The precious metals all soared in 2025, and while a continued monetary expansion and geopolitical risk could still drive gains especially for gold in 2026, a pullback in silver, platinum and palladium is possible after recent partly speculative surges.Read More

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) - A pure platinum coin weighing 1kg, and set with 462 fancy vivid pink diamonds (6.5 tcw) from the Argyle mine is to be auctioned.The one-off creation is the highlight of the Royal Canadian Mint's Opulence Collection, featuring gems from the iconic Australian mine that closed in November 2020.There are 436 coins altogether, using a total of 46.7 carats of Argyle pinks.The Ultima...Read More

Africa is home to bountiful reserves of metals such as gold, copper, and lithium. The continent also offers mineral exploration and development companies with large areas of underexplored terrain as well as several mining-friendly jurisdictions looking to harness mining revenues for development purposes. Here are eight miners active within Africa.ASANTE GOLDThe mill at the Bibiani gold mine, in Gh...Read More

Vale, one of the world's biggest producers of iron ore and nickel, has been in the news a lot lately. The Brazilian miner has been making strikes towards "green" credentials on the nickel side - making deals to supply low-carbon nickel to Sweden's Northvolt and to EV market leader Tesla. On the iron ore side, it's building a "green" pig iron plant in Brazil that will be the first to use its Tecno...Read More

Anglo American (LSE: AAL) has inked a joint venture deal with base-metals focused junior Arc Minerals (LSE: ARCMA) to explore for copper and cobalt in Zambia, marking the first new investment the global miner makes in the country in about two decades.Arc Minerals said Anglo American will take 70% of the JV for an aggregate investment of up to US$88.5 million, including a cash consideration of up t...Read More

Manganese X Energy (TSXV: MN; OTC: MNXXF) has delivered a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its wholly-owned Battery Hill project located near Woodstock, N.B., demonstrating the potential for a low-capital, long-life manganese mine operation in North America.The study expects the project to produce about 68,000 tonnes of high-purity manganese sulphate over a 47-year mine life. At...Read More

Precious metal producer Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) will invest about $200 million to build the Posse gold mine in Brazil, a project added to its portfolio last year through the acquisition of Amarillo Gold.Speaking at a mining conference in Peru, chief executive officer Ignacio Bustamante said the company expects to start production at the mine, located in Brazil's central state of Go?-as, in...Read More

Russia's war on Ukraine is dividing the global order along fault lines, and Africa risks being caught in the middle, the Investing in Africa Mining Indaba heard this week.Veracity Worldwide CEO Steven Fox told the conference that Russia's invasion of Ukraine had triggered an increased focus on geopolitical factors that had once been the topic of polite conversation among corporate leaders."This is...Read More

The project would yield an after-tax net present value of US$486 million at a 10% discount rate and a 25% internal rate of return with a 2.Read More

Adding 15% means the capital estimate is now $920 million of which the company said it has spent $400 with the project about 50% completed.Read More

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It should be pretty clear that a whole lot of investors want out of the market.Who can blame them? The NASDAQ is getting slaughtered, the Dow and S&P 500 are down about 12% and 15%, respectively, for the year. Meanwhile a broader view of U.S. stocks using the Russell 2000 shows a drop over 20%.It's brutal out there, and with money flowing out over the last five months, it is easy to understand why...Read More

FPX Nickel Corp: We met with the management team of what could be the giant scale nickel resource that North American factories needRead full newsRead More

Patriot (CSE:PMET) now holds the title to 100 per cent of the Corvette Property in Quebec.Read full newsRead More

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prime Mining Corp. ("Prime", or the "Company") (TSX.V: PRYM) (OTCQB: PRMNF) (Frankfurt:Read full newsRead More

Artisanal and small scale mining (ASM) is often treated as something of a dirty secret in the mining industry. Artisanal miners often operate without safety procedures or formal training.Read More

Share this articleSASKATOON - Cameco Corp. [CCO-TSX, CCJ-NYSE] has struck a deal to acquire Idemitsu Canada Resources Ltd.'s 7.87% stake in the Cigar Lake uranium joint venture for $107 million. As a result, Cameco's ownership interest in the Cigar Lake mine in northern Saskatchewan will increase by 4.522 percentage points to 54.547%Orano Canada Inc.'s share will rise by 3.53 percentage points to...Read More

In preparation for the development, the company has consolidated full ownership of the project having bought the stakes in the project previously owned by Peruvian miner Buenaventura and Japan'sRead More

The former minnow has been transformed into a A$1.2 billion gold miner in the last two years, first through the US$28.Read More

"Considering the issue of social conflicts we are going to pass a decentralized investment package in mining zones," Graham said at the biennial Gold, Silver and Copper Symposium in Lima organised byRead More