The precious metals all soared in 2025, and while a continued monetary expansion and geopolitical risk could still drive gains especially for gold in 2026, a pullback in silver, platinum and palladium is possible after recent partly speculative surges.Read More
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
Judson Culter, CEO of Rover Metals, talked with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable about what the company is doing to follow up on its drill hole that was ranked the 11th best among all juniors in Canada in 2020.Read full newsRead More
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Vancouver, BC - LEAF Mobile Inc. (TSX: LEAF) ("LEAF" or the "Company") announces its subsidiary company, East Side Games Inc. ("ESG"), has entered into a publishing and IdleKit partnership agreement with Mighty Kingdom Games PTY Ltd. ("Mighty Kingdom") for the global release of a mobile game on iOS and Android (the "Partnership").Mighty Kingdom was established in 2010 and since then has released m...Read More
Brazil-based Vale's March quarter output was below analysts' expectations and 19.5% less than the previous quarter, while Rio Tinto's output was 2% lower year-on-year.Meanwhile BHP today said it had achieved record March quarter production at its Western Australian iron ore operations, 4% more than a year ago, however it also missed expectations and its shares were down almost 2% in morning trade....Read More
Nobel29 Resources gained 52.5%, New Target Mining rose 40% and Last Hope hopeful 55 North Mining added 4.76%.Big riser Nobel29 (TSXV: NBLC) has the right to acquire the past-producing Algarrobo iron oxide copper gold project in Chile.Its CEO is David Gower, who held senior roles with Falconbridge (now Glencore) and is also a director at Alamos Gold.The junior's chair Lawrence Guy said drilling was...Read More
Champion Iron, which operates the Bloom Lake mine in the Canadian province of Quebec, has seen its shares rise by 265% to C$6.Read More
Orders in the company's mining and rock solutions segment rose 36% year-on-year to SEK10.4 billion (US$1.2 billion).Read More
Share this article VANCOUVER - B.C.'s minerals and metals are needed for advances in green technologies and new innovations. The B.C. Budget 2021 announcement acknowledges the critical role that a strong mineral exploration industry plays in supporting the transition to a low-carbon future in B.C. through investments in infrastructure, skills training and permitting.The Association for Mineral Ex...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Diamond manufacturers in Surat fear another exodus of migrant workers, as India suffers a second wave of coronavirus. The industry was crippled last March when as many as half its 750,000 artisans returned to their villages in Gujurat and beyond. The number of Covid cases across India is higher than ever. The daily average of new infections over the last week is 249...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The biggest diamond ever auctioned in Australia has sold for a record USD $870,000.The square emerald-cut diamond weighing 25.02 carats (pictured) went to an absentee bidder at the Leonard Joel Important Jewels auction in Sydney yesterday.It just about broke the million dollar (AUD) barrier. The hammer price was AUD $900,000, but the buyer's premium and GST (goods and services...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Chinese police have seized diamonds worth over $6.1m and arrested 20 people suspected of smuggling them onto the mainland through Hong Kong.The customs' anti-smuggling bureau say 84 loose diamonds, 252 diamond items and more than 100 packages of smaller diamonds were hidden among goods being imported to the country.Officers believe gang members have been buying gems from...Read More
Huntsman Set to Expand Nickel Sulphide Discovery at CanegrassSPONSOREDhuntsman explorationWhile Q1 copper volumes of 183,000 tonnes also represented a 5% drop quarter-on-quarter, the figure was in line with guidance and analyst expectations.Read More
Are mining companies being held back by their board composition? SPONSOREDswannEmmerson's premium offeringSPONSOREDemmerson plcAlto emerging on song at SandstoneSPONSOREDalto metalsReady for development copper-gold projectSPONSOREDjosemaria resources incWhile March quarter attributable iron ore shipments fell 4% to 59.9 million tonnes, sales for the first nine months of the financial year rose...Read More
Bunker Hill Mining (CNSX: BNKR; US-OTC: BHLL) has updated a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its zinc-lead-silver Bunker Hill mine project in northern Idaho.The Bunker Hill mine is located in the Coeur d'Alene silver district, in Kellogg, Idaho, and was a past-producer for almost century, operating from 1885 until 1981. After finally being shut down in 1991, it was eventually acquired by...Read More
Marathon Gold Corp. (TSX: MOZ) has released its first inferred resource estimate for the Berry deposit at the Valentine gold project in Central Newfoundland. Based on 42,000 metres of drilling, it totals 638,700 oz. of gold in 11.3 million tonnes averaging 1.75 grams gold per tonne.About 89% of the total - 566,400 oz. in 10.7 million tonnes at 1.65 grams gold per tonne - lie within a potential ope...Read More