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    He who has the commodities rules the world The first great wave of globalization ended with World War I, and was followed by trade wars and deep depressions throughout the interwar period. Although trade integration resumed after World …

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The idea sounds great. Hike tariffs on goods coming into the United States, which will protect local industries and workers from foreign competition. The extra revenue flowing into government coffers will be enough to offset income …

“You have to be good to be lucky” is a saying that applies to several aspects of life, from gambling and golf to stock picking and mineral exploration. Main Fault discovery On Nov. 14 Silver North Resources (TSX-V:SNAG) (OTCQB:TARSF) announced a new …

China’s President Xi Jinping took time out of scheduled visits to South America to christen a new port on the Peruvian coast. The $3.5 billion deep water port is in the small fishing town of Chancay, from which the …

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in over four years in September, sending gold past a record-setting $2,500 an ounce. The aggressive half-percentage-point reduction was in response to the Fed’s significant progress …

Graphite One (TSX-V:GPH) (OTCQX:GPHOF) has taken two giant leaps forward in its strategy of becoming the first vertically integrated producer of active anode materials (AAM) to serve the upstart US EV battery market. Earlier this month, …

This week Donald Trump said he would hit John Deere with a 200% tariff if the agricultural/ construction equipment manufacturer made good on plans to move production to Mexico. The Republican presidential nominee has frequently said …

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In 2017 Germany brought home nearly $31 billion of gold bars that had been stored in New York and Paris after World War II. The Financial Times gives a good account of how Germany amassed, lost and then …

In a typical healthy market, the yield curve (typically the spread between the US 10-year Treasury note and the 3-month or the 2-year note) shows lower returns on short-term investments and higher yields on long-term investments. This makes sense, …

Last Friday, United States Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said “the time has come” to begin lowering interest rates, a process that will likely begin at the Fed’s Sept. 17-18 meeting. Markets are widely anticipating …

The AM-13 discovery is a significant achievement by the Max team working with Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corporation (Freeport). The 48.0m width at 1.8% copper at Cedro valley and the discovery of a 44.0m outcrop of similar …

The copper market continues to be challenged by supply issues, with two large mines in Chile hit by strikes. On Monday, Lundin Mining (TSX:LUN) said it will gradually cut down activities at the Caserones copper …

The discovery of Copper Mountain in the 1880s led to a rush of miners to the Cascade Mountains near Princeton, south-central British Columbia. The first two camps, Brown’s and E. Voight’s, merged to create …

Graphite One (TSX-V:GPH) (OTCQX:GPHOF) has taken another step forward in its plan to become the first vertically integrated domestic graphite producer to serve the US electric vehicle battery market. On Thursday, July 25, G1 announced it has …

The weaker labor market and rising unemployment rate, which hit 4.1% in June, is fodder for the US Federal Reserve to slash interest rates, possibly once in September and a second time in December. In …

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Gold loves chaos and should be hitting new highs, especially with inflation coming down and with it, two rate cuts likely before year’s end. Gold generally does well in an environment of lower interest rates/ …

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a large system of water currents that circulates water from south to north and back, in a long cycle within the Atlantic Ocean. This system of deep-water circulation, …

Silver North Resources (TSX–V:SNAG) (OTCQB:TARSF) is working with partner Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) to develop the Tim property, located on the Yukon side of the Yukon-British Columbia border. The company this week announced that Coeur has started …

Graphite One’s (TSX–V:GPH) (OTCQX:GPHOF) CEO Anthony Huston recently traveled to Washington, DC to meet with President Joe Biden. The meeting was between the President and a select group of executives invited to the White House to discuss …

In exploration, it’s important to be a nosy neighbor, almost as important as being ‘on or along trend.’ Mineralization, close to surface or buried deep underground, knows no boundaries. It can extend from your property onto …

In 2017, the Chilean government approved a $2.5 billion expansion of BHP’s Spence copper mine — the diversified miner’s second largest copper mine behind Escondida. In 2020, BHP became the top shareholder in SolGold (TSX:SOLG), an …

Metals skidded lower on Wednesday, in reaction to a more hawkish-than-expected US Federal Reserve decision. At its June meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee decided for the seventh straight time to hold interest rates unchanged, …

