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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Special Report: Australian gold company Kaiser Reef has announced a maiden drilling result for its recently acquired A1 Mine in ... Read More The post Kaiser Reef takes first steps to expand gold resource for its A1 Mine appeared first on Stockhead.Read full newsRead More

GameStop-inspired day traders were aiming to trigger a short squeeze on the precious metal, pushing silver to an eight-year high.Silver equities shot up in Toronto, including tiddler Milner Consolidated Silver Mines (TSXV: MCA.H) which soared 146.7% despite no news in some time.Established producers Silvercorp Metals (TSX: SVM) and First Majestic Silver (TSX: FR) closed up 25.7% and 23.5% respecti...Read More

Lassonde said he recently purchased 2 million Prime shares through the TSX Venture Exchange, taking his direct and indirect holdings to 11.85%.Prime is focused on its Los Reyes project in Mexico's Sinaloa state, where it last year updated the resource to a measured and indicated 633,000 ounces of gold and 16.6 million ounces of silver, or 833,082oz gold-equivalent, using a 0.22g/t cut-off.The comp...Read More

Year-on-year diamond prices for January 2021 bounced 1.5 per cent, breaking through the x-axis for the first time since April 2019. They'd been hovering just below zero since October 2020 and last month came exactly in line with prices for the previous year. They were badly hit by the pandemic in March and April, when they were 4.8 per cent down, but have rising in fits and starts ever since....Read More

Trident aims to fill valuable nicheSPONSOREDtrident royaltiesReporting monthly production figures, state copper agency Cochilco said Codelco increased its production 1.2% to 1.727Mt with gains at its Chuiquicamata, Salvador and Andina divisions. Collahuasi posted an 11.3% gain to 629,100t, while Antofagasta Minerals' El Tesoro increased output 15% to 93,300t.A number of copper operations experienc...Read More

Trident aims to fill valuable nicheSPONSOREDtrident royaltiesUnderground development was tracking 11.6km ahead of plan, the miner said.Read More

Mining entrepreneur and investor Pierre Lassonde, Chairman and CEO of Firelight Investments, has purchased 2 million common shares of Mexico-focused Prime Mining (TSXV: PRYM), bringing his stake in the junior explorer to 11.9%.Lassonde acquired the latest shares for "investment purposes" and now directly owns 143,000 common shares of the company, and indirectly owns another 7 million common shares...Read More

Mines in the United States produced about US$82.3 billion in minerals in 2020, according to figures from the U.S. Geological Survey's Mineral Commodity Summaries report. The figure was about US$1.5 billion lower than 2019's US$83.7 billion.The report - now in its 26th year - covers about 90 nonfuel minerals monitored by USGS and includes industrial minerals and natural aggregates as well as ferrou...Read More

After declining in 2019, global gold production was adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic during 2020, while the suspension of expansion works and contractions from mines nearing closure also exacerbated the decline.Overall gold output in 2020 is estimated to have declined by 5.2% to 108 million ounces, according to U.K.-based analytics company GlobalData.This year total gold production is e...Read More

Following last year's addition of the Goldlund project to the Goliath gold project in northwestern Ontario, Treasury Metals (TSX: TML) has released an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the expanded complex.The early-stage study suggests a 5,000 tonne-per-day combined open pit and underground operation, mining the Goliath, Goldlund and Miller deposits along a 65-km trend. Goldlund a...Read More