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

Marathon Gold (TSX: MOZ) is moving ahead with its proposed Valentine open-pit gold mine in central Newfoundland after the company's board approved construction."The company's decision to proceed with construction of the Valentine Gold project considers the impact of almost two years of market inflation on the project's costs, as well as a necessarily cautious approach to project management, contin...Read More

Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has reached an in-principle deal with Turquoise Hill (TSX: TQR) to buy the 49% of the Canadian miner it doesn't already own for US$3.3 billion.The move would grant the global miner direct ownership of the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia, located 550 km south of the capital Ulaanbaatar. It also brings the six-month takeover battle to an end,...Read More

North Gilbey's a Gascoyne game-changerSPONSOREDgascoyne resources ltdSun shines on Saturn MetalsSPONSOREDsaturn metalsMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSORED"No one is against the companies, but we are looking for distinct economic models.Read More

An international team of researchers has pinpointed a dramatic shift in the composition of rocks making up earth's continents that was driven by the primitive vegetation trapping mud on land, stopping it from washing down rivers and out into the sea.The discovery was made by linking the fossil record of plants with archives of environmental change, and with records of the chemical composition of t...Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Orea Mining Corp. [OREA-TSX, OREAF-OTCQX, 3CG-FRA] shares rose sharply Wednesday after the company said it has secured a 100% interest in the Montagne d'Or gold deposit in French Guiana by acquiring the 55.01% interest held by United Kingdom-based Nord Gold SE [NORD-LSE].Montagne d'Or is a permitting-stage open pit gold mining project that hosts proven reserves of 8...Read More

Share this article VANCOUVER - Brixton Metals Corp. [BBB-TSXV; BBBXF-OTCQB] reported further drill results from its 2022 drill program at the wholly owned Thorn project, located in the Golden Triangle trend of northwestern British Columbia. The project is located within the Taku River Tlingit's and Tahltan First Nation's traditional territory.Further drilling at the Trapper Target has yielded num...Read More

The company said both holes reported were drilled to test and confirm the down plunge continuity of gold mineralisation within the main intrusive body hosting gold mineralisation at Ternera.Read More

Sky the limit for AuTECO in CanadaSPONSOREDauteco minerals ltdEmerging SA gold developer Barton Gold breaks the mouldSPONSOREDbarton gold holdings limitedInvestor Insight: InterGroup MiningSPONSOREDintergroup miningAlicanto wows with maiden resourceSPONSOREDalicanto mineralsThe results came from the Hilltop target and included 515.3g/t silver, 28.9% lead, 10.5% zinc, and 0.9g/t gold over 28.3 metr...Read More

Sky the limit for AuTECO in CanadaSPONSOREDauteco minerals ltdEmerging SA gold developer Barton Gold breaks the mouldSPONSOREDbarton gold holdings limitedInvestor Insight: InterGroup MiningSPONSOREDintergroup miningAlicanto wows with maiden resourceSPONSOREDalicanto mineralsThe base case PEA uses $21.95/oz Ag, $3.78/lb Cu, $0.94/lb, and $1.33/lb Zn."Total acquisition, exploration and development c...Read More

Emerging SA gold developer Barton Gold breaks the mouldSPONSOREDbarton gold holdings limitedInvestor Insight: InterGroup MiningSPONSOREDintergroup miningSky the limit for AuTECO in CanadaSPONSOREDauteco minerals ltdAlicanto wows with maiden resourceSPONSOREDalicanto minerals"Our second quarter financial results include the first full quarter of contributions from our Bolivian operations," company...Read More

Connecting the mine to the state grid power system and reducing its reliance on diesel generators for power will dramatically reduce projected energy costs by 75%, or from approximately $32 million toRead More

(IDEX Online) - De Beers today reported a robust performance at cycle 7, with sales (provisional) of $630m, up more than 21 per cent year-on-year.Actual sales at sight 6, announced at the end of July, were $638m, up 23 per cent on the same period in 2021.Bruce Cleaver, CEO, De Beers Group, said: "Rough diamond sales continued at a steady level in the seventh sales cycle of 2022."In line with norma...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Pandora is urging women to buy their own lab grown diamonds, in a campaign fronted by "champions of self-empowerment" - Rosario Dawson and Ashley Graham.The Danish jeweler has ditched all mined diamonds and pledged to use only recycled silver and gold.Dawson, 43, (pictured) the US actress best known for the Sin City movies, and Ashley Graham, 34, the US supermodel, entrepreneur and...Read More

The canine days of August are clearing out, beach sand through the hourglass. Tomorrow the calendar furls to September.Many consider September a snoozing month of market peace before dreaded October.They will remind you that the market's most violent cataclysms - the Panic of 1907, the Crash of 1929, “Black Monday” 1987 - all came barreling through in October.October’s reputation...Read More

The Toronto-quoted equity of Patriot Battery Metals (TSXV: PMET; OTCQB: PMETF) jumped to a fresh 12-month high on Aug. 31 following the release of the company's best lithium drill intercept to date on its Quebec-based Corvette property.The Vancouver-domiciled company released the results of six holes as part of the summer phase of the 2022 drill program on the prospective wholly owned property in...Read More

U.S. carmaker Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) is asking the Biden administration to speed up the permitting process for mining projects, particularly those targeting critical metals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite.In a letter to the Department of the Interior on Tuesday, the auto maker said the current "lengthy, costly and inefficient permitting process" makes it difficult for American busin...Read More

Ultramafic rocks mineralized with nickel, copper and platinum group elements that were discovered at surface and drilled in the mid-2000s are now getting a more fulsome examination in a 20,000-metre drill program by Quebec Nickel (CSE: QNI; US-OTC: QNICF). New assay results from the Fortin Sill Zone at the junior's 100%-owned Ducros project in Quebec, 80 km northeast of Val-d'Or, returned 35.6 m...Read More

As industries and nations fret about getting the raw materials needed to power the energy transition, coal is also seeing a stunning rise. In September 2021, the price of ICE Newcastle coal was around US$120 per tonne. In March, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine it spiked to nearly US$380 per tonne. At press time at the end of August - shortly after a European Union embargo against Russian coal c...Read More

The beaten-down junior mining complex currently sits at an attractive investment entry point as the sector continues to trade lower relative to gold and other equities, Haywood Capital Markets analysts conclude in their third Junior Exploration Report for 2022.Haywood's analysts argue that with the GDXJ trading down about 21% in the year to date, as of Aug. 25, and several high-quality juniors are...Read More

Chile's President Gabriel Boric said late on Tuesday he is open to discuss changes in the country's tax law that would affect the mining sector as lawmakers are scheduled to vote on the proposed reform on Sept. 13.Speaking at a gala organized by the national mining association Sonami, Boric said the industry had been historically unwilling to reach agreements with the government in terms of sharin...Read More