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Best Mining Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top mining stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% 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 129th 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 %
NEXA	NEXA RESOURCES SA	$13.90	-10.78%	-1.21%	7.84%	-4.20%	1.83%	192.02%	131.67%	70.97%	N/A	$16.89	$4.79	17.70%	190.13%	1.04	2,033,000	284.31%
TECK	TECK RESOURCES LTD	$70.54	-0.82%	6.62%	18.06%	8.12%	19.78%	114.21%	75.60%	208.57%	309.40%	$71.93	$31.68	1.93%	122.66%	1.29	2,587,000	-36.01%
MTRN	MATERION CORP	$246.15	4.28%	5.77%	1.79%	10.86%	50.96%	122.84%	131.37%	243.45%	727.39%	$304.58	$107.76	19.18%	128.42%	1.28	409,000	61.02%
TII	TITAN MINING CORP	$2.86	-1.04%	16.26%	43.72%	23.81%	-34.40%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.65	$1.81	49.38%	58.01%	2.39	245,000	-5.77%
GSM	FERROGLOBE PLC	$4.05	-0.49%	5.19%	22.73%	-8.16%	-20.74%	-4.71%	-25.14%	-44.60%	-52.91%	$5.74	$3.08	29.44%	31.49%	1.38	563,000	-70.71%
SGML	SIGMA LITHIUM CORP	$12.61	3.36%	17.52%	26.73%	-16.43%	-12.49%	87.93%	-58.80%	N/A	N/A	$24.48	$4.62	48.49%	173.24%	1.46	1,030,000	39.57%
BHP	BHP GROUP LTD	$96.37	0.04%	2.93%	14.82%	9.72%	18.14%	72.49%	71.87%	44.74%	199.19%	$98.71	$51.83	2.37%	85.93%	0.91	2,220,000	-0.13%
VALE	VALE SA	$15.31	0.99%	7.59%	3.59%	-7.27%	-10.88%	49.37%	18.50%	-21.24%	172.91%	$17.94	$10.08	14.66%	51.88%	0.73	26,432,000	35.06%
RIO	RIO TINTO LTD	$104.78	0.08%	2.55%	13.95%	-1.72%	5.48%	68.70%	69.77%	38.18%	230.64%	$112.58	$61.40	6.93%	70.65%	0.76	1,973,000	9.67%
SCZM	SANTACRUZ SILVER MINING LTD	$10.02	4.05%	2.66%	58.80%	28.63%	-20.16%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.61	$5.61	43.10%	78.61%	3.47	438,000	25.86%
CMP	COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC	$24.94	1.18%	1.30%	-16.22%	-21.32%	-1.03%	30.85%	-15.43%	-62.57%	-66.07%	$34.50	$16.40	27.71%	52.07%	1.10	399,000	24.30%
ALM	ALMONTY INDUSTRIES INC	$18.89	3.56%	6.78%	41.50%	-7.08%	2.72%	348.69%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$24.41	$4.06	22.61%	365.27%	2.83	5,048,000	45.18%
GRO	BRAZIL POTASH CORP	$2.57	3.63%	3.21%	25.37%	4.90%	-13.47%	43.58%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.99	$1.68	35.59%	53.43%	1.14	220,000	-31.68%
IMC	IMC RARE EARTHS LTD	$10.82	-2.61%	-1.64%	110.92%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$11.70	$4.51	7.52%	139.91%	4.67	89,000	-16.04%
NMG	NOUVEAU MONDE GRAPHITE INC	$1.51	2.03%	9.42%	13.53%	-20.53%	-33.19%	-21.76%	-43.87%	-76.88%	N/A	$6.06	$1.26	75.08%	19.84%	1.08	401,000	-14.68%
USAS	AMERICAS GOLD & SILVER CORP	$5.74	3.05%	9.33%	41.03%	-2.05%	-41.37%	139.17%	443.56%	129.60%	N/A	$10.50	$2.52	45.33%	127.78%	1.22	4,987,000	20.55%
