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
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Vancouver, BC June 18, 2021 - KORE Mining Ltd. (TSXV: KORE | OTCQX: KOREF) ("KORE" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced bought deal public offering (the "Offering"). Pursuant to the Offering, the Company issued 8,422,000 units (the "Units") of the Company at a price of $0.95 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $8,000,900.Each Unit consists of on...Read More
Trading under the ticker HCHDF, Hochschild chief executive Ignacio Bustamante hailed the new listing as "a valuable opportunity and [we] believe it will provide a cost-effective way to access U.S.Read More
Share this article VANCOUVER - Mining financier Eric Sprott has emerged as a major shareholder of TRU Precious Metals Corp. [TRU-TSXV; TRUIF-OTCQB; 706-FSE], a company that is engaged in gold exploration in Newfoundland.TRU shares rallied on the news, rising 12.7% or $0.04 to 35.5 cents on volume of 493,500. The shares are currently trading in a 52-week range of 52 cents and 12 cents.A numbered c...Read More
GoldSpot Discoveries Corp. (TSXV: SPOT; OTCQX: SPOFF) will use its proprietary machine learning and artificial intelligence technology to look for lithium and tantalum exploration targets at Critical Elements Lithium's (TSXV: CRE; US OTCQX: CRECF) landholdings in Quebec, Canada.The technology was pioneered in the gold exploration industry, evolving to work across all commodities and deposit types....Read More
Canada's Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-AM: TGB; LSE: TKO) is reshuffling responsibilities among some of its most senior executives, as the miner's top boss, Russell Hallbauer, and the chief operating officer, John McManus, will retire at the end of the month.The company says Hallbauer will remain a director of the company, while current president Stuart McDonald will also assume the role of chief e...Read More
Wood Mackenzie announced on Friday it had acquired Roskill, a privately-owned company and leader in metals and materials supply chain intelligence, boosting the consultancy's expertise in energy transition.Neal Anderson, President of Wood Mackenzie, said the business combination added market-leading analysis, data and insight on battery raw materials metals, to its current offer."Combining Roskill...Read More
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Earlier this week, President Biden met with Vladimir Putin and recent cyberattacks were one of the main points of discussion.They've been an issue for a while, of course, but they've suddenly taken on a new relevance over the past year as they've begun targeting increasingly sensitive infrastructure and supply lines.The most recent was an attack on JBS, the world's largest meat supplier. The hack...Read More
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