This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute's 2017 annual survey of mining and exploration companies. The survey is an attempt to assess how mineral endowments and public policy factors such as taxation and regulatory uncertainty affect exploration investment. The survey was circulated electronically to approximately 2,700 individuals between August 22nd and November 10th, 2017. Surve...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1331.50+$7.00Silver$16.61+$0.13XAU80.02-0.61%HUI175.85-1.57%GDM608.39-0.43%JSE Gold1099.99-47.06USD89.77-0.28Euro123.29+0.37Yen93.85+0.82Oil$62.77+$1.0910-Year2.922%-0.014T-Bond143.09375+0.40625Dow24962.48+0.66%Nasdaq7210.09-0.11%S&P2703.96+0.10%  The Metals: Gold fell $3.70 to $1320.80 in Asia, but it then rallied back higher for most of trade in New Y...Read More

A gap of about 50,000 ounces — or about 125 gold bars — is all that stands in the way of Newmont Mining Corp. from claiming the title of world’s biggest gold miner.The Greenwood Village, Colorado-based miner said Thursday its 2017 gold production was 5.27 million ounces, ending the year in a near dead-heat with industry leader Barrick Gold Corp., which produced 5.32 million...Read More

With cobalt prices soaring and fears of a potential shortage mounting, reports emerged Wednesday that Apple Inc. is in talks with a mining company to secure a direct supply of the scarce metal - a critical component of batteries.It's the type of deal that Fortune Minerals Ltd.'s chief executive Robin Goad has been trying to broker for years. Since 1996, Goad has raised tens of millions of dollars...Read More

Main ConclusionsDuring the 2015 federal election, Justin Trudeau's Liberals presented a fiscal plan to Canadians that proposed three years of deficit spending of no more than $10 billion annually with a return to a balanced budget by 2019/20. After forming government, they abandoned this fiscal plan-breaking a pledge to Canadians.Despite a growing economy, the Trudeau government has recorded annua...Read More

 CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1329.30-$2.20-1.44%Silver$16.52-$0.09-0.96%XAU80.53+0.64%-3.24%HUI176.71+0.49%-4.46%GDM613.86+0.90%-2.83%JSE Gold1089.59-10.40-9.51%USD89.92+0.15+0.86%Euro122.99-0.30-0.91%Yen93.77-0.08-0.24%Oil$63.55+$0.78+3.03%10-Year2.867%-0.055-0.14%Bond144.125+1.00-0.11%Dow25309.99+1.39%+0.36%Nasdaq7337.39+1.77%+1.35%S&P2747.30+1.60%+0.55%  The Metals: Gold...Read More

Commodity prices have finally risen to the point that miners can start new development projects, but the rally in metals prices also brings higher costs for producers.Both operating and capital costs tend to climb sharply during cyclical rallies for metals. However, some companies have proven more adept than others at generating returns in the face of this challenge.Stephen D. Walker, head of glob...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1333.20+$3.90Silver$16.63+$0.11XAU81.27+0.92%HUI178.10+0.79%GDM620.15+0.70%JSE Gold1104.42+14.83USD89.85-0.07Euro123.20+0.21Yen93.64-0.13Oil$63.91+$0.3610-Year2.863%-0.004T-Bond144.125+0.0625Dow25709.27+1.58%Nasdaq7421.46+1.15%S&P2779.60+1.18%  The Metals: Gold gained $11.50 to $1340.80 in Asia before it fell back to $1330.20 by midday in New York, but...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1318.60-$14.60Silver$16.42-$0.21XAU78.97-2.82%HUI173.05-2.83%GDM603.45-2.01%JSE Gold1083.86-20.56USD90.40+0.55Euro122.33-0.87Yen93.27-0.37Oil$63.01-$0.9010-Year2.901%+0.038T-Bond143.6875-0.53125Dow25410.03-1.16%Nasdaq7330.35-1.23%S&P2744.28-1.27%  The Metals: Gold edged up to $1334.70 in Asia, but it then fell all of the way back to $1313.50 in early af...Read More

