Gold and Precious Metals
What is Silver Used For? Beyond Jewelry and Coins
Silver has a dual identity that makes it fundamentally different from gold as an investment: alongside its long history as a monetary and jewelry metal, silver is now, first and foremost, an industrial commodity. Industrial applications account for roughly 60% of total silver consumption, up from 50% just a decade ago, and this shift has…
New Drilling at Stibnite Turns Up High-Grade Gold and Tungsten
Perpetua Resources Corp. (Nasdaq: PPTA; TSX: PPTA) reported new drilling results on August 6, 2026 from its Stibnite Gold Project in central Idaho, the company’s first exploratory drilling program in nearly a decade at the site. The results include several high-grade gold and antimony intercepts near the project’s existing permitted mining pits, along with a…
Gold Royalty Posts Record First-Half 2026 Results
Gold Royalty Corp. (NYSE American: GROY) reported record first-half 2026 financial results on August 5, 2026, with revenue more than doubling and gold-equivalent ounces (GEOs, a standard industry measure that converts a royalty company’s mixed metal payments into an equivalent amount of gold) climbing more than 40% year-over-year. Unlike a mining company, Gold Royalty does…
Australian Gold Mining Outlook Strengthens as Major Projects Advance
Australian Gold Mining Outlook Strengthens as Major Projects Advance The Australian gold mining outlook is strengthening as major plant expansions and new mine developments move toward production through the end of the decade, according to gold consultancy Surbiton Associates. Australia produced 303 tonnes of gold in 2025, valued at about A$54 billion at prices prevailing…
Gold Mine Output and Costs Hit Records as Demand Holds Steady
Gold prices retreated Friday as the dollar recovered and investors weighed the prospect of higher US interest rates. The Comex continuous contract fell 1.6% to $4,037.86 an ounce by late morning in New York, while December gold dropped 1.5% to $4,099.50. Despite the decline, gold was on track for its first monthly gain since February.…
What is a Gold Royalty Company and How Do They Work?
Not every way to invest in gold mining involves owning shares in a company that actually digs ore out of the ground. Gold royalty and streaming companies — a category that includes some of the largest and most consistently profitable names in the entire precious metals sector — offer investors exposure to gold price movements…
What is All-In Sustaining Cost (AISC)?
Open almost any quarterly earnings release from a gold mining company and you will find a figure reported in dollars per ounce called All-In Sustaining Cost, or AISC. It is arguably the single most important operating metric in the gold mining industry — the number analysts, investors, and company management all use to compare how…
What Moves the Gold Price? Key Drivers Explained
Gold opened 2026 trading above $5,000 per ounce for the first time in history, after a 2025 that delivered more than 50 all-time highs and a return of over 60%, according to the World Gold Council. For anyone following mining stocks, understanding what actually moves the gold price is essential — because gold producers, explorers,…
