…be counted on in a time of crisis when everything else – i.e. fiat money – fails. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
From Mining.com Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to create a national stockpile of critical minerals, saying a cache of the materials used in everything from batteries to defense systems is…
…asked for our help, what hope do we have in maintaining Canadian sovereignty over fresh water? Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
…At the end of step 2 (1971), the dollar was made non-convertible (or non-backed) to gold for foreign nations and allowed to find its price level (free floating exchange rates…
…a time long before dinosaurs and even trees, when the land was either barren or hosted mostly moss, millipedes and primitive insects. This new work shows temperatures spent hundreds of…
From Mining.com Copper rose to a two-month high to cap a strong week for metals, helped by the Federal Reserve’s half-point rate cut. Base metals have advanced with other global…
…often follows gold’s trajectory, look like great investments in this new macro environment of monetary easing. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
From Mining.com “Globally, there would be few companies conducting drilling campaigns of this scale, to this depth,” said Michael Fonti, BHP’s main exploration geologist at the site, pointing out a…
…room to sell. Specs’ positioning needs to normalize forcing a gold pullback before this upleg surges again. Adam Hamilton, CPA September 20, 2024 Copyright 2000 – 2024 Zeal LLC (www.ZealLLC.com)…
…much at risk if supplies of these critical metals, and associated technologies, come from our competitors. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
…the chance of a more dynamic (colder/snowy) Winter pattern over the United States, Canada, and/or Europe. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
…created by a bank, it’s ones and zeros on a computer represented by paper and coins. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
By Jessica Marsh – Phys Org Scientists have discovered that ocean waves may become far more extreme and complex than previously imagined. The new study, published in Nature today, reveals…
…announcing the resignation of Owen Garfield from the company’s board of directors. AGM Results The Company held its AGM on September 10, 2024. A total of 5,674,406 common shares were…
…imposed hefty tariffs on Chinese cars. T&E, which in June had forecast a 21% share for next year, anticipates sales will pick up. It said its new projections take into…
…China to force the Teresa Magbanua to leave Sabina Shoal, where it has been stationed since April. No one was injured. But the incident is part of an emerging new…
…of a first move and the scale of overall easing remains open to debate, while a looming U.S. election is another complicating factor for global investors and ratesetters looking for…
…a notable gold discovery. Compared to its last year’s analysis, the five new discoveries contributed to just 22% of the 79 million ounces added in the 2024 update. Read More…
From Mining.com Copper output from Chilean state miner Codelco fell 10.7% in July from a year earlier, copper commission Cochilco said on Wednesday, as the world’s largest copper company grapples…
By James Dinneen – New Scientist An area of missing Antarctic sea ice twice the size of Texas adds to concerns that the ice has seen a lasting “regime shift”,…
By Issy Ronald – CNN The world still holds many unanswered questions. But thanks to the efforts of the research teams awarded the IG Nobel Prize on Thursday, some of…
From SciTechDaily Scientists used light-activated droplets to reposition DNA, offering new insights into gene expression and disease treatment. With the flick of a light, researchers have discovered a method to reshape…
…a red flag for me, the last thing we need is another government megaproject white elephant. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
From Goehring & Rozencwajg This disconnect between gold and gold equities is largely explained by interest rates and the behavior of central banks. Since 2020, real U.S. 10-year interest rates…
From Business Today A new study warns that human activity is endangerng eight critical life-support systems on Earth, with seven already having crossed dangerous thresholds. Read More…
…and new or near-stage producers. Whichever group of juniors you decide to invest in, always conduct your own due diligence. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Richard…
…bullish backdrop for silver. Silver North Resources TSXV:SNAG, OTCQB:TARSF Cdn$0.10 2024.09.05 Shares Outstanding 43.3m Market cap Cdn$4.7m SNAG website Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Richard does…
…the result will not be your garden-variety recession but another Great Recession or even a Depression. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
…end up being ‘Where do I find supply?’ rather than ‘How do I sell the silver?’” Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
…quietly getting prepped for a second chance. Within three or four years, the plant’s one undamaged reactor may start up again, heralding a new era in American energy. Read More…
…back into gold-ETF shares by stock-market standards will supercharge gold’s gains. Gold stocks will fly on that. Adam Hamilton, CPA September 6, 2024 Copyright 2000 – 2024 Zeal LLC (www.ZealLLC.com)…
From SciTechDaily S6K1 is a protein that plays a role in regulating aging and age-related diseases. Inhibiting this protein in mice has been shown to extend their lifespan and replicate…
…Fed starts cutting interest rates, the dollar will weaken and the entire commodities complex will strengthen. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
…Furthermore, the market is expected to reach a cumulative deficit of 1,093.4 million ounces from 2020 to 2024. In this graphic by Outcrop Silver, we discuss how new mines are…
By Robert Rapier – OilPrice.com The energy transition, which has become a focus of governments around the world, is the global shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. The…
