Weekly Metals Mining Rundown - Free
Includes: metals pricing, peer group median price performance, peer group median valuations, and list of top and bottom 40 daily performing stocks showing associated peer groups based on our database of 450+ mining stocks, but excludes the lists of individual stocks making up each peer group, their price performances, and their ranked valuation information by market cap/unit resource and by P/NAV. Published and distributed between Saturday and Tuesday each week. For legal disclosures, visit www.hostrockcapital.com/disclosures.
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Weekly Metals Mining Rundown for Week Ending 31 Jul 2026
Platinum, palladium, and copper prices rose this past week (ending 31 July) by +3.7%, +2.9% and +2.1%, while most other metal prices were roughly flat along with most mining stocks traded roughly flat, except smaller cap lithium and uranium miners, most of which (surprisingly) fell just slightly; Broader equities also traded near flat, with the S&P 500 gaining by +0.25% and the Nasdaq 100 falling by -0.35%; Covered announcements include a reserves and resources update by Capricorn Gold, the acquisition of Carnaby Resources by Evolution Mining, and a resource update by St. Barbara for its 15-mile processing hub project in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Weekly Metals Mining Rundown for Week Ending 24 Jul 2026
Most metal prices gained gently this past week led by silver rising +3.7% to $58/oz Ag, while platinum and palladium traded down slightly and lithium dropped -4.3%; Most larger cap mining equities also gained gently, led by precious metal and base metals producers which mostly gained by +4-5% in a backdrop of falling braoder equities, with the S&P 500 closing the week -1.25% lower and -2.7% below record highs from early June, and with the big-tech dominated QQQ falling -2.9% during the week, now -8.6% lower thabn June's all time highs; Covered announcements include an updated DFS by Silver Mines for Bowdens project, a DFS technical report by AbraSilver for Diablillos project in Argentina, shareholder approval of merger between Equinox Gold and Orla Mining, and a DFS for Gum Creek by Horizon Gold.
Weekly Metals Mining Rundown for Week Ending 17 Jul 2026
Metal prices fell this past week, especially silver which fell -6.6% to just below $56/lb, with one exception being nickel which gained +2.3% to $7.73/lb (and with lesser known PGMs and precious metals rhodium gaining ~1% to $8,250/oz, ruthenium rising a whopping +10% $1,700/oz and iridum ticking up +2% to $7,900/oz); Most metal mining stocks fell substantially by at least mid-to-upper single-digit percent, except the major diversified copper producers (BHP, Rio Tinto, and Vale) which were more resilient and fell just slightly along with broader equities, with the S&P 500 closing the week -1.35% lower at $7,457 or -2.1% below all-time-highs of $7,621 a month-and-a-half ago, and with the big tech dominated Nasdaq 100 falling -1.5% to $695 or -7.1% below the month-and-a-half old all-time highs of $749; Covered announcements include an updated resource estimate for the Sandstone project by Brightstar Resources, and an annual reserves and resources update by Ora Banda Mining.
Weekly Metals Mining Rundown for Week Ending 10 Jul 2026
Metal prices traded largely flat this past week, except silver which dipped -4% to just below $60/oz; Meanwhile most metal mining stocks fell gently by mid-single-digit percent or more, except uranium explorers which were more resilient and mostly traded up by low-single-digit percent or more; Broader equities traded sideways to up slightly with the S&P 500 (SPX) seeing a weekly gain of +1.2% to $7,575 (0.6% below all time highs of $7,620 from just over a month ago) and the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) rose by +1.8% to $725.5 (still 3% below all time highs of $745.65 seen over a month ago); Covered announcements include a substantial resource upgrade by Pivotal Metals for its Horden Lake project Cu-NI-polymetallic project in Quebec.
Weekly Metals Mining Rundown for Week Ending 3 Jul 2026
Metal prices inched up this past week except nickel which fell -2.6% to $7.42/lb, with gains led by precious metals including silver rising +6.2% to $62/oz and gold up +2% to $4,170/oz; Most mining stocks gained by at least low-single-digit percentage points along with broader equities, except silver and gold miners which mostly rose by mid-to-upper single digit percent or more; S&P 500 (NYSE:SPX) gained by +1.76% which was led by the broader pack for once as the big-tech dominated the Nasdaq 100 (NYSE:QQQ) was flat -0.2% (although priced in precious metals terms, both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 fell, with SPX priced in gold falling by -1.25% during the week and QQQ priced in silver falling by -2.2% -- which may suggest that any gains in broader equities were more attributable to an injection of newly printed fiat currency into the stock market than to the companies getting more valuable); SPX now sits at US$7,483.25 or 1.8% below all time highs seen one month ago, and QQQ sits at $712.6 or 4.8% below all time highs of one month ago; Covered announcements include a resource update for the Cerro Bayo project in Chile by Andean Silver, and a definitive agreement for Faraday Copper to acquire the San Manuel project in Arizona from BHP (per previously announced letter of intent back in February) which is right beside Faraday's flagship Copper Creek project.
Weekly Metals Mining Rundown for Week Ending 26 June 2026
Metal prices and mining stocks declined this past week along with broader equities; Both metals and mining stocks generally fell by at least lower-to-middle single-digit percentage points, except silver and lithium metals which dipped further by ~9%, and uranium and lithium miners which also dipped further--many by double digit percent or more; Meanwhile, the S&P 500 (NYSE:SPX) also continued its decline--this week by ~2%, and the big-tech dominated Nasdaq 100 (NYSE:QQQ) fell by more than 4%; Covered announcements include resource updates by Zacatecas Silver for its Esperanza gold-silver heap leach project in Mexico and by Granada Gold Mines for its Granada gold project in Quebec, a reserves (and resources) update by Silvercorp for its GC mine in China, and a maiden PFS and mineral reserve by Turaco Gold for its Afema project in Cote d'Ivoire.
