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May 29, 2020

Champion Bear’s summer drill programs

2020.05.29 Gold prices tracked higher Thursday on fresh safe haven demand, and first-quarter […]
May 24, 2020

Resurgent dollar paving route to higher gold

2020.05.24 In the 1960s, French politician Valéry d’Estaing complained that the United States […]
May 23, 2020

Checkbox Getchell Gold

2020.05.23 With 160 years of gold mining that dates back to the Comstock […]
May 19, 2020

Cypress hits home-run prefeasibility study

2020.05.19 There are times in the junior resource markets when a company slips […]
May 16, 2020

Cypress Development Corp. (TSX.V:CYP) Clayton Valley Lithium Project versus Chinese LCE/ EV battery supply

2020.05.16 The pause in industrial activity brought about by the covid-19 crisis has […]
May 13, 2020

Max Resource enters into collaboration agreement with one of the world’s leading copper producers

2020.05.13 The second most significant event in the life of a junior resource […]
May 12, 2020

Getchell Gold chasing Carlin-style gold at Fondaway Canyon

2020.05.12 Getchell Gold (CSE:GTCH) announced on October 17, 2019 a binding letter of agreement with Canarc Resource […]
May 9, 2020

Champion Bear to drill Plomp Farm, Ontario gold play

2020.05.09 When looking for an investment the approach I take involves looking at […]
May 7, 2020

China dominates worlds supply chains

2020.05.07 Cleaner skies owing to covid-19 lockdowns appear to be the silver lining […]
May 2, 2020

A tale of two depressions

2020.05.02 As the coronavirus continues to hammer state and provincial economies, politicians are […]
May 1, 2020

Breadline blues

2020.05.01 Is it safe to re-open? That is the question facing US governors […]
April 30, 2020

Gold versus fiat

2020.04.30   What exactly does it mean when pundits say that gold is […]
April 25, 2020

Is the covid crisis good or bad for the environment?

2020.04.25 You may have read articles about how scrapped flights are clearing the […]
April 25, 2020

The Fed can’t print silver

2020.04.25 Silver prices will test $19 an ounce later this year on the […]
April 22, 2020

Living in a virus-controlled world

2020.04.22 As the coronavirus pandemic continues to infect populations, though in some countries […]
April 17, 2020

A massive bull market is building for gold

2020.04.17 Imagine, if you will, there was no coronavirus. No haz-mat suits, medical […]
April 14, 2020

Is it time to expel China from the world community?

2020.04.14  “Today the House of Representatives has taken an historic step toward continued […]
April 10, 2020

Covid-19: Who, what, when, where and why

2020.04.10 If there is one thing we know about the coronavirus, it’s that […]
April 10, 2020

Palladium One acquires property next to Finnish PGE play

2020.04.10 Palladium One (TSX-V:PDM) has significantly increased the exploration potential at its LK […]
April 7, 2020

Gold closely tracks debt-to-GDP ratio

2020.04.07 The debt-to-GDP ratio is an important metric economists use for comparing a […]
April 6, 2020

The coming supply crunch

2020.04.06 As I write and you read, the world economy is getting pummeled, […]
April 3, 2020

Max finds more high-grade copper and silver at Cesar

2020.04.03 Max Resource Corp. (TSX-V:MXR) continues to make good headway at its Cesar […]
April 1, 2020

Blacktop politics

2020.04.01  Benjamin Franklin once said; “Out of adversity comes opportunity.”  The adversity the […]
March 31, 2020

US between Scylla and Charybdis

2020.03.31 I’m just going to come right out and say it: The United […]
March 29, 2020

The most important mine in America

2020.03.29 The covid-19 pandemic has put a laser-like focus on insecurity of lithium […]
March 28, 2020

Silver is going up. Here’s one way to play it

2020.03.28 Silver has some of the same properties as gold, making it suitable […]
March 25, 2020

Max acquires Ebay Palladium, Platinum and Rhodium Project

2020.03.25 Colombia was the world’s main source of platinum until 1820 and the […]
March 25, 2020

Negative real rates puts shine on Getchell’s gold

2020.03.25 A number of factors influence gold prices (mainly the US dollar, gold […]
March 25, 2020

We the people

2020.03.25 $1,200. That’s the amount the US Congress is considering doling out to […]
March 21, 2020

The new stay at home economy

2020.03.21 For a lot of workers, the coronavirus is starting to get personal.   […]
March 19, 2020

Could the coronavirus cause the next ‘Arab Spring’?

