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GOLD DROPS TO $4,571 AS HIGHER YIELDS AND FADING FEAR WEIGH SHORT-TERM; $5,400 YEAR-END TARGETS INTACT (24/7 Wall St.)
SILVER DEFICIT HITS YEAR SIX: 762 MILLION-OZ CUMULATIVE SHORTFALL AS 2026 GAP WIDENS 15% (InvestorIdeas.com)
RECORD QUARTER: Endeavour Mining Posts $880M EBITDA and $613M Free Cash Flow in Q1-2026 (GlobeNewswire)
Gold & Silver
TOP GOLD DROPS TO $4,571 AS HIGHER YIELDS AND FADING FEAR WEIGH SHORT-TERM; $5,400 YEAR-END TARGETS INTACT (24/7 Wall St.)
TOP SILVER DEFICIT HITS YEAR SIX: 762 MILLION-OZ CUMULATIVE SHORTFALL AS 2026 GAP WIDENS 15% (InvestorIdeas.com)
TOP RECORD QUARTER: Endeavour Mining Posts $880M EBITDA and $613M Free Cash Flow in Q1-2026 (GlobeNewswire)
ROYAL CANADIAN MINT HALTS COLOMBIAN GOLD AFTER NYT INVESTIGATION LINKS SUPPLY CHAIN TO DRUG CARTELS (The Northern Miner)
SILVER HEADING FOR SIXTH STRAIGHT ANNUAL SUPPLY DEFICIT AT 67 MOZ — SOLAR AND EV DEMAND THE CULPRIT (Investing News Network)
GOLD MACHINE: Alamos Q1 Revenue Jumps 79% to $597M as Island Gold Expansion Stays on Track (GlobeNewswire)
DIRTY GOLD: Canadian Mint Suspends Colombian Refining After NYT Links Supply to Drug Cartel (Mining.com)
Gold Retreats to $4,571 Despite Tightening Iran Blockade — Still Up 41% From a Year Ago (Fortune)
SILVER SURGES to $76/oz as Dollar Stumbles on Japan Intervention — Up 138% Year-Over-Year (Fortune)
SIX STRAIGHT YEARS IN DEFICIT: Silver Market Cumulative Shortfall Now 762 Million Ounces (FXStreet)
Copper & Base Metals
GOLDMAN CUTS COPPER FORECAST ON SOFT DEMAND, WARNS PRICES COULD SLIDE DESPITE LONG-TERM GRID TAILWINDS (Investing.com)
NGEX MINERALS FINDS NEW COPPER ZONE JUST 60M BELOW SURFACE AT LUNAHUASI — OPEN IN ALL DIRECTIONS (Lundin Group / NGEx Minerals)
RARE NEGATIVE: Arizona Metals Kay Mine PEA Posts -$6M NPV at Base Case, Stock Crashes 46% (Mining.com)
COST SHOCK: South32's Arizona Copper Project Blows Out 50%+ to $3.3B, Stock Drops 5% (Mining.com)
COPPER TIGHTENS Near $5.95/lb — Grasberg Force Majeure and Chile Sulphur Crunch Deepen 2026 Deficit (Mining.com)
$406M TSX DEBUT: Lumina Metals Triples IPO Target, Eyes Largest Copper-Silver Operation in Europe (BNN Bloomberg)
NGEX DISCOVERS NEW COPPER ZONE 300m EAST OF MARS: 48m AT 7.72% CuEq, 23m AT 4.72% CuEq (Cantech Letter)
COPPER SLIDES FROM $6.12 RECORD AS China Restricts Sulphur Exports; Chile Refining Operations Under Threat (Kitco News)
Glencore Q1 Copper Output SURGES 19%; War-Driven Sulphur Costs Threaten H2 Margins (Mining.com)
TECK BACKS KODIAK: Major Miner Partners With Junior to Spin Out US Copper Explorer in Arizona (Newsfile Corp)
Lithium & Battery Metals
CRITICAL ELEMENTS LITHIUM DELIVERS PHASE 1 WINTER 2026 ASSAYS FROM ROSE WEST DISCOVERY IN QUEBEC (Critical Elements Lithium Corp.)
LITHIUM REVIVAL: Core Lithium Begins Ore Extraction at Finniss After $205M Glencore-Backed Restart (Australian Mining)
FIVEFOLD EXPANSION: Critical Elements' Rose West Lithium Drill Returns 1.24% Li2O Over 27.8m in Quebec (Investing News Network)
USGS: Appalachia Holds 2.3M Tonnes of Undiscovered Lithium — Enough to Replace U.S. Imports for 328 Years (Fortune)
BATTERY METALS SHOCK: Huayou Halts Half Its Indonesia Nickel Plant as Sulphur Hits $800/t (Mining.com)
USGS: 2.3 MILLION TONNES Under the Appalachians — Enough Lithium for 130M EVs and 328 Years of US Supply (Mining.com)
Exploration & Discovery
VISIBLE GOLD MINES RAISES C$2.6M TO DRILL BESIDE IAMGOLD'S 11-MILLION-OZ NELLIGAN DEPOSIT IN QUEBEC (The Market Online / Stockhouse)
ABRASILVER DRILLS 68.5 METRES AT 343 G/T SILVER AT DIABLILLOS — TOP INTERVAL HITS 917 G/T (Junior Mining Network / AbraSilver Resource Corp.)
