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July 16, 2026

Monetary inflation vs ‘economic shock’ price rises – Richard Mills

2026.07.16 As the economist Milton Friedman famously summarized, “Inflation is always and everywhere […]
July 16, 2026

China exerts great influence over 70% of global seaborne trade and completely dominates critical minerals supply chains – Richard Mills

2026.07.15 Has Donald Trump stumbled into a “forever war” in the Middle East, […]
July 16, 2026

Under the Spotlight – Bruce Counts, CEO Storm Exploration TSXV:STRM

2026.07.13 Storm Exploration (TSXV:STRM) had identified a large airborne conductivity anomaly as a […]
July 16, 2026

15 Funniest Far Side Comics That Somehow Found the Funny Side of War

By Robert Wood – Screen Rant War isn’t exactly known for being a barrel […]
July 16, 2026

Top-earning Canadian families pay 65% of all income taxes, over 50% of all individual taxes: Report

By Graeme Gordon – The Hub Canada’s highest-earning families are paying nearly two-thirds […]
July 15, 2026

Global famine risks rising – Richard Mills

2026.07.11 The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has severely disrupted the global […]
July 15, 2026

Uranium market fundamentals bullish – Richard Mills

2026.07.10 The uranium market is experiencing a divergence between stable physical prices and […]
July 15, 2026

Four nuclear reactors hit a big milestone in the US

By Casey Crownhart – MIT Technology Review I was really looking forward to July […]
July 15, 2026

Geological Survey of Victoria maps 200,000 unrecorded gold rush mining features

By Alice Walker – ABC News Hidden beneath the ground throughout regional Victoria […]
July 14, 2026

A breakthrough in pancreatic cancer has experts excited — and braced for what’s to come

By Andrew Joseph – Stat+ When researchers started planning a pancreatic cancer conference here, […]
July 14, 2026

Who are the partners behind a proposed new West Coast oil pipeline?

From Bo Report  Alberta’s pitch to the major projects office for a new […]
July 13, 2026

‘Power hungry’: Nuclear renaissance a boon for Canada’s mining and reactor sectors

By Jeremy Simes – Cast Net Taryn Roske lost her job twice when […]
July 13, 2026

Summer of Silver: The Case for Buying and Holding

By Nick Wodeshick – Yahoo Finance Is now the time to consider hopping back […]
July 12, 2026

TRADE REVIEW: Rising China smelter demand to keep Q3 copper TC/RCs under pressure

By Lu Han – S&P Global China’s clean copper concentrate treatment charge and refining […]
July 12, 2026

Silver’s two-speed market: New York refills while Shanghai pays up

By Przemyslaw Radomski, CFA – FXS New York’s silver vaults are refilling, which […]
July 12, 2026

New drug candidate treats severe fatty liver disease by improving gut health

From News Medical Researchers discovered that a potential drug developed at Michigan Medicine treats […]
July 12, 2026

The World’s Biggest Gold, Silver, and Platinum Reserves

By  Bruno Venditti – Visual Capitalist Precious metals are among the world’s most […]
July 11, 2026

Does the US deserve to have the world’s reserve currency – Richard Mills

2026.07.04 The US dollar became the world’s primary reserve currency due to the […]
July 11, 2026

Warsh plus Friedman equals lowering rates – Richard Mills

2026.07.02 If we look at a one-year gold chart, we see gold has […]
July 11, 2026

7 Far Side Comics That Saw the Future of AI, Tech & Gaming Before Anyone Else

By TJ Mills – ScreenRant Gary Larson’s The Far Side comics ran for an incredible 15 […]
July 10, 2026

Gold Miners’ Near-Record Q2

Adam Hamilton, CPA The gold miners will soon report near-record quarterly results, likely […]
July 10, 2026

Ranked: The Richest Countries by Average vs. Median Wealth

By  Dorothy Neufeld – Visual Capitalist Which countries are actually the world’s richest? […]
July 10, 2026

Have metals bottomed, and have yields peaked? Monetary and fiscal policies will determine both – CME’s Norland

By Ernest Hoffman – Kitco News Investors attempting to discern whether gold and silver […]
July 9, 2026

Ottawa to invest up to $400 million in Teck critical minerals smelter in B.C.

