Trent Klarenbach

Grain Market Analyst B.S.A, Agricultural Economics Technical Analyst of the Grain and Oilseed Markets

Daily Dispatch

A Jobs Miss Sends Gold and Silver Ripping, and Canadian Natural Hits Pause on Oil Sands Growth

Aug 7, 2026

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A Jobs Miss Sends Gold and Silver Ripping, and Canadian Natural Hits Pause on Oil Sands Growth

Silver outran gold 1.6 to 1 on a surprise payrolls miss, a BC junior turned two geophysics targets into five, and Founders Metals keeps growing its Suriname gold system at depth.

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Congo Bans the Copper, and Snowline Banks $150 Million Before Lunch

Aug 6, 2026

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Congo Bans the Copper, and Snowline Banks $150 Million Before Lunch

A DRC export ban sends copper toward a record, Snowline prices a nine-figure bought deal, Canadian Natural posts a record quarter, and Tenaz can't stop buying its own runaway stock.

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Discovery Drills 951 Grams of Gold in Timmins, and Suncor's Buyback Just Got Bigger

Aug 5, 2026

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Discovery Drills 951 Grams of Gold in Timmins, and Suncor's Buyback Just Got Bigger

A bonanza gold hit deep in the Porcupine camp, a brand new porphyry target waking up in the Golden Triangle, and Suncor's record quarter as oil gives back its war premium.

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Talon's Drill Bit Finds 13% Nickel in Minnesota, and Ottawa Fast-Tracks a $35-Billion Pipeline

Aug 4, 2026

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Talon's Drill Bit Finds 13% Nickel in Minnesota, and Ottawa Fast-Tracks a $35-Billion Pipeline

Gold and silver hold their ground while the Fed sits tight, a Minnesota core shack lights up the assay lab, and a West Coast pipeline just got a federal head start. Plus: a Calgary helium junior fields a call from a continent it never expected to hear from.

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G Mining Closes Its G2 Goldfields Buyout, and Oil Just Cratered 5% on an Iran Truce

Aug 3, 2026

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G Mining Closes Its G2 Goldfields Buyout, and Oil Just Cratered 5% on an Iran Truce

A tier-one gold complex gets built in Guyana, a battery recycler moves from lab to construction site, and Enbridge grows its backlog while Imperial Oil splits the difference on Q2.

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This Week's Must-Read: The Top 5 Commodity Ape Stories (July 25–31)

Aug 1, 2026

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This Week's Must-Read: The Top 5 Commodity Ape Stories (July 25–31)

Zijin's surprise drop, a $385M IPO, three energy beats, a 200 g/t gold hit, and Ottawa's new speed record on mines.

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Canada Just Fast-Tracked a Mine, and the Energy Patch Went 3 for 3

Jul 31, 2026

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Canada Just Fast-Tracked a Mine, and the Energy Patch Went 3 for 3

Canada Nickel becomes Ottawa's guinea pig for faster permitting, while Baytex, TC Energy, and Vermilion all beat Q2 as oil rips on fresh Mideast strikes.

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Daily Dispatch

Zijin Walks From a $4 Billion Gold Deal, and Whitecap Just Tripled Its Profit

Jul 30, 2026

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Zijin Walks From a $4 Billion Gold Deal, and Whitecap Just Tripled Its Profit

China quietly killed the year's biggest gold buyout, Whitecap and Tourmaline both blew past Q2, and one junior is literally paying to keep its stock trading.

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Cenovus Just Cracked a Million Barrels a Day, and an Ecuadorian Junior's Grade Keeps Beating the Model

Jul 29, 2026

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Cenovus Just Cracked a Million Barrels a Day, and an Ecuadorian Junior's Grade Keeps Beating the Model

Cenovus posts record cash flow and its best production month ever, Auro Metals' Ecuadorian porphyry keeps grading better than the resource model expected, and oil rips back toward $84 on fresh Mideast strikes ahead of today's Fed decision.

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Westhaven's Best Hole Yet Lands at the Edge of the Map, and Saturn Cleans Up a Saskatchewan Bolt-On

Jul 28, 2026

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Westhaven's Best Hole Yet Lands at the Edge of the Map, and Saturn Cleans Up a Saskatchewan Bolt-On

Plus a niobium hunter using radon gas to find rock, a Yukon gold discovery in untested ground, and oil giving back its war premium for a second day running.

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Daily Dispatch

Gold Candle Raised $385 Million, and Oil Just Gave Back Its War Premium

Jul 27, 2026

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Gold Candle Raised $385 Million, and Oil Just Gave Back Its War Premium

A renamed penny stock lands a $385M IPO with Agnico Eagle riding along, a reopened Brazilian mine delivers its first real assays, and WTI erases a week of war jitters in one session.

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The Week's Big 5: Barrick Buys Into the Golden Triangle, Gold M&A Goes Supersized, and Oil Rides a War Premium

Jul 25, 2026

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The Week's Big 5: Barrick Buys Into the Golden Triangle, Gold M&A Goes Supersized, and Oil Rides a War Premium

Your five most-opened editions from July 20 to 24, ranked by reader engagement. Barrick backed Kingfisher's porphyry hunt, NOVAGOLD went all in on Donlin, and Equinox and Orla's $18.5 billion merger cleared its vote.