EMPEROR METALS Hits Visible Gold 1.5km East of Resource at Duquesne West — 23,000m Program Underway (StockTitan / Emperor Metals)
FOUR STRIKES IN 12 MONTHS: Americas Gold Hits 1,392 g/t Silver at Idaho's Galena Complex (Junior Mining Network)
NGEX MINERALS: 48m at 7.72% CuEq Plus New Zone Discovered 60m From Surface at Lunahuasi (The Lundin Group)
SLAM HITS 40.5 g/t GOLD at Jake Lee Project, New Brunswick — 7,000m Drill Now Underway (SLAM Exploration)
FOUR DISCOVERIES IN ONE YEAR: Americas Gold Hits 1,392 g/t Ag at Idaho's Galena Complex (Americas Gold and Silver)
DRILLING THE 40 G/T VEIN: SLAM Exploration Starts 2026 Holes on High-Grade Jake Lee Gold Target, New Brunswick (Investing News Network)
TIMMINS DRILL: Metals Creek Mobilizes 4-Hole Program at Ogden Gold JV on Porcupine-Destor Break (Investing News Network)
NGEX DISCOVERS NEW COPPER-GOLD ZONE 300m East of Mars at Lunahuasi; 34m at 7.25% CuEq Drilled 180m Away (NGEx Minerals)
M&A & Deals
DEAL SURGE: Mining M&A Hits $21.6B in Q1 2026 — Strongest Start Since 2023 as Majors Race to Restock Reserves (The Northern Miner)
CHINA'S CMOC WINS Ecuador's Largest Gold Mine: $1.7B Los Cangrejos Deal Gives Beijing New Latin American Foothold (Investing News Network)
MINING M&A HITS $21.6B IN Q1 — STRONGEST START TO A YEAR SINCE 2023 (Mining.com)
Market & Macro
CANADA FUND: Ottawa Backs $25B Sovereign Wealth Vehicle to Fast-Track Mining and Infrastructure (CIM Magazine)
RECORD QUARTER: Agnico Eagle Banks $1.71B Net Income at $4,861 Gold — Sector Sets New Earnings Baseline (Agnico Eagle / StockTitan)
WORLD BANK SEES CEILING ON GOLD AND SILVER THROUGH 2026 — PRICES NEAR RECORD, UPSIDE CAPPED (Kitco)
Uranium & Energy
MUSTANG ENERGY RECEIVES FIRST ASSAYS FROM 11 DRILL HOLES AT SURPRISE CREEK URANIUM-COPPER PROJECT, SASKATCHEWAN (Mustang Energy Corp.)
ATHABASCA COPPER: Mustang Energy Returns 2.69% Cu Over 4.9m at Surprise Creek — Best 15.9% Cu (GlobeNewswire)
TRACTION URANIUM MAPS AURORA DRILL PUSH In Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin; Airborne Survey Kicks Off 2026 Season (GlobeNewswire)
Traction Uranium Maps 2026 Drill Campaign at Athabasca Basin's Aurora Project (GlobeNewswire)
Opinion & Analysis
GOLDMAN TURNS TACTICALLY CAUTIOUS ON GOLD; FLAGS HORMUZ DISRUPTIONS AND BOND SELLOFF AS NEAR-TERM RISKS (Benzinga)
THE CASE FOR $6,000 GOLD: De-Dollarization, War Risk, and a Broken Rate Cycle (GoldSeek)
EVERYONE AGREES IT'S A CRISIS — Yet Gold Is Slipping and Mining Stocks Are Still Lagging the Metal (Investor Ideas)
EVERYONE AGREES IT'S A CRISIS. GOLD STILL DECLINES. — Fibonacci Signal Flashes Deeper Drop Ahead (FXStreet)
Rare Earths
USA RARE EARTH EYES FURTHER ACQUISITIONS TO DISMANTLE CHINA'S STRANGLEHOLD ON RARE EARTH SUPPLY (Mining.com)
China's Rare Earth Export Controls Confirmed PERMANENT — Terbium, Dysprosium, Yttrium Locked In (Taylor Wessing)
RARE EARTHS AMERICAS Launches $368M IPO on NYSE as Sector Supply-Chain Urgency Builds (BusinessWire)

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