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

Skeena Resources (TSX: SKE; NYSE: SKE) has signed a cash-and-stock deal to acquire B.C.-based QuestEx Gold & Copper (TSXV: QEX; US-OTC: QEX) for about $48.6 million. Following the acquisition, Skeena will sell QuestEx's Heart Peaks, Castle/Moat and North ROK/Coyote properties to Newmont (TSX:NGT; NYSE: NEM) for about $27 million as per a separate agreement inked by the two companies. The tra...Read More

MPs from the New Democratic Party (NDP) have tabled two private bills aimed at increasing accountability for Canadian companies that violate human rights abroad and have criticized the Liberal Party for not doing enough, days after the two parties announced a confidence-and-supply deal that could allow the Liberals to govern until 2025.MPs Peter Julian and Heather McPherson believe that the bills...Read More

FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX; OTC: FPOCF) is establishing a new subsidiary company, CO2 Lock Corp., that will pursue opportunities in large-scale, low-cost and permanent carbon capture and storage (CCS). CO2 Lock has raised $1.7 million in a seed round financing, leaving FPX Nickel with an approximately 76% ownership interest (fully diluted) in the subsidiary.CO2 Lock is expected to operate as a st...Read More

Frontier Lithium (TSXV: FL; OTC: LITOF; FRA: HL2) has successfully concluded a pilot-scale campaign to produce 500 kg of spodumene concentrate that will be used to conduct piloting of a hydrometallurgical conversion process.A 7,800-kg sample of blended material from the Spark (89%) and PAK (11%) deposits - both part of Frontier's PAK project in northwestern Ontario - was collected. It averaged 1.5...Read More

Nickel is used mainly in the steelmaking process, but also in production of batteries for electric vehicles, and it is the metal that has grabbed the most headlines so far this year.This week alone, the price jumped by the 15% daily limit on the London Metal Exchange, adding to a string of sharp price moves as the market seeks to reset following an unprecedented short squeeze and week-long trading...Read More

With an estimated 6 million tonnes per year supply gap forecast over the next 10 years Heimlich questioned whether the current pipeline of projects is able to respond given the bigger scaleRead More

"God has a special providence for fools, drunkards and the United States of America."Thus concluded 19th-century Germany's Otto von Bismarck - the Iron Chancellor. The years have heavily affirmed the Teutonic autocrat.All available evidence indicates it is true. And of these God-blessed categories, we conclude God has most blessed the United States of America.She has absorbed more divine favor tha...Read More

Chile's recently elected leftist government is considering changes to the country's mining royalty regime to fund its social spending ambitions.Read More

"Stop making excuses!"Oh boy, I hate that phrase.It might be my least favorite phrase in the English language.But it's not the words I dislike; it's how that phrase is used.Too often, "stop making excuses" is used as a response to what really amounts to a reasonable explanation. And when someone is unhappy with an explanation, they'll often use the phrase as what's known as a "thought-terminating...Read More

Uis exceeded nameplate capacity by 12%, reaching 804 tonnes, as the company ran production hard in response to record tin prices.Read More

Share this article VANCOUVER - Asante Gold Corp. [ASE-CSE; ASGOF-OTC; 1A0-FSE] has identified a high-grade gold discovery in initial drilling at its South Russel prospect. The discovery is located on the company's 100%-owned Bibiani mining lease in Ghana, West Africa, 3.8 km from the process plant.The discovery hole, MGRCD21-047, returned 16 metres at 5.75 g/t gold, and was spotted to test anomal...Read More

Previous operator Minesa saw its environmental license application archived by the ANLA National Environmental Licensing Authority in January 2021, effectively stopping the project in its tracks,Read More

Liberty Gold posted a net loss of US$29.5 million or a loss of US$0.11 per share for 2021, reversing a profit of US$8.6 million and US$0.03 per share the previous year.Read More

It comes after the company received Foreign Investment Review Board approval.   Rio announced the acquisition from Sentient Equity Partners' Rincon Mining, just before Christmas.Read More

West Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Marvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldAnglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining Uis exceeded nameplate capacity by 12%, reaching 804 tonnes, as the company ran production hard in respon...Read More

West Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Marvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldAnglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining Central Asia Metals shrank its balance sheet by $48.4 million in 2021, bringing net cash to $22.7 million...Read More

The gold and silver miner is duel listed in Moscow and London, and headquartered in Jersey, but is primarily focused on Russia.Read More

West Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDMarvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Anglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining To be sure, this is a well-run mining company which runs on cash, not debt, with plenty in the developmen...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Christie's say a 45.46-ct round brilliant diamond is the highest value gem ever to be offered in an online-only auction.The Flawless Star (pictured), a D/IF Type IIa stone, carries at estimate of $4m to $6m and is being sold without reserve.The record high price actually paid for a diamond in an online-only sale was set in June 2020 when a 28.86-carat, D-color, emerald-cut dia...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Louis Vuitton has been come under fire online over its new fine jewelry collection - because the LV initials look like Russia's pro-war 'Z' symbol. Thousands of social media have pointed out the similarities between the two.Rapper Kid Cudi and actresses Jin Chen and Alicia Vikander have been photographed with the range of unisex pendants, rings, earrings and bra...Read More