ELBM	ELECTRA BATTERY MATERIALS CORP	$0.62	2.48%	2.99%	20.82%	1.14%	-15.51%	-31.00%	-77.30%	N/A	N/A	$8.70	$0.49	92.86%	28.04%	1.45	337,000	38.11%
LZM	LIFEZONE METALS LTD	$4.40	-0.68%	8.37%	32.93%	-13.73%	-5.38%	-3.30%	-67.38%	N/A	N/A	$6.40	$3.00	31.25%	46.67%	0.62	216,000	-49.06%
ELVR	ELEVRA LITHIUM LTD	$61.68	-1.22%	0.19%	9.15%	-29.91%	3.79%	170.29%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$102.80	$15.55	40.00%	296.66%	1.93	32,400	21.35%
LAR	LITHIUM ARGENTINA AG	$6.91	2.98%	15.55%	17.52%	-32.32%	-14.59%	113.93%	-60.65%	-63.17%	N/A	$12.05	$2.97	42.66%	132.66%	1.88	1,581,000	-3.95%
FNUC	FRONTIER NUCLEAR & MINERALS INC	$1.70	2.41%	0.00%	0.00%	-29.17%	-42.37%	-59.13%	-93.01%	N/A	N/A	$7.43	$1.35	77.12%	25.93%	1.17	135,000	-68.97%
SBMT	SILVER BOW MINING CORP	$8.85	-0.11%	11.32%	32.49%	0.11%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$11.23	$5.80	21.19%	52.59%	1.91	53,000	-47.00%
IONR	IONEER LTD	$3.15	-0.94%	-2.17%	-2.17%	-18.18%	-24.28%	-4.55%	-55.76%	N/A	N/A	$8.20	$2.80	61.59%	12.50%	0.98	129,000	207.14%
WRN	WESTERN COPPER & GOLD CORP	$2.59	0.78%	5.71%	19.91%	-8.16%	-25.14%	82.39%	78.62%	52.35%	245.33%	$4.26	$1.38	39.20%	87.68%	1.05	731,000	6.10%
EMAT	EVOLUTION METALS & TECHNOLOGIES CORP	$3.17	-5.65%	-4.80%	-36.85%	-54.65%	-60.23%	-72.92%	-70.44%	N/A	N/A	$24.09	$2.15	86.84%	47.44%	0.08	1,368,000	20.32%
ALOY	REALLOYS INC	$11.42	-1.13%	3.16%	47.35%	20.72%	-38.14%	100.00%	315.27%	-4.52%	N/A	$26.89	$5.92	57.53%	92.91%	1.06	1,161,000	-18.18%
MP	MP MATERIALS CORP	$59.03	-0.47%	7.25%	36.87%	-9.48%	0.27%	-17.32%	197.68%	75.06%	N/A	$100.25	$37.81	41.12%	56.12%	1.67	4,383,000	-42.12%
REA	RARE EARTHS AMERICAS INC	$14.67	0.20%	9.07%	44.39%	-24.07%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$30.02	$8.95	51.13%	63.91%	2.20	79,000	49.06%
SSMR	SUNSHINE SILVER MINING & REFINING CO	$18.81	2.56%	7.79%	25.57%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.61	$12.51	4.08%	50.36%	2.53	126,000	-31.52%
TMCR	METALS ROYALTY CO INC	$6.28	3.29%	4.49%	-1.72%	-52.71%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.86	$4.90	64.84%	28.16%	1.64	25,800	-59.05%
SKE	SKEENA RESOURCES LTD	$35.12	1.15%	0.83%	29.17%	21.82%	-7.87%	122.84%	622.63%	N/A	N/A	$38.77	$15.43	9.41%	127.61%	0.92	556,000	41.84%
SLI	STANDARD LITHIUM LTD	$2.64	1.15%	16.30%	23.94%	-31.78%	-43.47%	-10.81%	-20.96%	-52.94%	N/A	$6.40	$1.91	58.75%	38.22%	1.77	1,759,000	23.18%
NB	NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD	$4.37	0.92%	1.86%	4.30%	-23.73%	-17.55%	-5.62%	19.40%	N/A	526.97%	$12.58	$3.82	65.26%	14.40%	0.90	1,972,000	-30.47%
LGO	LARGO INC	$0.73	-5.06%	13.86%	19.25%	-23.62%	-56.49%	-51.27%	-79.64%	-94.61%	N/A	$2.70	$0.55	72.93%	32.43%	1.46	290,000	-69.28%
