The world of minerals, September 02, 2026

Commodities

Gold         4,419.50  +0.53%
Silver          65.64  +0.41%
Copper           6.60  +0.03%
Platinum     1,763.10  -0.19%
Palladium    1,367.50  +2.77%
Titanium       161.91  +20.99%
GDX             96.89  +2.34%
GDXJ           127.09  +3.93%
BTC-USD     77,391.01  -0.01%
XME            118.95  +2.75%
VALE            15.72  +3.97%
LIT             73.98  -0.97%
TECK            66.78  -0.01%
REMX            75.78  -0.54%
UX=F            77.40  +0.00%

The pulse

• uranium: this-wk=83 last-wk=6 ratio=13.8x SPIKE curve(newest->oldest)=[83, 6, 9, 1]
• "critical minerals": this-wk=70 last-wk=8 ratio=8.8x SPIKE curve(newest->oldest)=[70, 8, 9, 7]
• "rare earth": this-wk=63 last-wk=7 ratio=9.0x SPIKE curve(newest->oldest)=[63, 7, 5, 4]
• "canada us trade": this-wk=67 last-wk=31 ratio=2.2x SPIKE curve(newest->oldest)=[67, 31, 4, 0]
• uranium stocks: this-wk=29 last-wk=6 ratio=4.8x SPIKE curve(newest->oldest)=[29, 6, 9, 4]

Narrative curve

• "trade war" tariff: this-wk=49 last-wk=47 ratio=1.0x flat curve(newest->oldest)=[49, 47, 4, 0]
• saskatchewan uranium: this-wk=12 last-wk=8 ratio=1.5x up curve(newest->oldest)=[12, 8, 13, 0]

Top headlines

• GOLD Sponsored video: Gold miner Erdene outlines Mongolia exploration along regional belt Northern Miner
• 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 Abcourt Closes US$10,000,000 Increase to Debenture Financing With Glencore INN
• LITHIUM Grizzly Identifies Significant Chargeability Anomalies at the Motherlode - Greyhound Critical Minerals Target Area Greenwood, BC INN
• URANIUM SAGA Metals Commences Diamond Drilling at the Wolverine Heavy Rare Earth Element Project in Labrador - First Two Diamond Drill Holes Intersected Prospective REE-Bearing Volcanic Unit 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

• SAGA Metals Commences Diamond Drilling at the Wolverine Heavy Rare Earth Element Project in Labrador - First T
• 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
• T2 Metals shares rally on Yukon exploration results
• Artemis drilling points to Blackwater resource growth

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