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

So stocks dropped a little in October. Ok they actually dropped a lot and all of a sudden the S&P 500 was miles away from the all those optimistic 3,000+ year end targets. And what happens when...Read full newsRead More

Looking for the top gold mining stocks going into 2019 and 2020? Should you buy or sell? Click to learn more about these interesting golden stocks!Read full newsRead More

Is it time to prepare for the next financial crisis?Something strange is going on in the financial system.And according to The Wall Street Journal, it's causing some investors- including the biggest banks in the world- to move massive amounts of money out of the banking system.What exactly is going on?Former hedge fund manager, Dr. Steve Sjuggerud, one of the most widely-followed financial analys...Read More

Looking for the top gold mining stocks going into 2019 and 2020? Should you buy or sell? Click to learn more about these interesting golden stocks!Read full newsRead More

With the Basic Materials sector poised to log strong growth in the third quarter, it will be interesting to see how miners Alamos Gold and First Majestic Silver fare when they report quarterly results.Read full newsRead 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

Secretary of State Michael Pompeo defended the temporary waivers granted to eight countries to continue buying Iranian crude oil for now against Congressional critics and others who say the U.S. is being too lenient on the Islamic Republic.The comments on "Fox News Sunday" come a day before U.S. sanctions on Iran's energy and shipping are due to snap back following President Donald Trump's decisio...Read More

Learn how to protect savings and maximize returns by investing in precious metals.The U.S. Gold Bureau would like to announce the newest edition of its guide to precious metals, perfect for anyone hoping to safeguard their investments and retirement!And today, they are giving away a free copy of their Investor's Guide to Precious Metals!Their goal is to help regular investors learn the "pro" secr...Read More

It's 1:15 p.m. on a sunny Friday afternoon in Vancouver and I arrive a little early for a downtown meeting with Westhaven Ventures (WHN-V) chairman Gren Thomas. A short elevator ride at Granville and West Hastings takes me to Westhaven's modest offices on the 10th floor, where I let myself in and drop by CFO Shaun Pollard's office.Inside, Pollard and veteran geologist Ed Balon - Westhaven's techni...Read More

It's 1:15 p.m. on a sunny Friday afternoon in Vancouver and I arrive a little early for a downtown meeting with Westhaven Ventures (WHN-V) chairman Gren Thomas. A short elevator ride at Granville and West Hastings takes me to Westhaven's modest offices on the 10th floor, where I let myself in and drop by CFO Shaun Pollard's office.Inside, Pollard and veteran geologist Ed Balon - Westhaven's techni...Read More

It's 1:15 p.m. on a sunny Friday afternoon in Vancouver and I arrive a little early for a downtown meeting with Westhaven Ventures (WHN-V) chairman Gren Thomas. A short elevator ride at Granville and West Hastings takes me to Westhaven's modest offices on the 10th floor, where I let myself in and drop by CFO Shaun Pollard's office.Inside, Pollard and veteran geologist Ed Balon - Westhaven's techni...Read More

Brazil's mining giant Vale (NYSE:VALE), the world's No.1 iron ore and nickel producer, signed a four-year contract with Emirates Steel, the largest steel producer in the United Arab Emirates, to supply iron ore pellets for the Arabian company's steel production in Abu Dhabi.Such production requires inputs of around 6 million tonnes of iron ore pellets per year, which Vale can easily supply thanks...Read More

Brazil's mining giant Vale (NYSE:VALE), the world's No.1 iron ore and nickel producer, signed a four-year contract with Emirates Steel, the largest steel producer in the United Arab Emirates, to supply iron ore pellets for the Arabian company's steel production in Abu Dhabi.Such production requires inputs of around 6 million tonnes of iron ore pellets per year, which Vale can easily supply thanks...Read More

This week, the US National Security Advisor, John Bolton, announced that President Donald Trump signed a new executive order that forbids American companies and individuals from buying Venezuelan gold. During a discourse at the Liberty Tower in Miami, Bolton explained that the decision was made given that, in the view of the White House, the Nicolas Maduro regime has been looting the riches of his...Read More

This week, the US National Security Advisor, John Bolton, announced that President Donald Trump signed a new executive order that forbids American companies and individuals from buying Venezuelan gold. During a discourse at the Liberty Tower in Miami, Bolton explained that the decision was made given that, in the view of the White House, the Nicolas Maduro regime has been looting the riches of his...Read More

Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurds upgraded their oil export pipeline to accommodate future production growth from their region as well as from the contested Kirkuk area controlled by the central government in Baghdad.The Kurdistan Regional Government completed improvements to the pipeline to the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, Turkey, by installing another pumping station in the Shaikhan area, the KRG's...Read More

Earlier this week, the Google honoured Canadian geologist Joseph Burr Tyrrell by dedicating its Doodle to him.Tyrrell, who was born in Weston on Nov.1, 1858, is best known for having discovered the Albertosaurus sarcophagus in 1905 around the foothills between Calgary and Edmonton and the illustration represents just that. However, the Ontario man had a prolific career in mining, having discovered...Read More

Earlier this week, the Google honoured Canadian geologist Joseph Burr Tyrrell by dedicating its Doodle to him.Tyrrell, who was born in Weston on Nov.1, 1858, is best known for having discovered the Albertosaurus sarcophagus in 1905 around the foothills between Calgary and Edmonton and the illustration represents just that. However, the Ontario man had a prolific career in mining, having discovered...Read More

Researchers from The University of Western Australia, Universit?(C) Laval and McGill University applied a first-of-its-kind technique that measures the long-term life cycle of sulphur, which helps explain the preferential location of high-value mineral deposits at the edges of ancient continents.In a paper published in Nature Communications, the scientists explain how they charted the life cycle o...Read More

Researchers from The University of Western Australia, Universit?(C) Laval and McGill University applied a first-of-its-kind technique that measures the long-term life cycle of sulphur, which helps explain the preferential location of high-value mineral deposits at the edges of ancient continents.In a paper published in Nature Communications, the scientists explain how they charted the life cycle o...Read More