The War Premium Springs a Leak: Hormuz Reopens and the Juniors Feel It
The US–Iran deal reopens the Strait of Hormuz and deflates gold's war premium as the dollar hits a 13-month high — plus an AI engine maps a scandium target, and Banyan Gold hits high-grade at AurMac.
The War Premium Springs a Leak: Hormuz Reopens and the Juniors Feel It
The US–Iran deal reopens the Strait of Hormuz and deflates gold's war premium as the dollar hits a 13-month high — plus an AI engine maps a scandium target, and Banyan Gold hits high-grade at AurMac.
The Hawk Landed: Warsh's Fed Flips to Hikes, and the Juniors Wear It
The new Fed chair's debut flipped the dot plot from a cut to a hike — gold fell 2%, the dollar ripped to a one-year high, and the TSX-V took it on the chin. Plus: Vizsla's FLSmidth plant deal and a junior funding its own restart with mine money.
Gold Market Analysis: Global Junior Explorer Inflows for June 2026
Analysis of global gold exploration trends and junior capital inflows. Discover how multi-asset portfolios are managing drill programs and market liquidity.
This Week's Top 5: A $1.95 Billion Truce, a Record Buyback on a Miss, and 18 Billion Pounds of Copper
The five editions you opened most this week, ranked. Barrick and Newmont called a truce, the gold miners outran the metal three to one, and copper came four tenths of a cent from an all-time record.
Faraday Copper Chases 18 Billion Pounds in Arizona, and an Uzbek Gas Producer Beats Its Own Quarter by 28%
A district-scale Arizona copper play sets its sights on 18 billion pounds mid-squeeze, a hydromet startup pitches a new mine-to-metal pathway, and Condor Energies proves a multi-well drilling program can hit its marks.
Pan American Silver Banks a Record $300 Million on a Miss, and a Midstream Name's EBITDA Goes 5.5x
A record buyback survives an earnings whiff, a Highland Valley junior lets the drill core call the shots, and Birchcliff finds a new buyer for its gas all the way in Oregon.
Gold Rips to a Two-Month High, and a Drilling Contractor Has to Deny It's in Greenland
China's still buying gold hand over fist, the miners are outrunning the metal three to one, and Peyto locks in a decade of gas exports while Cavvy's sulphur business quietly steals the quarter.
This Week's Top 5: A $1.95 Billion Truce, a Record Buyback on a Miss, and 18 Billion Pounds of Copper
The five editions you opened most this week, ranked. Barrick and Newmont called a truce, the gold miners outran the metal three to one, and copper came four tenths of a cent from an all-time record.
Faraday Copper Chases 18 Billion Pounds in Arizona, and an Uzbek Gas Producer Beats Its Own Quarter by 28%
A district-scale Arizona copper play sets its sights on 18 billion pounds mid-squeeze, a hydromet startup pitches a new mine-to-metal pathway, and Condor Energies proves a multi-well drilling program can hit its marks.
Pan American Silver Banks a Record $300 Million on a Miss, and a Midstream Name's EBITDA Goes 5.5x
A record buyback survives an earnings whiff, a Highland Valley junior lets the drill core call the shots, and Birchcliff finds a new buyer for its gas all the way in Oregon.
Gold Rips to a Two-Month High, and a Drilling Contractor Has to Deny It's in Greenland
China's still buying gold hand over fist, the miners are outrunning the metal three to one, and Peyto locks in a decade of gas exports while Cavvy's sulphur business quietly steals the quarter.
Copper Flirts With a Record on a Smelter Outage, and a New West Coast Pipeline Gets a Safety Pitch
Grasberg's smelter trouble squeezes copper and aluminum at once, a Timmins junior closes its drill season with one more hit, and a $35 billion West Coast pipeline bet picks up a safety pitch.
Barrick and Newmont Bury a $1.95 Billion Hatchet, and Saturn Finally Closes Out Burgess Creek
Plus a Zambian copper deposit gets its magnetic fingerprint, Gold X2 lands its best hole in months at Moss, and copper quietly runs up 49% on the year.
