Vancouver Resource Investment Conference: VRIC 2025

VRIC 2025 hosted at the Vancouver convention center on Jan 19 & 20 is the first resource conference of the year. This blogpost provides the highlights of the videostreams available.

Speakers are quite varied: 

• Resource investment specialists such as Lobo Tigre, Rick Rule and Brent Cook.
• Monetary theory specialist Danielle DiMartino Booth, with a FED background but since over a decade fierce critic of the central bank.
• Niche specialists such as David Morgan (on silver)
• Seasoned Resource Company creators such as Ross Beaty
• Several Mining General Directors or Chief Geologists and Prospectors 

The coverage is hosted on a few channels: INN, Red Cloud TV and VRIC Media are where you will find most coverage.

Nowadays, several channels prevent embedding their videos on other platforms. Therefore I will mainly post Youtube links here.

Will Gold Rise During Trump's 2025 Agenda? (with Lobo Tigre on Red Cloud TV)

Exploration Insights | RCTV Interview at VRIC 2025 (with Brent Cook on Red Cloud TV, interviewed by Mark Bunting)

2025 Investing Playbook: How to Protect and Grow Wealth in Volatime Times (with Jay Martin interviewing Danielle Park)

Ross Beaty | RCTV Interview at VRIC 2025 (Ross Beaty, Founder & Chairman of Equinox Gold and Founder & Emeritus Chairman of Pan American Silver, joined RCTV live from VRIC 2025 at the Vancouver Convention Center with host Mark Bunting.)

Ross Beaty: Gold's Positive Drivers Still at Play, Will Stocks Move in 2025?

Well-known mining industry figure Ross Beaty shares his outlook on gold and silver in 2025, also laying out plans for Equinox Gold now that the company's Greenstone mine is up and running. Interview by Charlotte McLeod for Investment News Network.

Rick Rule: Gold Stock Sweet Spot, Uranium's New "Easy Money" Period   Charlotte McLeod of Investment News Network interviews Rick Rule of ‪@RuleInvestmentMedia‬. He weighs in on the sweet spot for gold stocks, also sharing his thoughts on uranium market sentiment. He's noticing higher levels of hate on social media, which to him is a signal that gains are ahead for his portfolio.
Rule anticipates the start of another "easy money" period for uranium as market fundamentals improve. "In my life, from a financial point of view, when I'm hated I'm about to be rich," he said.

Danielle DiMartino Booth of QI Research on RCTV Interview at VRIC 2025 by Mark Bunting.

Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO and Chief Strategist of QI Research, joined RCTV live from VRIC 2025 at the Vancouver Convention Center with host Mark Bunting.

Silver's $50 Comeback: Is 2025 the Year It Finally Happens?  

David Morgan and Peter Knauth in a silver panel moderated by Jesse Day of VRIC Media

Currency Crisis: Why Gold and Silver Are Your Best Hedges

Firesite chat of Jay Martin with Randy Smallwood (geologic engineeer) of Wheaton precious metals.

- on the streaming business model

- on the mining sites currently brought forward to production

Copper Panel discussion

Video of a Panel discussion with Lobo Tigre, Ivan Bebek and Rick Rule, moderated by Jay Martin of Red Cloud TV

Welcome to the official VRIC channel, today on the channel we have the VRIC 2025 copper panel. Lobo Tiggre, Ivan Bebek, Rick Rule, and Jay Martin break down the 2025 copper market, discussing demand drivers, supply challenges, and investment strategies. Is copper set for a massive bull run, or will economic headwinds slow its rise?

Content with time stamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:02 - Copper Demand: Long-Term Trends vs. Short-Term Risks

05:00 - Supply Constraints & The Challenges of Permitting

10:09 - Investment Strategies in Copper Exploration

15:19 - Geopolitical Influence & Strategic Positioning

20:29 - Major Mining Companies & Mergers

25:12 - Final Thoughts on Copper’s Future

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A video by Kitco News with anchor Jeremy Szafron interviewing Mattew Piepenburg, partner at Von Greyerz. Some fear mongering upon Donald Trump (inaugurated that very day), trade wars, increasing 'currency wars' (referring to Jim Rickards) and painting the world as a much more dangerous place with more risk of 'local conflicts' escalating.

One more video by Kitco News with anchor Jeremy Szafron interviewing Lynette Zhang on rising credit delinquencies and the humananitarian crisis escalating to a global debt crisis.

Lynette Zang, CEO of Zang Enterprises, discusses the precarious state of the U.S. and global economies, emphasizing unsustainable debt levels and the potential for hyperinflationary depression. Zang speaks with Kitco News on the sidelines of the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference (VRIC). 

Key points: 

-The current system is nearing collapse due to excessive debt and the manipulation of financial markets

-Zang advocates for the acquisition of physical gold and silver as a hedge against economic instability, warns against reliance on fiat currencies

-Coming crisis will exceed that of 2008

Zang also stresses the importance of community and self-sufficiency in navigating future economic hardship, while expressing concern over the looming implementation of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). (Special thanks to our sponsor Snowline Gold Corp for making this coverage possible. )