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

(IDEX Online) - Namibia's diamond production increased by more than two thirds (67.2 per cent) following the launch of its latest diamond recovery vessel.Second quarter figures for the second quarter of 2022 were 565,000 carats, up from 338,000 in Q2 last year.Debmarine, a 50/50 joint venture between De Beers Group and the Government of Namibia, began operations in March with its new $420m ve...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The IDEX Polished Price Index declined more markedly during July. It closed down by 2.05 per cent, compared with 1.18 per cent in June and 0.69 per cent in May. The rate of decline appears to be accelerating with each passing month. January and February, by comparison, showed sharp increases, up by 5.67 per cent and 4.14 per cent respectively.IDEX Online subscribers please cli...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Botswana Diamonds says it has found more kimberlite - the rock that hosts diamonds - during explorations at its Thorny River project in South Africa. Last September, the UK-listed company took full control of the site, in northern Limpopo province, by exercising its pre-emptive right to acquire outstanding third-party interests. The company says its drilling campaign has...Read More

Though it’s difficult to be confident of anything in the current flux we're experiencing, I am pretty confident of three things:1) Price is set on the margins.2) Currencies are the foundation of every economy.3) The financial forecasts issued to calm the public do not reflect operative geopolitical goals.Let's break this down. Every national government has “global interests.” Gov...Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Gander Gold Corp. [GAND-CSE, GANDF-OTCQB] said Friday that as exploration continues on its Gander North project in Newfoundland, it has identified what is potentially a major new gold trend located 25 kilometres east of the Appleton trend that hosts high-grade gold discoveries that are being developed by New Found Gold Corp. [NFG-TSXV] and Labrador Gold Corp. [L...Read More

The company said the feasibility study confirmed the plan for gravity, milling and heap leach processing.Read More

Inflationary pressures and the acceleration of certain capital programmes including a tailings facility where highlighted as the causes, with the company increasing its 2022 AISC guidance toRead 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 mineralsAdventus has definitively secured up to $235.5 million in finance for the future construction of El Domo, of which only $2.5...Read More

The firm's US$500 million of liquidity in cash and cash equivalents, together with access to funding under a heads of agreement with Rio Tinto, will meet its minimum obligations for at least 12 monthsRead More

Shares in the Brisbane-based, London-listed developer dropped last week on rumours of an unsuccessful capital raising. CEO Darryl Cuzzubbo confirmed the company tested the market.Read More

Global battery and minerals supply chains need to expand ten-fold to meet projected critical minerals needs by 2030, a report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) has found.In short, the report concludes the industry needs to build 50 more lithium mines, 60 more nickel mines and 17 more cobalt mines by 2030 to meet global net carbon emissions goals.Pressure on the supply of critical...Read More

Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN) has finalized a US$55-million offtake financing agreement with Trafigura for the construction of its 75%-owned El Domo-Curipamba copper-gold project in Ecuador. Of the total US$248-million estimated project capex, Adventus has now locked down US$235.5 million. The development is a joint venture with Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL). The total US$235.5-million financing...Read More

BeMetals (TSXV: BMET; OTC: BMTLF), which made its name in the gold sector by acquiring a portfolio of exploration projects in Japan, has announced a US$5-million loan from strategic investor B2Gold (TSX: BTO). The loan, which bears interest at 4.7% per annum and matures on Aug. 4, 2025, will be used for working capital."Given the current conditions in equity markets for the mining sector, we are p...Read More

Canada's Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) flagged after markets closed on Thursday a US$200-million cost increase for the ongoing expansion of the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia.The Montreal-based company currently estimates its base case incremental funding requirement at US$3.6 billion, up from the US$3.4 billion forecast by the end March.Turquoise Hill said the up...Read More

Anglo American (LSE: AAL) is planning to appeal a Chilean environmental commission's rejection of its $40-million operational continuity project for El Soldado copper mine, 125 km north of the capital Santiago.Despite having the backing of the country's top environmental evaluation authority, which recommended the project's approval, local regulator Coeva scratched last month El Soldado Phase V pr...Read More

When inflation started clobbering producers and consumers last year, the general feeling in the air was: This won't last long. After all, everyone in a position to know promised it was all transitory. Just one of those things that comes and goes before life gets back to normal.Gradually, we've come to see the light. There will be no rolling back those price increases in general. There will be decl...Read More

Nancy Pelosi gets to go home. She got a photo op, a ton of press, and, ironically enough, even some grudging kudos from Republicans who typically cast her as a communist archvillain. And then she left. She doesn't have to live in Taiwan, in the shadow of the dragon threatening to consume the small island. She has a mansion in San Francisco (one of the country's most out-of-control housing mark...Read More

Granada Gold Mines CEO Frank Basa joined Steve Darling from Proactive to share news the company is reporting the first rubidium mineral resource estimate at ...Read full newsRead More

Giga Metals (TSXV:GIGA) is a Canadian-based mineral exploration company with one of the largest undeveloped nickel-cobalt sulphide deposits in the world.Read full newsRead More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Canagold Resources Ltd. [CCM-TSX, CRCUF-OTCQB, CANA-FRA] has appointed a new CEO and director following the resignation of Scott Eldridge.Following the completion of an executive search, the company said its board of directors has approved the appointment of Catalin Kilofliski as CEO and Mike Doyle as director. Both appointments took effect on August 3, 2022.On Thur...Read More