News and Reports

Year Ahead 2025

January 06, 2025

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

Year in Review 2023 and Outlook for 2024

January 04, 2024

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

Year in Review 2022 and Outlook for 2023

January 2023

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: The Heart of Global Copper

October 2021

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 Gold

June 2021

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 Gold Mining and Canadian Juniors

April 2021

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

An Overview of the Golden Triangle

July 2020

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

An Overview of Quebec Gold Mining

April 2020

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

An Overview of the Red Lake Mining District

January, 2020

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

China's Lygend aims for $600 million IPO

November 22, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

The Chine-based company plans to offer 232.5 million shares ranging from HK$15.60 to HK$19.96 each. About 24% of the net proceeds, or HK$951.Read More

Friedland's Ivanhoe Electric starts drilling in Utah

November 22, 2022 / www.canadianinvestor.com

Share this article VANCOUVER - Ivanhoe Electric Inc. [IE-TSX, NYSE American] has begun drilling at the historic Tintic copper-gold district in Utah after more than five years of property acquisition, digitization of old mine records and meticulous geologic mapping."The Tintic mining district has a storied, century-and-half-long history of high-grade silver production, dating back to the first dis...Read More

Lundin Gold lifted by Ecuador potential

November 22, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

Drilling results confirmed the wide, consistent nature of mineralization throughout the southern sector and have also generated new targets outside of the resource envelope for further work as part ofRead More

Juanicipio ready to power-up

November 22, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

Additional testing by the state-owned power company Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) to verify compatibility between new and updated substation equipment for the Juanicipio silver mine inRead More

Calibre sensing Carlin system at Gold Rock

November 22, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

The company has been working to de-risk the Gold Rock, near-surface oxide project through infill and condemnation drilling, geo-metallurgical classification and structural modelling.Read More

Barrick completes Mankono sale

November 22, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

The sale includes the granting of a 2% net smelter return (NSR) royalty allocated 70% to Barrick and 30% to Endeavour based on their relative ownership interest.Read More

Newmont to release 2023 guidance in February

November 22, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

The guidance will also be released on the same day as the firm's full-year and fourth-quarter 2022 operations and financial results.Read More

Equinox puts US$100M ATM in place

November 22, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Women's Executive Network: Canada's Most Powerful WomenSPONSOREDonyen corporationCompany president and chief executive Greg Smith told Mining Jou...Read More

Winter gloom as China's zinc demand to remain weak...

November 22, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Women's Executive Network: Canada's Most Powerful WomenSPONSOREDonyen corporationA housing slump has depressed Chinese demand for commodities inc...Read More

The lurking danger for Rio at Simandou

November 22, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Women's Executive Network: Canada's Most Powerful WomenSPONSOREDonyen corporationBut what does all this mean for Rio Tinto which is part of the S...Read More

Escondida union votes on BHP offer to avert strike...

November 22, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Women's Executive Network: Canada's Most Powerful WomenSPONSOREDonyen corporationThe copper producer made an offer on Sunday, which union leaders...Read More

Indian Banks Ease Rupee Trade with Russia

November 22, 2022 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Nine banks in India have received approval for measures that will allow diamond manufacturers to buy Russia goods in rupees.HDFC Bank and Canara Bank have already opened "vostro accounts" according to the Business Standard newspaper, and seven more are expected to follow.To settle international trade transactions in rupees, a foreign bank can open a vostro account - one that a corr...Read More

Diamond Foundry Buys German Lab Grown Firm

November 22, 2022 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Diamond Foundry, which counts Leonardo DiCaprio among its high-profile backers, has bought a German lab grown company for an undisclosed sum.Augsburg Diamond Technology, also known as Audiatec, makes diamond wafers for jewelry and manufacturing."We had a good feeling about a possible cooperation with Diamond Foundry right from the first talks," said Audiatec's CEO Dr. Stefan G...Read More

India's Polished Exports Down by 26% in October

November 22, 2022 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - India's polished diamond exports plunged by more than a quarter (26.1 per cent) in dollars during October amid ongoing weak demand.   Total foreign sales for were $1.89bn, according to figures released by the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), down year-on-year from $2.56bn. The drop was just over 18.7 per cent in rupee.   Exports for the six mo...Read More

Richemont Reports Sales Up by 24%

November 22, 2022 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Richemont saw overall sales rise sharply, by 24 per cent in the six months to the end of September.But the Swiss luxury goods conglomerate, which owns Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Jaeger-leColutre, warned of "volatile times ahead".It reported revenue during the period at $9.9bn, and said operating profit was up 26 per cent to $2.8bn.The results were better than expected, esp...Read More

Yamana, PanAm shareholder votes set for January 31

November 22, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Women's Executive Network: Canada's Most Powerful WomenSPONSOREDonyen corporationThe parties have previously said they aim to close the transacti...Read More

Boliden to earn 70% stake in Amarc's DUKE project

November 22, 2022 / www.northernminer.com

Amarc Resources ( TSXV: AHR; OTCQB: AXREF) has signed an earn-in agreement with the Boliden Group whereby the Swedish major can earn up to a 70% ownership in the DUKE copper-gold district by funding $90 million in exploration and development expenditures on the project.Amarc's 678 sq. km DUKE District is 80 km northeast of Smithers within the Babine Region, one of B.C.'s most prolific porphyry cop...Read More

Visualization: Lion One traces bonanza gold grades at Tuvatu depth

November 22, 2022 / www.northernminer.com

Lion One Metals (TSXV: LIO; US-OTCQX: LOMLF; ASX: LLO) continues to expand the Deep Feeder Zone 500 at its Tuvatu alkaline gold project in Fiji.The latest assay results reveal how the company traces bonanza-grade intercepts in a new feeder zone. It is interpreted as confirming a significant vertical extension and proving the continuity of the URW3 mineralized zone, which occurs on the western marg...Read More

Skeena discovers shallow Eskay project gold that may expand pit and lower costs

November 22, 2022 / www.northernminer.com

A new shallow-depth gold discovery at Skeena Resources' (TSX: SKE; NYSE: SKE) Eskay Creek project means the open-pit concept could be expanded and offer greater returns than initially thought, the company and analysts said. Drilling at the project in northwestern British Columbia's Golden Triangle area found rhyolite-hosted mineralization about 200 metres east of the site's 22 Zone at a vertica...Read More

The Northern Miner Podcast - episode 318: ESG 2.0-'The needle is moving faster than before', ft Clouet, Crozier, D'Souza, Gratton and Theben

November 22, 2022 / www.northernminer.com

This week's episode features the Thought Leadership panel at the Global Mining Symposium, featuring Jean-Marie Clouet, Corporate Director, Investor Relations, Agnico Eagle Mines; Stephen Crozier, Vice President, Sustainability, Noront Resources; Kevin D'Souza, Chief Sustainability Officer, Resource Capital Funds; Pierre Gratton, President and CEO, Mining Association of Canada (MAC); and moderator...Read More

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