LAC	LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP	$3.17	-1.25%	6.73%	9.31%	-36.98%	-37.35%	6.38%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$10.52	$2.67	69.87%	18.73%	1.72	6,347,000	1.55%
NAK	NORTHERN DYNASTY MINERALS LTD	$1.75	0.00%	5.42%	14.38%	-19.35%	12.90%	96.63%	614.29%	326.83%	130.26%	$2.98	$0.79	41.28%	121.52%	1.13	2,596,000	5.36%
WWR	WESTWATER RESOURCES INC	$0.59	-2.62%	6.07%	48.50%	6.83%	-31.72%	-19.73%	-15.26%	-84.20%	-99.18%	$3.75	$0.38	84.16%	55.09%	1.15	1,009,000	-15.56%
USAR	USA RARE EARTH INC	$19.25	1.74%	12.51%	28.94%	-27.90%	1.85%	22.69%	89.84%	N/A	N/A	$43.98	$11.45	56.23%	68.12%	0.76	14,709,000	0.51%
USGO	US GOLDMINING INC	$9.70	2.32%	5.43%	28.82%	-6.19%	-19.47%	12.01%	3.97%	N/A	N/A	$17.98	$7.16	46.05%	35.42%	0.85	78,000	14.71%
BMM	BLUE MOON METALS INC	$5.86	4.46%	18.15%	5.02%	-21.87%	14.68%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.63	$3.47	32.10%	68.88%	2.68	122,000	-38.07%
VZLA	VIZSLA SILVER CORP	$4.16	3.48%	7.49%	25.30%	14.92%	-5.02%	18.18%	318.09%	N/A	N/A	$7.19	$2.88	42.14%	44.44%	1.25	7,107,000	174.08%
CRML	CRITICAL METALS CORP	$8.04	0.63%	38.62%	33.11%	-30.57%	-20.79%	23.50%	-25.69%	N/A	N/A	$32.15	$5.12	74.99%	57.18%	0.90	8,749,000	-42.77%
UAMY	UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORP	$5.16	1.98%	-2.09%	-5.32%	-44.16%	-42.28%	12.42%	1,091.69%	460.87%	1,223.08%	$19.71	$4.14	73.82%	24.64%	1.29	6,284,000	-0.55%
TMQ	TRILOGY METALS INC	$3.78	1.61%	4.13%	21.94%	-13.70%	-14.67%	126.35%	719.96%	82.61%	586.03%	$11.29	$1.56	66.52%	142.31%	1.10	668,000	-17.12%
IPX	IPERIONX LTD	$22.44	6.70%	8.75%	-2.22%	-43.13%	-53.86%	-51.25%	207.40%	N/A	N/A	$61.45	$20.05	63.48%	11.92%	1.30	519,000	120.85%
TMC	TMC THE METALS CO INC	$5.09	1.60%	28.21%	34.66%	-10.86%	-18.82%	-4.14%	271.53%	-48.95%	N/A	$11.35	$3.40	55.15%	49.71%	1.60	8,300,000	-12.38%
XPL	SOLITARIO RESOURCES CORP	$0.81	1.12%	2.65%	11.54%	-2.17%	4.10%	5.18%	34.66%	48.18%	-0.37%	$0.98	$0.54	16.80%	50.37%	0.66	52,400	109.60%
NEXM	NEXMETALS MINING CORP	$2.50	-0.99%	10.40%	17.14%	-9.27%	-39.29%	-53.80%	160.17%	152.02%	-22.03%	$6.65	$2.03	62.50%	22.91%	12.71	27,000	-86.76%
PHOS	FIRST PHOSPHATE CORP	$18.85	-2.68%	6.32%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$21.30	$12.82	11.50%	47.04%	6.17	94,000	28.77%
NICM	NICOLA MINING INC	$6.90	7.81%	1.77%	16.85%	12.93%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$10.60	$5.33	34.91%	29.46%	0.77	2,200	37.50%
FURY	FURY GOLD MINES LTD	$0.62	0.32%	-1.11%	17.58%	8.17%	-19.01%	21.96%	65.87%	-17.07%	N/A	$1.02	$0.50	39.02%	25.40%	0.76	212,000	-43.32%
NVA	NOVA MINERALS CORP	$5.73	3.99%	10.40%	18.14%	-3.21%	-25.49%	154.44%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$16.28	$2.19	64.80%	161.64%	0.96	557,000	207.73%

