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Best Mining Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top mining stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best mining stocks to buy now. Learn More.

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Mining is Zen Rated F and is the 140th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
EMX	EMX ROYALTY CORP	$2.17	0.46%	0.00%	13.02%	26.16%	9.05%	12.44%	-0.46%	29.17%	371.74%	$2.22	$1.59	2.16%	36.91%	0.67	550,225	24.89%
UAMY	UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORP	$3.00	-6.25%	-4.46%	42.18%	68.54%	344.44%	1,193.10%	542.40%	704.29%	143.90%	$3.60	$0.21	16.67%	1,328.57%	1.08	3,773,358	-33.73%
MTRN	MATERION CORP	$79.80	1.31%	0.88%	-6.81%	-23.37%	-23.95%	-32.12%	-6.88%	89.59%	98.80%	$123.21	$69.10	35.23%	15.48%	1.21	96,357	8.25%
BHP	BHP GROUP LTD	$46.89	0.86%	1.30%	-4.60%	-6.44%	-16.74%	-19.86%	-34.38%	27.31%	1.38%	$63.21	$39.73	25.82%	18.02%	0.92	2,681,080	7.73%
RIO	RIO TINTO LTD	$58.47	0.52%	2.56%	-5.68%	-5.28%	-9.98%	-12.99%	-21.84%	31.01%	40.18%	$74.24	$51.67	21.24%	13.16%	0.77	1,732,049	-37.03%
USAS	AMERICAS GOLD & SILVER CORP	$0.61	1.32%	6.06%	9.07%	23.09%	20.20%	133.97%	-41.06%	-68.56%	N/A	$0.65	$0.21	5.55%	196.14%	1.06	1,375,795	12.78%
GSM	FERROGLOBE PLC	$3.53	2.62%	5.06%	-7.59%	-12.19%	-21.03%	-29.54%	-54.57%	679.25%	-83.10%	$6.19	$2.97	42.97%	18.86%	1.32	1,655,244	81.72%
USGO	US GOLDMINING INC	$10.25	-2.10%	-2.38%	3.43%	9.39%	1.59%	80.14%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.46	$5.00	29.11%	105.00%	0.69	22,982	5.34%
SKE	SKEENA RESOURCES LTD	$12.39	0.65%	8.68%	19.36%	30.56%	22.31%	175.95%	19.36%	N/A	N/A	$12.76	$4.10	2.86%	202.20%	0.87	618,585	24.99%
TECK	TECK RESOURCES LTD	$32.73	-0.55%	-2.96%	-21.08%	-25.17%	-34.16%	-28.63%	-18.28%	364.26%	153.72%	$55.13	$28.32	40.63%	15.57%	1.26	2,142,039	-21.09%
LZM	LIFEZONE METALS LTD	$3.18	0.32%	2.25%	-27.23%	-51.60%	-48.79%	-52.54%	-68.33%	N/A	N/A	$9.51	$2.90	66.56%	9.66%	0.30	143,376	-72.57%
VALE	VALE SA	$9.12	0.11%	-1.62%	-9.43%	1.56%	-13.72%	-25.25%	-48.33%	17.07%	54.84%	$13.14	$8.06	30.59%	13.22%	0.80	21,835,786	-18.22%
MP	MP MATERIALS CORP	$23.19	-11.99%	-15.95%	-10.46%	11.12%	28.26%	45.67%	-45.36%	N/A	N/A	$29.72	$10.02	21.97%	131.44%	1.50	11,964,136	-41.02%
SLI	STANDARD LITHIUM LTD	$1.40	6.06%	4.48%	7.69%	-13.58%	-28.93%	28.44%	-79.91%	N/A	N/A	$2.64	$1.06	46.97%	32.08%	1.76	1,540,861	134.26%
WRN	WESTERN COPPER & GOLD CORP	$1.14	-5.79%	0.88%	0.88%	7.55%	-6.56%	-21.92%	-46.23%	93.55%	171.43%	$1.66	$0.90	31.33%	26.67%	1.04	663,154	-2.24%
PLL	PIEDMONT LITHIUM INC	$6.77	3.04%	3.68%	-4.78%	-25.52%	-35.71%	-39.77%	-90.64%	32.75%	N/A	$16.59	$5.15	59.18%	31.46%	1.85	172,191	5.50%
CMP	COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC	$11.45	0.62%	3.53%	14.84%	-17.45%	-13.91%	-13.52%	-82.04%	-71.92%	-87.15%	$15.82	$7.51	27.62%	52.46%	1.07	470,137	-17.79%
TMC	TMC THE METALS CO INC	$2.44	-17.57%	-13.78%	34.07%	50.62%	144.00%	48.78%	31.18%	N/A	N/A	$3.57	$0.72	31.65%	238.42%	1.08	12,146,853	-7.67%
SGML	SIGMA LITHIUM CORP	$7.00	-1.96%	-16.57%	-40.07%	-39.34%	-47.80%	-48.30%	-58.60%	N/A	N/A	$19.20	$6.76	63.54%	3.55%	1.38	1,314,508	18.81%
