processed comprised smaller size fractions, in addition to a low percentag...Read More

Mahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsDealing with the complexity of Coal data with Geobank 2018SPONSOREDmicromineThe demobilisation of the FARC guerrilla group has lowered the overall terror threat in Colombia but the risk to reso...Read More

In 2017, the financial world was filled with talk of synchronized sustainable growth in major economies for the first time since before the 2008 global financial crisis. This was being proclaimed by global financial elites including Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF.Now that vision is in ashes. Synchronized global growth has turned into a synchronized global slowdown. Growth has already turned ne...Read More

Today Trump reminded markets that truce is not peace."Remember, I am a Tariff Man," the president huffed this morning.Meantime, Trump's senior economic adviser Larry Kudlow acknowledged that a trade deal with China "may not get done."If the 90-day truce fails, expect the swords to leap from their scabbards... and the cannons to be readied.Trump may impose 25% tariffs on all Chinese goods - if he i...Read More

Mahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsDealing with the complexity of Coal data with Geobank 2018SPONSOREDmicromineThe demobilisation of the FARC guerrilla group has lowered the overall terror threat in Colombia but the risk to reso...Read More

A few weeks back, I explained to you that Europe and Japan were the poster kids of monetary irresponsibility and that no matter how loud the dollar bears scream, it's Europe and Japan that will blow up first.I also told you that "the December rate hike and the volatility a rising dollar will cause globally is the setup for an explosive 2019 as the Fed will blink and reverse course, leading to a se...Read More

The company increased Measured & Indicated resources at both projects.Read full newsRead More

Palladium soared to a record high on Tuesday, fuelled by speculative interest an...Read full newsRead More

Palladium soared to a record high on Tuesday, fuelled by speculative interest an...Read full newsRead More

The alternative ending for last night's Trump-Xi dinner...Chinese stocks soared after the trade truce, but like US, leaked back in the afternoon session with no follow-through...Read full newsRead More

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Klondike Gold (TSX-V: KG; FRA: LBDP) reported that, in 2018, it drilled 87 holes totaling 9,511.93 metres at the Lone Star Zone of its Klondike District Property. To date, the company has received final assay results from 51 of the diamond drill holes. Such results have prompted a plan to continue exploration to affirm multiple local sources of bedrock gold mineralization. "Hole LS18-201 on 12300E...Read More

Klondike Gold (TSX-V: KG; FRA: LBDP) reported that, in 2018, it drilled 87 holes totaling 9,511.93 metres at the Lone Star Zone of its Klondike District Property. To date, the company has received final assay results from 51 of the diamond drill holes. Such results have prompted a plan to continue exploration to affirm multiple local sources of bedrock gold mineralization. "Hole LS18-201 on 12300E...Read More

Klondike Gold (TSX-V: KG; FRA: LBDP) reported that, in 2018, it drilled 87 holes totaling 9,511.93 metres at the Lone Star Zone of its Klondike District Property. To date, the company has received final assay results from 51 of the diamond drill holes. Such results have prompted a plan to continue exploration to affirm multiple local sources of bedrock gold mineralization. "Hole LS18-201 on 12300E...Read More

FAIRBANKS - Joan Skilbred has taught herself to scan for garbage in the background of century-old photographs of Fairbanks.Read full newsRead More

Last week, the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) issued a notice that caused retail traders and investors to rejoice. AfterRead full newsRead More

Last week, the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) issued a notice that caused retail traders and investors to rejoice. AfterRead full newsRead More