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April 20, 2026

One man, one missile – Richard Mills

2026.04.18 Before the war in Iran, the biggest risk to maritime shipping in […]
April 20, 2026

Electric Metals – Developing North America’s highest-grade manganese deposit – Richard Mills

2026.04.16 Electric Metals (USA) Limited (TSXV:EML, OTCQB:EMUS) has the highest-grade manganese deposit in […]
April 20, 2026

Torr Metals targets potential porphyry source at Bertha Zone and expands district-scale Cu-Au corridor with new Kova target – Richard Mills

2026.05.16 On Wednesday, April 15 Torr Metals (TSXV:TMET) provided an exploration update at […]
April 20, 2026

Cosa Resources Hurricane Deposit discovery team registered up to 13,900 CPS at Murphy Lake North Project – Richard Mills

2026.04.15 The global push for energy security and the resurgence of nuclear power […]
April 20, 2026

We urgently need to prepare for quantum computers breaking encryption

From NewScientist The maths problems that secure your online bank transactions and emails […]
April 20, 2026

Why Voltaire Said the Holy Roman Empire Was Neither Holy Nor Roman Nor an Empire

From The Collector Voltaire called the Holy Roman Empire “neither Holy, nor Roman, […]
April 20, 2026

At 2.7 Billion Years Old, This Geological Titan Holds 40% of All Gold Ever Mined and Still Has Half a Trillion Dollars Left

By Evelyn Hart – Indian Defence Review Buried under an ordinary stretch of South […]
April 19, 2026

Gold’s Very-Bullish Futures

Adam Hamilton, CPA Gold remains really high despite March’s sharp correction, not far […]
April 17, 2026

AMOC collapse could turn Southern Ocean into carbon source, adding 0.2°C to global warming

From Phys.org A shutdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) could trigger […]
April 17, 2026

‘Future powered by thorium’: India has the largest thorium reserve and an impressive nuclear power plan

From Business Today India has one of the largest share of global thorium reserves […]
April 15, 2026

Five AOTH sponsors with aggressive exploration programs this year – Richard Mills

2026.04.11 Metals prices are clawing their way back following the Iran war ceasefire […]
April 15, 2026

Record-setting sulphur rally squeezes Indonesia nickel makers, Africa copper miners

From Pear Tree A record sulphur rally triggered by the Iran war has […]
April 15, 2026

Barrick Turns Back to M&A as It Retreats From Riskier Regions

From Bloomberg Barrick Mining Corp. said it will pursue acquisitions while scaling back […]
April 12, 2026

Under the Spotlight – Quinton Hennigh CEO, San Cristobal Mining

2026.04.08 Rick Mills, Editor/ Publisher, Ahead of the Herd: Last year, about this […]
April 12, 2026

Rackla plans 10,000m drill program at Lentung tungsten property – Richard Mills

2026.04.04 Drills could soon be turning at Rackla Metals’ (TSXV:RAK) Lentung (known previously […]
April 12, 2026

10 Funniest Far Side Comics At The Beach

By Jessica Jalali – Screen Rant At its best, The Far Side captures things readers know […]
April 12, 2026

Global Food Prices Creep Up Amid Middle East Escalation

By Felix Richter – Statista Largely driven by the ongoing conflict in Iran […]
April 11, 2026

Resource Wars and the Accelerating Big Reset

By Willem Middelkoop When I wrote The Big Reset in 2013, I argued […]
April 11, 2026

Psychology says people who spend hours scrolling social media aren’t bored or weak-willed

By Lachlan Brown – The Expert Editor Here’s something I noticed about myself a […]
April 10, 2026

Gold Stocks’ Spring Rally ‘26

By Adam Hamilton, CPA After getting thrashed into mid-March, gold stocks have rebounded […]
April 10, 2026

Column: Every missile fired over Iran is burning through US tungsten stocks

From Pear Tree The US and Israel have used thousands of munitions in […]
April 9, 2026

Funding the Canadian North – Richard Mills

2026.04.02 Canada’s three northern territories represent ~40% of Canada’s landmass, but less than […]
April 9, 2026

Earth’s Population Has Surpassed The Planet’s Capacity, Study Suggests

By Jess Cockerill – ScienceAlert The human population has already grown too large […]
April 9, 2026

