Gold and mining price consolidation

Are precious metals and miners on a protracted slide and was the January peak a rosy dream ending in a rude awakening? Or was this rude awakening the inevitable consequence of a speculative bubble leading to a parabolic price rise?

Rick Rule: Buy Gold Now Before The Crowd Comes Back

Towards the end of June is always a favourable moment to plan an interview of Rick Rule, since he organizes a conference in Boca Raton FLA early July. While the live attendence is probably completely booked long in advance, most non-US investors prefer following on-line.

Valuation trend of gold mining equity relative to gold

This subject has been treated in depth on multiple occasions on this blog channel. The current article is merely an extension illustrating the trend over the last 12 months.

Looking back to the PDAC 2026

After the Israel + US war against Iran has been taking the front stage during last two months, it is about time to have a closer look to what we carry away from the PDAC 2026.

Gold and miners throughout this wartime turmoil

The yellow metal heated up as the drums of war were pounding, only to start selling off after it became clear a few bombs were not making Iran surrender. It's a sad story that so many lives were sacrificed, for another potential threat blown out of proportion. Starting a war is easier than ending one...

Annual Global Metals, Mining & Critical Minerals Conference hosted by BMO Capital Markets

Right now the Global Metals, Mining & Critical Minerals Conference is going on. It is hosted by BMO (Bank of Montreal) Capital Markets in Florida. Started on Monday, the conference is to will end today Wednesday Feb 25.

VRIC 2026 Media coverage

The Vancouver Resource Investment Conference (VRIC) of 2026 has taken place on January 25 and 26. Several follow-up interviews have been recorded after the conference, which include some witnessing the precipitous drop of gold and silver contracts on COMEX.

Silver mining investors in complete denial

January 2026 has been a fairy tale turning into a nightmare for long silver speculators. There had been a December 29 'rehearsal' of a silver smack down, but the rally resumed in the new year, with the metal promptly surpassing the $100 psychological limit. Targets morphed into unrealistic predictions. Then came Friday January 30, with the largest single day drop of the silver price.

Why Silver Miners don't spike as does the metal

Especially when the metal price goes parabolic, silver miner investors grow wary and hardly pay anything more than a few days earlier, when silver broke above its short consolidation range.

Silver miners not fully reflecting the stellar silver rally

After bouncing off a $54/Oz ceiling twice, silver eventually broke through on Friday Nov 28, closing at $56.33 on the NYMEX. While silver miners advanced even more over the day, they are not fully reflecting the stellar silver rally.

Where will the gold correction bring us?

Where will the gold correction bring us? ... and which signals are miners and stock markets giving?

Miners are getting traction

Even after the start of the gold rally in the spring of 2024, miners response has been lackluster. Miners only started to get traction well into 2025 after the yellow metal had breached the $3000 ceiling.

Royal Gold has bid on Sandstorm Gold

Take-overs and mergers are not limited to miners, last month we witnessed the bid of the third largest Precious metals Royalty company 'Royal Gold' on its peer Sandstorm Gold.

Preparing for a Silver Short Squeeze

No new video for this Mining Corner summer update, but rather a podcast with Bob Coleman and Dave Morgan.

The Rule Symposium

Rick Rule organizes a yearly symposium in Boca Raton (FLA). It is an educational event for precious metal investors and at the same time a miners conference where only a chosen selection can participate, not just any miner or explorer renting a booth.

Will the Platinum lift off persist?

The Platinum price seemed to be held below an invisible ceiling over the last four years. Until recently ...

Pan American Silver Announces Agreement to Acquire MAG Silver Corp

On Sunday May 11, Pan American Silver announced the  agreement to acquire MAG Silver Corp.

Tariffs: the point of view of the greatest president of the Grand Old Party

Tariffs: the dividing factor in current US politics. Does opposing the idea of tariffs make you a Democrat? I don't think so. But it does make you a more competent Republican.

Different agenda's and various outlooks

Gold (in USD) is firmly into the $3xxx. The election of D. Trump caused a gold slide from close to $2800 to around $2560. It proved to be short lived. Though by end 2024 the gold price only regained little, closing the year at $2625.

Acquisitions cause a major update of the GoldMinerPulse database

Since Nov 2010, we have been maintaining a list of Gold and Silver miners, explorers and developers, initially coinciding with the Gold Miner Pulse database.