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

Chemesis International Inc. (CSI:CSE)(CADMF:NASDAQ), has made a bold and strategic move by acquiring 100% of La Finca Interacviva-Arachna Med.La Finca has access to over 1000 acres of outdoor cultivation land and is aggressively exploring opportunities to expand. Currently, La Finca has relationships with over 2,000 farming families across Colombia through various co-ops that comprise its land pac...Read More

(IDEX Online) - CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, has been certified as being carbon neutral in 2017, the fifth straight year that offset its greenhouse gas emissions through the purchase of carbon credits.   It did so as part of the CIBJO Greenhouse Gas Measurement Initiative that was launched several years ago to promote environmental consciousness and responsibility in the jewelry...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The third quarter of 2018 was unsatisfactory and group revenue decreased 3% in local currency due to timing of shipments, change of inventory levels in the wholesale channel and negative total like-for-like, the jewelry-maker reported.   Due to the unsatisfactory Q3 2018 performance, a lower than expected tailwind from forward integration as well as a weak start to the fourth...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lucapa Diamond Company and its partners have announced the discovery of a new alluvial source of large and premium-value diamonds at the Lulo diamond project in Angola.   "To date, the diamonds mined from Lulo - the world's highest average US$ per carat alluvial production - have been sourced predominantly from the terrace deposits along the Cacuilo River valley," Lucapa said....Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Antwerp World Diamond Centre and the Alibaba Group have signed an exclusive partnership to offer Antwerp certified diamonds to Chinese consumers via Alibaba's B2C marketplace, Tmall.   The cooperation agreement was signed in the framework of the first China International Import Expo (CIEE), which is being held this week in Shanghai, the AWDC said.   The Antwerp diamo...Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipDR Congo: Is government intervention the real risk to watch?SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftBezant's Mankayan back in copper-gold spotlightSPONSOREDbezant resourcesThe Toronto-listed company acquired the project from Australia-based Condor Resources in January and since then has...Read More

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has added its stamp of approval to the proposed friendly merger, which Zijin would use in combination with the previously received National Development and Reform Commission nod to apply for final approval from the Chinese State Administration of Foreign Exchange department.The substantial deal is not subject to financing conditions and no specific closing date has...Read More

In 1935, the Social Security Act was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Back then, 65 was considered old age.Today, "65 is the new 45"-at least that's what many baby boomers would like to believe. In America, people fear growing old and losing their independence more than they fear dying, according to studies as old as the 1990's and as recent as this year.With advances in medicin...Read More

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has a secret.No, it’s not that he was behind the horrific interrogation, torture and murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.Although most people would argue otherwise.The Crown Prince’s secret that I’m referring to isn’t even that he approved the use of chemical weapons by Saudi Arabia in its proxy war in Yemen.That piece of inform...Read More

Lucara sells large diamonds for US$32.5mPrecious stonesDR Congo: Is government intervention the real risk to watch?SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftBezant's Mankayan back in copper-gold spotlightSPONSOREDbezant resourcesKyzyl ramp-up signals new growth path at buoyant PolymetalSPONSOREDpolymetal international The two countries have much in common: Westminster-style democracies, being part of the Com...Read More

Those who focus on the U.S. national debt (and I'm one of them) keep wondering how long this debt levitation act can go on.The U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio is at the highest level in history (106%), with the exception of the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. At least in 1945, the U.S. had won the war and our economy dominated world output and production. Today, we have the debt without the gl...Read More

"Don't vote," argues political satirist P.J. O'Rourke - "it only encourages the bastards."On this Election Day, here we have a timely, if controversial proposal.It is a heresy upon the civic religion… and a slander against all crusaders who fought for the franchise through American history.Yet The Daily Reckoning blesses this undemocratic blasphemy with a wry, seditious wink.And, if we may s...Read More

If I had to choose between having my debit card declined at the grocery store or seeing an overdraft fee come up on my online statement - I'd take the embarrassment over the fee any day.Here's why…The average overdraft protection fee in the US is $34. Although it doesn't sound like much, it typically happens on transactions $24 or less.What's worse, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (...Read More

"It's your fault."That's what we're told to think about ourselves. That's what we're encouraged to think about each other.That's how we're hardwired to think. That's what they prey upon.That disembodied "you" is out there, undermining what you work for. Defying logic. Working against the common good.Do you feel it? Can you see it day-to-day? God only knows you're given plenty of anecdotal evidence...Read More

Rockcliff Metals (TSXV: RCLF; US-OTC: SVVZD) is set to drill its Laguna gold property in Snow Lake, Man. - the first drilling the property has seen in over 70 years.Kinross is funding the 2,500-metre program. The two companies partnered in July 2018, with Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) intending to earn a 70% interest in both Rockcliff's Laguna and Lucky Jack gold properties by spending $5.5 mil...Read More

In one of the few exploration projects it is funding next year, Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) and its joint-venture partners Orano Canada and Purepoint Uranium (TSXV: PTU) are planning a 36 km ground-electromagnetic survey and 6,000 metres of diamond drilling at their Hook Lake uranium project in Saskatchewan.Cameco owns 39.5% of the project in the province's Patterson uranium district, with Orano...Read More

Market Overview Analysis by Gary Tanashian covering: XAU/USD, S&P 500, Gold Futures, Crude Oil WTI Futures. Read Gary Tanashian's latest article on Investing.comRead full newsRead More

Source: Michael J. Ballanger for Streetwise Reports 11/02/2018Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger discusses recent moves in the stock market, as well as with precious metals equities.The best news I could ever impart upon the world of gold and silver owners would be that the Great Intervention Bull Market of 2009-2018 in common stocks has ended and that the world is going to gravitate bac...Read More

Blue chips started the week with a strong showing, but FAANG fell behindU.S. stocks overcame a slow start to close near session highs, with the Dow notching a 190-point victory. A big day from Chevron (CVX) helped lead the charge, propping up the entire energy sector in the process, while a strong showing from financial stocks helped, as well. The gains came despite the uncertainty surrounding tom...Read More

Marijuana stocks are in "early internet" territory.Amazon's early investors walked away with over 79,000% in profits. And this same phenomenon is happening in the cannabis space right now.Remember, the dotcom bubble separated out the real companies from the fake.Which is why it's so important to "weed" out the companies that might not survive this volatile but opportune time.Now, the race has ser...Read More