‘The shift from dollar reserves to gold is not a prediction but a trend’ and BRICS+ demand could drive the whole gold market – EBC

By Ernest Hoffman – KITCO BRICS+ nations now hold 17.4% of global gold reserves, […]
April 9, 2026

If 19th-century plutocrats are dinosaurs, we’re now in Jurassic Park

From The Economist Americans had expected something different from the eradication of slavery […]
April 8, 2026

Right to repair: Why the US military can’t fix much of its own equipment

By David Roza – Task & Purpose The U.S. military often can’t fix […]
April 8, 2026

Brain dead

From YouTube Your brain after 2 weeks without an iPhone
April 8, 2026

National debt over 4x greater than reported, accounting group says

By Therese Boudreaux – AOL.com The U.S. Treasury says the national debt is […]
April 7, 2026

Copper discoveries

By Otavio (Tavi) Costa – X The remarkable resilience of copper prices given […]
April 7, 2026

Fuel Crisis Responses: From Subsidies to Rationing

By Tristan Gaudiaut – Statista Following the escalation of the Iran conflict in early […]
April 7, 2026

U.S. Battery Expansion Surges Ahead of Demand Curve

By Felicity Bradstock – Oilprice.com Following the escalation of the Iran conflict in early […]
April 5, 2026

Ancient Carbon Is Flooding Arctic Rivers As Permafrost Melts Faster

From SciTechDaily Scientists have taken a detailed new look at what happens when […]
April 5, 2026

B.C. mineral claims processing time still falling short, industry says

By Paul Johnson & Amy Judd – Global News The B.C. government is falling short on […]
April 3, 2026

Under the Spotlight – Marc Blythe Founder, President, CEO & Director Au Gold Corp

2026.04.01 Rick Mills, Editor/ Publisher, Ahead of the Herd: Marc, can you introduce […]
April 3, 2026

Orestone initiates exploration on Francisca Gold Project with mapping and sampling program – Richard Mills

2026.03.28 Phase 1 of exploration has begun at Orestone Mining’s (TSXV:ORS) Francisca Gold […]
April 3, 2026

Gold-Stock Green Shoots

Adam Hamilton, CPA The violent gold-stock swings in these past couple months have […]
April 3, 2026

10 Funniest The Far Side Comics with Cavemen

By John Dodge – CBR While Gary Larson’s The Far Side has always been an absurdist […]
April 3, 2026

Bookshelf: the Arctic is the new global hotspot

By Robert Wihtol – The Strategist For centuries, the Arctic was considered the […]
April 3, 2026

Strong commodity prices suggest sell-off in mining stocks overdone

By Barry FitzGerald – Livewire Markets A sniff of peace in our time […]
April 2, 2026

Will a B.C. copper smelter make economic sense?

By Daisy Xiong – Business in Vancouver A proposed copper smelter in B.C. […]
April 1, 2026

Sulfur chokepoint threatens critical minerals supply  – Richard Mills

2026.03.28 Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz has had a profound impact […]
April 1, 2026

‘On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists

From The Guardian Snow surveys taking place across the American west this week […]
March 31, 2026

The Saudis found an escape hatch for some of the world’s oil. The Houthis could slam it shut

By Anna Cooban – CNN Business The world, hungry for oil, got a […]
March 31, 2026

Gold SWOT: DoubleLine’s Jeffrey Gundlach sees the recent precious metals pullback as a strategic entry

By Frank E Holmes – KITCO The best-performing precious metal for the week was […]
March 31, 2026

Canada’s Far North Poised for Economic Turnaround, Premier Says

From Financial Post Amid US President Donald Trump’s threats to take Greenland, melting […]
March 30, 2026

Glencore, Canada Near Deal to Save Threatened Copper Facility

From Bloomberg The Horne Smelter, about 390 miles northwest of Montreal, is one […]
March 30, 2026

Cheap Daily Supplement Appears to Boost Brain Functions in Older People

By Carly Cassella – ScienceAlert What’s good for your aging gut may also […]
March 29, 2026

The Strait of Hormuz Energy Shock Is About to Head to the West

From Bloomberg If the strait stays closed, the world will have to dramatically […]
March 29, 2026

The nightmare scenario for global trade

From The Economist The journey from Shanghai to Rotterdam takes a container ship a month. […]
March 28, 2026