Weekly Metals Mining Rundown for Week Ending 19 June 2026
Metal prices drifted south this past week, except uranium which inched up +0.9% to $86.10/lb U3O8; Losses were led by silver dropping -4.2% to $64.90/oz Ag, PGMs falling -3.1% and -2.5% to $1,668/oz Pt and $1,264/oz Pd, with lithium, gold and copper slipping -1.9%, -1.7%, and -1.6% to $24,706/t Li carb, $4,152/oz Au, and $6.33/lb Cu; Mining stocks mostly traded sideways, EXCEPT uranium miners which mostly gained across the board by +5-10% or more, larger cap gold stocks which mostly gained a few percent or more, and larger cap Li, Cu, Ni, and PGM miners which mostly dropped a few percent or more; Covered announcements include an updated feasibility study by Falco Resources for its Horne 5 gold-polymetallic project in Quebec, a PEA by Kootenay silver for its La Cigarra project in Mexico, and a resource update by Montage Gold for its HUGE Kone project in Cote d'Ivoire that is currently under construction.
Weekly Metals Mining Rundown for Week Ending 12 June 2026
Metal prices were MIXED this past week, with gains seen by lithium (+4.7%), palladium (+2.6%), and copper (+2.6%), with drops seen by platinum (-4.3%), nickel (-4.2%), and gold (-2.5%); Metal mining stocks largely traded FLAT, except larger cap copper, silver and lithium stocks which mostly gained by multiple percent or more; Covered announcements include a PFS and maiden reserve for the Boundiali project in Cote d'Ivoire by Aurum Resources, and resources updates by West Red Lake Gold Mines for its secondary Rowan project in Ontario and by Elevate Uranium for its Marenica project in Namibia.
Weekly Metals Mining Rundown for Week Ending 5 June 2026
Most metal prices tanked this week along with broader equity markets, led by silver falling -10.6% to $67.30/oz, followed by PGMs & lithium falling by 7-9%, gold by -4.6% to $4,331/oz, nickel by -2% to $8.43/lb, and copper by a slim 1.5% to $6.26/lb; Most metal mining stocks dropped by multiple percent or more, led by silver miners which mostly fell by -10% or more; Broader equity market tanked also, with the big tech dominated QQQ dropping -4.5% and S&P 500 dropping by -2.6%; The QQQ priced in silver has been trending downward since March 2024, and especially (more sharply) since Aug 2025, although QQQ/SILVER gained this week by +5.9% to 10.39 while appearing to retest its 200-dma around 9.941 - after reaching lows in 2011 around 1.20 (which would represent 88% downside in the QQQ index if silver prices remained flat); And the SPX priced in gold has been trending downward since around Jan 2022, and especially (more sharply) since Jan 2025, although SPX/GOLD gained this week by +2.2% to 1.70 while appearing to retest its 200-dma around 1.57 - after reaching lows in 2011 around 0.70 (which would represent -59% of downside in the SPX index if gold prices remained flat); Covered announcements include a reserves and resources upgrade by IAMGOLD for its large Cote open pit project in Ontario, an annual reserves and resources by Northern Star Resources update that grew them by +27-28%, and the first new PEA in over a decade for the Viken uranium-polymetallic project in Sweden by District Metals.
Weekly Metals Mining Rundown for Week Ending 29 May 2026
Base metals nickel and copper inched up this week by +2.0% and +1.7% to US$8.60/lb Ni and $6.36/lb Cu, while gold was flat, silver and uranium dipped ~1%, PGMs fell -3%, and Li dropped -7%; Mining stocks mostly gained slightly or were flat, with silver, gold, copper, and uranium stocks standing out - with most rising by multiple percent or more; Covered announcements include a updated resources estimates by Haranga Resources for its Lincoln-Comet project in California, USA, and by Strickland Metals for its Gradina deposit at its Rogozna project in Serbia.
Weekly Metals Mining Rundown for Week Ending 22 May 2026
Prices for base metals nickel and copper gained this past week, while most other metal prices fell; Nickel gained by +1.6% to US$8.56/lb Ni and copper by +1.5% to $6.34/lb Cu - while zinc also inched up a slight +0.4% to $1.61/lb Zn; Lithium took the biggest hit and fell -7.0% to US$26,197/t Li carbonate (in China) while PGMs fell -3-5% to $1,932/oz Pt and $1,357/oz Pd and gold/silver fell just a hair (-0.4-7%) to $4,517/oz Au and $75.48/oz Ag; Most metals miners closed the week lower by multiple percent, except copper, nickel and lithium stocks which traded largely flat (ex-Li clay explorers which mostly fell by double digit percent or more); Covered announcements include an updated mineral resource estimate for the Nevada North Li project by Surge Battery Metals, and a maiden resource for the Odienne project in Cote d'Ivoire by Awale Resources.
Weekly Metals Mining Rundown for Week Ending 15 May 2026
Most metal prices dropped this past week, especially precious metals with silver dropping -5.3% to $75.75/oz, palladium -3.9% to $1,427/oz, gold -3.4% to $4,548/oz, and platinum -2.8% to just under $2,000/oz; Meanwhile the zinc price GAINED +2.9% to $1.60/lb; Most metals mining stocks dropped by a few percent or more, except copper and nickel miners which held there own and traded largely flat; Covered announcements include resource updates by Aurum Resources for its Boundiali project and by Black Bear Minerals for its Independence project, and a review of a history 1987 feasibility study for the Castle-Gowanda tailings re-milling project by Nord Precious Metals.