Under the Spotlight – Bruce Counts CEO Storm Exploration

        Rick Mills, Editor/ Publisher, Ahead of the. Herd:   You recently cut a deal with Canadian Goldfields Discovery (TSXV:CGM), you’re selling Miminiska, the project that we were going to work on first. I’d like to know …
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March 19, 2026

Rick Mills – “The Iran War and Stagflation”

        Stagflation is an economic event in which the inflation rate is high, economic growth rate slows, and unemployment remains steadily high. (Corporate Finance Institute)   Commodity prices influence the prices of manufactured goods, whether the end users …
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March 17, 2026

Rick Mills - Why Canada and the United States Need More Smelters and Refineries

          A country’s ability to mine minerals and turn them into metals depends on two distinct but connected phases: mining and smelting/ refining.     (To clarify, smelters extract metal from ore or scrap using high …
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March 16, 2026

Rick Mills - "US risks running out of missiles in war with Iran"

Last Saturday, Feb. 28, the United States and Israel struck Iran, killing the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with three members of his family and several high-ranking figures in the regime. Iran retaliated with missile and drone attacks across …
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March 6, 2026

Under the Spotlight Rick Mark CEO Harvest Gold & Louis Martin Technical Adviser Harvest Gold

        Rick Mills, Editor/ Publisher, Ahead of the Herd:   Louis, you’ve been in the exploration development business for many years. Could you please tell us where your knowledge base lies and a little bit about yourself. …
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February 17, 2026

Rick Mills – “Why We’re Running Out of Copper”

        LME copper hit an all-time high of 13,300 per tonne ($6.03/lb) on Jan. 6, marking a 50% year-on-year increase.   Source: Trading Economics   Along with all the usual applications for copper — in construction, transportation …
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February 16, 2026

Rick Mills – “Torr Metals expands Sonic copper-gold soil anomaly to ~8 km2”

        Torr Metals (TSX-V:TMET) has expanded the mineralization at its Kolos Copper-Gold Project in south-central British Columbia.   Results from a geochemical program completed in late 2025 from the undrilled Sonic Zone have nearly doubled the anomalous footprint …
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February 6, 2026

Under the Spotlight - Quinton Hennigh, CEO San Cristobal Mining

        Rick Mills, Editor/ Publisher, Ahead of the Herd:    It’s good to be talking to you again Quinton. We had an exceptional year in 2025 and I’m looking for a repeat for my readers in ‘26. …
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February 2, 2026

Rick Mills - "It’s not over for commodities and PMs"

Some are thinking copper, gold and silver are getting toppy and that has them calling for a pullback in prices. I believe the elements underpinning the commodities bull market are intact and unlikely to fall apart in 2026. Here I’ll …
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January 30, 2026

Rick Mills - "Under the Spotlight – David Hottman CEO Orestone Mining"

  Rick Mills, Editor/ Publisher, Ahead of the Herd:  We’re going to the Salta province in Argentina, 80 kilometers northwest of the city of Salta, where mapping has outlined an oxide gold stockwork mineralized trend. Why don’t you tell us …
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January 28, 2026


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