The average price Freeport received for its gold surged nearly 28% to 1,902 per ounce in Q3, with copper and gold sales nearly 7% higher than the company's July estimates.

Vale has the option to acquire two additional Cu-Au projects in the Timok region.

The metal’s rebound from four-year lows in March mirrors the rally in that other gravity-defying asset class, the FANG-powered U.S. stock market.

In a new report, Wood Mackenzie says governments across the world are using stimulus packages to accelerate their decarbonisation journeys.

Dr. Copper is clearly predicting an economic recovery but, in the meantime, gold is a useful prescription to boost mined wealth.