By Lauren Krugel – Cast Net The federal government will invest up to […]
July 9, 2026

Inside Saskatchewan’s Cigar Lake mine, a ’boutique’ operation with abundant uranium

By: Jeremy Simes – The Free Press CIGAR LAKE, SASK. – Cessa Fern’s […]
July 7, 2026

Republican bill targets Canada’s provincial booze bans

By Mike Crawley – CBC News A Republican lawmaker in Washington is firing back […]
July 7, 2026

He found a bundle of old CSL shares from the 1994 float in his late fatherʼs drawer and they are now worth a fortune

From The Ponds He tugged open a stiff wooden drawer and found a bundle of paper that looked more […]
July 7, 2026

Copper: Tariff risks and Chile supply strain – Commerzbank

FXStreet Insights Team Commerzbank analyst Norman Liebke reports that the Copper market is […]
July 6, 2026

New South32 CEO sees strong growth ahead in zinc, lead, silver, copper

By Martin Creamer – Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Being a premier […]
July 6, 2026

Harmony says copper push is diversification, not a change in identity

By Mariaan Webb – Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly South Africa-headquartered Harmony Gold Mining Company says its […]
July 6, 2026

Cooling a data centre on Earth can consume 10 to 30 per cent of its energy budget and millions of litres of water

By Space Daily Editorial Team  Keeping a data centre cool on Earth is a […]
July 5, 2026

Scientists Thought Ravens Followed Wolves for Food. They Were Wrong. Ravens Predict Them

By Tibi Puiu – ZME Science Whenever a wolf makes a successful kill, […]
July 5, 2026

Massive Metro Vancouver oil terminal proposed as endpoint for new Alberta pipeline

By Kenneth Chan – DH Urbanized On Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced […]
July 5, 2026

What does billions in projects announced this week mean for B.C.?

By Mary Griffin – chek News This has been a multi-billion dollar week for […]
July 4, 2026

10 Funniest Far Side Comics That Will Make You Fear Your Own Car

By Robert Wood – Screen Rant Gary Larson’s The Far Side perfected the art of combining […]
July 3, 2026

White Gold Moves to Spin Out Critical Metals in Yukon

By Bob Moriarty – 321gold White Gold (WGO-V) is the major player in […]
July 3, 2026

Gold Seasonal Launchpad

Adam Hamilton, CPA Gold’s brutal plummeting in June on Fed-rate-hike fears made for […]
July 1, 2026

Orestone sampling confirms oxide gold stockwork zone and two new exploration targets at Francisca Gold-Silver Project, Argentina – Richard Mills

2026.06.28 Orestone Mining (TSXV:ORS, OTC Pink:ORESF, FSE:O2R2) on Friday published results of the […]
July 1, 2026

Solid-state batteries: next-generation energy storage – Richard Mills

2026.06.27 Solid-state batteries are an emerging technology that replaces traditional liquid electrolytes with […]
July 1, 2026

Rackla potentially destined to play an important part in reviving a world-renowned tungsten belt – Richard Mills

2026.06.25 Rackla Metals (TSXV:RAK) is beefing up its senior executive and advisory teams as […]
July 1, 2026

Can, will the Federal Reserve lower rates? – Richard Mills

2026.06.24 New Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh views inflation primarily as a monetary […]
July 1, 2026

Foreign investors buy record amounts of Canadian government debt, lowering Carney’s borrowing costs

By By Fergal Smith – Reuters TORONTO, June 30 (Reuters) – Foreign investors including […]
July 1, 2026

Ranked: Countries Building the Most Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

By Cody Good – Visual Capitalist As electricity demand accelerates, SMRs are becoming an […]
July 1, 2026

Chile’s copper output, manufacturing production plummet in May

From Mining.com Manufacturing production in Chile posted its largest decline in over three […]
June 29, 2026

New vitamin B12 therapy shows promise against deadly brain cancer

From ScienceDaily A newly published study in Oncoscience explores a potential new approach to treating […]
June 29, 2026

Reading Is the Ultimate Cognitive Enhancer

From Neuroscience News Summary: In an era dominated by generative AI, smartphones, and short-form […]
June 29, 2026

Thousands of jobs, billions in tax dollars: Iron Bear Project readies its pitch for N.L.

By Ashley Fitzpatrick – CBC News Developers of the Iron Bear mining project […]
June 28, 2026

Saudi Arabia’s Decided Who Its Future Superpower Partner Is, And It’s Not the US

By Simon Watkins – Oilprice.com Since the replacement of Russia by China as the […]
June 28, 2026

Mining leaders eye Prince George as hub of $938-billion opportunity

By Matthew Hillier – Prince George Citizen Local and provincial mining leaders, contractors […]
June 28, 2026

Charted: How Many Years of Supply Life Are Left for Commodities?

