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

The federal government has been getting tough with some Chinese companies, forcing some foreign owners of Canadian critical mineral projects to divest their holdings in the name of national security. On a Wednesday list of forced divestitures were Sinomine Rare Metals Resources's holdings in Vancouver-based Power Metals (CVE: PWM); Chengze Lithium International's investment in Calgary-based Lithi...Read More

Canada's top potash producer Nutrien (TSX: NTR) has guided for lower full-year headline profit as September-quarter sales volumes and prices slid lower than expected.The Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-based crop nutrient producer, distributor and retailer now guides for adjusted earnings per share of US$13.25 to US$14.50, below average analyst forecasts calling for US$14.45, and down from its prior Aug....Read More

Arizona Sonoran Copper's (TSX: ASCU) ongoing 32,000-metre infill drill program at its Parks-Salyer (P/S) porphyry copper deposit has delivered an intercept of 217.7 metres grading 1.01% copper.The robust intersection comes from an additional three drill holes drilled at P/S, following the initial Inferred resource in September of 143.6 million tonnes grading 1% copper for 2.92 million lb. of conta...Read More

The latest assay results from New Found Gold (TSX-V: NFG; NYSE-A: NFGC) show near-surface, high-grade mineralization at its Lotto zone in northeast Newfoundland.The drilling shows that Lotto North is in fact a new, shallow and brittle fault zone north of Lotto proper, which hosts high-grade, epizonal-style gold mineralization in a north-south striking open-ended structure.Highlights from recent dr...Read More

Critical Elements Lithium (TSXV: CRE; US-OTC: CRECF) has received a certificate of authorization (CA) under Quebec's Environment Quality Act for its Rose lithium-tantalum project located in the province's James Bay region. The CA was issued by the Quebec Minister of the Environment, the Fight against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parcs.The CA is an important milestone that would allow Critical Elem...Read More

Maverix Metals (TSX: MMX; NYSE-AM: MMX) says it's on track to meet its revised 2022 guidance of 28,000 to 31,000 attributable gold-equivalent ounces and unveiled a new royalty deal on the Sleeping Giant mine in Quebec's Abitibi region.The company acquired a 2% net smelter return royalty (NSR) on all metallic and non-metallic minerals recovered from the Geant Dormant and Dormex claims of the Sleepi...Read More

The Kimberley Process (KP), an international scheme that certifies rough diamond exports, is expected to decide this week whether Russian diamonds should be declared conflict gems.Members of the KP are meeting in Gaborone, Botswana, until Friday and one of the main topics in the agenda is to discuss whether Russian diamonds are funding the war in Ukraine.The debate would be around whether to broa...Read More

Vale (NYSE: VALE) has signed three memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to jointly study the feasibility of developing industrial complexes or 'mega hubs' in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the Sultanate of Oman.The hubs will produce hot briquetted iron (HBI) and steel products, Vale says, noting that "the production of HBI using natural gas emits around 60% less CO2 [car...Read More

Canada's B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) and South Africa's AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU; ASX: AGG) have decided to put their US$925-million Gramalote gold project in Colombia up for sale before year-end.After completing a comprehensive review of the alternatives for the gold project in the northwestern department of Antioquia, the joint venture (JV) partners determined it would be in the best inte...Read More

Driving through the forested hills of northern Idaho, one could be forgiven for assuming the growing recreational city of Coeur d'Alene brings all the buzz and value to the region.After all, it offers year-round recreational activities in stunning natural landscapes, serves as a commercial hub for the northern part of the state, and its adjacent Lake Coeur d'Alene hosts shoreline homes for a few H...Read More

The world's largest gold producer by volume and market cap Newmont (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) says it is maintaining the full-year production guidance despite a weaker September-quarter performance.Newmont said its headline profit fell to US$212 million, or US27 ? per share, in the quarter that ended Sept. 30, from US$483 million, or US60 ? per share, a year earlier. Analysts, on average, had an expect...Read More

The first deep drill hole in the down dip extension of the Eskay Creek deposits in northwestern B.C. has identified a new occurrence of rhyolite-hosted mineralization about 650 metres down dip of the NEX Zone in the Eskay Deeps, and at a vertical depth of 850 metres below surface, Skeena Resources (TSX: SKE; NYSE: SKE) reports.Drill hole SK-22-1081 returned 3.79 grams gold per tonne and 59.4 grams...Read More

First Majestic Silver (TSX: FR; NYSE: AG) has announced positive drill results from its ongoing exploration program at the Jerritt Canyon gold mine in Elko County, Nevada.The 2022 drilling campaign at Jerritt Canyon consists of short-term focused underground core drilling testing extensions of known ore controls near active mining, mid-term focused drilling to validate/test the presence of mineral...Read More

This week's episode features EY Canada's Theo Yameogo, Canada's Mining & Metals Sector Leader, in conversation with Northern Miner podcast host Adrian Pocobelli at the Global Mining Symposium. Theo explains how ESG (environmental, social and governance) policies have transformed from CSR (corporate social responsibility), and how he expects the trend towards ESG to take a similar trajectory to the...Read More

Precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW) may axe more than 2,000 jobs at some of its gold mines in South Africa as part of a restructuring of those operations struggling to make a profit.The Johannesburg-based miner said on Tuesday it would enter into consultations with labour groups and other stakeholders, which could impact 1,959 employees and 465 contractors at its Beatrix 4 shaf...Read More

Dealing with financial difficulties, Sierra Metals (TSX: SMT) confirmed on Oct. 31 that it has received a letter of intent (LOI) from Compa??ia Minera Kolpa, a polymetallic mining company based in Peru, regarding a proposed business combination and an investment package.The LOI was submitted by Kolpa with its shareholders, including Arias Resource Capital Fund II. Arias and other members of the Ar...Read More

(TheNewswire) November 3, 2022 TheNewswire - CALGARY, ALBERTA CMX Gold & Silver Corp. ( CSE:CXC ) ; ( OTC:CXXMF ) (Read full newsRead More

My wife and I spent that last 10 days at our beach house in Longboat Key, Florida. We are having renovations done, but the real reason we came down was to check on the house after hurricane Ian.Longboat Key is about an hour south of Tampa Bay and about 85 miles north of Fort Myers.When the original forecast was released about the path of Hurricane Ian, Tampa Bay was predicted to take a direct hit....Read More

Every region barring North America saw declines in global smelting capacity.Read More

Share this article OTTAWA - On November 2, Fran??ois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, issued the following statement regarding the Canadian government's decision on recent investments in Canadian critical minerals companies and regarding modernization efforts under the Investment Canada Act (ICA):"While Canada continues to welcome foreign direct investment, we wi...Read More