By Frank Holmes – Mining.com As I write this, gold continues to trade above $2,500 an ounce after surging past the psychologically important level for the first time ever in…
From Mining.com In an effort to support US critical minerals projects, the Biden administration is considering market intervention to counter the crash in prices of lithium and other key minerals…
…the subspecies, a female named Celia, had died three years earlier. Scientists had collected DNA from Celia’s ear before her death and injected her genetic material into a domesticated goat…
From YouTube Former President Donald Trump’s tax and spending proposals could send the national debt soaring, according to a new study by the Penn Wharton Budget Model. Scott Lincicome, the…
…aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Richard owns shares of Max Resource Corp. (TSXV:MAX.) MAX is a paid advertiser on his site aheadoftheherd.com This article is issued on behalf of…
…Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Richard does does not own shares of Silver North Resources (TSXV:SNAG). SNAG is a paid advertiser on his site aheadoftheherd.com This article is…
…(Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Richard does not own shares of Storm Exploration Inc. (TSXV:STRM). STRM is a paid advertiser on his site aheadoftheherd.com This article is…
By Andreas Kluth – Bloomberg Today’s Great Game is a tug-of-war with the US and its allies — including Australia and New Zealand, both members of the Pacific Islands Forum…
By Craig Hooper – Forbes In a first hesitant step towards reinvigorating the U.S. government’s maritime presence off Alaska, the U.S. Coast Guard, in mid-August, quietly announced that the Alaskan…
From Mining.com The market can expect large ETF flows, as well as ongoing speculator demand, when the Fed actually makes its first rate cut, according to UBS Group AG, which…
…question of why the Spaniards didn’t decide to try to conquer further north. However, artifacts from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries bring a new light to this topic. Read…
From Phys Org The churning of the upper ocean in the tropics of the Atlantic Ocean plays a crucial role in shaping long-term climate patterns across the world, a new…
By Jamie Seidel – News.com.au Australia’s prosperous Iron Age is well and truly over. A new age is dawning – but will it be an economic Stone Age? The “dig…
From Bloomberg News When copper surged toward a record high in New York in May, a ship was in the Pacific Ocean carrying a raw form of the metal from…
…be headed next. Currie spent 27 years at Goldman Sachs, eventually becoming the head of global commodities research. His correct predictions about China’s rise in the early 2000s and the…
From Mining.com Regardless of the next president, tariffs will remain a part of US minerals policy. A future Harris administration would ostensibly keep the tariffs imposed by the Biden administration…
From Kitco News Silver prices should spike higher with gold hitting a new all-time high above $2,500 an ounce, said John Ciampaglia, CEO of Sprott Asset Management. Read More…
By Tara de Landgrafft – ABC News Silver prices have risen sharply this year and are forecast to tip from $US30 to $US100 an ounce in the coming years. A…
From Mining.com South Africa’s Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) grabbed headlines with its recent acquisition of Canada’s Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK) in a deal valued at C$2.16 billion ($1.6 billion)….
…of the metal crucial for the global clean energy transition by 2050, new research shows. According to a study by risk intelligence firm Verisk Maplecroft, around 25% of global copper projects…
…Kevin Bambrough, Samsung has developed a new solid-state (SS) battery. The inclusion of silver as a key component, combined with the increasing demand for electric vehicles, means that demand for…
ByBruno Venditti – Visual Capitalist This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety…
…in the leverage associated with a world class discovery. Harvest Gold Corp. (TSX.V:HVG) Shares issued:46,751,342 Market Cap: $2.1m HVG website Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Richard…
…the largest, highest-grade undeveloped gold deposits in the world. Chief executive John Burzynski couldn’t complain about the outcome; everyone who invested made money, he said. But his original goal, when…
…said. Zambia’s government has proposed a new Minerals Regulation Commission Bill, which seeks to “regulate and monitor the development and management of mineral resources” in Africa’s second-biggest copper producer. Read…
By Emory Health Sciences – SciTech Daily New research from Emory University suggests that proteins accumulating around amyloid-beta deposits, rather than the deposits themselves, may play a crucial role in…
From NDTV Scientists have rewritten the history of life on Earth with a new estimate for the age of LUCA, or the Last Universal Common Ancestor, who is generally acknowledged…
By Devon McKendrick – CTV News A major milestone was marked in northern Manitoba Friday as a shipment of “critical minerals” was exported from the Port of Churchill – something…
…with the commodity with which they are associated. Historically junior resource companies have offered the best leverage to rising commodity prices. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter…
…Barry project Urban Barry in relation to the Windfall deposit Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Richard does not own shares of EGR Exploration (TSXV:EGR), Harvest Gold…
…currency backstops. Perhaps when that happens, the Federal Reserve will try to get its gold back. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
…visibility of the northern lights have in common with compromised farming equipment in the Midwest? A uniquely powerful geomagnetic storm, according to two papers co-authored by Virginia Tech’s Scott England.…