The British Columbia government has committed to proceed with electoral reform. The government has set a deadline of November 2018 to have a referendum on proportional representation. Part of the consultation process includes designing the referendum question. This paper reviews precedent and good practices that have been established in Canada and by several international organizations on the craf...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1317.60-$1.00Silver$16.39-$0.03XAU78.27-0.89%HUI171.87-0.69%GDM597.17-1.04%JSE Gold1068.95-14.91USD90.63+0.23Euro122.00-0.33Yen93.83+0.56Oil$61.64-$1.3710-Year2.862%-0.039T-Bond144.50+0.9375Dow25029.20-1.50%Nasdaq7273.01-0.78%S&P2713.83-1.11%  The Metals: Gold chopped in a relatively tight range of $1322.40 to $1316.00 and ended with a loss of just 0.08...Read More

"Community capitalism" is the term used here to describe a politico-economic system in which a First Nation uses its assets (land, location, natural resources, and money) to generate income and provide social services for its members. The Fort McKay First Nation (FMFN) furnishes an important case study of community capitalism. As a result of its remarkable success, its characteristic features stan...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1315.30-$2.30Silver$16.49+$0.10XAU78.93+0.85%HUI173.26+0.81%GDM601.82+0.78%JSE Gold1066.31-2.64USD90.27-0.36Euro122.66+0.66Yen94.24+0.41Oil$60.99-$0.6510-Year2.807%-0.055T-Bond145.3125+0.875Dow24608.98-1.68%Nasdaq7180.56-1.27%S&P2677.67-1.33%  The Metals: Gold fell $14.80 to $1302.80 in midmorning New York trade, but it then shot back higher in afternoo...Read More

Shares in Lithium X Energy Corp. plunged Thursday morning,  just days before the company is set to be acquired at a huge premium by a consortium of Chinese investors, suggesting market skepticism the deal will be completed. The Vancouver-based company traded as low as $1.77 per share, before recovering to close at $2.21, up four per cent on the day. The buyout deal, which would pay share...Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States would impose tariffs of 25 per cent on steel imports and 10 per cent on imported aluminum next week.At a meeting with U.S. industry officials at the White House, Trump vowed to rebuild American steel and aluminum industries, saying they had been treated unfairly by other countries for decades.The move is likely to in...Read More

One Friday afternoon not so many months ago, Canadian billionaire Eric Sprott was sitting in a leather wingback chair in a dimly lit room, talking about a junior mining company that he just can’t stop investing in.The company, Garibaldi Resources Corp., is in the earliest stages of exploring for nickel in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle, an area that has been relentlessly explored a...Read More

The aluminum and steel industry, which affects businesses from beer to cars, reacted to the prospect of steep U.S. tariffs. President Donald Trump is expected to make the announcement on Thursday, and the move could have far-reaching effects. It may benefit U.S. steel producers, but also raises the possibility of retaliation from other countries and higher costs for American shoppers.AK Steel and...Read More

 CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1321.90+$6.60-0.56%Silver$16.51+$0.02-0.06%XAU78.75-0.23%-2.21%HUI172.99-0.16%-2.11%GDM601.93+0.02%-1.94%JSE Gold1107.57+41.26+1.65%USD89.94-0.33+0.02%Euro123.28+0.62+0.24%Yen94.66+0.42+0.95%Oil$61.25+$0.26-3.62%10-Year2.860%+0.053-0.24%Bond144.3125-1.03125+0.13%Dow24538.06-0.29%-3.05%Nasdaq7257.87+1.08%-1.08%S&P2691.25+0.51%-2.04%  The Metals: G...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1319.60-$2.30Silver$16.43-$0.08XAU79.10+0.44%HUI174.35+0.78%GDM603.42+0.25%JSE Gold1108.17+0.60USD90.00+0.06Euro123.36+0.08Yen94.25-0.41Oil$62.57+$1.3210-Year2.884%+0.024T-Bond143.96875-0.46875Dow24874.76+1.37%Nasdaq7330.70+1.00%S&P2720.94+1.10%  The Metals: Gold gained $5.80 to $1327.70 in Asia before it dropped back to $1317.40 by midafternoon in New...Read More

Speaking in front of a crowd of several hundred people in downtown Toronto’s convention centre on Sunday, noted investor Rick Rule sounded a bullish note about mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo.The central African country has been riven by horrific violence, said Rule, chief executive of Sprott U.S. Holdings Inc., but it holds vast deposits of high-grade copper, cobalt and other min...Read More