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Silver Hits 1,470 Grams a Tonne, and Oil Gives Back a Full War Premium

Jul 24, 2026

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Silver Hits 1,470 Grams a Tonne, and Oil Gives Back a Full War Premium

A Zacatecas hole struck bonanza grade silver at San Acacio, Tocvan finds another zone next door to its pilot plant, and oil unwinds a week of war premium as China pushes for Iran talks.

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Equinox and Orla Get the Green Light, and Oil Books Its Priciest Day in Six Weeks

Jul 23, 2026

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Equinox and Orla Get the Green Light, and Oil Books Its Priciest Day in Six Weeks

Shareholders wave through an $18.5 billion gold merger, WTI rips to a six week high on Iran war jitters, and a mining IPO named itself after an 80s rock band.

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NOVAGOLD Goes All In on America's Biggest Gold Mine, and Saudi Arabia's Taps Run Dry

Jul 22, 2026

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NOVAGOLD Goes All In on America's Biggest Gold Mine, and Saudi Arabia's Taps Run Dry

NOVAGOLD buys out Paulson's stake in Donlin Gold in a US$4.2B deal, Saudi crude exports sink to a record low as the Iran war grinds on, and New Found Gold keeps hitting Newfoundland gold.

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Barrick Just Bought In, and America's Oil Cushion Hits a 1980s Low

Jul 21, 2026

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Barrick Just Bought In, and America's Oil Cushion Hits a 1980s Low

Barrick takes a $20.9 million stake in a Golden Triangle junior, silver rips almost 5%, and Lycos buys, raises, and guides higher in one release while America's oil reserve hits a decades-low.

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The Week's Big 5: Gold Back Over $4,000, 801 Metres of Copper, and a War Premium That Paid the Patch

Jul 18, 2026

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The Week's Big 5: Gold Back Over $4,000, 801 Metres of Copper, and a War Premium That Paid the Patch

Your five most-opened editions from July 13 to 17, ranked by reader engagement. Cold CPI sent gold vertical, American Eagle drilled 801 metres, and AbraSilver lit up Diablillos.

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1.3 Kilometres of Abitibi Gold, and a Dead Gas Zone Reborn as Oil

Jul 17, 2026

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1.3 Kilometres of Abitibi Gold, and a Dead Gas Zone Reborn as Oil

Vior keeps stitching high-grade gold across 1.3 kilometres at Ligneris while oil rips on a fresh Hormuz scare, Alberta's Belly River gets fracked for crude, and a top-5 streamer bankrolls a New Brunswick copper mine.

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16 Grams at 440 Metres, and Oil's War Rally Pays the Patch

Jul 16, 2026

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16 Grams at 440 Metres, and Oil's War Rally Pays the Patch

Galleon Gold deepens a Timmins shoot while crude rips a fourth day on Hormuz. Plus a blind Arizona porphyry, Bunker Hill's best silver hit, and Obsidian terms out its debt.

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801 Metres of Copper-Gold, and a Billion-Dollar Bet on LNG Canada

Jul 15, 2026

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801 Metres of Copper-Gold, and a Billion-Dollar Bet on LNG Canada

American Eagle opens its BC season with a monster from-surface hole, five First Nations put a billion dollars behind LNG Canada Phase 2, and gold slips while oil sits at a one-month high.

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Cold CPI, Hot Metals: Gold Rips Back Over $4,000, Silver Eyes $60

Jul 14, 2026

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Cold CPI, Hot Metals: Gold Rips Back Over $4,000, Silver Eyes $60

A soft June CPI knocked the dollar back and sent gold over $4,000 with silver eyeing $60. Plus PrairieSky's record quarter, Metals Creek's kilo-grade hit in Timmins, and Shell's ARC takeover clearing a 99% shareholder vote.

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AbraSilver Hits 109 Metres of Silver, and Gold Gets Sold Into a War

Jul 13, 2026

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AbraSilver Hits 109 Metres of Silver, and Gold Gets Sold Into a War

Diablillos fills a gap nobody had drilled, Greenfire drops C$1.28 billion on the oil sands, and Ottawa finally signs the Pathways deal. Gold fell three percent anyway.

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The Ceasefire Died, Oil Ripped, and Your Gold Stocks Got the Bill

Jul 10, 2026

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The Ceasefire Died, Oil Ripped, and Your Gold Stocks Got the Bill

Hormuz is back on the menu and the Fed smells a hike. Plus: Arizona keeps delivering for West Point, tungsten hides in last year's core, Strathcona fires up the kettle, and Meta writes Alberta a $13 billion cheque.

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Goldboro Infill Hits 12 g/t — and Silver's Quiet 150% Year

Jul 9, 2026

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Goldboro Infill Hits 12 g/t — and Silver's Quiet 150% Year

Gold nurses its geopolitical hangover while NexGold tightens the screws on Goldboro, an OTC junior buys itself an "AI" headline, Emerita stacks five metals in one metre, and silver quietly posts a 150% year.

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War in the Gulf, and Gold Sells Off Anyway

Jul 8, 2026

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War in the Gulf, and Gold Sells Off Anyway

Missiles fly over the Strait of Hormuz, oil rips higher — and gold, silver, and copper all get sold. Plus the algorithm now picks the drill hole, and West Red Lake keeps de-risking Madsen.

Trent Klarenbach