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Simon Ingram, CEO of Lara Exploration, delivers key insights from the 2025 Rule Symposium in Boca Raton. Lara Exploration stands out with a $90M CAD market cap, no debt, and $4M in cash. Backed by a strong technical team, the company operates under a proven prospect generator model with a record of major copper discoveries. The company’s flagship asset, the 100%-owned Planalto project in Brazil, hosts a 200M ton open-pit copper resource in one of South America's most infrastructure-ready mining districts. With $10M already invested by a former partner and a PEA expected this September, Lara is positioned for a significant re-rating. Ingram discusses strong insider ownership (20%), past partnerships with Capstone and Codelco, and a disciplined approach to dilution. With copper's rising global demand, Lara’s positioning offers compelling long-term upside. Like, share, and subscribe for more expert insights from the Rule Symposium.   Connect with Simon Ingram! Website: https://laraexploration.com/  

Leonard Wright, a leading voice in financial planning and chair of the Personal Financial Planning Executive Committee, explains how his grandparents’ pension loss after Studebaker’s collapse inspired his mission to protect retirement security through 401k plans. With over 29 years in the industry, Wright outlines core strategies for optimizing traditional and Roth IRAs, using micro-Roth conversions, and leveraging inherited assets tax-efficiently. He emphasizes holistic financial planning, association networking, and the value of intellectual capital for long-term success. Wright also explores the transformative impact of AI and robotics on longevity and the economy, highlighting new healthcare breakthroughs and rising investment opportunities. He shares actionable insights on Safe Harbor, profit-sharing, and cash balance plans—helping professionals and business owners reduce taxes and boost retirement outcomes.   Connect with Leonard Wright! Website: https://aicpaconferences.com/b/sp/leonard-wright

John-Mark Staude, CEO of Riverside Resources, shares an update from the 2025 Rule Symposium, outlining the company’s $11M CAD market cap, $4M in cash, and zero debt. Operating under the prospect generator model, Riverside partners with major firms like BHP to fund exploration while retaining royalties—reducing risk and preserving shareholder value. With over 40 years in mining, Staude brings experience from BHP, Rio Tinto, and Tech. He highlights Riverside’s lean share structure, 10% insider ownership, and minimal dilution. A recent spinoff, Blue Jay Gold, delivered direct value to shareholders, while Riverside continues to add new projects in British Columbia and advance exploration at Union and Cecilia. Riverside’s focus spans gold, silver, copper, and rare earths across Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. The company is actively drilling and expanding its portfolio in mining-friendly regions, including Sonora. With key assets, strong partners, and rare earth exposure, Riverside is positioned for growth in tod

John Florek, CEO of Emperor Metals, shares a major update from the 2025 Rule Symposium, highlighting the company’s growth in the prolific Southern NBE Tipi gold district. With a market cap of $29M CAD, no debt, and a maiden resource of 1.46 million ounces, Emperor is aiming for a tier-one 5-million-ounce gold deposit. Florek outlines the use of AI to rapidly model and unlock value from overlooked assets, including Duquesne West and the fully permitted Lac Plante project. With existing infrastructure nearby, Emperor plans to generate near-term cash flow while expanding resources through aggressive drilling. With over 20% insider ownership and support from key investors like Rob McEwen and Rick Rule, Emperor is well positioned for growth. A new drill program is set for 2025, with upcoming catalysts expected to attract institutional interest and drive momentum.   Connect with John Florek! Website: https://www.emperormetals.com X: https://x.com/EmperorMetals Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Emperor-Met

Join Steve Barton in this week’s Monday Market Moves as he breaks down major shifts across commodities and financial markets. The episode opens with a look at the S&P 500 and key currency trends, then moves into sharp technical takes on gold, silver, and copper. With clear guidance on profit-taking and potential setups, Steve shares how seasoned investors are positioning. Uranium’s explosive 70% rally is in focus, with discussion on whether it’s time to trim positions. Oil, natural gas, and coal are all covered with updated support and resistance levels, while platinum, palladium, and nickel show mixed momentum. Steve’s market map offers both near-term plays and long-term perspectives. Bitcoin, iron ore, and the broader energy sector round out the update. Plus, Steve previews upcoming educational content and answers viewer questions on top-traded instruments. Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe for more sharp insights each week. The episode includes technical and fundamental analysis across ene

