Canada’s only primary silver mine achieves commercial production

A total of $1.75 million in funding from Rio Tinto will support two research chairs at UNBC for the next five years.

Canada has been thinking about supporting investment through measures such as pricing floors to address alleged market manipulation.

Silver tends to outperform the rest of the precious metals sector close to the end of a given rally.

The world’s biggest miners are now worth $1.35 trillion after losing a combined $126 billion over the course of 2024 as the copper rally faded and gold stocks once again underperformed bullion.