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

Share this article HALIFAX - Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSXV: UCU) (OTCQX: UURAF) today reported on several developments with rare earth elements involving the US government's National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.The bill, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 335 to 78 on December 8, 2020, requires most Department of Defense systems to use REE mined and r...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The American Gem Society (AGS) has postponed its 2021 Conclave, an annual education, social and networking event for jewelry traders, after cancelling the 2020 event.It now hopes to host a Conclave in the fall, instead of the event that had been planned for 26-28 April 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.The AGS has been holding Conclaves at venues around the USA since 1937."This was...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The lab-grown company that boasts Leonardo di Caprio among its high-profile investors has opened a sales and distribution hub in Dubai.Diamond Foundry, was launched as a startup in 2012 by entrepreneurs Martin Roscheisen and Jeremy Scholz in San Francisco, with backing from 10 billionaires, as well as the American actor, producer and environmentalist. It uses solar technology to cr...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Angola's alluvial Lulo project has delivered yet another +100-carat diamond, its 16th since commercial operations began there five years ago.The 127-carat gem-quality white stone is the first to be recovered from the leziria -  flood plain -  in a  particular mining block within the 3,000km2 concession in the country's Lunda Norte diamond heartland, said Au...Read More

Genesis opens new chapter at UlyssesSPONSOREDgenesis minerals'Best discovery in my time': De Grey on the march at HemiSPONSOREDde grey miningPantoro bullish on bigger production profileSPONSOREDpantoro limitedOceanaGold commits to net zero emissions by 2050SPONSOREDoceanagoldA 200 parts per million copper anomaly extends over an area of about 600m-by-500m. About half of the Mercedes target...Read More

Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipGenesis opens new chapter at UlyssesSPONSOREDgenesis minerals'Best discovery in my time': De Grey on the march at HemiSPONSOREDde grey miningPantoro bullish on bigger production profileSPONSOREDpantoro limitedCodelco raised $500 million in New York via the issue of a 31-year bond at a 3.Read More

AVZ closes on financing for tier-one lithium projectSPONSOREDavz mineralsThat's the assessment of capital market firm Argonaut Securities, with executive chairman Eddie Rigg pointing out at the New World Metals conference in Perth today the strong correlation betweenRead More

Co-operation agreements covering the Valentine gold project have been signed by Marathon Gold Corp. (TSX: MOZ) and six nearby central Newfoundland communities. Agreements have been signed with Buchans, Buchans Junction, Millertown, Badger, Grand Falls-Windsor, and Bishop's Falls.These communities will benefit from the anticipated socio-economic impact of the Valentine project. They will be offered...Read More

As developer Sabina Gold and Silver prepares to release a feasibility study on its Goose mine gold project in Nunavut in the first quarter, the company has also released eight final drillhole assays from its 8,000-metre program at the Goose property. These results appear to expand existing areas of mineralization and suggest new gold zones.The drill highlights include 43.7 metres of 3.74 grams g...Read More

Skeena Resources (TSX: SKE; OTCQX: SKREF) is pleased with the latest results from the former-producing Eskay gold mine. The best assay was 20.68 grams gold per tonne and 5 grams silver over 11.78 metres in hole SK-20-456.These core results come from the company's Phase 1 combined campaign of definition and exploration drilling at the project located in the Golden Triangle of B.C.The same campaign...Read More

Canada's Lundin Gold (TSX:LUG) is going ahead with expansion plans for its Fruta del Norte gold-silver mine in Ecuador, the country's largest, only a year after producing the first dor?(C) bar on site.The Vancouver-based miner said the $18.6 million expansion will take throughput from 3,500 to 4,200 tonnes per day over the life of mine and would be funded by cash flow from operations.Lundin...Read More

Vancouver's Taseko Mines Ltd. (TSX: TKO; NYSE American: TGB; LSE: TKO) has received the Aquifer protection permit (APP) for its Florence Copper project. The permit was granted by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ).Taseko CEO Russell Hallbauer commented in a release, "This is a key milestone in the advancement of the company's next operating asset. By issuing this permit, the AD...Read More

Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipGenesis opens new chapter at UlyssesSPONSOREDgenesis minerals'Best discovery in my time': De Grey on the march at HemiSPONSOREDde grey miningPantoro bullish on bigger production profileSPONSOREDpantoro limitedAurelia Britsch, head of commodities at Fitch Solutions, told Mining Journal the outlook for 2021 was generally pos...Read More

What's your place in line? It's a question that will be coming up a lot in the next few months as we come to what seems to be the beginning of the end of this pandemic. It's looking increasingly likely that vaccines will be rolled out to the general public here in the U.S. before we ring in the new year. Between now and then, there will be a lot of questions about who gets the vaccine when. Hea...Read More

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