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

(IDEX Online) - The world's largest internally flawless diamond, a 303.1-carat fancy deep brownish-yellow stone, sold yesterday for $12.4m at at Sotheby's New York.It became the third most valuable yellow diamond ever sold at auction, but fell short of its $15m high estimate. Sotheby's described the price as "strong".Quig Bruning, head of jewelry for Sotheby's Americas, said th...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lucapa reports the "best kimberlite diamond recoveries to date" from ongoing explorations at its Lulo mine, in Angola.The Australian miner says bulk sampling of diamond-bearing kimberlites had yielded 20 stones with a total weight of 15.51 carats.Among them were five +1.0-ct diamonds, including one of 1.95-cts. A number of stones have been classified as Type IIa."While the processi...Read More

To date the focus of most investment dollars in the rapidly growing global lithium industry has been on hard rock miners, many located in Australia, and the brine deposits in South America's lithium triangle. However, processing methodologies focused on extracting the key battery metal from clay deposits are developing rapidly and today several soft rock deposits are in advanced stages of developm...Read More

Feasibility Study Imminent at Fission's High-Grade, Low-Cost Uranium Project SPONSOREDfission uraniumGlobal Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumUranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDA Glencore spokesman said genuine and timely consultation with c...Read More

Cordoba Minerals (TSXV: CDB; US-OTC: CDBMF) announced on Thursday that it has entered a strategic arrangement with JCHX Mining Management to jointly develop the company's flagship Alacran copper-gold-silver project in Colombia. JCHX is a leading mining construction companies in China, and currently a shareholder of Cordoba.As part of the arrangement, JCHX will purchase a 50% ownership interest in...Read More

(DEX Online) - British actress Lily James has visited Botswana in her new role as global ambassador for the Natural Diamond Council.The 33-year-old Emmy-nominated star, known for roles in Pam and Tommy and Downton Abbey, visited Lucara's Karowe Diamond Mine, as well as the De Beers Global Sightholder Sales facility in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. She also went to the KGK Diamo...Read More

Osisko Mining has signed a binding term sheet with Miyuukaa Corp., a wholly owned business of the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi, to build the proposed hydro-electric powerline for the Windfall gold project. According to a feasibility study released in late November, Windfall is projected to produce 306,000 oz. of gold annually over a 10-year mine life.The project is located in the Abitibi green...Read More

Feasibility Study Imminent at Fission's High-Grade, Low-Cost Uranium Project SPONSOREDfission uraniumGlobal Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumUranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDThe Resources Rising Stars investment conference on Queensland's...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Diamcor today announced a huge increase in carats sold this quarter, as it saw average per-carat prices fall by more than half.The Canadian junior miner said it sold 8,327 carats of rough from its Venetia mine in South Africa, during the the current quarter, ending December 31. That's an increase of 121 per cent on the 3,776 carats sold in the previous three months.But gross r...Read More

In April, it published a 287Mt grading 0.79% copper equivalent indicative starter pit at Warintza Central within a larger 1.5Bt resource."We are trying to deliver high-value, high-impact growth in expanding the size of the start-up, which is a key contributor to the robust economics of this project. We are going to continue to expand on the start-up to take that resource to over 500Mt with this dr...Read More

Feasibility Study Imminent at Fission's High-Grade, Low-Cost Uranium Project SPONSOREDfission uraniumGlobal Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumUranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDThe quote was from capital markets firm Argonaut earlier this mo...Read More

JCHX, which previously invested C$11 million into Cordoba in November 2019 for a 19.Read More

Feasibility Study Imminent at Fission's High-Grade, Low-Cost Uranium Project SPONSOREDfission uraniumGlobal Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumUranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDThe Canadian government has released legislation to modernise th...Read More

Feasibility Study Imminent at Fission's High-Grade, Low-Cost Uranium Project SPONSOREDfission uraniumGlobal Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumUranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSORED"We're targeting going live on the ASX in the early New Year - r...Read More

Ascot Resources (TSX: AOT; US-OTC: AOTVF) has released the third batch of assay results from surface drilling at the Big Missouri deposit in B.C., which continues to impress with more bonanza-grade gold and additional occurrences of coarse, visible gold.The latest results are from surface drilling for in-fill and exploration purposes at the Big Missouri deposit, part of Ascot's 2022 exploration pr...Read More

The Canadian government has released legislation to modernise the Investment Canada Act (ICA) in a move that will increase its power to limit foreign ownership of the country's critical mineralsRead More

Social opposition remains key industry hurdle in ColombiaSPONSOREDverisk maplecroftAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy PolarX following up promising results at Nevada gold-silver projectSPONSOREDpolarx limitedHongliulin Leverages Huawei Cloud Stack to Embrace Digital Transformation SPONSOREDhuawei cloudWhat does this have to do with WIM100? Well...Read More

Feasibility Study Imminent at Fission's High-Grade, Low-Cost Uranium Project SPONSOREDfission uraniumGlobal Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumUranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDRanking member Bruce Westerman, a Republican from Arkansas, and...Read More

You don't need a magic eight ball to know that 2023 is probably going to be a tough year.As 2022 comes to a close, it seems we are collectively coming to the realization that the multiple, compounding crises that have bloomed this year (even if they were years in the making) won't magically disappear as we turn the page on 2022. Inflation is probably not as "transitory" as the U.S. Federal Reserve...Read More

Prospect generator Azimut Exploration (TSXV: AZM; US-OTC: AZMTF) has signed a joint venture agreement with KGHM International for its early stage Kukamas copper-gold property in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay region of Quebec. Under the deal, KGHM International, a subsidiary of Polish firm KGHM Polska Mied?? S.A, can earn a 50% interest in the property by spending $5 million over four years. KGH...Read More