The world of minerals, September 01, 2026

Commodities

Gold         4,374.70  -2.38%
Silver          64.66  -3.49%
Copper           6.54  -2.23%
Platinum     1,749.80  -2.47%
Palladium    1,319.00  -4.30%
Titanium       161.91  +20.99%
GDX             94.67  -3.90%
GDXJ           122.28  -4.42%
BTC-USD     77,442.74  -1.42%
XME            115.77  -2.00%
VALE            15.12  +0.20%
LIT             74.71  -2.17%
TECK            66.79  -1.95%
REMX            76.19  -1.72%
UX=F            77.40  +0.00%

The pulse

• uranium: this-wk=78 last-wk=5 ratio=15.6x SPIKE curve(newest->oldest)=[78, 5, 10, 2]
• "critical minerals": this-wk=66 last-wk=12 ratio=5.5x SPIKE curve(newest->oldest)=[66, 12, 11, 7]
• "rare earth": this-wk=83 last-wk=3 ratio=27.7x SPIKE curve(newest->oldest)=[83, 3, 8, 5]
• "canada us trade": this-wk=68 last-wk=26 ratio=2.6x SPIKE curve(newest->oldest)=[68, 26, 1, 0]
• "trade war" tariff: this-wk=70 last-wk=27 ratio=2.6x SPIKE curve(newest->oldest)=[70, 27, 3, 0]
• uranium stocks: this-wk=29 last-wk=8 ratio=3.6x SPIKE curve(newest->oldest)=[29, 8, 4, 3]

Narrative curve

• saskatchewan uranium: this-wk=16 last-wk=12 ratio=1.3x up curve(newest->oldest)=[16, 12, 17, 4]

Top headlines

• GOLD Collective extends Colombia’s Apollo on 15-g/t gold hit Northern Miner
• GOLD Court ruling backs Perpetua’s $1.3B Stibnite build Northern Miner
• GOLD Talamore gets key road permit for Coffee gold project Northern Miner
• GOLD Tocvan Provides Corporate Update INN
• COPPER NSJ Gold Corp. Increases Flow-Through Financing for Exploration on Its Antimony 2.0 Property INN
• CRITICAL-MINERALS NioBay Opens the Doors to the Crevier Project for Elected Officials of the Maria-Chapdelaine RCM INN
• COPPER Cupani Metals: Starting Drill Program at their Copper-Nickel-PGM Project in Quebec Soon Commodity TV
• COPPER Abitibi Metals: 45.000m Drill Program in 2026 at their Copper Gold Project in Quebec Commodity TV
• COPPER PTX Metals: Advancing a Polymetallic Project in Ontario, Canada, Towards Development Commodity TV
• IRON-ORE Iron ore price reaches multi‑month highs on mega‑dam announcement Mining.com

Drill results

• Cupani Metals: Starting Drill Program at their Copper-Nickel-PGM Project in Quebec Soon
• Abitibi Metals: 45.000m Drill Program in 2026 at their Copper Gold Project in Quebec
• Drilling of deposition holes starts at Onkalo
• Artemis drilling points to Blackwater resource growth
• Lassonde-backed Cadillac Mines drilling points to more Ontario gold
• Angkor Resources Reports Visual Copper Mineralization In 2026 Drill Core From Andong BOR License, Cambodia

Gainers

GT.V       GT Resources Inc                      0.03 +20.00% vol    193,700
QREE.CN    Quebec Rare Earth Elements Corp       0.06 +18.20% vol     36,900
PRNC.CN    Prince Silver Corp                    0.44 +10.00% vol     43,800
PRIZ.CN    Prismo Metals Inc                     0.06 +10.00% vol     52,000
NSU.V      Cosa Resources Corp                   0.22 +10.00% vol    132,200

Losers

GLDR.CN    Golden Rapture Mining Corp            0.03 -25.00% vol     66,000
MCL.CN     McLaren Resources Inc                 0.03 -25.00% vol    252,000
FNAU.CN    Four Nines Gold Inc                   0.49 -16.90% vol    702,900
NRED.CN    NovaRed Mining Inc                    0.12 -16.70% vol     81,800
AAZ.V      Azincourt Energy Corp                 0.04 -12.50% vol    758,800

Volume leaders

GDX        VanEck Gold Miners ETF               91.64  +1.90% vol  9,381,600
NXE.TO     NexGen Energy Ltd                    14.94  +3.80% vol  5,516,600
DML.TO     Denison Mines Corp                    4.42  -1.10% vol  5,137,300
BTO.TO     B2Gold Corp                           7.19  +1.10% vol  4,332,900
GSVR.V     Guanajuato Silver Co Ltd              0.52  -5.50% vol  3,804,900