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

Investor Insight: InterGroup MiningSPONSOREDintergroup miningEmerging SA gold developer Barton Gold breaks the mouldSPONSOREDbarton gold holdings limitedSky the limit for AuTECO in CanadaSPONSOREDauteco minerals ltdAlicanto wows with maiden resourceSPONSOREDalicanto mineralsThe program will address "vulnerabilities" in the domestic critical materials supply chain, which are both an economic disadv...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The State Bank of India (SBI) is to start lending to manufacturers of lab grown diamonds.The move, by the country's largest private lender, is widely seen as boost to an emerging sector. India produces 15 per cent of the world's lab growns, but has been calling on the government to invest and help it grow into $5.1bn-a-year industry.The government-owned SBI has formalized...Read More

(IDEX Online) - India's gem and jewelry trade faces a major "round tripping" probe after it emerged that documented imports of pearls exceeded global production by as much as 10 times.The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) suspects fraud on a massive scale.It reports evidence of round tripping, when companies sell and buy back the same assets in to artificially increase their...Read More

Osisko Gold Royalties posted higher second-quarter adjusted earnings from its royalty and stream segment of C$25.7 million or $0.14 per basic share versus $23.9 million and $0.Read More

Pure Gold Mining (TSXV: PGM) has released an updated mineral resource estimate for its namesake operation in Ontario's Red Lake gold camp, reporting 20% fewer ounces in the resource categories.A new technical report completed by SRK sees the mine's global resource base falling to 2 million oz. from 2.5 million oz. and the average grade reduced to 7.2 grams gold per tonne from 8.7 grams per tonne.T...Read More

St Barbara (ASX: SBM) has released its fiscal 2023 guidance after receiving approval of a tailings raise for its Touquoy gold mine in Nova Scotia. The Australian miner's consolidated gold production is now expected to total between 280,000 and 315,000 oz. at an all-in sustaining cost (AISC) of US$2,050 to US$2,150 per oz.The company's guidance was previously in question as it awaited provincial go...Read More

K92 Mining (TSX: KNT) has released a first resource for its Blue Lake gold porphyry project, only 4 km southwest of its Kainantu mine in Papua New Guinea. Inferred resources total 10.8 million oz. of gold equivalent at 0.61 gram gold equivalent per tonne, based on 549 million tonnes averaging 0.21 gram gold per tonne, 0.23% copper and 2.42 grams silver. The estimate used a 0.4 gram gold equival...Read More

Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) has raised its production guidance and decreased its cost estimates for 2022, based on strong results in the first half of the year.The Vancouver-based miner now expects to produce between 430,000 and 460,000 ounces of gold, from a previous guidance of 405,000 to 445,000 ounces.All-in sustaining costs (AISC) are forecast to be in the US$820 to US$930 per oz. range, down from...Read More

Precious metals producer Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) has been granted a key permit that allows it to build a processing plan and kick off mine pre-stripping at the Mara Rosa gold project in Brazil's central state of Go?-as.The environmental licence also means that the Latin America-focused miner can begin construction of all the required site infrastructure.Chief executive officer Ignacio Bustama...Read More

Iain Fleming Downie, of Thunder Bay, Ont., passed away peacefully with his wife Anne and children Malcolm, Ewan and Andrea by his side on Aug. 5 at the age of 83. Iain was born in Scotland and attended the University of Toronto where he graduated as a PEng geologist. He had a successful career in mineral exploration across North America: a pioneer of diamond exploration in Canada, a recipient...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Mountain Province saw profits almost static (up by less than one per cent) during the last quarter as higher per-carat prices made up for a steep fall in sales volume.The Canada-based miner said carats sold during the three months ending 30 June were down 18 per cent, year-on-year, but the average price per carat leapt from $82 to $131, (figures are US dollars) an increase of almos...Read More

State copper company Codelco saw a 7.9% to 782,900 tonnes from 850,200t a year ago, including an 11.4% drop at its Chuquicamata and northern mines to 361,700t from 408,300t a year ago.Read More

Democrats are trying to frame the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act as a win. And for liberals, the bill is a political win. But this legislation will do almost nothing to reduce elevated consumer prices in the near or long term.The Inflation Reduction Act is 775 pages long. Yet there isn't a single sentence in the entire bill that directly addresses reducing consumer prices. In fact, the onl...Read More

I'm here in Bretton Woods for one reason - to participate in a key discussion about the Fed and the monetary system called "Money and Power."More importantly, today we discussed the catalyst that will spark the next major market downturn. Go here now for a full replay of today's blockbuster event.Long Overdue for a New Monetary SystemLook, I've been studying monetary economics for about 50 years....Read More

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It'll now go through a 180-day comment period.Read More

Investor Insight: InterGroup MiningSPONSOREDintergroup miningEmerging SA gold developer Barton Gold breaks the mouldSPONSOREDbarton gold holdings limitedSky the limit for AuTECO in CanadaSPONSOREDauteco minerals ltdAlicanto wows with maiden resourceSPONSOREDalicanto mineralsIt'll now go through a 180-day comment period.Read More

The deal is in the form of a non-binding term sheet with Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board, who will continue with ongoing due diligence.Read More

"I'm going to take you to a somewhat parallel universe: the other WA, West Africa," Chesser Resources' CEO Andrew Grove told the annually held conference.Read More