2020.03.19 The rich are getting richer, inequality is on the rise, and the […]
March 17, 2020

How a ‘Debt Jubilee’ + mining could be a path to coronavirus recovery

2020.03.17 Stock markets rebounded on Tuesday, after the White House announced further measures […]
March 14, 2020

Economic stimulus can’t save US from deflation and recession

2020.03.14 One of the worst weeks on Wall Street mercifully ended on Friday. […]
March 13, 2020

Virus won’t keep copper down for long

2020.03.13 The current stock market rout is pulling the world economy down into […]
March 7, 2020

Coronavirus infects dollar

2020.03.07 Up to a month ago the US dollar was showing resilience in […]
March 5, 2020

Max’s Cesar 24.8% Cu + 230 g/t Ag find invites ‘copper shale’ comparison

2020.03.05 Max Resource Corp (TSX-V:MXR) saw a 25% gain in its share price […]
March 3, 2020

Gold has immunity, silver has ratio

2020.03.03 On Monday Wall Street pared back losses from last week’s sell-off, the […]
March 2, 2020

Gold & Silver

2020.03.02 Precious metals are among the best places to park your money in […]
February 29, 2020

Cypress Development Corp. Update – America’s Critical Metals Mine

2020.02.29 Cypress Development Corp (TSX.V:CYP) has passed a critical milestone en route to […]
February 29, 2020

Max back in the chips at Cesar with two new copper + silver discoveries

2020.02.29 Max Resource Corp (TSX-V:MXR) has found more mineralization at its Cesar copper+silver […]
February 29, 2020

NV Gold rolls out 2020 exploration plans

2020.02.29 Nearly a month of straight gains for gold came to an end […]
February 29, 2020

Palladium One’s survey says big new anomaly

2020.02.29 The first results of Palladium One’s (TSX-V:PDM) IP survey are in, and […]
February 26, 2020

Trump or Sanders? Both will pile up the debt

2020.02.26 Whether it’s a Democrat or a Republican installed in the White House […]
February 22, 2020

Gold and bonds soar on ‘fight to quality’

2020.02.22 Gold and silver prices went parabolic this week during a raging storm […]
February 22, 2020

Pandemic fears: real and imagined

2020.02.22 “Pandemic”. Few words in the English language conjure as much fear. The […]
February 21, 2020

Paper money rejection is gold’s Minsky Moment

2020.02.21 In our last article (A Minsky Moment is coming for gold) we […]
February 20, 2020

A Minsky Moment is coming for gold

2020.02.20 “Minsky Moment” refers to the idea that periods of bullish speculation will […]
February 15, 2020

Champion Bear’s Eagle Rock PGE-Cu-Au project

2020.02.15 The mining of critical minerals is finally getting the attention it deserves […]
February 15, 2020

Max finds 2nd high-grade copper-silver zone at Cesar

2020.02.15 The discoveries keep on coming from Max Resource Corp. (TSX-V:MXR, OTC:MXROF, FSE:M1D2), […]
February 15, 2020

The next big thing in Nevada

2020.02.15 Key to being a successful junior resource investor is doing your due […]
February 13, 2020

The growing weaponization of space

2020.02.13 In his recent State of the Union address, President Trump gave a […]
February 12, 2020

The DRC just turned the screws on cobalt supply

2020.02.12 The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is finally doing something about cobalt […]
February 9, 2020

Copper market is a coiled spring

2020.02.09 As the third most-consumed metal on earth, behind iron and aluminum, copper […]
February 6, 2020

Could silver break-out like it did in 2011?

2020.02.06 Silver is expected to begin the 2020s newly burnished, through a combination […]
February 5, 2020

Coronavirus and the vulnerability of critical mineral supply chains

2020.02.05 Just in time (JIT) is an inventory system designed to efficiently match […]
February 5, 2020

The end of the global economy

2020.02.05 The Trump administration has just granted its Commerce Department sweeping powers to […]
February 1, 2020

Copper-gold deposits to help gold miners overcome depletion dilemma

2020.02.01 Every fiscal quarter the World Gold Council puts out a wonderful little […]
January 31, 2020

AOTH’s guide to the most promising fall drill plays

Fall, for most people, is a time of change. It’s when kids and […]
January 31, 2020

Palladium One identifies compelling new drill target at Tyko

2020.01.31 Boots-on-the-ground exploration has opened up exciting new possibilities at Palladium One’s (TSX-V:PDM) […]
January 29, 2020

In Washington, the clowns are running the circus

2020.01.29 Gold climbed to a seven-year high on Monday, as fears over the […]
January 28, 2020

EV predictions show strained metals supply

2020.01.28 One of the most prevalent current trends concerning mined commodities is the […]
January 22, 2020

Max makes high-grade copper-silver discovery

2020.01.22 Good ol’ boots-on-the-ground prospecting by Max Resource (TSX-V:MXR) geologists has borne some […]
January 20, 2020

Germany starts war on gold

2020.01.20 Germans, like Indians and Chinese, love their gold – although their reasons […]
January 18, 2020

Geophysical work begins at Finland palladium play

2020.01.18 Palladium has found another gear as it races past $2,200 an ounce, […]
January 18, 2020

Inomin consolidates polymetallic VMS project near Vancouver

2020.01.18 Inomin Mines (TSX-V:MINE) has made its Fleetwood VMS project near Vancouver, BC more […]
January 18, 2020

Palladium scales $2,500 on tight supply, strong autocatalyst demand

2020.01.18 Friday was the day to be trading palladium, with the catalytic converter […]
January 15, 2020

Copper juniors gravitating towards new area play

2020.01.15 Area plays, where one company makes a discovery then other companies rush […]
January 14, 2020

NV Gold doubles down on silver with new Arizona project

2020.01.14 Arizona may be famous for its gems, but it was silver that […]
January 9, 2020

How mining M&A is starving juniors

2020.01.09 A brisk wind of investment dollars is blowing in the direction of […]
January 8, 2020

MINE in BC, a clean alternative to DRC’s dirty trade in cobalt

2020.01.08 Ever wonder what’s inside your cell phone, behind the long trail of […]
January 4, 2020

Will 2020 be junior mining’s year?

