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PRE-OPEN Canadian markets are higher, though caution prevailed ahead of the USMCA review and sliding precious metal prices weighed on the mood.

Despite gold’s dramatic fall from $5,500 per ounce earlier this year to below $4,000 in late June, the yellow metal is still among the top performers over the past year, and demand central banks and long-term investors should limit downside risk as gold still retains clear upside potential for the remainder of 2026, according to the new mid-year outlook from the World Gold Council (WGC).

Despite gold’s dramatic fall from $5,500 per ounce earlier this year to below $4,000 in late June, the yellow metal is still among the top performers over the past year, and demand central banks and long-term investors should limit downside risk as gold still retains clear upside potential for the remainder of 2026, according to the new mid-year outlook from the World Gold Council (WGC).

Vancouver-headquartered B2Gold has announced a leadership transition that will see long-serving president and CEO Clive Johnson retire at the company’s annual general meeting on June 4.

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 30, 2026) - Astra Exploration Inc. (TSXV: ASTR) (OTCQB: ATEPF) (FSE: S3I) ("Astra" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on exploration activities at the La Manchuria low-sulphidation epithermal (LSE) gold-silver project in Santa Cruz, Argentina, and the Don Mario high-sulphidation epithermal (HSE) gold project in the Maricunga District of northern Chile. Additionally, independent analyst coverage has been initiated by Zach Matheson, of ATB Cormark Capital Markets.

ASX-listed MRG Metals has confirmed significant levels of gallium returned from analytical results as the company works to define its Garies project resource, in South Africa's Northern Cape province.

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Yesterday’s death cross in gold gave traders an ominous warning that more pain may still be in store for the precious metal. However, there is a leading indicator that predicted the dramatic downside pressure witnessed in the precious metals that called for lower prices long before the death cross was on anyone’s radar, the technical study is known as an Ichimoku Cloud and it is calling for even more bearish price action in the coming days and weeks.