Adrian Day of Adrian Day Asset Management joins the 2025 Rule Symposium with a sharp macro analysis on gold, copper, and silver. Despite volatility, gold remains resilient, fueled by central bank buying and a weakening economic outlook. Adrian explains why traditional gold buyers may soon return, just as rate cuts and inflation concerns resurface. Turning to copper, Day outlines a major supply crunch on the horizon, driven by long lead times and accelerating demand from electrification and AI infrastructure. He highlights Freeport Copper and Lara Exploration as top picks to gain exposure. On silver, Day notes its unpredictable nature, limited supply response, and identifies Pan-American Silver as a standout with key upside assets. The conversation closes with a strong case for gold stocks, which remain deeply undervalued despite strong recent gains. Adrian emphasizes that price charts alone don’t tell the full story—valuations remain historically low across top-tier miners. This is a rare window of opportu

Tavi Costa, partner at Crescat Capital, joins “In It To Win It” to deliver a sweeping macroeconomic outlook that spotlights the growing opportunities in commodities and emerging markets. Born and raised in Brazil, Tavi shares how his family’s business collapse and a scholarship tennis journey to the U.S. shaped his disciplined, contrarian investment philosophy—rooted in long-term macro trends and value. Costa outlines his core thesis: the weakening U.S. dollar and suppressed interest rates are laying the foundation for a generational rotation into hard assets and non-U.S. equities. He identifies gold, silver, copper, and zinc as top beneficiaries of this shift, driven by global underinvestment in resource development and structural supply deficits. He highlights Brazil and Latin America as key destinations for capital, pointing to his own real estate investments as evidence of conviction. Key themes include Crescat’s leveraged buyout of Bolivia’s San Cristobal mine—now the world’s fourth-largest silver pro

Tony Reda, CEO of Tectonic Metals, joins the 2025 Rule Symposium to deliver a major update that could reshape the gold exploration landscape. With zero debt, $13.5 million CAD in cash, and support from Alaska’s largest for-profit native corporation, Tectonic is preparing for its most ambitious drill program to date in a region that historically produced 650,000 ounces of placer gold. Reda outlines the company’s bold approach and significant progress. The team’s previous gold exploration ventures resulted in 30 million ounces discovered and over $3 billion in cumulative transactions, including a $520 million sale. Now, Tectonic’s Alpha Bowl project—where a key hole ended in mineralization with grades up to 27 g/t—positions them for what could be a tier-one gold asset discovery, just 40 kilometers from Donlin Gold’s 40-million-ounce deposit. Key factors covered include insider ownership of over 6%, strong institutional support, a projected inferred resource estimate by late 2026, and ongoing metallurgical te

Dr. Nomi Prins of Prinsight Global shares key insights from the 2025 Rule Symposium in Boca Raton. She highlights how market highs in the S&P 500 and commodities like gold are masking deeper economic stress. With negative GDP growth, rising delinquencies, and record consumer debt, Prins sees the Federal Reserve likely cutting rates in the near term. She emphasizes the strength of hard assets in this environment and urges investors to position accordingly. Prins sees continued upside in gold, with a price target of $4,000, and increasing momentum in silver due to a growing supply deficit and rising industrial demand from nations like China. She also points to copper’s potential new status as a strategic defense asset and sees strong long-term opportunity in uranium and rare earths, especially with projects outside China such as in Brazil. Her investment focus remains on tangible, essential resources. As inflation persists and consumers face higher borrowing costs, Prins urges investors to prepare by hol

Scott Melbye, Executive VP of Uranium Energy Corp and CEO of Uranium Royalty Corp, shares powerful updates from the 2025 Rule Symposium in Boca Raton. Uranium Royalty Corp (URC), the only pure-play uranium royalty and streaming company, holds 25 royalties across 22 global projects. With a $300M+ market cap, $200M in cash, and zero debt, URC is well-capitalized to support the next wave of uranium mine development, offering an attractive alternative to equity or debt for developers. Insider ownership remains strong at over 20%, reflecting deep alignment with shareholders. URC’s pipeline is growing, fueled by strategic due diligence trips to key regions such as Niger, Canada, and Australia. Melbye emphasizes the company’s lean six-person team and the unique value of acquiring overlooked royalties, even from unrelated sectors. As global demand for nuclear power surges, URC positions itself at the center of a long-term supply chain transformation, providing stable exposure to uranium through a diversified royalt

