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) - Two raiders fled smashed a jewelers' display case with a nail gun but fled when an employee pulled a gun and fired three shots.The attempted robbery took place at the Katy Mills Mall, in Katy, Texas, USA, on Friday night.The suspects - men wearing hoods, masks and gloves - were stuffing merchandise into a duffel bag when the employee started They ran off, dropping most of...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Alex and Ani, the US start-up that grew into a $1bn empire on sales of spirituality and charm bracelets has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The global pandemic sealed its fate after loan defaults, a slump in sales, lawsuits, internal strife and months of disruption caused by a ransomware virus.The company was founded in 2004 by Carolyn Rafaelian, who named it after...Read More

Barrick Gold Corporation GOLD recently announced that the framework agreement between the Papua New Guinea ("PNG") government and operator Barrick Niugini Limited ("BNL") took a major step forward to restart the Porgera gold mine. The deal provides that the Porgera mine will be owned by a new joint venture held 51% by PNG stakeholders and 49% by BNL. Per the terms, BNL will continue as the operato...Read More

Barrick Gold Corporation GOLD recently announced that the framework agreement between the Papua New Guinea ("PNG") government and operator Barrick Niugini Limited ("BNL") took a major step forward to restart the Porgera gold mine. The deal provides that the Porgera mine will be owned by a new joint venture held 51% by PNG stakeholders and 49% by BNL. Per the terms, BNL will continue as the operato...Read More

A new technology by Jetti Resources that can be used to extract copper from mine waste could be a "game-changer" for the copper industry, says Mike Outwin, Jetti's CEO and co-founder."The technology enables the recovery of copper trapped in primary sulphide ore usually discarded as waste by miners because of the low copper yields generated from conventional processing methods," Outwin said in an i...Read More

Since the word inflation is so loaded, let’s use the more neutral (and more accurate) term, decline in purchasing power: an hour of your labor buys fewer goods and services of lesser quality than it did a decade ago or a generation ago.While the conventional discussion focuses on monetary inflation, i.e. expansion of money supply, the real rip-your-face-off sources have nothing to do with mo...Read More

Barrick Gold Corporation GOLD recently announced that the framework agreement between the Papua New Guinea ("PNG") government and operator Barrick Niugini Limited ("BNL") took a major step forward to restart the Porgera gold mine. The deal provides that the Porgera mine will be owned by a new joint venture held 51% by PNG stakeholders and 49% by BNL. Per the terms, BNL will continue as the operato...Read More

Hemostemix (TSXV:HEM) has closed its $2,500,000 convertible debenture order from a company director for debenture units priced at $1,000 per unit.Read full newsRead More

Reports of BHP initiating talks with the world's leading producer of potash started circulating late last month, just as BHP enters the final phase of assessing whether to spend the next US$5.Read More

The company revealed in April it had received notice during the quarter from the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy for alleged non-compliance with the mining act, and breaching the conditionsRead More

McDermitt puts Jindalee at top of US lithium stock-pileSPONSOREDjindalee resourcesThe former Xstrata boss Read More

Socialist candidate Pedro Castillo is emerging as the winner of Peru's June 6 presidential elections, with 99.6% of the votes counted.According to the latest update, Castillo had about 50.2% of the vote, holding a slim lead of roughly 60,300 votes (or 0.344%) over conservative rival Keiko Fujimori, who has yet to concede and has alleged fraud despite scant evidence.The National Election Board (J...Read More

Western Uranium & Vanadium (CSE: WUC; US-OTC: WSTRF) has signed an agreement to buy 125,000 pounds of uranium concentrate at the current market price for delivery before the end of June 2022The company said the deal "has the potential to enhance the balance sheet beyond the purchase cost through uranium price appreciation," and the physical uranium can be "held as a long-term investment."The decis...Read More

Gold Mountain Mining (TSXV: GMTN; US-OTC: GMTNF) is on track for first production in October and first revenue in November at its Elk Gold project in British Columbia.The company received a draft mining permit for the project on June 8, with a final permit expected to follow shortly. The junior plans to start mine commissioning in the third quarter, followed by commercial production in the final q...Read More

Imperial Metals (TSX: III) has released new drill results from the newly discovered East Ridge zone of the Red Chris copper-gold mine, 80 km south of Dease Lake in B.C.The East Ridge discovery is outside current resources.At East Ridge, the best hole, RC684, returned 170 metres of 1.1 grams gold per tonne and 1.1% copper within a 344-metre section grading 0.70 gram gold per tonne and 0.75% copper...Read More

With more than 99.6% of the votes counted in Peru's presidential election, it looks like left-wing Pedro Castillo of the Peru Libre party has defeated his right-wing opponent, Keiko Fujimori, by a super slim margin of about 63,000 votes, taking 50.2% of the popular vote.And even as Fujimori contested the results alleging fraud (without evidence it seems) and has asked to throw out hundreds of thou...Read More

I was talking to my colleague Jimmy Mengel the other day and we discussed the phrase: "Nero fiddled while Rome burned."I couldn't help but reflect on that conversation when the latest inflation data hit on Thursday.Once again, the data confirmed what we all know, what we've all seen with our own eyes, and what we here at the Outsider Club have been predicting for more than a year now...Inflation i...Read More

The gold mining sector is a popular field for investors as there are over 300 companies listed and publicly traded. Gold and gold mining companies are often seen as complementary...Read full newsRead More

The following is a Webinar with New Direction Trust (a Self-directed IRA). Timestamps:hh:mm:ss 0:00 - Intro0:43 - Transition to Music Royalties3:55 - Artists...Read full newsRead More

Edgemont Gold (CSE:EDGM | FRA: EG8) has launched its campaign on the Investing News NetworkRead full newsRead More