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

For investors, buying shares of an undervalued stock is good.But there is something much better.I’m talking about buying shares of an undervalued stock where there is also a near-term catalyst on the horizon that will force the market to properly value the company.Value with a catalyst. Yes, that is much better.With that in mind, I present to you Halcon Resources (HK).An undervalued opportun...Read More

DR Congo: Is government intervention the real risk to watch?SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftMahenge 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 mineralsSince, late 2015, the mining world has been enjoying the effects of rebounding commodity prices and, more s...Read More

Testing at Rubicon Minerals'(TSX: RMX; US-OTC: RBYCF) Phoenix gold project has yielded positive reconciliation results that validate the 2018 mineral resource estimate, as well as the new geological model and structural interpretation of the F2 deposit, the company says.Over the summer and fall, Rubicon extracted material from three test stopes in the upper areas of the deposit where modelled grad...Read More

DR Congo: Is government intervention the real risk to watch?SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftMahenge 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 mineralsLast week's ‘From the Capital' column characterised the combination of slowing global economic growth...Read More

In my last post, I mouthed off about how ridiculously expensive I feel like many World Class Tier 1 real estate assets are selling for in today’s market…Now, please keep in mind, real estate is a very broad asset class and I know how difficult (simplistic) it can be to paint a sweeping generalization of the entire sector…So, please bear with me…Anyway, with all that said, I...Read More

"One martini is alright," counseled the late James Thurber."Two is too many"… "and three is not enough."As with the martini, so with debt.Today we tell a woeful tale of substance abuse…Assume an economy in doldrums. Debt appears to offer a hand up.The initial dose of debt brightens the economic spirits, livens the pace of commerce, sets the idle machines of industry awhir.The customer...Read More

The market has been unpredictable lately...and I'm sure more twists and turns lie ahead.But unless you're cashing out tomorrow, you should be fine. Let's keep things in perspective:?EUR? October 28, 1929: The "great crash" knocked Wall Street down 12.82% and jumpstarted the Great Depression.?EUR? October 19, 1987: The Black Monday crash dropped stocks by 22%.?EUR? September 17, 2001: The Dow fell...Read More

It’s no secret to long-term readers of this blog that I got to where I am today because I was lucky beyond belief to have been fortunate enough to have been able to gobble up World Class Tier 1 real estate assets when they were discarded to the bargain bin back in 2012-2013, and to a lesser extent from 2014-2015.Anyway, the thing about me (as you may or may not know) is that I try and be as...Read More

I added a new stock to my portfolio today. A pretty straight forward story. The stock is Metalla Royalty and Streaming and is listed on the CSE under the symbol MTA. I bought my position at 72 cent...Read full newsRead More

Sen. Pat Roberts says negotiators have reached a tentative agreement on the outstanding issues with the farm bill. Congress needs to pass the bill before the end of the year.Read full newsRead More

Any news of a deal between the USA and China on the trade war front will result in copper, zinc, lead, nickel and aluminum to rise five percent anytime. The Trump-Xi meeting is on Saturday. Before Saturday, all the speculation will move silver and industrial metals. How to trade in invest in 2019The year 2018 is not yet over. Each day till 31st December, a new economic data release or news/spe...Read More

Any news of a deal between the USA and China on the trade war front will result in copper, zinc, lead, nickel and aluminum to rise five percent anytime. The Trump-Xi meeting is on Saturday. Before Saturday, all the speculation will move silver and industrial metals. How to trade in invest in 2019The year 2018 is not yet over. Each day till 31st December, a new economic data release or news/spe...Read More

Canadian fertilizer giant Nutrien will auction its 23.77 percent share in Chile ?...Read full newsRead More

Early investors could see a windfall as this invention unlocks $15.7 trillion in revenue.It's been called humanity's last invention...The "king of disrupters."And "the most important conversation of our time."Insiders are already predicting it will have a bigger economic impact than the steam engine, electricity and the internet...The World Economic Forum claims it will usher in the "4th industria...Read More

Powell: Rates are "just below" neutralThe Dow spent the session in positive territory today, ending with a gain of more than 600 points -- its best day since March. The surge came after the much-anticipated speech from Fed Chair Jerome Powell, in which he indicated that the benchmark interest rate is "just below" neutral -- a far cry from his October statement of being a "long way" from neutral. M...Read More

Evidence of a looming financial crisis may be growing, according to Harry Dent.The man who warned of the 2001 tech crash, the 2008 subprime financial disaster and China's recent stock market decline - years before they happened - has issued a new earth-shattering statement:"The Dow is set to embark on a catastrophic plunge...all the way down to 6,000."Harry Dent recently explained: "Nations are...Read More

If UniCredit has to pay a 150bps concession to sell new debt, just how will Italy's smaller banks fund themselves?Read full newsRead More

Group Eleven Resources Corp. has updated the resource estimate for its 60%-owned Ballinalack zinc project. It hopes to develop the country's next major zinc mine. (The remaining 30% of the project belongs to Shenzhen Zhongjin Lingnan Nonfemet Co.)Ballinalack has a historic resource of 7.7 million tonnes grading 7.3% combined zinc and lead based on a 1991 report. Group Eleven has spent more than $3...Read More

Group Eleven Resources Corp. has updated the resource estimate for its 60%-owned Ballinalack zinc project. It hopes to develop the country's next major zinc mine. (The remaining 30% of the project belongs to Shenzhen Zhongjin Lingnan Nonfemet Co.)Ballinalack has a historic resource of 7.7 million tonnes grading 7.3% combined zinc and lead based on a 1991 report. Group Eleven has spent more than $3...Read More

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