IPX	IPERIONX LTD	$19.50	-1.32%	29.91%	-3.47%	-29.68%	-14.02%	42.54%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$38.93	$12.28	49.91%	58.86%	0.97	79,460	-22.89%
NVA	NOVA MINERALS LTD	$13.33	3.37%	6.73%	7.68%	5.38%	77.97%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.00	$4.35	29.84%	206.44%	0.66	34,458	530.52%
NB	NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD	$2.95	3.87%	20.90%	52.06%	75.60%	46.77%	22.92%	N/A	546.93%	264.20%	$4.15	$1.27	28.90%	132.28%	-5.83	2,893,425	-62.37%
LGO	LARGO INC	$1.54	-4.35%	1.32%	-16.76%	-12.99%	-22.22%	5.48%	-84.69%	N/A	N/A	$2.84	$1.12	45.77%	38.12%	1.36	52,161	-25.90%
TMQ	TRILOGY METALS INC	$1.33	-5.67%	-10.74%	-25.70%	0.76%	116.26%	218.18%	17.70%	-14.74%	118.03%	$2.09	$0.39	36.36%	243.67%	1.05	233,215	-50.74%
CRML	CRITICAL METALS CORP	$2.29	-8.03%	-10.20%	42.24%	-71.19%	-66.07%	-74.61%	-77.17%	N/A	N/A	$12.49	$1.23	81.67%	86.18%	0.49	2,359,648	-26.23%
NAK	NORTHERN DYNASTY MINERALS LTD	$0.98	-12.07%	0.62%	9.42%	45.24%	121.82%	231.97%	174.16%	81.75%	163.07%	$1.29	$0.27	24.34%	261.48%	0.94	8,602,565	76.30%
ABAT	AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY CO	$1.13	-3.42%	10.78%	9.71%	-41.75%	11.88%	-15.67%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.11	$0.73	72.51%	54.79%	-1.77	981,993	-24.10%
LAR	LITHIUM ARGENTINA AG	$1.97	-3.43%	-7.51%	-15.81%	-31.12%	-43.06%	-59.55%	-92.87%	-31.12%	N/A	$5.60	$1.73	64.82%	13.87%	1.91	615,907	-16.30%
WWR	WESTWATER RESOURCES INC	$0.51	-7.79%	-7.45%	-16.14%	-35.57%	-16.56%	25.68%	-62.85%	-51.98%	-99.94%	$1.32	$0.41	61.41%	23.24%	1.23	844,558	-62.52%
VZLA	VIZSLA SILVER CORP	$2.16	-1.82%	-2.26%	-3.14%	6.93%	-5.68%	61.19%	15.51%	N/A	N/A	$2.47	$1.27	12.55%	70.08%	1.17	2,754,844	58.99%
LAC	LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP	$2.68	0.00%	-1.47%	-10.96%	-16.25%	-10.96%	-43.58%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.20	$2.02	48.46%	32.67%	1.68	2,941,784	2.02%
GRFX	GRAPHEX GROUP LTD	$0.87	-5.84%	-15.53%	-38.47%	-42.00%	-29.04%	-18.16%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.75	$0.71	68.36%	23.23%	0.25	13,471	-20.30%
FURY	FURY GOLD MINES LTD	$0.39	-2.28%	-1.79%	-3.75%	4.62%	-22.06%	-21.91%	-46.53%	-64.68%	N/A	$0.56	$0.35	30.63%	10.63%	0.64	347,455	190.28%
IONR	IONEER LTD	$3.75	-3.72%	0.00%	-10.50%	-31.07%	-50.00%	-27.88%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.35	$3.02	59.89%	24.17%	0.91	9,960	17.87%
LITM	SNOW LAKE RESOURCES LTD	$0.38	-8.96%	-22.79%	-45.19%	-67.30%	26.60%	-58.68%	-93.39%	N/A	N/A	$1.88	$0.15	80.00%	147.37%	0.80	5,545,057	9.01%
NMG	NOUVEAU MONDE GRAPHITE INC	$1.88	-2.08%	13.94%	4.44%	-16.07%	18.99%	-6.00%	-70.44%	N/A	N/A	$2.58	$1.22	26.99%	54.10%	0.96	121,591	-68.23%
ELBM	ELECTRA BATTERY MATERIALS CORP	$1.03	-4.83%	-4.21%	-16.67%	-32.12%	-56.38%	-36.02%	-94.72%	N/A	N/A	$2.83	$0.91	63.78%	12.64%	0.80	103,196	-26.06%
NEXA	NEXA RESOURCES SA	$5.91	-2.64%	-2.64%	2.25%	-6.49%	-22.85%	-19.37%	-37.72%	70.32%	N/A	$9.61	$5.04	38.50%	17.26%	1.00	6,439	58.40%
USAR	USA RARE EARTH INC	$11.74	-16.68%	-0.09%	5.77%	-10.04%	8.91%	11.49%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$20.00	$5.56	41.30%	111.15%	-0.16	2,314,209	-43.14%
XPL	SOLITARIO RESOURCES CORP	$0.64	-3.03%	5.26%	0.95%	-3.03%	-9.86%	-4.48%	-16.56%	213.73%	-15.79%	$0.98	$0.54	34.69%	18.96%	0.89	119,355	48.04%