Jeff Clark, senior precious metals analyst at GoldAdvisor.com, shares vital market insights live from the 2025 Rule Symposium in Boca Raton. With gold in a confirmed bull market, Clark highlights gold, silver, copper, and uranium as top commodity plays, emphasizing that the current market rewards discovery-stage and near-term production mining companies. His outlook stresses that while gold leads, silver historically outpaces during the later stages—making it a critical asset for investors right now. Clark spotlights a select group of undervalued stocks with breakout potential, including Banyan Gold, Dolly Varden Silver, Tectonic Metals, and Vizsla Silver. Each company is backed by significant assets, strong infrastructure, and strategic ownership. He also addresses current market bifurcation, noting that investor capital is concentrating on companies that show near-term economic viability, not just large deposits. With junior miners seeing triple-digit returns, Clark urges investors to focus on high-qualit

Join Steve Barton in this week’s Monday Market Moves as he breaks down new highs in the S&P 500, rising treasury yields, and strength in the U.S. dollar. Gold remains resilient above key technical levels, while silver confirms a bull flag breakout. Steve explains where smart money is rotating and highlights setups for gold equities and GDXJ with updated limit orders. Copper jumps 9% on U.S. tariff headlines, while uranium retreats to critical support zones—offering a buying opportunity for long-term investors. Steve also covers natural gas retracement, coal’s rebound off RSI lows, and platinum’s persistent rally. Key price levels and Fibonacci zones are mapped out in detail, including actionable setups in top commodity ETFs. The episode wraps with Bitcoin’s sharp rally into resistance, Equinox Gold’s strong weekly close, and updates from the Rule Symposium. Don’t miss Steve’s upcoming Q&A with Rick Rule and a first-time interview with Tavi Costa. The episode includes technical and fundamental anal

Aya Gold & Silver CEO Benoit La Salle shares major updates from the 2025 Rule Symposium in Boca Raton, highlighting the company’s strong financial position and world-class silver assets. Aya holds a $1.4B USD market cap with $140M in cash and a low-cost ESG-linked loan from the European Development Bank. With free cash flow expected to exceed $100M in 2026, Aya is gaining recognition as one of the top-tier silver producers globally. La Salle outlines the growth of the Zgounder mine—already holding 100M oz of silver—and the Boumadine gold project, which boasts 5M oz of gold equivalent at 5g/t after just two years of drilling. Supported by Morocco’s mining-friendly environment and a 20% CapEx grant, Aya is expanding aggressively with over 250,000 meters of drilling planned in 2026 and new discoveries on the horizon. With 43% insider ownership, no equity dilution expected, and access to green power through a stable grid, Aya is positioned for long-term success. For those looking to invest in high-grade si

Peter Behncke, Senior Executive at Gold Royalty Corporation, delivers key insights from the 2025 Rule Symposium in Boca Raton, outlining the company’s financial strength, key holdings, and major growth trajectory. With a $400M market cap, $3M in cash, and $27M drawn from a revolving credit facility, Gold Royalty is entering its first year of positive free cash flow. Insider ownership now sits near 20%, with rising institutional investment signaling broader market confidence. Behncke spotlights major royalty assets like Canadian Malartic, Côté, and Goldstrike—all positioned for meaningful production increases by 2028. Copper exposure through the Vares stream is now yielding returns following its commercial production milestone, anchoring a multi-decade income stream. Across all properties, the company projects growth from 5,700 to 25,500 GEOs by 2029—an increase of over 360% backed by top-tier operators like Agnico Eagle and Barrick. This new phase of free cash flow allows Gold Royalty to reduce debt, stren

Derrick Pattenden, Chief Investment Officer of Nations Royalty, speaks from the 2025 Rule Symposium to detail how Canada’s only majority Indigenous-owned public company is transforming the mining royalty landscape. With a CA$70M market cap, CA$5.7M in cash, zero debt, and a strategy built on equity-based partnerships, Nations Royalty is uniting high-quality mining royalties held by Indigenous communities into one powerful, value-driven vehicle. Core assets include KSM (Seabridge Gold), Brucejack (Newmont), and the Premier and Red Mountain gold projects, giving the company exposure to some of the most strategic properties in northern British Columbia. Derrick explains how the company’s leadership—backed by industry veterans like Frank Giustra and ex-Franco-Nevada CFO Alec Morrison—has built a team blending technical mining experience with deep Indigenous ties. Nations Royalty’s structure allows it to expand through collaboration, not competition, by acting as a trusted advisor and partner to Indigenous natio