Mining Stocks FAQ

What are the best mining stocks to buy right now in Aug 2026?

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. Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA)

Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA) is the #1 top mining stock out of 52 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 15 points higher than the mining industry average of 23.

NEXA passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Nexa Resources Sa has seen its stock return 192.02% over the past year, overperforming other mining stocks by 135 percentage points.

Nexa Resources Sa has an average 1 year price target of $14.40, an upside of 3.6% from Nexa Resources Sa's current stock price of $13.90.

Nexa Resources Sa stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Nexa Resources Sa, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 80% have issued a hold, while 20% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK)

Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK) is the #2 top mining stock out of 52 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: A, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 17 points higher than the mining industry average of 23.

TECK passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Teck Resources has seen its stock return 114.21% over the past year, overperforming other mining stocks by 57 percentage points.

Teck Resources has an average 1 year price target of $57.50, a downside of -18.49% from Teck Resources's current stock price of $70.54.

Teck Resources stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Teck Resources, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% 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 52 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

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

Materion (NYSE:MTRN) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 21 points higher than the mining industry average of 23.

MTRN passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Materion has seen its stock return 122.84% over the past year, overperforming other mining stocks by 65 percentage points.

Materion has an average 1 year price target of $182.33, a downside of -25.93% from Materion's current stock price of $246.15.

Materion stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Materion, 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.

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. Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO)

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) has an annual dividend yield of 4.44%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the mining industry average of 1.65%. Rio Tinto's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% eleven 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 60.8% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE)

Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE) has an annual dividend yield of 2.61%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the mining industry average of 1.65%. Vale Sa's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% seven 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 217.9% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Bhp Group (NYSE:BHP)

Bhp Group (NYSE:BHP) has an annual dividend yield of 1.51%, which is the same as the mining industry average of 1.65%. Bhp Group's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% seven times in the last 10 years. Bhp Group's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Bhp Group's dividend payout ratio of 68.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are mining stocks up?

Mining stocks were up 1.26% in the last day, and up 5.25% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why mining stocks are up.

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. Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA)

Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA) 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.

Nexa Resources Sa has a valuation score of 57, which is 47 points higher than the mining industry average of 10. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Nexa Resources Sa's stock has gained 192.02% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the mining industry by 135 percentage points.

2. Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP)

Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) 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.

Compass Minerals International has a valuation score of 0, which is -10 points higher than the mining industry average of 10. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates CMP a Valuation Rating of "B".

Compass Minerals International's stock has gained 30.85% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the mining industry by -27 percentage points.

3. Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE)

Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE) 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.

Vale Sa has a valuation score of 29, which is 19 points higher than the mining industry average of 10. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Vale Sa's stock has gained 49.37% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the mining industry by -8 percentage points.

Are mining stocks a good buy now?

47.37% of mining stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect mining stocks to rise by 6.52% over the next year.

0% of mining stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 8.7% of mining stocks are rated B (Buy), 45.65% are rated C (Hold), 28.26% are rated D (Sell), and 17.39% 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 16.6x.

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Best Mining Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top mining stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best mining stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Mining Stocks FAQ

1. Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA)

2. Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK)

3. Materion (NYSE:MTRN)

1. Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO)

2. Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE)

3. Bhp Group (NYSE:BHP)

1. Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA)

2. Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP)

3. Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE)

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Mining Stocks FAQ

1. Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA)

2. Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK)

3. Materion (NYSE:MTRN)

1. Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO)

2. Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE)

3. Bhp Group (NYSE:BHP)

1. Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA)

2. Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP)

3. Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE)

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