2020




Moody’s slashes growth forecasts

In November, Moody’s Investors Service forecast G-20 economies in 2020 would grow by 2.6%, but now estimates real GDP will contract by 0.5%, followed by a pick-up to 3.2% in…


A gold pour at Claude Resources Seabee project. Credit: Claude Resources

Gold price rockets to seven-year high

The gold price rallied again in spectacular fashion on Tuesday, as panicked investors scrambled for hard assets on the back of COVID-19 closures of mines and refineries and unprecedented monetary…


The 5034 pit at De Beers and Mountain Province Diamonds' Gahcho Kue mine in the Northwest Territories. Credit: Mountain Province Diamonds

Coronavirus curbs Mountain Province revenue

Unlike many other mines in Canada and around the world that have been put on care and maintenance because of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Gahcho Kué mine in the…





MegumaGold to merge with Osprey Gold

Canadian juniors MegumaGold (CSE: NSAU; US-OTC: NSAUF) and Osprey Gold Development (TSXV: OS; US-OTC: OSSPF), with projects in Nova Scotia’s largest historic bullion district, are merging their businesses to create…


Stacked gold bars produced by Toronto-based Barrick Gold. Credit: Barrick Gold

US Fed move sends gold soaring

The gold price surged on Monday after the U.S. Federal Reserve promised to pump “unlimited” amounts of money into the financial system, boosting the metal’s status as a store of…


Mask-wearing people in February 2020 sitting at the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade in Hong Kong amid the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. Credit: Matt Leung/iStock.

Editorial: Asia shows the way

When I landed at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on March 20 aboard an Air Canada ‘repatriation’ flight from Mexico, none of us were checked to see if we had a…


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