The precious metals all soared in 2025, and while a continued monetary expansion and geopolitical risk could still drive gains especially for gold in 2026, a pullback in silver, platinum and palladium is possible after recent partly speculative surges.Read More

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

TORONTO, Nov 5 - If all goes according to plan, Barrick Gold will have fewer mines and workers one year after acquiring Africa-focused Randgold Resources, the Canadian miner's executive chairman said on Monday, as its investors approved the deal.Votes were 99.8 percent in favor of the $6.1 billion, no-premium transaction, Barrick said, confirming a Reuters report. After Randgold's Nov. 7 vote, the...Read More

New forms of government intervention likely to top tax hikes as the key DRC worry for minersRead full newsRead More

Less than a month after Northern Vertex Mining Corp. signed a US$8.5 million silver stream financing with Maverix Metals, the company has reached a deal with existing shareholder Greenstone Resources for an unsecured working capital facility of up to US$10 million.The mine is expected to produce an average of over 50,000 gold-equivalent ounces a year over the first four years of a ten-year mine li...Read More

Less than a month after Northern Vertex Mining Corp. signed a US$8.5 million silver stream financing with Maverix Metals, the company has reached a deal with existing shareholder Greenstone Resources for an unsecured working capital facility of up to US$10 million.The mine is expected to produce an average of over 50,000 gold-equivalent ounces a year over the first four years of a ten-year mine li...Read More

The pharma firm last week reported impressive earningsShares of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (NYSE:TEVA) are up 1% at $22.82 in early trading, after Morgan Stanley upgraded the drug name to "overweight" from "equal weight," and hiked its price target to $27 from $20 -- representing nearly 20% upside to Friday's close of $22.59. The bull note comes just days after the company's impressive be...Read More

IAMGOLD is considering two mine plan scenarios at its Sumitomo Metal Mining (TYO: 5713) joint-ventured C??t?(C) gold project in northern Ontario, according to a feasibility study the company recently announced.The base case open pit mine plan outlines a US$795 million after-tax net present value (NPV) at a 5% discount rate and a 15.2% after-tax internal rate of return (IRR). The second scenario, c...Read More

IAMGOLD is considering two mine plan scenarios at its Sumitomo Metal Mining (TYO: 5713) joint-ventured C??t?(C) gold project in northern Ontario, according to a feasibility study the company recently announced.The base case open pit mine plan outlines a US$795 million after-tax net present value (NPV) at a 5% discount rate and a 15.2% after-tax internal rate of return (IRR). The second scenario, c...Read More

Analysts are devoted to the drug stock, thoughThe shares of Clearside Biomedical Inc (NASDAQ:CLSD) are down a whopping 52.7% to trade at $2.63 this morning, after Xipere, the company's eye therapy drug, failed a late-stage study. The drugmaker will discontinue the development of the combination therapy for retinal vein blockage, but will still file a marketing application for Xipere at year's en...Read More

LONDON, Nov 5 - The cost of building a copper or gold mine is likely to be cheaper than buying an existing one, dampening the prospect of big merger activity in the mining sector, S&P Global Market Intelligence said, citing in-house research.Data shared with Reuters support comments from major miners, including BHP and Rio Tinto , which say their strategy is to build or to "smart buy", if they can...Read More

LONDON, Nov 5 - The cost of building a copper or gold mine is likely to be cheaper than buying an existing one, dampening the prospect of big merger activity in the mining sector, S&P Global Market Intelligence said, citing in-house research.Data shared with Reuters support comments from major miners, including BHP and Rio Tinto , which say their strategy is to build or to "smart buy", if they can...Read More

LONDON, Nov 5 - The cost of building a copper or gold mine is likely to be cheaper than buying an existing one, dampening the prospect of big merger activity in the mining sector, S&P Global Market Intelligence said, citing in-house research.Data shared with Reuters support comments from major miners, including BHP and Rio Tinto , which say their strategy is to build or to "smart buy", if they can...Read More

CVX jumped last Friday on an impressive earnings reportThe shares of Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) are trading up 3.3% at $118.01, after the Dow stock received a pair of bullish brokerage notes over the weekend. While Credit Suisse upgraded CVX stock to "outperform" from "neutral" -- citing "compelling" valuation -- Berenberg raised its Chevron price target to $140 from $135, representing expecte...Read More

UAA could take out its June highs todayThe shares of Under Armour Inc (NYSE:UAA) are coming off a huge week that saw them jump 31.8% thanks to a top- and bottom-line beat for the third quarter. UAA stock closed the week at $23.70, its highest settlement since late-June, putting it within striking distance of its June 7 52-week high of $24.69. The security is set to gain again this morning, up 2.5%...Read More

Apple is struggling once more out of the gateFutures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) are lower to kick off the week, as investors prepare for the midterm elections tomorrow. Traders are also keeping an eye on U.S.-China trade relations, after Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to reduce tariffs for importersand promoted "free trade" at a conference in Shanghai. S&P 500 Index (SPX) a...Read More

How you can transform lagging indicators into leading indicators.For hundreds of years, since the first stock exchange opened its doors, every trader has been looking for an edge... Some way to predict what will happen next... And hopefully collect a fat "paycheck" at the end of the road.From Bollinger bands to momentum oscillators, technical indicators have been at the forefront of this constant...Read More

Despite additional easing and a 403.5 billion yuan 1-year maturity MLF operation, yuan is tumbling along with China (and Hong Kong stocks) following an ugly Caixin Composite PMI print (the weakest since June 2016).Read full newsRead More

CoT large speculators are in a rare net long position on VIX futures, which means volatility could decline"'At some point, maybe now, this 200-day breach will signal bearish activity to come. But there have been many 'false negatives' along the way too in which the break of this trendline occurred around major lows.'"...That said, there is often a volatile, choppy phase that equity markets endure...Read More

Spearmint Resources (CSE:SPMT) started operations on its Chibougamau Vanadium Prospects located in Quebec, in the direct vicinity of the vanadium deposit of BlackRock Metal's Ilmenite project and Vanadium One Energy's Mont Sorcier project.Chibougamau is comprised of four separate claim blocks totalling 9,735-acres, near Lac Chibougamau in the northern region of the French-speaking province."As the...Read More

Lara Exploration (TSXV: LRA) and Capstone Mining Corp (TSE: CS) signed a Letter of Intent granting the latter an exclusive option to earn up to a 70% interest in the Lara's Planalto Copper Project.Planalto is a 4,726-hectare property located in the Caraj??s Province of northern Brazi, near Vale's Sossego copper mine and Oz Minerals Antas copper mine. The exploration licenses cover meta-volcano-sed...Read More

Canada's Barrick Gold (TSX, NYSE:ABX), which last month announced it was buying Randgold Resources (LON:RRS) in a $6.1-billion deal, is said to have resumed talks with rival Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) aimed at merging their gold operations in Nevada, US."They have been trying to negotiate for years but Newmont couldn't agree with Barrick, now that you have a new management team, it's certain they...Read More