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

Vancouver, BC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (NasdaqCM: SYTA, SYTAW) (the "Company" or "Siyata"), a global vendor of Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) devices and cellular booster systems, will release fourth quarter and year end 2020 financial results, as well as first quarter 2021 financial results, on May 17, 2021 after the market close.Siyata management will also host a conference call on Tuesday, May 18...Read More

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Event to Raise Awareness and Funds for Homegrown Detroit's Mission of Providing Critical Resources and Mentorship to Ensure Legacy Detroiters' Success in the Emerging MarketplacePHOENIX - 4Front Ventures Corp. (CSE: FFNT) (OTCQX: FFNTF) ("4Front" or the "Company"), a vertically integrated, multi-state cannabis operator and retailer, announced its retail brand, Mission Dispensaries, has partner...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ) (the "Company" or "Venzee") announces today continued application, development, and use of artificial and augmented intelligence technology now deployed to optimize active client operations.Venzee, a "smart tech" Software as a Service (SaaS) platform, is used by Consumer Brands to move critical, consumer-facing product information to any globa...Read More

Vancouver, BC - FinCanna Capital Corp. (CSE:CALI) (OTCQB:FNNZF) (the "Company" or "FinCanna"), a royalty company for the U.S. licensed cannabis industry is pleased to announce that its investee company QVI, Inc. doing business as "The Galley", a cannabis infused product manufacturer located in Sonoma County, California has initiated production for Koala Edibles a Colorado based Company focused o...Read More

The CPI for all urban consumers rose 0.8% in April, with the all items index increasing 4.2% before seasonal adjustment over the past 12 months, the largest one-year increase since the 4.9% gain for the period ending September 2008.The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.9% in April, its largest monthly increase since April 1982, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics said."Higher US inflat...Read More

Liberum's central forecast is for the global composite price to rise to US$182/ct in 2021, rising 2% per year thereafter.Read More

Share this article LONDON - GlobalData reported that production from the world's top 10 copper mining companies decreased in 2020, albeit by a marginal 0.2% to 11.76 million tonnes (Mt). The initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mining operations was immense, however, six of the ten largest producers succeeded in increasing output in the year. In 2021, copper production from the top ten copp...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Mountain Province Diamonds has arranged a short-term $33m loan with Irish billionaire Dermot Desmond, to ease its "near term liquidity needs".The Canadian miner has struggled with the three-week Covid-enforced closure of its Gahcho Kue mine (pictured), which in turn forced it to cancel its May diamond sale in Antwerp.That, combined with the high costs of maintaining its winter acce...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Petra Diamonds has agreed a $6m settlement, with no admission of liability, over claims that it breached the human rights of illegal miners at its Williamson mine, in Tanzania.It follows a hard-hitting NGO report and a legal case brought on behalf of 71 people who alleged they suffered abuse at the hands of Petra's security personnel.The UK-listed miner, which bought the huge...Read More

Towards Sustainable Mining Tailings Guidance Aligns with Global StandardSPONSOREDthe mining association of canadaPAM puts itself in the middle of Thailand 4.0SPONSOREDAuroch powers up nickel explorationSPONSOREDauroch mineralsSaturn still shooting for the stars at Apollo HillSPONSOREDsaturn metalsDrilling intersected the longest high-grade intersection to date in what is interpreted to be a feeder...Read More

Towards Sustainable Mining Tailings Guidance Aligns with Global StandardSPONSOREDthe mining association of canadaPAM puts itself in the middle of Thailand 4.0SPONSOREDAuroch powers up nickel explorationSPONSOREDauroch mineralsSaturn still shooting for the stars at Apollo HillSPONSOREDsaturn metalsThe EBITDA result was 25% higher than BMO Capital Markets estimate of €37.4 million thanks to hig...Read More

Towards Sustainable Mining Tailings Guidance Aligns with Global StandardSPONSOREDthe mining association of canadaPAM puts itself in the middle of Thailand 4.0SPONSOREDAuroch powers up nickel explorationSPONSOREDauroch mineralsSaturn still shooting for the stars at Apollo HillSPONSOREDsaturn metals"I am excited to not only more than double our footprint within this prolific mineral district, but al...Read More

Towards Sustainable Mining Tailings Guidance Aligns with Global StandardSPONSOREDthe mining association of canadaPAM puts itself in the middle of Thailand 4.0SPONSOREDAuroch powers up nickel explorationSPONSOREDauroch mineralsSaturn still shooting for the stars at Apollo HillSPONSOREDsaturn metalsThe troubled operation has been impacted by COVID-19, a pitwall failure, beset by funding and permitti...Read More

Towards Sustainable Mining Tailings Guidance Aligns with Global StandardSPONSOREDthe mining association of canadaPAM puts itself in the middle of Thailand 4.0SPONSOREDAuroch powers up nickel explorationSPONSOREDauroch mineralsSaturn still shooting for the stars at Apollo HillSPONSOREDsaturn metalsUse of the term supercycle to describe the trajectory of metal prices is gaining currency. If such a t...Read More

Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL; ASX: KLA) plans to transform its Detour Lake mine in northern Ontario into one of the world's largest and most profitable good mines, says Tony Makuch, the company's president and CEO. There is a much larger and higher-grade deposit at Detour Lake than is reflected in the project's current mineral resource, he said in an interview. "We see significant growt...Read More

Economists are tracking a broad economic recovery across the globe that appears to be gathering momentum and commodity prices are trading at healthy-to-stratospheric levels amid recovering demand from the Covid-19 pandemic, escalating geopolitical tension between the world's industrial juggernaut China and key mining nations like Australia, and circumstantial supply-side issues.On May 12 iron ore...Read More

Citing "serious financial difficulty," Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD) has again tapped its largest shareholder for a loan, this time adding a US$33 million term loan facility to its existing US$25 million revolving credit facility with Dunebridge Worldwide.Mountain Province owns a 49% interest in the Gahcho Ku?(C) mine in the Northwest Territories, operated by 51% owner De Beers. Dunebridg...Read More

Portugal's long-awaited auction of licenses to explore for lithium may have to wait until next year as the country faces some hurdles implementing a new mining law that grants municipalities more say in mining projects.The new set of mining rules, approved last October but only effective earlier this month, give local authorities the right to veto lithium projects and to 50% of the royalties paid...Read More

Canada's Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) has reported record gold production for the March quarter, which marked a year since its Fruta del Norte gold-silver mine in Ecuador, the country's largest, kicked off commercial operations.The Vancouver-based miner churned out 104,137 ounces of gold in the first three months of the year, compared to 51,320 ounces in the same period of 2020, but only sold 81,805 ou...Read More