
China adds 25.8 tonnes of gold in October as reserve value falls
Official holdings rose to 78.30 million ounces, while their dollar valuation declined, separating physical demand from the value of the stockpile.

Official holdings rose to 78.30 million ounces, while their dollar valuation declined, separating physical demand from the value of the stockpile.

The Wyoming explorer plans a Burr step-out roughly two kilometres from its earlier drilling and a Sweetwater test before the 2026 season ends.

The explorer issued 1.2 million shares to vendors and disclosed revised royalties, with a further C$30,000 cash payment due in March.
A planned 350-metre hole will test the Luis Hill anomaly, while Union Mine drilling will follow a mineralized structure along strike.
Promontorio Sur returned 12.20 metres at 238 grams per tonne silver equivalent, with an updated resource targeted for the fourth quarter.
The New Zealand proposal seeks mine and infrastructure approvals, with a feasibility study targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026.
Assays confirm mineralization 500 metres beyond the deposit and higher grades inside Hurricane's southern resource shell.
The proposed share deal would give Aya about 19.11 per cent of Sama and add Moroccan tungsten, copper and molybdenum exposure.
Baseline work will support environmental assessment and licensing as the company targets a pre-feasibility study for the first half of 2028.
Two U.S. utilities will take annual deliveries through 2032 at prevailing spot prices, with no pricing floors, ceilings or discounts.
Shipments from Brazil to La Rochelle are expected in 2028 under an initial term through 2034, while pricing and annual tonnage remain undisclosed.
Eagle Nuclear would issue 0.0167 shares for each Noble Plains share, with a definitive agreement still to be negotiated.
Participation notices and a subscription agreement would preserve three investors' stakes, with closing expected Nov. 6.
The Anais dyke interval includes 142 metres at 1.97 per cent lithium oxide, with true thickness estimated at about 80 per cent of drilled length.
A$500,000 leaves escrow as the AIM company retains contingent copper interests and directs proceeds towards Redmoor tungsten development.
The Madsen-Rowan plan calls for C$200 million in growth capital and forecasts higher production once Rowan starts in 2029.
The Alaska program tested resource gaps and extensions with 50 to 100 metre step-outs; reported intervals are core lengths with true widths unknown.
The non-brokered offering would add up to 8 million shares and 4 million warrants, with proceeds for exploration and working capital.
The gold-bearing intersection is measured along drill core, while true vein widths and economic antimony recovery remain undetermined.
The completed 36,239-metre infill program targets early mining areas, with East Pit assays still expected in the coming months.
Officially reported purchases totalled 120 tonnes, leaving most of the World Gold Council’s quarterly estimate outside disclosed reserve data.
The Ontario results add mineralization between proposed pits as RPX prepares a prefeasibility study for the first half of 2027.
The maiden program will test soil anomalies in about seven holes, with drilling expected to finish in roughly four weeks.
Critical Metals would take an approximately 8 per cent stake, with proceeds supporting expanded Morro do Ferro drilling.
The Alaska result ended in high-grade mineralization and supports further testing of a possible second gold system at Flat.
The Saskatchewan uranium explorer plans to test about four target areas, most beneath less than 50 metres of sandstone cover.
Macusani's measured and indicated material grades 213 parts per million uranium oxide, with an updated preliminary economic assessment underway.
The Ontario rare-earth and niobium campaign has a C$1.7M budget, alongside an announced one-for-six share consolidation.
The proposed Centalion refinancing carries a nine-month principal holiday and an offtake covering all gold doré produced from the operation.
The Perth team expands BMO’s Australian mining finance business, while Euroz Hartleys retains its independent private wealth operations.
The three-hole batch extended higher-grade mineralization about 50 metres up-dip, with assays from 26 holes still outstanding.
A binding MOU includes a conditional share investment and proposed construction debt for an antimony project that has no mineral resource.
Underground drilling returned 18.4 feet at 0.804 per cent tungsten trioxide as surface assays outlined the 360 portal vein in Idaho.
The Peru mine remains in pre-commissioning, with full mill capacity targeted for mid-2027 and a revised mine plan due at year-end.
The California silver project has an estimated US$737 million after-tax net present value using a US$55-an-ounce price assumption.
The Ethiopian mine targets 25,000 to 35,000 ounces in November and December, with commercial production expected in the same period.
The bank expects energy prices to rise 32 per cent in 2026, while independent EIA forecasts put oil costs above its baseline.