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

B.C. leads all Canadian provinces in EV transition, report shows

September 29, 2022 / www.northernminer.com

Electric Mobility Canada, with the support of Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors, has released a scorecard comparing how Canadian provinces and territories are doing at supporting consumers in their transition to electric vehicles.The scorecard shows that "exciting action" is underway, with EVs becoming the clear choice for consumers and businesses in many parts of the country. At the same time, pr...Read More

Ero Copper shares rise on nickel discovery near its Caraiba mill in Brazil

September 29, 2022 / www.northernminer.com

Shares of Ero Copper (TSX: ERO; NYSE: ERO) rose by 9.4% on Thursday morning on the news of its discovery of a regional nickel sulphide system in the Cura???? Valley of northeastern Brazil.The discovery, known as the Umburana System, has been traced for 5 km so far and is open in all directions. It is highlighted by several surface expressions of nickel mineralization, the Vancouver-headquartered m...Read More

iMetal Resources Mobilizes Drill Rig to Gowganda West to Commence Fall 2022 Drill Program

September 28, 2022 / bit.ly

iMetal Resources, Inc. (TSX.V:IMR)(OTC PINK:ADTFF)(FRANKFURT:A7V) (Read full newsRead More

Kennecott going underground

September 28, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

Chaarat makes headway at KyzyltashSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.Zenith Minerals aiming for new heights with lithium focusSPONSOREDzenith minerals limitedBedrock gold discovery adds to Kingwest reignSPONSOREDkingwest resourcesMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDKennecott, just outside Salt Lake City, has been operating since 1903 and the Bingham Canyon pit is the...Read More

Bravo sees positive re-assays on Luanga

September 28, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

The statistic followed the re-analysis of samples from an additional eight historic drill holes from the company's wholly owned project.Highlights from those eight holes included:16 metres grading 5.78g/t Pd, 2.78g/t Pt, 0.35g/t Rh, 0.47g/t, and 9.39g/t PGM+Au; including 9 metres grading 8.94g/t Pd, 4.28g/t Pt, 0.47g/t Rh, 0.79g/t Au, and 14.48g/t PGM+Au41 metres grading 0.98g/t Pd, 0.45g/t Pt, 0....Read More

Arizona Sonoran maiden Parks-Salyer resources

September 28, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

The company released an inferred resource of 143.6 million tonnes grading 1.015% copper for 1.46Mt of contained copper, or 2.92 billion pounds. The company said some 2.Read More

BHP ramping up Peru exploration

September 28, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

"Peru has conditions that are unique: geological wealth, a long mining tradition and a stable macroeconomic scenario.Read More

Solaris seeks to double Warintza start pit

September 28, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

The key growth area is the northeast extension where the company was returning higher grade intercepts from surface as the company released its maiden resource in April.Read More

Colombia seeks to increase coal taxes

September 28, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

Chaarat makes headway at KyzyltashSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.Zenith Minerals aiming for new heights with lithium focusSPONSOREDzenith minerals limitedBedrock gold discovery adds to Kingwest reignSPONSOREDkingwest resourcesMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDFinance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo agreed to continue to allow royalty deductions in exchange for rai...Read More

"Record-Breaking" 71.26-ct Yellow Diamond Found at Ekati, Canada

September 28, 2022 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Arctic Canadian says it has recovered what is likely to be the largest fancy vivid yellow gemstone discovered in Canada. The octahedron diamond, weighing 71.26 carats, was found at the Ekati mine, in Northwest Territories, which was bought from the insolvent Dominion Diamond Mines last year."The beautiful rough diamond exhibits a near-perfect octahedral shape, a rarity for dia...Read More

TAGS Rough Sales Slump amid "Difficult" Market Conditions

September 28, 2022 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Trans Atlantic Gem Sales (TAGS) saw sales slump at its September rough tender, which that closed today, down from $35m in July to an estimated $14m.It offered only $25m of goods in Dubai, and withdrew 45 per cent amid "difficult" market conditions, though it did not provide an actual sales total.TAGS noted reports that rough prices generally had softened by as much as 10 per cent,...Read More

18.18-ct Pear-Shaped Pink Could Sell for $35m

September 28, 2022 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - A huge 18.18 carat pear-shaped fancy vivid pink diamond could fetch $35m when it is offered for sale at Christie's Geneva in November.The auction house says the Fortune Pink (pictured) is the largest pear-shaped fancy vivid pink diamond ever to be auctioned."Weighing an auspicious 18.18 carats, the diamond's weight literally translates to definite prosperity in Asia and i...Read More

Customers Pay $40 for Signet's Digital-Only Jewelry

September 28, 2022 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Jewelry customers can now pay $40 for an image of themselves wearing virtual jewelry.It's part of a collaboration between The Banter by Piercing Pagoda - a chain of kiosk stores owned by Signet Jewelers  - and DressX, a "metacloset of digital-only clothes".They have jointly launched a six-piece jewelry collection. "Three of the styles are digital-only, featuring elements...Read More

Activist hack-and-leak ops target Latam miners

September 28, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

Chaarat makes headway at KyzyltashSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.Zenith Minerals aiming for new heights with lithium focusSPONSOREDzenith minerals limitedBedrock gold discovery adds to Kingwest reignSPONSOREDkingwest resourcesMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDThe targets included the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Chile's Armed Forces, the Mexican Secretariat of Nati...Read More

Red tape ensnaring China's miners risks mineral security...

September 28, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

Chaarat makes headway at KyzyltashSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.Zenith Minerals aiming for new heights with lithium focusSPONSOREDzenith minerals limitedBedrock gold discovery adds to Kingwest reignSPONSOREDkingwest resourcesMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSORED  China's mineral exploration and development policies are the most stringent in the world, with d...Read More

Pumpkin Hallow mill restart expected mid-next year

September 28, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

The scheduling is slightly ahead of the third quarter 2023 restart which it guided for in August.Read More

Max Resource samples 1.3% copper over 19.4 metres at Cesar, Colombia

September 28, 2022 / www.canadianinvestor.com

Share this article VANCOUVER - Max Resource Corp.'s [MAX-TSXV; MXROF-OTC; M1D2-FSE] ground-based IP (induced polarization) and TMI anomalies at the Cesar project, Colombia, correlated well with surface geochemical targets and successfully defined new drill targets at URU Central (URU-C and URU-CE). Mobilization of the drill rig is fully under way and continuous channel sampling at URU-CE returned...Read More

Copper Mountain reserve update supports expansion

September 28, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

The new life of mine plan supports an updated mill expansion scenario from 45,000 to 65,000 tonnes per day to produce 114 million pounds of copper, 54,000 ounces of gold and 367,000oz of silver, orRead More

LIAMforum to inspire the next generation about mining...

September 28, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

Chaarat makes headway at KyzyltashSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.Zenith Minerals aiming for new heights with lithium focusSPONSOREDzenith minerals limitedBedrock gold discovery adds to Kingwest reignSPONSOREDkingwest resourcesMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDThe Forum will be hosted online at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, and will bring together thought...Read More

Arizona Sonoran Copper at an inflection point with new Cactus resource estimate

September 28, 2022 / www.northernminer.com

Arizona Sonoran Copper (TSX: ASCU) has published a maiden resource estimate for Arizona's Parks-Salyer (P/S) porphyry copper deposit, immediately southwest of the flagship Cactus project.The P/S resource is on contiguous private land and includes oxide, enriched and stockpile material considered amenable to a heap leaching operation. The inferred resource now stands at 143.6 million tonnes grading...Read More

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