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Spruce Ridge Resources Ltd SRCGF


Primary Symbol: V.SHL

Spruce Ridge Resources Ltd. is a Canada-based mineral exploration company. It is focused on critical metal resources with nickel projects in Oregon, United States and copper projects in Newfoundland, Canada. It has four properties in Oregon, two nickel resources (Cleopatra and Red Flat), one with nickel sulfide intersections in drillcore (Shamrock) and nickel laterite at Eight Dollar. Its 100% Great Burnt project is a volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit in central Newfoundland’s highly prospective, base-metal-rich greenstone belt, consisting of four prospective zones: Great Burnt Zone (Copper), South Pond A Zone (Copper, Gold), South Pond B Zone (Gold) and End Zone Prospect (Copper). The Cleopatra Property consists of over 139 lode mining claims covering a total area of 1,162 hectares (ha). The Red Flat Nickel Property consists of 84 lode mining claims covering an area of over 815 ha. It also has various mining claims at Eight Dollar Mountain, located in southwest Oregon.


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Post by stockwatcher7on Mar 14, 2024 12:18pm
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copper rally comming

copper rally comming

Copper could skyrocket over 75% to record highs by 2025 — brace for deficits, analysts say

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  • Copper is headed for a price spurt over the next two years, as mining supply disruptions coincide with higher demand for the metal.
  • Rising demand driven by the green energy transition and a decline in the U.S. dollar strength come the second half of 2024 will fuel support for copper prices.
  • Copper prices on the London Metal Exchange last saw an all-time record high of $10,730 per ton in March last year.
HUAI'AN, CHINA - JANUARY 29: A worker ties copper wire rods before loading them onto a truck at the workshop of a company on January 29, 2023 in Huai'an, Jiangsu Province of China. Chinese factories resumed work after the Spring Festival holiday. (Photo by Yin Chao/VCG via Getty Images)
A worker tying copper wire rods before loading them onto a truck in Huai’an, Jiangsu Province of China.
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Copper prices are set to soar more than 75% over the next two years amid mining supply disruptions and higher demand for the metal, fueled by the push for renewable energy. 

Rising demand driven by the green energy transition and a likely decline in the U.S. dollar in the second half of 2024 will push copper prices higher, according to a report by BMI, a Fitch Solutions research unit.

 

Markets are banking on the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut rates this year which will weaken the dollar and in turn make the greenback-priced copper more attractive to foreign buyers.

“The positive view for copper is more on macro factors,” Bank of America Securities’ head of Asia -Pacific basic materials, Matty Zhao, told CNBC, citing likely Fed rate cuts and a weaker U.S. dollar.

Additionally, at the recent COP28 climate change conference, more than 60 countries backed a plan to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, a move that Citibank says “would be extremely bullish for copper.”

In a December report, the investment bank forecast that the higher renewable energy targets would boost copper demand by extra 4.2 million tons by 2030.

This would potentially push copper prices to $15,000 a ton in 2025, the report added, way higher than the record peak of $10,730 per ton scaled in March last year.

 

“This assumes a very soft landing in the U.S. and Europe, an earlier global growth recovery, significant China easing,” Citi analysts said, while also emphasizing on continued investments in the energy transition sector. 

A growing economy tends to boost demand for copper, which is used in electrical equipment and industrial machinery. The metal’s demand is considered a proxy for economic health.

Low supply, high demand

Copper on the London Metal Exchange was last trading at $8,559 a ton.

The base metal is a linchpin in the energy transition ecosystem, and is integral to manufacturing electric vehicles, power grids and wind turbines.


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