By Cody Good – Visual Capitalist Lithium supply life declined by 127 years, while […]
June 27, 2026

15 Far Side Comic Jokes We Only Understood As Adults

By Hugo Patterson & Jeremy Devoe – CBR This article contains references to circumstances that may […]
June 27, 2026

Inside Porphyry and Epithermal Deposits: The Geology of Earth’s Most Productive Mines

From Mining Visuals In March 2025, the USGS published an updated global database cataloguing every […]
June 27, 2026

Central bank gold holdings are at a 50‑year high. What’s behind the jump in reserves?

By Luke Hartigan – The Conversation Over the past few years, central banks […]
June 26, 2026

Gold Poised for Big Reversal

By Adam Hamilton, CPA Gold is poised for a big reversal after getting […]
June 26, 2026

Ranked: America’s Biggest Industries by Economic Output

By Bruno Venditti – Visual Capitalist The U.S. economy generated $31.4 trillion in GDP in 2025, […]
June 26, 2026

Wind and solar generation records tumble, despite drought, and as batteries continue to ramp up

From Renew Economy A record-breaking month of renewable energy generation has been set […]
June 25, 2026

North Dakota Chases A Second Bakken Boom Through Enhanced Recovery

By Alex Kimani – OilPrice.com North Dakota’s elected officials are pushing hard to deploy Enhanced Oil […]
June 25, 2026

Writing’s on the wall for the bond market – for those who can read it

By Anthony Rowley – South China Morning Post There is a good deal […]
June 25, 2026

Fed trapped between inflation and debt crisis, and gold wins either way – Sprott’s McIntyre

By Neils Christensen – Kitco Despite gold’s recent disappointing price action, the precious metal’s […]
June 24, 2026

Silver North begins 7,000-meter drill program at Haldane – Richard Mills

2026.06.20 Two drills are turning at Silver North’s (TSXV:SNAG, OTCQB:TARSF) Haldane Silver Project […]
June 24, 2026

Under the Spotlight – Keith Bodnarchuk, CEO Cosa Resources (TSXV:COSA, OTCQB:COSAF) 

2026.06.20 Rick Mills, Editor/ Publisher, Ahead of the Herd: Keith, you’re in the […]
June 24, 2026

Gold Reserves by Country: The 2026 Rankings

From GoldSilver When ranking gold reserves by country, the United States leads all […]
June 24, 2026

World Map Shows Where El Niño Will Hit Hard

By Kate Plummer – Yahoo El Niño conditions are expected to return and […]
June 23, 2026

B.C. extends pause on new mineral claims in northern regions to 2027

From CastNet The British Columbia government has extended its pause on new mineral […]
June 23, 2026

Investors Need to Realize Silver Supply Bailouts Are No Longer Available

By John Seetoo – Yahoo Finance In September 2020, JP Morgan paid a […]
June 23, 2026

World Gold Council says diversification driving China’s growing reserves

By Julie Zhang and Yeon Woo Lee – South China Morning Post China […]
June 22, 2026

Here Comes Another New Addition To The US EV Battery Ecosystem

By Tina Casey – CleanTechnica US President Donald Trump swept into office last […]
June 22, 2026

In Gold We Trust – Top 20 Charts

From IGWT report Our Top 20 Charts from our latest In Gold We Trust report […]
June 22, 2026

The ‘Reckoning’ Coming for BC Logging Licences

By Ben Parfitt  – The Tyee In September 2024, the Tsay Keh Dene […]
June 20, 2026

Warsh Fed to Liberate Gold?

By Adam Hamilton, CPA Trump’s new Fed chair helmed his first FOMC meeting […]
June 20, 2026

Graphite One welcomes Pentagon report and reports defined AAM path toward commercial production – Richard Mills

2026.06.18 Graphite One (TSXV:GPH, OTCQX:GPHOF) is welcoming the release of a new Pentagon report […]
June 20, 2026

Bullfrog Gold: A unicorn in the world-famous Walker Lane Trend – Richard Mills

2026.06.16 The Walker Lane Trend stands out as one of North America’s most […]
June 19, 2026

Golden Goose reports high-grade gold sampling results from Gran Esperanza Project, Argentina – Richard Mills

2026.06.13 Golden Goose Resources (CSE:GGR) has reported assay results from its first channel […]
June 19, 2026

10 Hilarious Far Side Comics Where Birds Act Like Humans

By Ambrose Tardive – Screen Rant The Far Side featured many anthropomorphic birds over the […]
June 19, 2026

Ranked: Who Controls the World’s Uranium Supply?