Mining Stocks FAQ

What are the best mining stocks to buy right now in Apr 2025?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best mining stocks to buy right now are:

1. Emx Royalty (NYSEMKT:EMX)

Emx Royalty (NYSEMKT:EMX) is the #1 top mining stock out of 40 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Emx Royalty (NYSEMKT:EMX) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Emx Royalty (NYSEMKT:EMX) has a Due Diligence Score of 22, which is 1 points higher than the mining industry average of 21.

EMX passed 7 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Emx Royalty has seen its stock return 12.44% over the past year, overperforming other mining stocks by 29 percentage points.

Emx Royalty has an average 1 year price target of $5.00, an upside of 130.41% from Emx Royalty's current stock price of $2.17.

Emx Royalty stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Emx Royalty, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. United States Antimony (NYSEMKT:UAMY)

United States Antimony (NYSEMKT:UAMY) is the #2 top mining stock out of 40 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for United States Antimony (NYSEMKT:UAMY) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: D.

United States Antimony (NYSEMKT:UAMY) has a Due Diligence Score of 26, which is 5 points higher than the mining industry average of 21.

UAMY passed 8 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. United States Antimony has seen its stock return 1,193.1% over the past year, overperforming other mining stocks by 1,210 percentage points.

United States Antimony has an average 1 year price target of $2.20, a downside of -26.67% from United States Antimony's current stock price of $3.00.

United States Antimony stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering United States Antimony, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Materion (NYSE:MTRN)

Materion (NYSE:MTRN) is the #3 top mining stock out of 40 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Materion (NYSE:MTRN) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Materion (NYSE:MTRN) has a Due Diligence Score of 27, which is 6 points higher than the mining industry average of 21.

MTRN passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Materion has seen its stock lose -32.12% over the past year, underperforming other mining stocks by -16 percentage points.

Materion has an average 1 year price target of $120.00, an upside of 50.38% from Materion's current stock price of $79.80.

Materion stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Materion, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the mining stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 7 mining stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 mining stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP)

Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the mining industry average of 4.34%. Compass Minerals International's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Compass Minerals International's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Compass Minerals International's dividend payout ratio of -4% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE)

Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE) has an annual dividend yield of 9.13%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the mining industry average of 4.34%. Vale Sa's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% nine times in the last 10 years. Vale Sa's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Vale Sa's dividend payout ratio of 57.8% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO)

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) has an annual dividend yield of 6.88%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the mining industry average of 4.34%. Rio Tinto's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% ten times in the last 10 years. Rio Tinto's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Rio Tinto's dividend payout ratio of 61.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are mining stocks down?

Mining stocks were down -1.37% in the last day, and up 0.52% over the last week. Mp Materials was the among the top losers in the other industrial metals & mining industry, dropping -11.99% yesterday.

MP Materials shares are trading lower after the company ceased shipments of rare earth concentrate to China, citing retaliatory tariffs and export controls.

What are the most undervalued mining stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued mining stocks right now are:

1. Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE)

Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE) is the most undervalued mining stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Vale Sa has a valuation score of 71, which is 57 points higher than the mining industry average of 14. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Vale Sa's stock has dropped -25.25% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the mining industry by -9 percentage points.

2. Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO)

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) is the second most undervalued mining stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Rio Tinto has a valuation score of 43, which is 29 points higher than the mining industry average of 14. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Rio Tinto's stock has dropped -12.99% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the mining industry by 3 percentage points.

3. Bhp Group (NYSE:BHP)

Bhp Group (NYSE:BHP) is the third most undervalued mining stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Bhp Group has a valuation score of 29, which is 15 points higher than the mining industry average of 14. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Bhp Group's stock has dropped -19.86% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the mining industry by -3 percentage points.

Are mining stocks a good buy now?

58.62% of mining stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect mining stocks to rise by 49.76% over the next year.

0% of mining stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 3.23% of mining stocks are rated B (Buy), 35.48% are rated C (Hold), 48.39% are rated D (Sell), and 12.9% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the other industrial metals & mining industry?

The average P/E ratio of the other industrial metals & mining industry is 10.95x.

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