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April 11, 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 11, 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 11, 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 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 […]
March 17, 2026

Copper shortage looms as tariff fears, mine disruptions fuel tightness

By Sawdah Bhaimiya –  CNBC
March 15, 2026

Trump officials broker massive US.-Venezuela gold deal

By Marc Caputo – MSN Venezuela’s state-owned mining company on Monday inked a multimillion-dollar […]
March 15, 2026

Trudeau leaves office with worst economic growth record in recent Canadian history

By Ben Eisen – Fraser Institute In the days following Prime Minister Justin […]
March 15, 2026

Magnesium glycinate immediately overrides the midnight cortisol spike preventing sleep

By Robert Miller – slimbridgebnb.com It is a highly specific, infuriating phenomenon: snapping awake […]
March 14, 2026

Warsh: The Fed Helped Create Fiscal Dominance

By William J. Luther – The Daily Economy For decades, economists have warned […]
March 14, 2026

Stagflation Was the Curse of the ’70s. High Oil Prices Could Bring It On Again.

By Kenneth G. Pringle – Barron’s Economist and Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker did […]
March 13, 2026

10 Hilarious Far Side Comics with Babies That Prove Parenting Is the Worst

By Spencer Connolly – ScreenRant The Far Side has no shortage of bizarre main characters […]
March 13, 2026

BHP’s copper pivot: The end of the iron ore era?

From Financial Review For the past two decades, Australia’s economy has been tied […]
March 13, 2026

China ramps up efforts to establish Hong Kong gold hub with major moves in public, private miners and new market infrastructure

By Ernest Hoffman – Kitco News China continues to ratchet up efforts to leverage […]
March 13, 2026

China sets new record on a sea route abandoned by the West : 14 container voyages on the Northern Sea Route in 2025

From vwc.org.au The Arctic region, long seen as a forbidding, inhospitable domain, is […]
March 12, 2026

Stagflation Sojourn

By Michael Pento – President,Pento Portfolio Strategies Stagflation is bad for most stocks […]
March 12, 2026

US has two months of rare earth supplies left, SCMP reports

From Mining.com Rare earth elements — used in missile guidance systems, fighter jets […]
March 12, 2026

Central Bank Gold Reserves: Biggest Changes (2020–2025)

By Niccolo Conte This visualization highlights which central banks made the biggest changes to […]
March 12, 2026

This study might make you stop drinking bottled water forever

By Sanjana Gajbhiye – Earth.com Phi Phi islands sparkle in travel photos. Blue […]