Joaquin Marias, newly appointed CEO of Argenta Silver, speaks from the 2025 Rural Symposium in Boca Raton to outline the company’s accelerating momentum. Backed by a $70M market cap, no debt, and a $4,000-meter winter drill program underway in the Andes, Argenta is quickly becoming one of the most compelling silver plays in Argentina. Strategic investors like Frank Giustra and Eduardo Stein bring high-net-worth credibility and long-term capital strength. In this interview, Joaquin shares how his deep roots in Argenta’s mining sector, combined with his reputation among local communities and government, give Argenta a competitive edge. His leadership has helped solidify relationships with indigenous groups and government bodies, improving access and speeding up exploration efforts. The company now holds 50 million ounces of high-grade, pure silver—no base metal equivalents—with drill samples hitting over 2kg/ton. With President Javier Milei’s pro-industry reforms creating a more attractive climate for foreig

Tara Christie, CEO of Banyan Gold, shares key developments in the company’s Yukon-based gold resource, which now exceeds 7 million ounces. With 2.27 million ounces in the indicated category and 5.45 million inferred, she highlights a focused shift toward defining near-surface, high-grade starter pits—essential for early-stage financing and fast-tracked development. The interview centers on Banyan’s flagship Armac project, now in the midst of a 30,000-meter drill program targeting resource expansion and metallurgical de-risking. Tara outlines plans for a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) in Q4 and explains how the company’s efficient exploration strategy, including sub-$300/m drilling costs, is designed to maximize value. Her experience—from growing up prospecting in the Yukon to leading a public exploration company—adds a compelling layer to the company’s growth narrative. With $18 million in cash, no debt, and strong insider ownership, Banyan Gold is positioned for significant re-rating. Recent high-g

Join Steve Barton in this week’s Monday Market Moves as he navigates fresh highs in the S&P 500, a weakening U.S. dollar, and pivotal shifts across the commodity complex. With major technical signals flashing across gold, silver, and copper, Steve outlines actionable setups and limit orders for serious investors preparing for next week’s price action. He breaks down sharp moves in uranium stocks, evaluates oil’s potential bear flag, and reviews natural gas weakness with key support levels in sight. Bitcoin’s bounce and risk of reversal also take center stage, alongside ETF strategies, market psychology, and a powerful new entry in Equinox Gold that Steve labels a potential “backup the truck” moment. The episode includes technical and fundamental analysis across energy, metals, and equities, plus a preview of Steve’s newly released technical analysis video course: https://stevebarton.gumroad.com/l/TechnicalAnalysisforBeginners. Don’t miss viewer Q&A, insights into monetary policy impacts, and real-

Patrick Karim of NorthStar BadCharts delivers a sharp breakdown of the macroeconomic terrain, drawing attention to rising unemployment and jobless claims as early signals of a potential recession. However, he cautions that markets typically anticipate these trends, creating unique opportunities—especially in gold and silver miners, which often rally before recessions fully materialize. In this analysis, Patrick zeroes in on key commodities: gold, silver, copper, and uranium. He identifies copper as a prime candidate for growth, citing favorable chart setups and historical trends. Uranium, led by standout performer CCJ, also shows strength. Conversely, lithium and rare earths are flagged as sectors to watch, not yet showing technical confirmation for an entry. Karim also responds to viewer-submitted stocks, including GDX, FCX, VZLA, and EXN, tying each back to broader macro indicators like yield curve inversions and inflation expectations. Patrick underscores the importance of timing, risk management, and a

John Polomny of Actionable Intelligence offers a clear, data-driven outlook that challenges the prevailing recession and stagflation narratives. He explains how global central bank rate cuts, rising liquidity, and continued fiscal deficits may support economic growth, not contraction. Key indicators like PMIs and commodity breakouts are signaling a potential shift in the cycle. John outlines his highest-conviction investment themes, including Canadian oil sands, platinum group metals, uranium, and offshore drilling. He emphasizes that these sectors are positioned to benefit from long-term supply constraints rather than short-term demand spikes. He also highlights specific companies he believes are undervalued and poised for growth. Throughout the discussion, John stresses the importance of a disciplined investment strategy—knowing the difference between speculation and true investing, writing down your thesis, and focusing on businesses that generate real cash through dividends and royalties. His approach