News and Reports

Year Ahead 2025

January 06, 2025

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

Year in Review 2023 and Outlook for 2024

January 04, 2024

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

Year in Review 2022 and Outlook for 2023

January 2023

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: The Heart of Global Copper

October 2021

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 Gold

June 2021

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 Gold Mining and Canadian Juniors

April 2021

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

An Overview of the Golden Triangle

July 2020

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

An Overview of Quebec Gold Mining

April 2020

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

An Overview of the Red Lake Mining District

January, 2020

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

Gangster Auction: Your Chance to Buy Al Capone's (Broken) Patek Philippe

September 12, 2021 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Al Capone's diamond-encrusted platinum Patek Philippe pocket watch is to be auctioned - even though it doesn't work. It's among 174 items - including two guns - being sold by California-based auctioneers Witherell's in a sale entitled A Century of Notoriety: The Estate of Al Capone (Live). The watch owned by the infamous Prohibition-era crime boss is s...Read More

Raiders Flee with $12m Gems from Bulgari Store in Paris

September 12, 2021 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Two suspects have been arrested and five remain at large after a $12m armed heist at Bulgari's flagship store in Paris.One was shot in the leg by police as he fled the store, in the capital's prestigious Place Vendome (pictured) last Tuesday. Other raiders escaped in a grey BMW and on scooters.Officers fired shots at the car, forcing three occupants to try to flee on foot...Read More

Empty Shelves: Alrosa Sales Slip to 2021 Low as it Battles Rough Shortage

September 12, 2021 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Alrosa's rough and polished sales slipped again in August to a 2021 low of $306m (provisional).The Russian miner has resorted to topping up its inventory with rough from the state-run Gokhran as it struggles with record low stockpiles."Our total sales in carats were lower due to a lack of rough inventories available for sale," the company said in a statement.Total sales were $...Read More

Plans for controversial gold mine near world's largest sockeye salmon run are blocked

September 11, 2021 / dlvr.it

EPA will use Clean Water Act to protect the unspoiled Bristol Bay fishery in AlaskaRead full newsRead More

EPA to block major gold mine project in Alaska's Bristol Bay

September 11, 2021 / dlvr.it

The Environmental Protection Agency will restore protections for Alaska's Bristol Bay, per a court filing Thursday, a move that will block the construction of a controversial gold and copper mine in the region, the Washington Post reports.Why it matters: The policy shift, which comes in response to a lawsuit filed by natives of the area, will halt the near decade-long project that would have...Read More

20 Years Later

September 11, 2021 / dailyreckoning.com

Spending more than a few minutes on a cable news channel or streaming website is usually an exercise in tedium. But tuning in this week quickly became intolerable.The networks are commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. We've had an endless parade of survivors, retrospectives and regurgitated footage of the calamity taking up almost all of the available airtime.Coverage may be even...Read More

EPA to block major gold mine project in Alaska's Bristol Bay

September 10, 2021 / dlvr.it

The Environmental Protection Agency will restore protections for Alaska's Bristol Bay, per a court filing Thursday, a move that will block the construction of a controversial gold and copper mine in the region, the Washington Post reports.Why it matters: The policy shift, which comes in response to a lawsuit filed by natives of the area, will halt the near decade-long project that would have...Read More

RT @SonoroGold: 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' author Robert Kiyosaki is hoarding #gold

September 10, 2021 / markets.businessinsider.com

The personal-finance guru expects federal stimulus to weaken the US dollar, and interest-rate hikes to hammer asset prices.Read full newsRead More

.@RoverMetals $ROVR.V $ROVMF Announces Cabin Gold Property Exploration Update, NWT, Canada

September 10, 2021 / bit.ly

Rover Metals Corp. is pleased to announce that the drilling compoRead full newsRead More

Rio Tinto funding flagship Madison asset while management moves ahead with broader portfolio

September 10, 2021 / www.mining-journal.com

Mining Journal's Chris Cann speaks with American Pacific Mining chief executive Warwick Smith about the deal that saw the world's second-largest miner commit to a potential 11-year, US$30 million programme at the Madison copper project in Montana, along strike from the world-scale Butte mining district. They also talk through the acquisition of the Red Hill copper project in Nevada and its positio...Read More

