Mining Insights, Trends & Investment Strategies

Copper Surpasses $14,200 a Ton as Global Inventories Come Into Focus. What's Next for Investors?

August 25, 2026

LME and COMEX price action has pushed copper firmly above the $14,200 level, with traders closely monitoring warehouse stocks, cancelled warrants and metal flows into the United States as the market balances structural demand growth against near-term inventory dynamics. ...Read More

Rick Rule's Top Mining Picks for August 25, 2026: Which Stocks Are Worth Watching?

August 25, 2026

Fresh from his August 24 appearance on BNN Bloomberg's Market Call, the veteran natural-resource investor highlighted Dundee Corp., International Petroleum and Sprott while reiterating a constructive longer-term view on gold, silver, copper and uranium amid what he describes as a potentially choppy near-term environment. ...Read More

OCBC Launches GOLDX Tokenized Gold Fund on Ethereum and Solana. Could Digital Gold Transform Investing?

August 25, 2026

Singapore's OCBC, together with Lion Global Investors and DigiFT, has brought a physically backed gold fund on-chain, offering institutional and accredited investors regulated exposure to gold through tokens issued on two major public blockchains. ...Read More

Bunker Hill to Acquire Silver47 in $163 Million All-Stock Deal. Could This Create a Stronger Silver Growth Story?

August 25, 2026

The proposed merger would combine Bunker Hill's near-production Idaho mine with Silver47's exploration portfolio across Alaska, Nevada and New Mexico, aiming to build a larger U.S.-focused silver and critical minerals platform just as the silver market navigates elevated prices and ongoing supply deficits. ...Read More

Agnico Eagle Takes Strategic Stake in Radisson Mining to Advance High-Grade OBrien Gold Project in Quebec's Abitibi

August 25, 2026

Agnico Eagles C57-million strategic investment gives the major a 10.5 percent stake in Radisson Mining and funds the first modern underground access at the high-grade O'Brien gold project in Quebec's Abitibi belt. ...Read More

Respect Gold's Message: When Bonds and Stocks Refuse to Blink, the Metal Keeps Scoring

August 25, 2026

As yields refuse to fall despite soft data and Treasury support, and equities refuse to correct despite weakening short-term breadth, gold's continued strength above key levels is sending the clearest signal for Canadian mining investors. ...Read More

Trade Breakdown, Political Timing, and the Resource Reality Check

August 25, 2026

As trade talks collapse and political rhetoric escalates, the real damage lands on Canadian manufacturing while energy, minerals and metals remain largely outside the tariff blast radius for now. ...Read More

Silver Surges More Than 18% This Month. Can the Rally Continue From Here?

August 25, 2026

A powerful combination of investment flows, industrial consumption and persistent supply tightness has lifted silver nearly 20% in August, pushing the metal back toward the $70 level and raising questions about the durability of the advance. ...Read More

Copper Nears Record Highs as AI Data Centers Drive Demand. Which U.S. Copper Stocks Should Investors Watch?

August 24, 2026

Surging power and infrastructure needs from artificial-intelligence facilities are adding a powerful new layer of copper demand on top of electrification and traditional uses, pushing prices toward historic levels and focusing attention on the mining companies best positioned to benefit. ...Read More

Gold's Rally Gets a Fresh Boost From ETF Buying. Can Bulls Push Prices to New Highs?

August 24, 2026

Physically backed gold ETFs have recorded their strongest weekly inflows in months, adding fresh investment demand to a market already supported by central-bank buying and macro uncertainty raising the question of how much further the gold rally can run. ...Read More

Ray Dalio Says Investors Should Put 10%-15% in Gold. Is This the Right Allocation Now?

August 24, 2026

Bridgewater's founder warns of a potential U.S. debt crisis within roughly three years and urges investors to underweight bonds while holding a meaningful gold position prompting a fresh look at portfolio diversification, safe-haven demand and the role of the monetary metal in 2026. ...Read More

Tariffs Hit the Factory Floor, Not the Mine Gate: Why Canada's Resource Sector Remains Largely Outside Trump's Latest Trade Salvo

August 24, 2026

While 50 percent duties slam Canadian manufacturers, furniture makers and the auto sector, the latest Trump tariffs have so far spared the energy, minerals and metals that U.S. industry still needs leaving the resource sector largely outside the direct line of fire. ...Read More

Jackson Hole 2026: The Credibility Test That Could Reprice Gold and the Mining Complex

August 24, 2026

With Fed Chair Warsh's first Jackson Hole keynote under scrutiny for inflation credibility, the symposium's signals on real yields and fiscal dominance could reshape the outlook for gold, silver and Canadian mining equities. ...Read More

Treasury's Hidden Lever: How a $1 Trillion Cash Pile Is Repricing Gold and the Bond Market

August 24, 2026

Reports that the U.S. Treasury could draw on its nearly $1 trillion cash balance to finance long-term buybacks flatten the yield curve and lift gold, underscoring how fiscal plumbing is becoming a key driver for Canadian precious-metals producers. ...Read More

Gold's Quiet Promotion: From Washington's Enemy to Its Balance-Sheet Lifeline

August 24, 2026

As U.S. debt dynamics and industrial policy force a quiet rethink of gold's role in Washington, Canadian producers stand to benefit from a metal no longer treated solely as a threat to the dollar. ...Read More

Unlocking Alberta: Pipelines, Politics, and the Quiet Return of Southbound Oil

August 24, 2026

As Trump links trade talks to a possible Keystone revival and Carney navigates Alberta's demand for market access, southbound pipeline capacity is quietly returning raising the question of whether political pragmatism is outflanking years of environmental opposition. ...Read More

Silver Price Forecast for Next Week: Can Silver Break Above $70 After Its Latest Rally?

August 23, 2026

After a powerful multi-week advance that carried prices from the high $50s into the $69 region and briefly tested $70, silver enters the new week with strong momentum, a persistent supply deficit, and the psychological $70 level now firmly in focus. ...Read More

Gold Price Forecast for Next Week: Can the Rally Continue After Gold's 5% Weekly Surge?

August 23, 2026

After a powerful roughly 5 percent weekly advance that carried spot gold back above $4,600, the metal enters the coming sessions with fresh momentum, key technical breakouts and a familiar list of macro drivers. The question for traders and investors is whether the gold rally has further room or whether consolidation is the more likely path. ...Read More

Mining Weekly Wrap up: Gold, Silver and Copper Lead the Biggest Stories of August 23, 2026

August 23, 2026

Precious metals and copper dominated the week as gold held firm above $4,600, silver extended its sharp August advance toward $69, and copper remained supported by structural deficits and electrification demand setting the tone for mining stocks and the broader metals market outlook. ...Read More

Addendum: Crisis Narratives, Cloward-Piven, and the Limits of Conspiracy Framing

August 23, 2026

Online claims that Mark Carney is executing the 1960s Cloward-Piven strategy to overload Canadian institutions offer a dramatic explanation for the trade rupture yet the evidence points more to political miscalculation and structural dependence than to a coordinated plot. ...Read More

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