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 …