When a junior resource company’s project becomes too big or too expensive for it to handle, it’s better to bring in a partner. This is the case with Max Resource’s (TSX–V:MAX) (OTC:MXROF) (Fra:M1D2) Cesar copper-silver project in …

Anthony Huston, the CEO of Graphite One (TSX–V:GPH, OTCQX:GPHOF), was at the White House with other industry leaders when President Joe Biden imposed tariffs on Chinese imports including natural graphite. “I was honored to represent everyone …

When Israel bombed a refugee camp in Gaza on the premise that Hamas leaders were hiding there, US-made munitions were found among the wreckage. At least 45 people were killed and more than 200 …

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A junior resource company’s place in the mining food chain is to acquire projects, make discoveries and hopefully advance them to the point when a larger mining company takes it over. Discoveries won’t be made if …

The copper price tickled $4.55 a pound on Monday or $10,000 a tonne,  setting a new two-year high, as investors continue to wager that miners will struggle to produce enough red metal to meet demand. …

Assembly lines are humming again after a years-long manufacturing slump, although the uptick isn’t happening everywhere. The nascent economic recovery is being led by China and the United States, with Australia, Japan and parts of …

What if the worst in interest rates is yet to come? Until recently, the prevailing wisdom held that the Federal Reserve would start chopping interest rates sometime this year. At first it was seven cuts, …

Rick Mills: Good morning Rob. I’d like us to do a bird’s eye, a fly-over macro view of Dolly Varden Silver’s (TSX-V:DV, OTC:DOLLF) Kitsault Valley project. Then we’ll get down into the dirt, the nitty gritty, …

Iran attacked Israel on Saturday with about 320 drones and missiles, but only a few got through the air defense system. The barrage was in retaliation for an Israeli strike on Iran’s consulate in Syria, …

Gold and silver continue to push higher, curiously, at the same time as variables that normally trade in the opposite direction, namely government bonds and the US dollar, move upward in tandem. The quandary leads AOTH …

At Ahead of the Herd, one of our most important contributions to the junior resource investment community is identifying companies that we think present an opportunity for significant value creation. We want our due diligence …

The energy transition and digitalization have made critical minerals top of mind for policymakers and investors alike. However, little is said about the role that these minerals, including graphite, play in the defense sector, and the impact …

Spot gold gained 13% in 2023 and so far this year, is up 6%. Thursday March 28th, gold ended the day at US$2,233.00 oz, a strong performance given the headwinds facing the precious metal. These include …

For the first two weeks of March, copper rallied 4.1%, hitting its highest level since April 2023. Source: Kitco   A couple of factors identified by us at AOTH indicate that 2024 will be a great …

Graphite One (TSX–V:GPH) (OTCQX:GPHOF) plans to invest $435 million to build a graphite anode manufacturing plant in Trumbull County, Ohio, between Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Graphite One Alaska, the Vancouver-based company has selected …

Until recently economists tended to treat energy inflation and food inflation as different entities. Russia’s attack on Ukraine and other factors put a laser-like focus on the relationship between the two. Ukraine and Russia are …

While there is disagreement over its causes, the reality of global warming is an incontrovertible fact. The planet is heating up, affecting our weather, oceans and food, as crops fail, causing shortages and price hikes. Storms …

Every day most of us contribute, several times, to the global plastic pollution problem. There’s no denying that plastics have become an integral part of the global economy. They are capable of delivering massive economic …

The Fed’s preferred measure of inflation is core PCE, which stands for Personal Consumption Expenditures index. This inflation gauge, published monthly by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), doesn’t include food and energy, because prices for …

The mantra? Our fossil-fueled based transportation system needs to be 100% electrified, and the switch must be made from oil, gas, and coal-powered power plants to those which run on solar, wind and …

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More manufacturing will boost the demand for copper. Jeff Currie noted that of all metals, copper has the most scope for gains. United States ISM Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) Robert Friedland, the billionaire founder …

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a large system of water currents that circulates water from north to south and back, in a long cycle within the Atlantic Ocean. This system of deep-water circulation, sometimes …

Gold demand reached an all-time high in 2023, according to the most recent data from the World Gold Council. While gold does not play a starring role in the energy and electrification drama, its monetary function …