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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 […]
June 8, 2026

Kodiak Copper aiming to bridge the valuation gap with its peers – Richard Mills

2026.06.07 Kodiak Copper (TSXV:KDK, OTCQB:KDKCF, Frankfurt:5DD1) had a phenomenal 2025, releasing a maiden resource […]
June 8, 2026

Under the Spotlight – Marc Blythe, CEO Au Gold (TSXV:AUGC)

2026.06.04 Rick Mills, Editor/ Publisher, Ahead of the Herd: Marc, back in March, […]
June 8, 2026

The world is relearning the value of reliable energy

By Falice Chin – The Hub | More Signal. Less Noise We have […]
June 8, 2026

Gold’s forced sovereign liquidations could pave the way for the metal’s next great bull run – SPI’s Stephen Innes

By Ernest Hoffman – Kitco The recent gold selloff increasingly resembles forced sovereign liquidity […]
June 8, 2026

Silver Market Balance: A 2026 Update

From Mining Visuals For the fifth year running, the world used more silver […]
June 7, 2026

Mercado acquiring district-scale land package in San Dimas mining district, Mexico – Richard Mills

2026.05.04 Mercado Minerals (CSE:MERC) is expanding its silver-gold footprint in Mexico by acquiring […]
June 7, 2026

Rackla’s Lentung Project now fully permitted for 2026 exploration – Richard Mills

2026.06.01 Rackla Metals (TSXV: RAK) has obtained the final permit allowing it to […]
June 7, 2026

China controls nearly every gram of battery-grade graphite the world’s EVs run on. After 70 years without mining its own, the U.S. just locked in a Lake Erie site to change that

By Luis Reyes – Autonocion.com When people talk about the EV battery supply chain, the conversation […]
June 7, 2026

Charted: The Explosive Growth of Critical Minerals

By  DataCanvas  – Visual Capitalist Global mineral production has climbed dramatically over the […]
June 7, 2026

Forget petroleum-based asphalt: a Scottish company transforms 684,000 plastic bottles into one kilometer of road that is 60% more resistant and up to 10 times more durable

By Valdemar Medeiros – CPG MacRebur transforms recycled plastic into asphalt additive, reduces […]
June 7, 2026

The Race to Build the World’s Tallest Skyscraper

By Gabriel Cohen – Visual Capitalist In 1909, New York’s Metropolitan Life Tower became […]
June 6, 2026

Money Makes the World Go Round, And These 10 Far Side Comics Prove It

By Spencer Connolly – Screen Rant Usually, The Far Side commits its comics to focusing on […]
June 6, 2026

Canada invests in Arctic infrastructure to bring critical minerals to market

By Marleny Arnoldi – Mining Weekly The government of Canada is making strategic investments to advance Canada’s critical […]
June 6, 2026

Gulf Stream continues to weaken and scientists are already testing extreme scenarios to prevent climate collapse in the Northern Hemisphere, including closing the Bering Strait with a 66-kilometer dam.

By Bruno Teles The Gulf Stream, an oceanic system that transports heat from […]
June 5, 2026

Gold Summer Doldrums ‘26

Adam Hamilton, CPA Early summers are the weakest season of the year for […]
June 5, 2026

There is a single satellite launched by the US Navy in 1964 that is still in orbit, still transmitting, and still being used by amateur radio operators around the world — and nobody at the Navy has been in charge of it for decades

From Space Daily On December 28, 1964, a Thor-Able-Star rocket lifted off from […]
June 5, 2026

Gold’s ‘golden decade’ enters next phase with new $8,900 target – In Gold We Trust Report

By Neils Christensen – Kitco Through its unprecedented rally at the start of the […]
June 5, 2026

Melting Mountain Ice Is Bringing Ancient Secrets to the Surface. Archaeologists Are Racing to Find the Artifacts Before They’re Lost to Time

From Smithsonian Magazine A brown leather loafer came into view on a patch […]
June 3, 2026

Canada’s updated its plant hardiness map — and growers are seeing their options bloom

By Cameron Mahler – CBC News The Victoria Day long weekend is widely considered […]
June 3, 2026

Japan, China lead foreign government retreat from U.S. Treasurys as Iran war fallout stokes currency fears

By Anniek Bao – CNBC Foreign governments cut U.S. Treasurys in March as […]
June 3, 2026

Scientists improve knowledge on sea level rise—and confirm it has been accelerating since 1960

From Phys.org Sea level rise is a direct consequence of human-induced climate change: […]
June 1, 2026

Scientists Uncover Promising New Strategy To Stop Parkinson’s in Its Tracks

From SciTechDaily A protein tied to the brain’s immune system may be helping […]
June 1, 2026

Record Extremes, Alternative Investments, and the Hippo

By John P. Hussman – Hussman Funds As historically-informed investors, we have to […]
May 31, 2026

Cosa Resources: Largest drill program to date at Murphy Lake North, a joint venture between Cosa and Denison Mines – Richard Mills

2026.05.29 Cosa Resources (TSXV:COSA, OTCQB:COSAF) is gearing up for its largest-ever drill program […]
May 31, 2026

Au Gold identifies additional gold targets from early exploration results at its Havelock Gold-Antimony Project, Victoria, Australia – Richard Mills

2026.05.27 Au Gold Corp (TSXV:AUGC) this week provided an update on exploration activities and […]
May 31, 2026

Graphite One secures Ohio site for Active Anode Materials facility – Richard Mills

2026.05.27 Graphite One (TSXV:GPH, OTCQX:GPHOF) has chosen a site in Ohio for its […]
May 31, 2026

Charted: China’s Grip on Critical Mineral Refining

By Bruno Venditti – Visual Capitalist China has become the world’s dominant processor of […]
May 31, 2026

Central banks are buying more gold than expected, and purchases will increase further through 2026 – Goldman Sachs   

By Ernest Hoffman –  KITCO Central bank gold purchases have come in stronger than […]
May 30, 2026

10 Funniest The Far Side Comics About Dining Out, Ranked

By Kevin Dumas – CBR The Far Side is known for creating comedy using unexpected, […]
May 30, 2026

Scientists find a remarkable molecule that could help humans live up to 200 years cancer free

By Eric Ralls – Earth.com Some animals seem to break the rules of […]
May 30, 2026

‘Failed to make credible progress’: U.S. pausing long-standing military board with Canada

From CTV News WASHINGTON — The U.S. undersecretary of defence said Monday that […]
May 30, 2026

Samsung’s Silver-Carbon Solid-State Battery

From Mining Visuals The electric vehicle (EV) industry is approaching a generational transition. […]
May 28, 2026

China vs. America: Who the World Trades With Most

By Gabriel Cohen – Visual Capitalist Twenty-five years ago, the United States was the […]
May 28, 2026

Denison Mines (DNN) Drills Into Promising Uranium Ground Near Cigar Lake

By Neha Gupta – Yahoo Finance Denison Mines Corp. (NYSEAMERICAN:DNN) is one of the […]
May 28, 2026

Goldman Adds SMRs to Nuclear Model, Sees 17% Upside in Uranium Demand

From OilPrice.com Goldman’s latest edition of Nuclear Nuggets: Global Reactor Tracker reinforces that the buildout […]
May 27, 2026

Eight AOTH companies drilling for a discovery – Richard Mills

2026.05.23 This is going to be a very significant summer and fall for […]
May 27, 2026

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

2026.05.22 Rick Mills, Editor/ Publisher, Ahead of the Herd: Malcolm, could you explain […]
May 27, 2026

This is what’s really driving the commodity complex and the precious metals rally – CME Group

By Ernest Hoffman – KITCO The historic precious metals rally has been driven by […]