Torr Metals expands 2026 drilling with Lodi-Kirby porphyry target – Richard Mills

2026.03.26 Torr Metals (TSXV:TMET) announced on March 25 that the drill-permitted Lodi and […]
March 28, 2026

Quiet quitting and war crashing US bond market – Richard Mills

2026.03.25 US President Trump has reneged on his promise to the American people […]
March 28, 2026

VIDEO: The Strait of Hormuz and the Global Oil Market

From Goehring & Rozencwajg  For investors allocating across asset classes, this event highlights […]
March 28, 2026

7 Far Side Comics That Will Make You Rethink Getting On a Train Ever Again

By Spencer Connolly – ScreenRant There are few comics in the history of the […]
March 28, 2026

The 10 most important baseball cards of all time: Mantle and Wagner battle for top spot

From The Athletic Debating the best sports cards ever created has been an […]
March 28, 2026

Parkinson’s Link to Gut Bacteria Hints at Unexpectedly Simple Treatment

ByTessa Koumoundouros – ScienceAlert Scientists have suspected for some time that the link between our gut […]
March 27, 2026

Gold has done its job providing investors with liquidity in times of uncertainty – Standard Chartered’s Cooper

By Neils Christensen – Kitco News Investors may be disappointed with gold’s recent price […]
March 27, 2026

The health benefits of Shredded Wheat (and how to make it taste delicious)

By Mary Comber – The Telegraph High in fibre and naturally nutritious, this […]
March 27, 2026

Scale into juniors

By Otavio (Tavi) Costa – X Very encouraging move in precious metals off […]
March 26, 2026

3 metals indispensable for warfighting – Richard Mills

2026.03.23 Certain metals are essential for maintaining a country’s warfighting capabilities. Three are […]
March 26, 2026

Gold Demand Just Broke a Record. Supply Can’t Keep Up

From Equity Insider A Reuters poll of analysts forecasts gold will deliver another record-setting year […]
March 26, 2026

Copper Market Balance: A Look at 2026 Deficit Forecasts

From Mining Visuals For years, analysts modeling the global copper market were comforted […]
March 26, 2026

How the Iranian war may lead to the last days of the petrodollar

By Jules Rimmer – Morning Star Accumulating dollars to pay for energy has […]
March 26, 2026

De-Dollarization For Normies

From Charts and Parts Most people hear “de-dollarization” and jump to one conclusion:the […]
March 26, 2026

Opinion: B.C.’s forestry crisis goes beyond U.S. tariffs

From Castanet The economic crisis gripping B.C.’s forest industry shows no signs of […]
March 25, 2026

Market Outlook: Commodities and gold seen as key hedges against inflation surge

From BNN Bloomberg Commodities and precious metals are drawing renewed attention as investors […]
March 25, 2026

The Iran war could sap American military power for years

From The Economist “WE LIVE IN a world of scarcity,” declared J.D. Vance, then […]
March 25, 2026

The 17.9-Year Lag: Can Copper Supply Keep Pace with the AI Revolution?

From Mining Visuals The AI revolution is often described in terms of “compute” […]
March 24, 2026

Global copper demand outstrips supply, threatening electrification and industrial growth

By Morgan Bazilian & Adam Charles Simon – The Conversation Demand for copper […]
March 24, 2026

Canada wants to build up its long-neglected Arctic. The hard question is how

By Selena Ross – The Guardian Picture an Arctic territory, marginalized by its own […]
March 24, 2026

Why gold and silver prices are falling despite Iran conflict escalating

From KITCO In this presentation, Jeffrey Christian of CPM Group looks at recent […]
March 23, 2026

Under the Spotlight – War in Iran

2026.03.21 We’ve got a couple of articles that we wrote, and there’s a […]
March 23, 2026

Mercado commences maiden drill program at Copalito – Richard Mills

2026.03.09 Mercado Minerals (CSE:MERC) has begun its first drill program at Copalito, the […]
March 23, 2026

The silver shortage is real – Richard Mills

2026.03.19 Silver had a phenomenal 2025, more than doubling from around $30/oz to […]
March 23, 2026

Humanoid soldier robots arrive in Ukraine as battlefield technology test begins

ByJijo Malayil – Interesting Engineering Two soldier robots have been delivered to Ukraine […]
March 23, 2026