2020.01.04 Another year of covering commodities and select junior mining stocks is all […]
January 1, 2020

Themes Matter

2017.06.25 When looking for an investment your method should involve a thematic approach, […]
January 1, 2020

Dr. Drone

2017.06.25 Economist Joseph Schumpeter introduced innovation economics in his 1942 book Capitalism, Socialism and […]
January 1, 2020

Two Bullets

2017.06.25 I’ve read the following article so many times I can just about […]
January 1, 2020

Road to a mining ‘yes’ littered with obstacles in Canada

Resource nationalism is the tendency of people and governments to assert control, for strategic […]
January 1, 2020

Road to a mining ‘yes’ littered with obstacles in Canada

Resource nationalism is the tendency of people and governments to assert control, for strategic […]
January 1, 2020

US Red Shirts and the Boogaloo

2020.06.02 The race riots seen around the United States over the past few […]
December 24, 2019

Hi-yo Silver Away!

2019.12.24 Silver is expected to begin the next decade newly burnished, through a […]
December 20, 2019

Gold vs cash in a crisis

2019.12.20 Mattress stuffers or bullion holders? Who fares better in a crisis? North American […]
December 18, 2019

Palladium One cashed up to survey/drill PGE-Cu-Ni Project

2019.12.18 Palladium One Mining (TSX-V:PDM, FRA:7N11) will be kicking off the new decade […]
December 17, 2019

Copper price drivers

2019.12.17 The copper price was holding steady at $2.79 per pound, Monday, just […]
December 14, 2019

Demand for battery metals strong despite weak EV sales

2019.12.14 For all the hype over electric vehicles and their relentlessly optimistic growth […]
December 14, 2019

FluroTech pops on US distribution agreement

2019.12.14 Investors in FluroTech (TSX-V:TEST, OTCQB:FLURF) saw the value of their shares spike […]
December 14, 2019

The Repatriators

2019.12.14 The Europeans want their gold back. Amid global trade uncertainty, a pall […]
December 7, 2019

The next copper frontier

2019.12.07 Imagine a world without copper. Or a world in which copper is […]
December 4, 2019

The US pivot to Africa

2019.12.04 As world leaders gather in London this week for the NATO Summit, […]
November 30, 2019

A psychedelic renaissance

2019.11.30 Fifty-three years after LSD was banned by the FDA, psychedelic drugs are […]
November 30, 2019

Getchell’s Gold

2019.11.30 Getchell Gold (CSE:GTCH) announced on October 17, 2019 a binding letter agreement with Canarc Resource Corp. […]
November 30, 2019

Lower-priced platinum keeping palladium supply in check

2019.11.30 Palladium prices are marching up again despite the platinum-group element (PGE) losing […]
November 28, 2019

Gold and a gun

2019.11.28 There are many extreme events that could do massive damage to planet […]
November 26, 2019

Growing inequality threatens mining

2019.11.26 In the 1986 classic ‘Platoon’, Charlie Sheen’s character Chris Taylor tells everyone […]
November 23, 2019

Inomin eyeing monster BC nickel sulphide deposits

2019.11.23 Canada has long enjoyed a reputation as one of the world’s leading […]
November 18, 2019

The promise of AI

2019.11.18 In ‘The Terminator’ series of action films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, a cybernetic […]
November 14, 2019

3D printing is a manufacturing game-changer

2019.11.14 Calling all carnivores: ever thought about getting a meat printer? Of hand-crafting […]
November 14, 2019

Getchell Gold Signs Binding Letter Agreement to acquire 1.1m oz Nevada gold resource

2019.11.14 Getchell Gold (CSE:GTCH), in our opinion, just became a contender to become […]
November 13, 2019

Over-supplied lithium unlikely to happen to nickel

2019.11.13 An irrefutable truth right now is the global shift towards the electrification […]
November 8, 2019

World’s major gold miners target copper porphyries

2019.11.08 Something has changed in the gold industry. During high gold-price periods the […]
November 6, 2019

Australian lithium mines not viable at current prices

2019.11.06 Australia’s Mineral Resources (ASX:MIN) said last week it is pausing operations at its […]
November 6, 2019

Is China locking up Indonesian nickel?

2019.11.06 As it has done with cobalt, graphite and rare earths, China appears […]
November 2, 2019

Lifting the entitlement burden

2019.11.02 On Wednesday the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the third […]