SolGold reports best hole yet at TAM

September 10, 2021 / www.mining-journal.com

Having released some promising drilling results from the target in May, SolGold reported its best intersections yet on Friday, with hole 13 yielding 1,010m at 0.Read More

Callinex Mines reports new drill results at its copper property in Manitoba

September 10, 2021 / www.northernminer.com

Callinex Mines (TSXV: CNX; US-OTC: CCLXF) has reported new results from its drill campaign at the company's Rainbow deposit in northern Manitoba, including wide intersections of high-grade copper.The company announced that drill hole PBM-138 intersected an interval of 37 metres grading 6% copper, 0.35 gram gold per tonne and 6.13 grams silver per tonne, starting from 660 metres downhole. It also i...Read More

Lundin Mining CEO to leave the post by year's end

September 10, 2021 / www.northernminer.com

Canada's Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) has announced that Marie Inkster, the company's chief executive officer in the last three years, is stepping down by the end of the year because of "personal reasons." The Toronto-based miner, one of Canada's biggest base metals companies, said she will be succeeded by Peter Rockandel, Lundin's current senior VP, corporate development and investor relati...Read More

The View from England: Augmented humans in Las Vegas

September 10, 2021 / www.northernminer.com

I usually celebrate September 13 as the day on which the world's greatest author of children's stories was born, but this year it also marks the (near) return to normality for mining trade shows.Roald Dahl was born to Norwegian parents in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, in 1916, and died 74 years later having penned some of Britain's greatest tales for children. These included James and the Giant P...Read More

Biden Admin Backtracks on Inflation

September 10, 2021 / www.outsiderclub.com

For months, President Biden, White House advisors, and the Federal Reserve have been insisting that inflation isn't a thing - that price increases have been confined to select sectors, that they can all be traced back to supply-chain disruptions, and that they're only just temporary.So don't worry about it.I'm sure you've heard all of these talking points because they've been super vocal about the...Read More

The Hoax That Rocked the Media

September 10, 2021 / dailyreckoning.com

I hope you do not mind a bit of anger in this letter. Right now, I'm really feeling it. I'm beyond fed up.This week the entire English-speaking world was rocked with an amazing claim. The issue was the overcrowding of hospitals by people who had overdosed on ivermectin, the therapeutic sometimes mentioned in the context of COVID. Rolling Stone reported - the story is still there albeit with a shy...Read More

"This Vaccine Rollout Is a Nightmare"

September 10, 2021 / dailyreckoning.com

Tyrannical. Dictatorial. Medical fascism. Unconscionably unconstitutional…These are some of the devil terms we have heard ascribed to Mr. Biden's vaccine mandate, yesterday announced.We have heard other colorful descriptions… unsuitable for publication in our pristine, snow-driven pages.The president wagged his finger at the millions of unvaccinated Americans yesterday - and read them...Read More

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (HMY)'s Stock Price Falls Due To Weak Fundamental Momentum

September 09, 2021 / dlvr.it

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (NYSE:HMY) has a beta value of 0.97 and has seen 3.15 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $1.98B, closed the recent trade at $3.24 per share which meant it lost -$0.03 on the day or -0.92% during that session. TheRead full newsRead More

.@ALXResources $AL.V Options Vixen Gold Project to First Mining Gold Corp.

September 09, 2021 / bit.ly

ALX Resources Corp. pleased to announce that it has entered intoRead full newsRead More

Uranium provides a bright spot on markets

September 09, 2021 / www.mining-journal.com

A US central bank survey had signalled a moderation in economic growth due to the Delta strain, Bloomberg reported, and there were renewed concerns about Beijing's regulatory crackdown.The uranium price is at a fresh six-year high, at US$40.25 per pound, as the new Sprott Physical Uranium Trust continues to purchase yellowcake.The trust now holds 24.27 million pounds of U3O8, up from almost 21Mlb...Read More

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