‘It was a real battle of the titans’: The moment one polar bear took on a walrus herd

From BBC It is an extraordinary scene: a lone male polar bear attacks […]
March 23, 2026

New Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Wipes Out Tumors and Blocks Drug Resistance

From SciTechDaily Existing treatments for pancreatic cancer often stop working within a few […]
March 22, 2026

Gold & Silver Declines are Reminiscent of the 2008 Financial Crisis

By Jay Taylor – Jay Taylor substack Some investors have been surprised by […]
March 22, 2026

Ranked: The World’s Top Arms Exporters

By Aneesh Anand – Visual Capitalist The global arms trade is heavily concentrated among […]
March 22, 2026

The Skew

By bob coleman – X Gold and Silver markets are very thin at […]
March 22, 2026

Gold’s short-term setback hides a powerful long-term setup

By Neils Christensen – Kitco Investors are once again getting a little frustrated with […]
March 21, 2026

Anemic Labor Market and the End of Passive Money Flows

By Michael Pento – Pento Portfolio Strategies The weakening Labor Market is reducing […]
March 21, 2026

Investors are shunning U.S. debt as a haven play during the Iran conflict

By Vivien Lou Chen – Source: MarketWatch The conflict with Iran is producing a […]
March 21, 2026

Microplastics that accumulate in the body may ‘clog up’ immune cells

By Kamal Nahas – Live Science Microplastics that break off polystyrene food containers might […]
March 21, 2026

The Funniest Far Side Comics Featuring Flowers, Ranked

By Cat Wyatt – CBR Daily comic strips have been a popular form of […]
March 20, 2026

Nickel market could turn deficit due to Indonesia quota, says Macquarie

From PearTree Nickel prices could climb further this year as a global supply […]
March 20, 2026

Agricultural Commodities

From X This chart couldn’t be more relevant for what’s unfolding right now.Agricultural […]
March 20, 2026

Carney announces $35B for defence, infrastructure in Canada’s North

By Murray Brewster –  CBC News The Liberal government has unveiled a detailed, multibillion-dollar […]
March 19, 2026

A Super El Nino cometh: Get ready for drought, heat, fires – Richard Mills

2026.03.18 A severe heat wave hit the just-completed 2026 Indian Wells professional tennis […]
March 19, 2026

Under the Spotlight – Bruce Counts CEO Storm Exploration

2026.03.17 Rick Mills, Editor/ Publisher, Ahead of the. Herd: You recently cut a […]
March 19, 2026

Cash-starved junior miners poised for next leg of gold equity rally

By Neils Christensen – Kitco News The mining sector has seen renewed bullish momentum […]
March 19, 2026

From the gold that sparked the rush of the 1850s to antimony, which now accounts for 5% of the world’s supply: Victoria’s surprising new mining revolution

From ECONEWS Gold put Victoria on the mining map. But the minerals driving […]
March 19, 2026

As high gold prices become the baseline, mining equities are poised to outperform in 2026

By Ernest Hoffman – Kitco News As gold prices continue to trade near all-time […]
March 18, 2026

All signs point to gold price strength – Richard Mills

2026.03.14 Inflation, higher interest rates and a strong dollar are bad for gold […]
March 18, 2026

Strait of Hormuz closure threatens US bond market as gold eyes $6,000

By Jeremy Szafron – Kitco News As the Strait of Hormuz enters its 11th […]
March 18, 2026

Breakthrough to Strengthen Bones Could Reverse Osteoporosis

By David Nield – ScienceAlert Research points to a key bone-strengthening mechanism at […]
March 18, 2026

The 5 Best Copper ETFs to Buy

By Tony Dong – Kiplinger Exchange-traded funds have long given investors convenient access to […]
March 17, 2026

The Iran war and stagflation – Richard Mills

2026.03.13 Stagflation is an economic event in which the inflation rate is high, economic […]
March 17, 2026

Why Canada and the United States need more smelters and refineries – Richard Mills

2026.03.12 A country’s ability to mine minerals and turn them into metals depends […]
March 17, 2026

Gold SWOT: Silver is entering its eighth deficit year, with inventories at all-time lows

By Frank E Holmes – KITCO The best-performing precious metal for the week was […]
March 17, 2026

As oil surged, another commodity quietly caught fire in Iran war

From The Economic Times Global attention has largely focused on the surge in […]