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

Of the 123 global gold projects with completed feasibility studies or ones being worked on, 50 projects are orogenic deposits; 24 are epithermal deposit types, and eight are porphyry deposits, according to Glacier Resource Innovation Group's Mining Intelligence database.The other deposit types are volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit projects at 16; iron oxide copper gold at six; skarn at f...Read More

Last year was a busy time for Vancouver-based Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD). At the end of July 2020, the junior exploration company made a major grassroots gold discovery at the Regnault target on its Frotet project in the Frotet-Evans greenstone belt of Quebec, 100 km north of Chibougamau.The discovery, made during an inaugural 15-hole drill program on the 37,480-hectare property, was "nothing...Read More

There's no other way to say it: 2021 came out swinging. When I think about the Capitol rioting, I think about the signs you sometimes see that say, "This workplace has gone __ days without an accident." As it stands, we made it a full six days into 2021 before another headline-dominating incident took place. In a lot of ways, insurrectionists marching on the Capitol was a natural progression of...Read More

Nickel prices jumped on Tuesday after major producer the Philippines ordered a halt on mining on an island that is home to some projects.Read full newsRead More

Ready Set Gold Corp. (CSE: RDY), a newly-listed junior gold exploration company exploring in the Hemlo region of Ontario, is pleased to report on gold exploration from the 2020 Fall Exploration Program on theRead full newsRead More

Newrange Gold Corp. is pleased to provide an update on the ongoinRead full newsRead More

Bold Ventures Inc. reports that its initial diamond drill programRead full newsRead More

Gold79 Mines Ltd. is pleased to provide results from a property-wRead full newsRead More

African Gold Group, Inc. is pleased to provide an update on its CRead full newsRead More

A.I.S. Resources Limited announces that it is amending the termsRead full newsRead More

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Monument said it had entered a definitive purchase and sale agreement with Fortress over its subsidiary which owned the Mengapur copper and iron project.Fortress said it believed the Mengapur acquisition would bolster the company's objective to become a significant regional player in the iron ore industry and would increase its total magnetite resource from 7.18 million tons to 17.93Mt.It had yest...Read More

Share this articleMONTREAL - Harfang Exploration Inc. (TSX-V: HAR) reported new gold discoveries on its 100% owned Serpent Property in James Bay. Three new gold showings on grab samples returning values of 125, 60.5, 33.8 and 1.7 g/t Au scattered over 2 km leading to major claim acquisitions (293 claims covering 15,140 ha) by map designation.The newly-discovered high-grade gold occurrences open...Read More

Share this articleMONTREAL - Geomega Resources Inc. (TSX.V: GMA) (OTC: GOMRF) a developer of clean technologies for the mining, refining and recycling of rare earths, reported the successful completion of testing and optimization of its Rare Earths Pilot Plant , located at the National Research Council Canada facility in Boucherville, Quebec.This is the 2nd generation pilot plant after the complet...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Chow Tai Fook sales soared in "business as usual" Mainland China, but fell in Hong Kong, which suffered a third wave of the pandemic in November and December.A rise of 26 per cent in retail sales value at its stores in mainland China was offset by a drop of 12 per cent in Hong Kong, Macua and other markets. Overall sales across all the chains 4,000 outlets was up 18 per cent.Growth...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Antwerp is hosting eight tenders this month, in spite of the ongoing pandemic and a renewed tightening of restrictions in many countries. That's on a par with 2020, when it hosted a total of almost 100 at various tender houses, selling over 10.5m carats.Coronavirus hit a peak in Antwerp last November, but infections are currently at relatively low levels. The city's...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Diamond billionaire Beny Steinmetz allegedly paid $10m in bribes to secure rights to iron ore deposits, a Swiss court heard.The deal that his his company BSGR struck with Guinea, one of Africa's poorest countries, in 2008 was described as winning the "jackpot".He paid around $160m for the exploration and mining rights, then sold half of them to Vale, the Brazilian multinationa...Read More

Trident aims to fill valuable nicheSPONSOREDtrident royaltiesThe BLM issued a Joint Record of Decision for the Ambler road project in July 2020 to approve a 211-mile-long gravel private access road in the southern Brooks Range foothills.Read More

Trident aims to fill valuable nicheSPONSOREDtrident royaltiesRio owns a 33.5% indirect interest in Oyu Tolgoi through its 50.Read More