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

Around $200 million of the proceeds from the investment are expected to be used to advance the first phase of Great Salt Lake, representing around 75% of total phase-one funding needs.Read More

(IDEX Online ) - A jeweler in Texas, USA, has been jailed after he failed to deliver $3.9m of pre-paid Rolex watches to a customer.Santiago Mora, 40, was sentenced to 27 months in prison after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to committing wire fraud.In an effort to pay the customer and others, Mora obtained a total $500,000 in merchant cash advances via wire transfer by impersonating and usi...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Britain's three biggest jewelry chains will all close their stores on Monday to mark the funeral of Queen Elizabeth.Beaverbrooks, Signet UK (H Samuel and Ernest Jones), and the Watches of Switzerland Group (Goldsmiths, Mappin & Webb and Watches of Switzerland) have more than 500 stores between them.Many smaller multiples and independent retailers will also remain closed fo...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Beyonce is starring in Tiffany & Co's latest campaign, Lose Yourself in Love, which the jeweler describes as an exploration of "fearless creativity."The American singer, songwriter, producer, and actress has been promoting the brand, together with husband Jay-Z, since April 2021. In the new campaign she models Tiffany Lock - the new, gender-neutral diamond bracelet -...Read More

As the energy revolution gathers momentum, so too intensifies the pressure from the investment community on miners to create net-zero emissions operations that produce sustainable upstream products feeding the new green economy, a panel heard during the Precious Metals Summit in Beaver Creek, Colo.According to Jamie Keech, executive chairman of Vida Carbon Corp., a pool of about US$39 trillion of...Read More

Quebec, more than any other province in Canada, has been ahead of the curve in working to join the EV economy. Its vast hydroelectricity infrastructure gives it an advantage in clean, low-carbon energy that is essential to "green" manufacturing, and it has supported the nascent battery industry with significant public investment. It was also the first to outline plans for critical minerals explora...Read More

AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU; ASX: AGG; JSE: ANG) has earmarked US$143 million to finish migrating its upstream mine waste storage facilities in Brazil, where two major tailings tragedies occurred in recent year, to dry-stack operations.The South African miner is investing close to US$42 per oz. on transforming its tailings dams built using the upstream method to comply with the country's new legal...Read More

NorZinc (TSX: NZC; OTC: NORZF) has initiated a feasibility study level metallurgical test program on its Prairie Creek project located in the Dehcho region of the Northwest Territories. The program will be conducted by SGS Canada, a leading technical services provider, with the objective of finalizing milling parameters and performance characteristics for the first three to five years of planned...Read More

A court in Burkina Faso has found two managers of Canada's Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) guilty of involuntary manslaughter after a flash flood trapped and killed eight miners in April at the company's Perkoa zinc operation in the west African country.The managers, arrested in late August, received different sentences, according to local news agencies.Hein Frey, the mine's general manag...Read More

At Santa Cecilia, Torq recently signed a seven-year social access agreement, allowing drilling and other exploration activities to commence in one of the most prospective districts in Chile.Read More

Stocks stabilized today after yesterday's bloodbath, the market's worst day in over two years. But if you're tempted to "buy the dip," I'd think twice. The worst may be yet to come. Here's a little tip:A colleague has informed me that institutional traders - not mom and pop retail investors - have recently taken out over $8 billion in "crash protection." That's a record high.The last time we saw s...Read More

Copper Fox Metals (TSXV: CUU; OTC: CPFXF) has suspended plans to complete the proposed 2,500-metre drilling program on its 100% owned Eaglehead polymetallic porphyry copper project in northwestern British Columbia. The property is located 50 km east of Dease Lake, covering a large portion (nearly 165 sq. km) of the Lower Jurassic age Eaglehead stock.The decision to suspend drilling comes as the Ca...Read More

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released another hot inflation report yesterday, announcing an 8.3% increase in the consumer price index (CPI) over the past year. This marked the sixth month in a row annual CPI has increased more than 8%.And, of course, this really comes as no surprise.Economists and analysts like myself have been warning about significant inflationary pressures resulting from the...Read More

Former BHP iron ore boss Jimmy Wilson started yesterday as executive director for 18 months after which he will move to a non-executive director role.Read More

China is the world's largest producer of hydrogen, but virtually all of the 33Mt it produces every year is made using coal and natural gas or comes as an industrial byproduct.Read More

Share this article TORONTO - Electric Royalties Ltd. [ELEC-TSXV, ELECF-OTCQB] said its royalty interest in Voyager Metals Inc.'s [VONE-TSXV] Mont Sorcier iron and vanadium project near Chibougamau, Quebec is expected to generate average annual royalty revenues of between US$750,000 and US$1.5 million annually.The estimate is based on a production scenario that is outlined in Voyager's preliminary...Read More

Drilling highlights included 265.75m grading 2.44 g/t gold equivalent and 326.05m grading 1.07g/t.Read More

Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipNorth Gilbey's a Gascoyne game-changerSPONSOREDgascoyne resources ltdSun shines on Saturn MetalsSPONSOREDsaturn metalsMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDFormer BHP iron ore boss Jimmy Wilson started yesterday as executive director for 18 months after which he will move to a non-executive directo...Read More

The expected capital costs were contained in a definitive feasibility study (DFS) case released by the firm that would represent a 140% throughput increase from a Stage 2A expansion at the mine inRead More

North Gilbey's a Gascoyne game-changerSPONSOREDgascoyne resources ltdSun shines on Saturn MetalsSPONSOREDsaturn metalsMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDChina is the world's largest producer of hydrogen, but virtually all of the 33Mt it produces every year is made using coal and natural gas or comes as an industrial byproduct.Read More