By Nick Pickens, Robin Griffin,Eleni Joannides,Zhifei Liu – Wood Mackenzie The world cannot decarbonise without copper, a key component of electrification. Amid efforts to secure minerals for the energy transition…
From The Economist The nuclear de-escalation that followed the cold war is over, the Pentagon warned this month. In its place is a new rivalry among nuclear and almost-nuclear powers,…
From The Economist IN THE PENTAGON these days, those who plan for Doomsday have a new nightmare: no longer yesteryear’s dread of one big nuclear foe, but of several at…
…of 0.12, the median value is 0.34. Typical value range is from 0.2 to 0.66. CNBC Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
By Dorothy Neufeld – Visual Capitalist The U.S. national debt hit a new $35 trillion landmark, just halfway into 2024. Since January, the U.S. debt pile has expanded by $1…
…but the paper it’s printed on, and previously rejected gold and silver re-emerge as currency backstops. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
…the companies exploring for them look, to me, like a coiled spring about to be sprung. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
…together expected to create 2,500 jobs. Michigan comes in second with over 9,000 new jobs, mostly in new EV battery plants and EV assembly facilities. Of the approximately 70,000 new jobs created by clean energy investments since the…
By Laura Dhillon Kane and Erik Hertzberg – Bloomberg Steel and aluminum producers in Canada are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to swiftly impose new tariffs on Chinese products,…
By Reuters Half of all vehicles sold in China in July were either new pure electric vehicles (EV) or plug-in hybrids, industry data showed, a milestone that underscores how far…
…The 2024 annual exploration announced CAD$5.8 million budget covers 2024. The new year, 2025, will bring a new budget, more exploration and drilling. At AOTH we expect 2024 exploration news…
…the short term, dollar decline is practically inevitable due to the coming shift in monetary policy. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
…than any time before the free-money pandemic. The number of consumers with bankruptcy filings are easing up from the historic bottom, and are still far below prepandemic normal. Read More…
By Simon Watkins – Oilprice.com The continued use of the Arctic Northern Sea Route (NSR) by Russian oil tankers sanctioned following its 24 February 2022 invasion of Ukraine underlines the…
From MSN.com The gold mining industry faces increasing difficulties in maintaining production growth as accessible gold deposits become scarcer, the World Gold Council (WGC) reports. According to data from the…
From The Economist How quickly the mood turns. Barely a fortnight ago stockmarkets were on a seemingly unstoppable bull run, after months of hitting new all-time highs. Now they are…
From Mining.com The latest publication by the World Gold Council showed global demand for the precious metal increased 4% year-on-year to 1,258 tonnes in the second quarter, the highest ever…
From Mining.com Iron ore futures prices rose to a more than one-week high on Thursday, buoyed by top producer Rio Tinto’s optimistic demand outlook for top consumer China and continued…
…construction of tank guns, Howitzers, machine guns in infantry fighter vehicles, and GPS/SAL guidance systems in ammunition, natural graphite is found in combination with other materials to construct these components….
…allocations are made, the greater the gains when the herd roars back in to chase this upleg. Adam Hamilton, CPA August 2, 2024 Copyright 2000 – 2024 Zeal LLC (www.ZealLLC.com)…
By Max Bergmann and Otto Svendsen – Time Since the end of the Cold War, the High North has been defined by the idea of “Arctic exceptionalism,” the common understanding…
By Liam Denning – Bloomberg China dominates the processing and mining of what is an essential material in batteries. Even in the best of geopolitical times, its carbon-intensive grid means…
By Liam Denning – Bloomberg The agreement between Lucid and Graphite One shows the global energy system is increasingly tied to a new era of geopolitical contest. Graphite, the stuff…
…Mount Milligan, Mount Polley, New Afton, Highland Valley and Copper Mountain. Source: eResearch Industry Report Source: eResearch Industry Report, Note New Afton is an underground operation hence the higher grade…
…active materials becomes available from the company’s Graphite Creek mine, located near Nome, Alaska, according to the March 20th news release. The plan also includes a recycling facility to reclaim graphite…
…the development of a new currency, and more support around it is being built. The nine-member alliance is expected to give updates on the new currency and expansion at its…
By Peter St. Onge – Mises Institute Canada’s standard of living is on track for its worst decline in 40 years, according to a new study by Canada’s Fraser Institute….
…is responsible for most of the inflation the Biden/Harris admin can now claim to have beaten. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
…JORC-compliant resource of 9.8Mt @ 64.4% Fe. The company says it is some of the highest-grade iron ore in Western Australia. Production commenced in December 2020 following three months of…
…side. Add seasonal-autumn-rally tailwinds into this mix, and gold and gold stocks ought to keep powering higher. Adam Hamilton, CPA July 26, 2024 Copyright 2000 – 2024 Zeal LLC (www.ZealLLC.com)…
…Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corporation (“Freeport”), a wholly owned-affiliate of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX). Under the terms of the EIA , announced on May 13, 2024, Freeport has been granted a two-stage option…
…Formation in Brazil; the Mesabi Iron Range in Minnesota; and the North China Banded Iron Formations. Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com subscribe to my free newsletter Subscribe to AOTH’s free newsletter…
From Mining.com The study, carried out by market experts at The Gold Bullion Company, analyzed gold data per country to find where demand outpaces gold production in mines, and by…