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

A R200-million electrical infrastructure project has been impressively completed at the Cullinan diamond mine of the London-listed Petra Diamonds through the combined effort of four Zest WEG Group companies. The companies adopted an integrated solutions approach in providing multiple and diverse energy packages on surface and underground to power the celebrated 116-year-old mine well into the futu...Read More

This translated to full diluted earnings per share of €0.022 per share, down from €0.023/share a year ago.Profits after tax for the January-September period almost doubled to €27.6 million, up from €14.5 million a year ago, with fully diluted earnings for the period at €0.20/share, up from €0.12/share a year ago.The copper miner reported quarterly revenues of €42...Read More

PolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limitedThose that rocked up were also treated to a rundown by some Brazilian guys on the assets OZ picked up with the $418 million acquisition of Avanco in March, and an update on the pathway to a development decision on the $730-800 million West Musgrave joint venture.Those that attended have been reporting back that nothing material was...Read More

Kyzyl ramp-up signals new growth path at buoyant PolymetalSPONSOREDpolymetal internationalBased on a US$3 per pound copper price and $1,300/oz gold, the study calculated an after-tax net present value, at an 8% discount rate, of US$2 billion (C$2.6 billion) and an internal rate of return of 18.6%."Long-term copper fundamentals are strong, and the global project pipeline is at multi-decade lows. We...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 mineralsGlobal equity markets had started to wobble in the early weeks of 2018 with a nine-day drop of 9% after a n...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 mineralsI do love a good car-boot sale. Early Sunday morning, coffee in hand, happy dog and moaning children a...Read More

Mirasol Resources (TSXV: MRZ; US-OTC: MRZLF) is about to do something it doesn't do often: drill one of its own projects.The Argentina and Chile focused precious metals project generator is in the middle of a $4.5 million exploration initiative at its gold-silver-copper projects in Chile and Nico gold-silver project in Argentina. It intends to spend $1.51 million exploring Nico alone, which it's c...Read More

Scrolling through the website of Lightbox Jewelry soon after its launch in late September, three things jump out at you.First, the website declares its product is lab-grown diamonds.Second, the pricing is consistent, regardless of the colour of the synthetic diamonds on offer (white, pink or blue) and surprisingly low. It also increases proportionally with size.And third, there are no rings for sa...Read More

Star Diamond (TSX: DIAM), formerly Shore Gold, has received approval for its Star-Orion South diamond project from Saskatchewan's environment minister. The project is located near Fort ? la Corne, in the central part of the province.The federal environment assessment agency announced its positive decision in December 2014. Additional permit approvals from the provincial and certain municipalities...Read More

An ore shortage in the first half of the year and a challenging underground ramp-up at its Renard mine led Stornoway Diamond (TSX: SWY) to close a $129-million financing in October. But Stornoway president and CEO Matt Manson says that all the pieces are now in place, and the company is set to be cash-flow positive in 2019.Stornoway achieved commercial production at Renard, in north-central Quebec...Read More

Infill drilling in the southwestern part of the Marathon deposit in Newfoundland continues to return high-grade gold intercepts, Marathon Gold (TSX: MOZ) reports.The company recently completed its 41,000-metre step-out and infill drill program for 2018, and assays include 5.36 grams gold over 11 metres from 26 metres below surface in hole MA-18-330; 3.63 grams gold over 10 metres from 134 metres d...Read More

Long-serving Australian Shareholders Association representative Len Roy applauded NRW's recovery from that period at the company's latest annual general meeting, citing a "60-times uplift in mar...Read More

The North Gauteng High Court ruled in favour of the Amadiba Crisis Committee, which had been fighting against MRC's subsidiary Transword Energy and Mineral Resources obtaining mining rights to mine titanium in the village of Xolobeni on South Africa's south-west coast.MRC was proposing openpit mining operatipns on 900 hectares of land, including wet separation plants, slimes dams, tailings dams an...Read More

I still remember the first time I had "The Nightmare"...When I was around three years old, I was living in a haunted old farmhouse in Maryland. We had a barn, a few horses, and a couple of crabapple trees. The floors creaked, the walls bowed, and the trees scratched the windows menacingly with their quivering claw hands.When I went to sleep, I was often scared.The basement - which I had only dared...Read More

The company was understood to be seeking additional funds from its lending syndicate, led by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia just weeks after an emergency A$100 million capital raising ...Read More

Vancouver- based Walker River Resources (TSXV: WRR) has announced that it has just started a drilling program at its Lapon Canyon gold project in Nevada.Located 60 kilometres southeast of Yerington in the Wassuk Range, the project consists of 96 claims that occupy 1,940 acres.In a media statement, Walker River said that this winter drilling campaign will focus on infill and expansion of the Lapon...Read More

Vancouver- based Walker River Resources (TSXV: WRR) has announced that it has just started a drilling program at its Lapon Canyon gold project in Nevada.Located 60 kilometres southeast of Yerington in the Wassuk Range, the project consists of 96 claims that occupy 1,940 acres.In a media statement, Walker River said that this winter drilling campaign will focus on infill and expansion of the Lapon...Read More

Vancouver- based Walker River Resources (TSXV: WRR) has announced that it has just started a drilling program at its Lapon Canyon gold project in Nevada.Located 60 kilometres southeast of Yerington in the Wassuk Range, the project consists of 96 claims that occupy 1,940 acres.In a media statement, Walker River said that this winter drilling campaign will focus on infill and expansion of the Lapon...Read More

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