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

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Share this article SASKATOON - Fission 3.0 Corp. [FUU-TSXV] said Monday it has begun mobilizing for winter drilling at its 100%-owned Patterson Lake North (PLN) project in Saskatchewan.The company said a 20-hole program of stepout drilling is planned to expand the highly successful drill results from November, 2022, where assays confirmed the shallow depth, wide and continuous mineralization in b...Read More

Canadian explorer and developer Skeena Resources (TSX, NYSE: SKE) said on Tuesday it had closed the sale of a 0.5% net smelter returns royalty (NSR) on its Eskay Creek gold-silver project to Franco-Nevada (TSX, NYSE: FNV) in a deal worth $27 million (US$19.8 million).The transaction, first announced in early December, also gives Skeena an additional cash consideration of $1.5 million.Net proceeds...Read More

I hope you had a very happy and safe holiday season. 2022 is now in the rearview mirror, and it's time to look ahead to 2023. But in order to get a better idea of where we're going, it helps to remember how we got here.To say that 2022 was volatile and confusing for investors is clearly an understatement. Stocks crashed during most of the first half of 2022, rallied back in July and August, droppe...Read More

In December, the government signed an investment contract in support of the development of the El Domo copper-gold project owned by Adventus Mining and Salazar Resources, and an investment contractRead More

Humanity is putting all its eggs into one leaky, inefficient, and potentially explosive basket. Hydrogen is not going to save the world from carbon emissions. For decades now, it's been an elusive prize for engineers seeking an ideal green fuel source for hard-to-electrify industries like steel, chemical refining, and shipping.But in reality, it's hard to imagine a fuel that would be worse than h...Read More

Leading regional gold miner Newmont added almost 4% in value to US$49, giving the firm a market capitalisation of $38.8 billion.Read More

Though a recession is not taken for granted - the administration of President Joe Biden denies it will happen and its officals have argued over what defines a recession - many US-based analysts areRead More

The attack occurred on December 27 last year at its mine and corporate office, the firm said.Read More

There are several key elements to having a rational view of likely price movements in precious metals in 2023. The first is accurately understanding what has happened in these markets in 2022 and where they stand as the year begins. The second is forming a sober, fact-based opinion about what has happened, where we stand at the start of 2023, and what is likely to happen in 2023 in the globa...Read More

IDEX Online) - Diamond manufacturer Kalpesh Jetani has been reunited with polished gems he lost on the way to deposit them at a vault in Surat, India.The packet, valued at $8,500, was found by textile entrepreneur Dharmesh Sakhiya, who posted notices at diamond markets across the city's' Varachha district.Mr Jetani spotted one such notice at the Prince Safe Deposit Vault, made contact, a...Read More

(IDEX Online) - An amethyst and diamond pendant famously worn by the late Princess Diana, is expected to fetch up to $145,000 when it is auctioned by Sotheby's London later this month. The Fleur?? (C)e cross, circa 1920, set with square-cut amethyst and accented by circular-cut diamonds belongs to London-based Garrard, official jeweller to the royal family for 160 years until 2007.Prince...Read More

We present the winner of the 2022 Northern Miner Scholarship, part of the Young Mining Professionals Scholarship Fund. Entrants were asked to write an essay outlining the mining industry's biggest challenges over the next 10 years. For a list of all the 2022 YMP Scholarship winners, visit www.ympscholarships.com/2022-winners.A societal shift is happening - specifically in the mindset of first-worl...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The world's richest diamond mine for the first three quarters of 2022 was Jwaneng, in Botswana, with 10.3m carats.Orapa, also in Botswana, was second-placed with 8.0m carats, according to newly-published figures from miningintelligence.com.Both mines are operated by Debswana, a partnership between De Beers and the government of Botswana.Third on the list is Udachny mine, opera...Read More

Dear Outsider,We finally made it.2023.If you've stuck with us thus far, we thank you.It felt like we'd never get here.Lessons learned from last year?The rich always get richer and the poor always get poorer.Compound interest works in your favor.Crypto companies are a scam.Securities prices will ebb and flow but will always go up over time.Unconstitutional laws continue to benefit the rich and puni...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Price drops dominated yet again among rounds during December, but there price increases among fancies, as consumers opted for lower-priced goods. Manufacturers in Surat reportedly working at just half capacity.  Consumer demand remains depressed, with pre-Christmas spending down 5.4 per cent year-on-year, according to the latest Mastercard SpendingPulse report. And inflation s...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Botswana Diamonds (BOD), the UK-based explorer, says it is seeking joint venture opportunities to seek out new assets in Zimbabwe.The country relies on diamond mining for around 70 per cent of its foreign currency revenue, but is battling grinding poverty among its 15m population,John Teeling, chairman of BOD, said in a trading update: "There are significant geological opportunitie...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Plans to develop the huge Bunder diamond mine in India, with a potential yield of 34m carats, are facing opposition from environmental groups.Local residents claim the revival of mining activity at Buxwaha, in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, will destroy forest land, cost jobs, displace tribal populations and damage the environment.Rio Tinto leased the site from the state gove...Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Kenadyr Metals Corp. [KEN-TSXV; KNDYF-OTC; KM0-FSE] entered into a binding arrangement agreement, dated December 29, 2022, to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Karus Gold Corp. by way of a plan of arrangement.Karus Gold, a private company, controls a dominant 1,000 km2 of claims in in the prolific Cariboo Gold District of central British Columbia. The clai...Read More

Global Battery Metals (TSXV: GBML) says it will stop exploring for nickel, copper and platinum group metals at its Sawyer camp in northern Michigan and instead focus on lithium projects in Ireland and Utah. The Vancouver-based company completed two 300-metre scout drill holes and a borehole/surface electromagnetic survey at the camp, located on the peninsula between the Great Lakes of Michigan a...Read More