The AOCE and WB have moderate overall forecasts for the metals in 2025 inline with IMF forecasts for a decline in economic growth and inflation, although we see the probability of a stagflationary scenario as still reasonably high.Read More

The past year was a difficult one overall for the metals, with the main standouts to the upside being a geopolitical risk-driven gain in gold, a China-driven rise in iron ore and a surge in uranium on broadening global support for nuclear power (Figure 1). A jump in global interest rates to near two-decade highs saw recession fears persist all year, and while one still did not actually eru...Read More

This year the post-global health crisis boom was brought to an end by a surge in inflation to forty-year highs, a major rise in global interest rates in an attempt to curb the rising prices and surging geopolitical risk after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While precious metals held up reasonably well as markets turned to them as a risk hedge, by Q2/22 the higher interest rates put an end t...Read More

Chile is the world leader in copper production, at 28.5% of the total in 2020, and this looks set to continue, with the country having the largest global reserves, at 23.0% of total. It is also the global leader for molybdenum, which is often found along with copper, and is a major lithium player, holding 51.1% of global reserves. Read More

Newfoundland has become a gold exploration hotspot over the past few years, with the sector seeing some of its strongest activity ever. While the province remains a small contributor to Canadian gold production, it has a substantial mineral industry well supported by the government, focused on iron ore, copper and nickel, and the surge in exploration suggests that gold output from the...Read More

Nevada is the core of the U.S. gold output, accounting for by far the majority, at 75.4% on average for the past year. The state looks set to remain a dominant player in U.S. gold, as it accounts for 49% of total U.S. reserves, with Alaska slightly ahead with 51% of reserves, but just 8.6% of current production. The U.S. accounts for 6.1% of global gold output, making Nevada one of the largest gol...Read More

The Golden Triangle in northwestern British Columbia has historically been a major site of Canadian gold production, beginning as early as the mid 1800s. There was a wave of production in the 1990s which cooled as the gold price declined, but larger scale production resumed in 2017, and the area has seen surging exploration interest over the past year, given that the region has some of the largest...Read More

In this report we outline the Quebec gold mining industry, including its major producers, and a survey of many of the junior miners focused on the province. Quebec accounts for 34% of Canadian gold production (second to Ontario, with 44%) and remains a major focus for both producers and junior miners.Read More

Red Lake has been one of the most prolific gold mining districts in Canada and the world, with exploration having started in the 1920s, and production, which began in the 1930s, continuing to the present day. The district is known for the high grade of its gold, its infrastructure, and strong institutional support, given the long history of mining in the area.Read More

His neighbor, a woman who had lived in the same community with him all his life, shouted out to the Nazi soldiers. Hersch Altman was 11 years old, hiding with his older sister. His Polish neighbor pointed them out. He got away. His sister did not. Hersch never saw her again.There are tens of millions of stories just like that one. You can change the names, the places, the regimes, and the ethnicit...Read More

His neighbor, a woman who had lived in the same community with him all his life, shouted out to the Nazi soldiers. Hersch Altman was 11 years old, hiding with his older sister. His Polish neighbor pointed them out. He got away. His sister did not. Hersch never saw her again.There are tens of millions of stories just like that one. You can change the names, the places, the regimes, and the ethnicit...Read More

If you get government wrong, you get everything wrong.New York City has a lot of wealth. There is infrastructure, skyscrapers, smart people, transportation, and so on.But what would happen if North Korea took over the city tomorrow? Would all that wealth simply remain in place? Would everyone just go on with their lives?Of course not. People would flee in droves, the city would crumble.Tom W. Bell...Read More

If you get government wrong, you get everything wrong.New York City has a lot of wealth. There is infrastructure, skyscrapers, smart people, transportation, and so on.But what would happen if North Korea took over the city tomorrow? Would all that wealth simply remain in place? Would everyone just go on with their lives?Of course not. People would flee in droves, the city would crumble.Tom W. Bell...Read More

Dale Brown realized decades ago that if he wanted to help secure the most dangerous neighborhoods in Detroit, he had to appeal to building owners’ wallets, not their humanity. They can make more money when people don’t get murdered in their neighborhoods. Dale’s company makes money training people to de-escalate situations for non-violent outcomes.Joe Quirk of the Seasteading Ins...Read More

Dale Brown realized decades ago that if he wanted to help secure the most dangerous neighborhoods in Detroit, he had to appeal to building owners’ wallets, not their humanity. They can make more money when people don’t get murdered in their neighborhoods. Dale’s company makes money training people to de-escalate situations for non-violent outcomes.Joe Quirk of the Seasteading Ins...Read More

