Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More

The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More

Regulus and Nuton will jointly undertake copper sulphide leach testing utilising Nuton's copper sulphide leach technologies with samples from its AntaKori copper-gold project in Cajamarca.Read More

Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadership4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingCypress Development advances Nevada lithium project towards productionSPONSOREDcypress development corp"The miners are trading at premium valuations heading into a tricky...Read More

The bill was modified in October 2022 to apply a flat-rate ad valorem, or revenue-based, tax of 1% for large-scale copper mining whose exploitation exceeds 50,000tpa, thus excluding medium-sizedRead More

With the parties unable to agree on new contract terms by a 14 December 2022 deadline imposed by the government, a week later the government ordered the company to place the operation on care onRead More

(IDEX Online) - Watch and jewelry sales in the US for November were down 3.8 per cent year-on-year. October's figure, initially reported as a fall of 1.9 per cent, has since been revised down, based on actual through-the-till transactions rather than estimates, to 3.4 per cent, according to the latest figures from the Department of Commerce. Likewise September has been revised from a 1.3...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Underground mining for sapphires has resumed in Montana, USA, after four decades.The long-dormant Yogo Mine, close to the town of Utica, is being revived. And after two years of surface mining, operators Yogold USA are now going underground.They've dug a 3,000ft tunnel and are extracting up to 100 tons of ore today, in search of Yogo sapphires which range in color from deep co...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Sales of jewelry in Hong Kong fell last November, according to newly-released figures.Total retail sales fell year-on-year by 4.2 per cent. The figure for jewelry, watches, clocks, and valuable gifts was almost double that, at 8.3 per cent (The Census and Statistics Department does not provide a more detailed breakdown). Total sales were $372m.The sectors that fared worse were comm...Read More

(IDEX Online) - 2022 proved to be a year of highs and lows, as the Index hit its highest point in over a decade, then nose-dived to close the year down 7.5 per cent overall (from 142.86 in January to 132.15 in December).Even through the pandemic, aside from the very early months of 2020, the Index was climbing, and as lockdowns and travel restrictions were eased, it surged as never befor...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 20 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures moved lower following release of the U.S. November Trade report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a deficit of $63.1 billion versus a deficit of $78.20 billion in October. Actual was a deficit of $61.5 billionConAgra added $0.95 to $39.60 after the company raised its outlook f...Read More

The war in Ukraine remains the most important story in the world today.Don't believe the incessant U.S. government and media propaganda about Ukraine. Ukraine is not winning the war; they are losing badly.But wait, hasn't the news been talking up Ukrainian gains in recent months, while Russia is retreating and being badly beaten? That's the mainstream, pro-Ukrainian narrative. Here's the reality:M...Read More

The U.K. no longer springs to mind as a mining giant, but we used to have a dominant role in the global industry. The extraction of non-ferrous metals on these islands, particularly copper and tin, dates back to before 2000 BC, and surface workings for coal and iron ore were widespread after the beginning of the Iron Age around 750 BC. This mineral wealth was one of the things that attracted the a...Read More

Looking back on the past two years since he took the reins as CEO of Dolly Varden Silver (TSXV: DV), Shawn Khunkhun points to a critical acquisition the company made in December 2021 as being the lynchpin to the company's recent exploration and fundraising success.The British Columbia-focused explorer has district-scale holdings, the Kitsault Valley project, in the southern leg of the province's s...Read More

Royal Gold (NASDAQ: RGLD) has further consolidated its royalty position at the world-class Cortez gold complex in Nevada, which has been operating since 1969 and produced roughly 27 million oz. of gold to date.On Thursday, the company announced it has acquired two portions of a gross smelter return royalty that together cover a 1,630-sq.-km area including the Cortez mine operation and the entirety...Read More

White Gold (TSXV: WGO; US-OTC: WHGOF) says drilling on its Ryan's Surprise target south of the historic Klondike gold rush territory in the Yukon bodes well for an initial resource estimate. The Toronto-based explorer backed by Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM, NYSE: AEM) and Kinross Gold (TSX: K, NYSE: KGC) spent $6 million last year on a diamond drilling program showing gold mineralization over...Read More

Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is facing fresh pressure by investors with $2.2 trillion in assets to disclose details of its coal production plans and how they align with its efforts to cut carbon emissions and keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.Shareholders including Europe's Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) and HSBC Asset Management have filed a resolution demanding details on the m...Read More

Initial drilling results from CleanTech Lithium's (AIM: CTL) Laguna Verde project in northern Chile suggest it could become a major supplier of battery grade lithium to European and U.S. markets. The U.K.-based exploration and development company said in a news release Thursday that the results also show the economics of the project are "outstanding." CleanTech based its analysis on a model...Read More

With high interest rates, high inflation and reduced access to finance, 2022 was a challenging year for the mineral exploration sector.But unofficial financial numbers point to a solid start for 2023 for exploration activity in British Columbia, says Kendra Johnston, the Association for Mineral Exploration B.C.'s president and CEO ahead of the organization's annual Roundup event in Vancouver Jan....Read More

The first phase of Osisko Development's (TSXV: ODV; NYSE: ODV) Cariboo gold project in central British Columbia makes little economic sense, say analysts about a new feasibility study. The study outlines a two-phase development.Over both phases, the underground mine would produce 1.9 million oz. over a 12-year life after construction costs of $137.3 million, according to the study released on Tues...Read More

NioCorp Developments (TSX:NB; OTCQX:NIOBF) reported a rare earth dissolution rate of 86-95% at its demonstration plant in Trois-Rivieres, Que., the company said Wednesday. That rate was obtained through hydrochloric acid leaching of ore mined at NioCorp's Elk Creek project in southeast Nebraska, the company said in a news release. In further solvent extraction recovery steps, the rare earths load...Read More

Canada Nickel's (CVE:CNC) latest test work results support the incorporation of carbon capture and storage into processing at its Crawford project in Timmins, Ont. Its method, known as in-process tailings (IPT) carbonation accelerates the carbon capture and storage process, which the miner believes has transformative potential, it said in a news release on Wednesday. "We believe the Crawford pr...Read More