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

A fire broke out at nickel mining facilities owned by Brazil's Vale SA in New Caledonia during local protests, the company said on Monday, as a simmering political dispute on the Pacific Island shows no signs of abating.Read full newsRead More

The AIM-listed company reported an after-tax loss of £390,000 for the year to June 30, an improvement on £770,000 million loss posted the year prior.Read More

Share this article VANCOUVER - Precipitate Gold Corp. (TSXV: PRG) (OTCQB: PREIF) announced that Barrick Gold Corporation has mobilized two drill rigs to the Company's Pueblo Grande Project to commence an initial phase of exploration drilling. Barrick has also provided Precipitate an update on exploration activities conducted to date as part of its earn-in agreement whereby Barrick has the right t...Read More

Share this article VANCOUVER - Great Atlantic Resources Corp. (TSXV.GR) announced it has begun a trenching program at its Mascarene Property, located in southwest New Brunswick. The program is being conducted within the eastern region of the property testing areas of historically reported copper, cobalt and nickel mineralization within a broad magnetic high trend. The December trenching program i...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Botswana Diamonds reported a second loss-making year but said demand was recovering and the future looked good.The Ireland-based explorer said it was making good progress on its newly-acquired KX36 high grade 3.5 hectare kimberlite pipe in the Kalahari about 260km north west of Gaborone, Botswana.It says it has an indicated diamond resource of 17.9 million tonnes at 35 carats per h...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A Cartier ring featuring a huge 21.86-carat Colombian emerald sold for $3.65m, almost four times the high estimate of $1m by Sotheby's New York.It was the headline lot in a sale of the "very complete jewelry wardrobe" collected by the late philanthropist and society hostess Cecile Zilkha.The square emerald-cut stone (pictured) was described as "richly saturated medium deep sli...Read More

(IDEX Online) - De Beers and the Botswana government today said they were extending the contract between them - governing production of a quarter of the world's rough diamonds -  by a year.The deal, which had been due to expire at the end of this month, is of critical importance to both sides, and talks to renew it had already been delayed.The year-long extension may give both parties ti...Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipBardoc eyes long-term growth in prime goldfields locationSPONSOREDbardoc goldDrill results multiply value options in front of YandalSPONSOREDyandal resourcesA new target zone in the Pillar district, interpreted as a potential parallel lens at depth, is emerging about 70-120m ea...Read More

Scoped for growth: Nevada Copper shifts into production modeSPONSOREDnevada copper corp.The company's Chuquicamata division in northern Chile is already powered by renewable energy sources, which represent about 20% of its total power consumption.Read More

Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipBardoc eyes long-term growth in prime goldfields locationSPONSOREDbardoc goldDrill results multiply value options in front of YandalSPONSOREDyandal resources'Best discovery in my time': De Grey on the march at HemiSPONSOREDde grey miningThe funding will be used by Solaris to expand the ongoing exploration program at its Wa...Read More

John Gorman (CNW Group/Canadian Nuclear Association)This week's episode features an interview with Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) president and CEO John Gorman, who discusses how nuclear power will play a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. John explains how the next generation of nuclear reactors, called small modular reactors (SMRs), will likely be used on mine sites and how Canad...Read More

Neo Lithium (TSXV: NLC; US-OTC: NTTHF) announced it has closed a strategic equity investment by EV battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd (CATL).CATL, which supplies lithium iron phosphate batteries to Tesla, announced earlier this year that it will make a sizeable investment in Neo Lithium and help the company develop its lithium projects in South America.As previously planned,...Read More

Gold miner Roxgold (TSX: ROXG; US-OTC: ROGFF) has released an updated resource estimate for its Seguela gold project in Cote d'Ivoire. The update features growth in the total ounce inventory, a 97% increase in the total indicated resources as well as an initial inferred resource for the Koula deposit.Indicated resources across the Antenna, Ancien, Agouti and Boulder deposits now total 12.8 million...Read More

Gold and silver producer Great Panther Mining (TSX: GPR; NYSE-AM: GPL) has tabled a mineral reserve and mineral resource (MRMR) update for its wholly owned Tucano open pit mine in Brazil. According to Rob Henderson, Great Panther's president and CEO, the update has successfully replaced this year's mining depletion at the site and added another year of mine life.The latest proven and probable rese...Read More

Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) has entered into a three-year supply agreement with The Chemours Company to acquire a minimum of 2,500 tonnes per year of natural monazite sands, one of the highest-grade rare earth element (REE) minerals in the world.The company expects to process this monazite at its 100%-owned White Mesa mill starting in the first quarter of 2021, recover the contained uraniu...Read More

Australia's Resolute Mining (LSE: RSG; ASX: RSG) has agreed to sell its Bibiani gold mine in Ghana to China's Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining for US$105 million in cash.The Western Australia-based miner has received a US$5 million deposit upfront, with the remainder expected upon completion of the transaction, which is expected in March 2021.Resolute Mining acquired Bibiani in 2004, but placed it on c...Read More

Scoped for growth: Nevada Copper shifts into production modeSPONSOREDnevada copper corp.The agency, using data provided by S&P Global, said some US$458 million was budgeted for exploration in 2020, with spend dominated by the search for copper.Read More

Tax-loss selling comes with a raft of potential benefits, but it nevertheless has some strings attached - deadlines, for example.Read full newsRead More

V ancouver British Columbia - TheNewswire - December 14th, 2020 - Visionary Gold Corp is pleased to provide initial resultsRead full newsRead More

Laurion Mineral Exploration Inc. announces that it has today granRead full newsRead More