When zombies attack or when the electric grid is taken down by an EMP or solar flare, trade must go on.Currently, about 90% of U.S. dollars exist only digitally. Even if fiat cash remained valuable post-apocalypse, it would be pretty hard to come by.Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are great, but still rely on electricity and the internet to function.So what are the best off the grid currencies...Read More

When zombies attack or when the electric grid is taken down by an EMP or solar flare, trade must go on.Currently, about 90% of U.S. dollars exist only digitally. Even if fiat cash remained valuable post-apocalypse, it would be pretty hard to come by.Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are great, but still rely on electricity and the internet to function.So what are the best off the grid currencies...Read More

Via SovereignMan.comAugust 2, 2017Santiago, ChileToday is one of those days when I feel blessed to have such wonderful and interesting people in my life. A few months ago I introduced you to Ben Yu, a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur who's easily one of the most unique people I know. I first met Ben when he came to our summer entrepreneurship camp a few years ago. I knew instantly that he was bri...Read More

Via SovereignMan.comAugust 2, 2017Santiago, ChileToday is one of those days when I feel blessed to have such wonderful and interesting people in my life. A few months ago I introduced you to Ben Yu, a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur who's easily one of the most unique people I know. I first met Ben when he came to our summer entrepreneurship camp a few years ago. I knew instantly that he was bri...Read More

The smaller the government, the easier it is to effect their laws. This doesn’t mean they necessarily make better laws… but at least it affects fewer people. Worst case scenario, you find yourself deciding whether to move out of the state, instead of out of the country.Driving While Munching Might Be Illegal… But Maybe NotDo you consider cheeseburgers distracting? In Washington S...Read More

The smaller the government, the easier it is to effect their laws. This doesn’t mean they necessarily make better laws… but at least it affects fewer people. Worst case scenario, you find yourself deciding whether to move out of the state, instead of out of the country.Driving While Munching Might Be Illegal… But Maybe NotDo you consider cheeseburgers distracting? In Washington S...Read More

The Ubika Gold 20 (UG20) remained positive following a higher gold price as the TSX Gold index lost nearly 3% during the past six weeksThe UG20 index has gained 1.0% since our last report dated June 19th, 2017, outperforming its benchmark TSX Gold index. The TSX Gold index declined 2.6% while the gold price increased 1.3% over the same period. The strong performance of the index can be attributed...Read More

As a business, if you want to promote equality, the first thing you need to do is make sure you treat your customers unequally based on their gender.I love when people empower themselves by becoming business owners. Running a business is certainly not easy, but it still frees you from certain constraints. For instance, pay is not decided arbitrarily by a boss, it is based on the services you provi...Read More

As a business, if you want to promote equality, the first thing you need to do is make sure you treat your customers unequally based on their gender.I love when people empower themselves by becoming business owners. Running a business is certainly not easy, but it still frees you from certain constraints. For instance, pay is not decided arbitrarily by a boss, it is based on the services you provi...Read More

Fatality at Serabi mine: NMBCapital marketsSolGold set to shineSPONSOREDsolgoldAspects of the project even dwarf the recently completed Panama Canal expansion.At a US$5.5 billion development cost, it is by far the largest private ...Read More

For the egregious crime of being in the right lane at the wrong time, a driver was pulled over in Lowndes County, Georgia. Thanks to the heroic efforts of one Georgia State Police dog, and his faithful officer, a major threat to the people of Georgia is off the streets.The responding police dog, Brutus, made a major bust. The vehicle was transporting $36,000 of cash; an imminent danger to Georgian...Read More

For the egregious crime of being in the right lane at the wrong time, a driver was pulled over in Lowndes County, Georgia. Thanks to the heroic efforts of one Georgia State Police dog, and his faithful officer, a major threat to the people of Georgia is off the streets.The responding police dog, Brutus, made a major bust. The vehicle was transporting $36,000 of cash; an imminent danger to Georgian...Read More

Click each headline to read the full article.1. Google Plays Favorites and Arbitrarily Bans Content From ResultsGoogle used to base its search algorithms on what the user wanted to see. Now they are starting to interject their own ideas about what people should see. In April Google announcedthat they would be taking measures to punish "low quality content" such as misleading information, offensive...Read More

Click each headline to read the full article.1. Google Plays Favorites and Arbitrarily Bans Content From ResultsGoogle used to base its search algorithms on what the user wanted to see. Now they are starting to interject their own ideas about what people should see. In April Google announcedthat they would be taking measures to punish "low quality content" such as misleading information, offensive...Read More