By Bruno Venditti – Visual Capitalist Nuclear power is regaining momentum as countries seek […]
June 19, 2026

An 11,000-year-old village in Canada is rewriting what we thought we knew about the first North Americans

By Daniel García – The Pulse Walking a riverbank five kilometers north of Prince […]
June 19, 2026

Revolution’s pancreatic cancer drug doubles survival, boosts quality of life

By Julie Steenhuysen – Reuters Revolution Medicine’s (RVMD.O) experimental pancreatic cancer pill doubled survival compared […]
June 18, 2026

Under the Spotlight – Quinton Hennigh CEO San Cristobal

2026.06.13 Rick Mills, Editor/ Publisher, Ahead of the Herd: I thought we’d talk […]
June 18, 2026

A giant warm wave is crossing the Pacific, signaling an El Niño that could alter weather worldwide this year

From Phys.org Waves of higher, warmer water move eastward across the Pacific Ocean […]
June 18, 2026

Column: Copper braces for another round of US tariff roulette

From Mining.com Here we go again. The deadline for a US decision on whether to […]
June 17, 2026

Drilling is underway at Torr Metals’ Kolos Copper-Gold Project

From X Drilling is underway at Torr Metals’ Kolos Copper-Gold Project. Watch CEO […]
June 17, 2026

In the “kill zone” of a lethal video game

From The Economist It has never been a great time to be an infantryman. […]
June 17, 2026

Tough choices face B.C. ranchers if spring rain doesn’t come

By Colin Dacre – CastaNet B.C. ranchers are echoing the drought-related concerns of the Syilx […]
June 17, 2026

How Many Solar Panels Would It Take To Equal One Nuclear Reactor?

By Daniel Trock – BGR The world is growing more power-hungry all the time, […]
June 16, 2026

If you denominate US GDP in gold instead of dollars, the chart is wild

Lyn Alden, Brien Lundin – Market Sanity If you denominate US GDP in […]
June 16, 2026

Canada’s combined federal-provincial government debt estimated to surpass $2.4 trillion in 2025/26

By Jake Fuss – Fraser Institute Budget deficits and increasing debt have become […]
June 16, 2026

Copper Entering Next Commodity Supercycle: Report

From BW Businessworld HDFC Securities investment advisory arm HDFC Tru has projected that […]
June 14, 2026

Treating pancreatic tumours may have revealed cancer’s master switch

From The Economist Scientists are not usually an excitable bunch. So when many thousands […]
June 14, 2026

Clearing alzheimers plaque

By Massimo – X Noninvasive 40 Hz gamma sensory stimulation uses rhythmic pulses […]
June 12, 2026

Gold and silver pullbacks temporary – Richard Mills

2026.06.11 Reuters had this to say about the ongoing record setting current streak […]
June 12, 2026

Gold Miners Bullish Percent Index falls to 0, a sign of ‘total capitulation’ as contrarians see opportunity – Richard Mills

2026.06.11 Gold prices extended their decline toward $4,100 per ounce on Wednesday, reaching […]
June 12, 2026

12 Far Side Comics From 1985 That Make Readers Go “What The?”

By Ambrose Tardive – Screen Rant Throughout its fifteen years in publication, The Far Side did […]
June 12, 2026

Gold Fed Fears Flare

Adam Hamilton, CPA After months of consolidating high, gold just suffered a serious […]
June 12, 2026

Vitamin D analog shuts down pancreatic cancer’s shield in a clinical trial

By Salk Institute – Medical Xpress A small clinical trial led by Dana-Farber Cancer […]
June 12, 2026

Arctic thaw unleashes mining-like pollution across hundreds of Arctic waterways

By Andrea Lawson – Phys.org Thawing permafrost is rapidly transforming dozens of Arctic […]
June 10, 2026

What a Super El Nino and an AMOC slowdown means for Canada – Richard Mills

2026.06.10 Official summer hasn’t yet arrived, but Stage 3 water restrictions are already […]
June 10, 2026

Under the Spotlight – Malcolm Dorsey, CEO, Torr Metals (TSXV:TMET)

2026.06.09 Rick Mills, Editor/ Publisher, Ahead of the Herd: Torr Metals has a […]
June 10, 2026

Orestone to drill Francisa Gold-Silver Project, Argentina – Richard Mills

2026.06.08 Time after time I’ve said that if location, location, location is all […]
June 10, 2026

A screaming red flag for the USA

By Keith McLachlan – Moneyweb Did you know that US government bonds (called ‘Treasuries’) […]
June 10, 2026

Posthaste: Canadians filing for insolvency hit highs not seen since the Great Recession

By Pamela Heaven – Financial Post The number of Canadians filing for insolvency has hit levels […]