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

Answering that will have major implications for the Federal Reserve on its future interest rate policy, the value of the US dollar, and in turn potential price direction in gold and other metals,Read More

In the wake of the Bre-X Minerals gold salting fraud of the late 1990s, Canada's regulators introduced National Instrument 43-101 in 2001. The regulation, which spelled out standards of disclosure for mineral projects and put the onus on the "qualified person" - a professional responsible for the information in a technical report - earned back the trust of investors, prevented similar frauds, and...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Priceless jewels have been recovered after the $129m heist at The Green Vault museum, in Dresden, Germany - but many have been damaged.And some of the most valuable items from one of Europe's greatest art collections are still missing.Three of the six defendants being tried for the raid, in November 2019, changed their pleas to guilty on Monday, having returned 31 fragments fr...Read More

4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootRed Dirt rockets toward mining in 2023SPONSOREDred dirt metalsAlien Metals accelerates toward productionSPONSOREDalien metalsMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingThe trajectory of Platinum Group Metals, or PGMs - of which South Africa holds the vast amount of world reserves...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Finance company Delgatto will use Sarine technology to evaluate diamonds in a unique agreement designed to provide more funding for rough purchases.DDFF (Delgatto Diamond Finance Fund) will use Sarine's Galaxy, DiaExpert and Advisor platforms to assess the future value of a stone when it's been cut, and decide whether it's eligible for financing.DDFF will also offer...Read More

"Canada is approving critical minerals mines," Wilkinson said on his Twitter account in response to a January 16 post by the country's environment minister Steven Guilbeault on the project . "That'sRead More

Getchell Gold (CSE: GTCH; US-OTC: GGLDF) has released the latest drill results from the SW Colorado Zone at its Fondaway Canyon gold project in Nevada, about 170 km east of Reno.Assay results from two drill holes have extended the Colorado SW Zone along strike. In a 40-metre step out to the southeast from previous drilling, drill hole FCG22-26 intersected two wide intercepts: a 29.4-metre interval...Read More

New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG; NYSE-AM: NFGC) says it has discovered a new zone and vein extending mineralization south of the Keats deposit at its Queensway project in central Newfoundland. Drilling along the Appleton fault at the project, 15 km west of Gander, N.L., discovered the new Trans Canada Highway zone and the Rocket vein at the Knob target. The drill program also returned more intercep...Read More

Sarama Resources Ltd. ("Sarama" or the "Company") (ASX:SRR, TSX?EUR? V:SWA) is pleased to announce that exploration drilling at its 100%?EUR?owned(4), multi?EUR?million?EUR?ounce Sanutura Project (the "Project") has discovered a new mineralised trend extending for 700m in the north of the Tankoro Mineralised Corrid...Read full newsRead More

Through its subsidiary, Zijin International Holdings, the company hopes to secure the exploration rights for the mine in Hotan County, Xinjiang, which is being offered by the Department of NaturalRead More

Last year's gold production was around 1% lower than the 4.2M oz of gold produced in 2021 and the third straight year of an annual decline in output.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Exhibitors booked $3.7bn of orders at India's flagship trade show, the IIJS Signature, according to initial estimates by the GJEPC (Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council).Over 20,000 visitors attended the four-day India International Jewellery Show at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, in Mumbai, down on the 32,000 forecast by organizers. All but 800 were from India."The rec...Read More

4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootRed Dirt rockets toward mining in 2023SPONSOREDred dirt metalsAlien Metals accelerates toward productionSPONSOREDalien metalsMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingTake Anglo's ESG credentials. One view holds that Anglo is probably ahead of the curve on matters green. In a rec...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Petra Diamonds announced yesterday that it had taken the "difficult decision" to put its loss-making Koffiefontein mine, in South Africa, on care and maintenance as it prepares for complete closure.The UK-based miner said it had failed to find a buyer for the underground deposit, which dates back to 1880 and which was expected to reach the end of its life in 2025."Production at Kof...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Rio Tinto has lowered the 2023 production forecast for its Diavik diamond mine, on the edge of Arctic Circle, in Canada. It now expects to produce 3.0m to 3.8m carats, compared with a 2022 forecast of 4.5m to 5.0m carats. Actual production for last year was on target, at 4.7m carats. Rio Tinto, the world's second-largest metals and mining corporation, gave no explanation for t...Read More

Hecla and the United Steelworkers (USW) Union Local 5114 have agreed to a 6-year contract.Read More

Share this article VANCOUVER - Solaris Resources Inc. [SLS-TSX; SLSSF-OTCQB] reported assay results from a series of holes aimed at growing mineral resources at the 100%-owned Warintza East discovery within its Warintza project in southeastern Ecuador.Warintza East was discovered in July 2021, with eight holes covering the overlapping periphery included in the Warintza Central Mineral Resource Es...Read More

4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootRed Dirt rockets toward mining in 2023SPONSOREDred dirt metalsAlien Metals accelerates toward productionSPONSOREDalien metalsMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streaming"As the minister of finance of Saudi Arabia said, mining in Saudi Arabia is an economic play. It's not a fiscal p...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Petra Diamonds says it's considering "additional financing options to provide support" while its Williamson mine is out of action.It also says it's talking to the government of Tanzania about the sale of a long-disputed diamond parcel that was confiscated in September 2017.A breach of the mine's tailings storage facility last November released 12.8m cubic metres of m...Read More

Interest in gold has been muted in recent quarters compared to other asset classes, partly because rising real rates and a stronger US dollar offered no incentive to increase exposure to gold.Read More