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 - FinCanna Capital Corp. (CSE:CALI) (OTCQB:FNNZF) (the "Company" or "FinCanna"), is pleased to announce its wholly owned portfolio company that owns the proprietary ezGreen Point of Sale (POS) software has been approved by the City of Adelanto, California as the official Point of Sale vendor for city sanctioned cannabis events.The official approval by the city of Adelanto is an...Read More

Markets are awaiting more cues on inflation and monetary policy.After the European Central Bank last week kept monetary policy unchanged at accommodative levels, all eyes this week will be on the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting, with the bank expected to maintain its dovish stance, Reuters reported."With the market running a short USD position and leveraged funds having pared back shorts in US...Read More

The transition to underground involves the development of two underground mines called Reid Brook and Eastern Deeps which will achieve production of 40,000 tonnes of nickel in concentrate by 2025 withRead More

(IDEX Online) - A South African village is in the grip of a diamond rush, after a herd man dug up an unidentified stone on Saturday.More than 1,000 people have since flocked to KwaHlathi, in KwaZulu-Natal province, armed with picks, shovels and forks in the hope of making their fortune.The stones have yet to be identified but that hasn't deterred the crowds, nor have concerns about who owns t...Read More

(IDEX Online) - About 150 lecturers at Oxford University are boycotting the college attended by Cecil Rhodes, founder of the De Beers diamond empire.They're refusing to teach at Oriel College over its decision not to remove a controversial statue of Rhodes.Detractors accuse him of being a racist, a white supremacist and the father of apartheid.Rhodes gave his name to the territory that was on...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Ghana's only large-scale diamond producer has stopped mining, two years after the government took control.Ghana Consolidated Diamonds was bought by Jospong Group of Companies, a waste collection firm, in 2011. It promised to invest $100m over five years, to produce 1m carats annually and to create 2,000 jobs, but failed to deliver. The company was taken back into sta...Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipProudfoot Global CEO Pamela Hackett talks 'wrestling chaosSPONSOREDproudfootAntipa set to soar amid Winu and Havieron potentialSPONSOREDantipa mineralsThe company returned 352m grading 0.63% copper, 0.64 grams per tonne gold and 6.7g/t silver for 1.16% copper equivalent wit...Read More

Proudfoot Global CEO Pamela Hackett talks 'wrestling chaosSPONSOREDproudfootAntipa set to soar amid Winu and Havieron potentialSPONSOREDantipa mineralsAzure's Andover nickel shapes as a Pilbara NovaSPONSOREDazure mineralsMcDermitt puts Jindalee at top of US lithium stock-pileSPONSOREDjindalee resourcesHighlights included 63m grading 0.94% copper equivalent in near-surface supergene mineral...Read More

Huntsman Set to Expand Nickel Sulphide Discovery at CanegrassSPONSOREDhuntsman explorationUnder the "strategic alliance", the duo said they intended to acquire copper exploration assets on a 50:50 ownership basis with a view to finding partners to further advance the projects.Read More

This week's episode features a Thought Leadership segment with Orefinders Resources CEO and director Stephen Stewart in conversation with Northern Miner reporter Henry Lazenby. Stephen discusses Mistango's recent deal with Kirkland Lake Gold and future prospects for Mistango and Orefinders in the Kirkland Lake district in Ontario.Stephen is the CEO and Director of Orefinders Resources and QC Cop...Read More

Proudfoot Global CEO Pamela Hackett talks 'wrestling chaosSPONSOREDproudfootAntipa set to soar amid Winu and Havieron potentialSPONSOREDantipa mineralsAzure's Andover nickel shapes as a Pilbara NovaSPONSOREDazure mineralsMcDermitt puts Jindalee at top of US lithium stock-pileSPONSOREDjindalee resourcesThe election result could prove to be a turning point in Peru's trajectory of 20-years of...Read More

For years, currency analysts (myself included) have looked for signs of an international monetary "reset" that would diminish the dollar's role as the leading reserve currency and replace it with a substitute, which would be agreed upon at some Bretton Woods-style monetary conference.Now, it looks like the move towards the long-expected Great Reset is accelerating.At the recent G7 summit in the UK...Read More

Kyrgyzstan will challenge the U.S. bankruptcy filings of Centerra Gold Inc.'s Kumtor gold operations, a lawyer for the Central Asian republic said after it took control of the mining project from the company.Read full newsRead More

The deal will make it difficult for backers of a massive open-pit gold and copper mine to carry out their project because the new protections cover a portion of a critical route the Pebble Limited Partnership plans to use to transport ore from the mine.Read full newsRead More

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FireFox Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that it has received fiRead full newsRead More

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