Copper is increasingly being recognized as one of the world's most strategic commodities, but can supply keep pace with demand?

At the Rule Symposium, the Investing News Network sat down with Craig Parry, CEO and chair of Vizsla Copper (TSXV:VCU,OTCQB:VCUFF) and co-founder of Inventa Capital, to discuss why he believes copper is entering a decades-long bull market driven by electrification, artificial intelligence (AI) and infrastructure investment.

Parry explains why permitting delays and years of underinvestment have left the industry facing a structural supply deficit, also dicsussing why he believes mining is uniquely positioned to benefit from the AI revolution and how disciplined exploration has helped build multiple successful resource companies.

He also shares his insights on critical minerals, jurisdiction risk, refining capacity and the policies shaping the next generation of copper development.

This interview was recorded on July 10, 2026.

0:00 - Intro

2:20 - Building successful mining companies through multiple commodities cycles

5:46 - Inside Inventa Capital's project incubator model

8:57 - Why copper could be the defining commodity of this century

12:56 - Can governments actually speed up permitting?

15:11 - Why copper equities haven't caught up to metal prices

21:23 - AI, exploration and the future of mineral discovery

26:25 - Outro

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Rich Checkan of Asset Strategies International shares his outlook for gold and silver, saying the metals are currently at sale prices.

While acknowledging that both could still go lower, he encouraged investors to act sooner than later: "Take a little of your cash, deploy it now — lock in that opportunity to buy well. And then if it goes lower, if you get your wish, buy some more and average down."

This interview was filmed on July 7, 2026.

0:00 - Intro

0:25 - Gold, silver on sale

5:04 - Gold buying trends

7:16 - Why did gold go down?

11:26 - Warsh cannot fix this

15:19 - Inflation and economy

17:53 - US midterm elections

20:03 - Gold's next leg higher

22:45 - Triple-digit silver again?

25:43 - Junk silver at discount

27:50 - Outro

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Rudi Fronk of Seabridge Gold shares his outlook for the gold price, saying he sees another breakout by the end of 2026: "We believe by the end of the year gold will be back through its all-time highs. And then a year from now, even US$1,000 added on to that."

Fronk also weighs in on developments at Seabridge, including the company's search for a partner at the KSM project.

This interview was filmed on July 8, 2026.

0:00 - Intro

1:00 - Gold outlook and drivers

3:22 - Copper's strong future

4:15 - Finding a partner for KSM

7:18 - Substantially started status

9:38 - Tudor Gold tunnel issue

10:52 - Seabridge's H2 catalysts

12:22 - Market must consolidate

13:42 - Western gold wakeup

14:34 - Outro

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Andy Schectman of Miles Franklin shares his latest thoughts on the gold market, emphasizing that prices are a tool of misdirection — what's important right now is the growing emphasis on physical delivery of metal.

"I think you're beginning to see that delivery is being prioritized over paper promises, and that's a big deal because it's never happened before," he explained. "It's a very big deal."

This interview was filmed on July 8, 2026.

0:00 - Intro

1:47 - Prices are misdirection

5:28 - Delivery vs. "paper promises"

14:11 - Eastern physical demand

19:39 - Why BRICS went quiet

24:43 - Will the US revalue gold?

28:57 - Gold, silver are wealth

30:20 - Outro

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Adrian Day of Adrian Day Asset Management breaks down gold's key price headwinds and what could spark a turnaround.

"The most important thing is the war. When that ends, one way or the other, the oil price retreats, CPI expectations come down, the dollar comes down and then it's positive for gold," he said.

This interview was filmed on July 8, 2026.

0:00 - Intro

1:38 - Gold's key price catalyst

4:34 - Has gold bottomed yet?

8:41 - Gold stock valuations

12:47 - The Fed under Warsh

17:34 - Will the Fed hike rates?

19:59 - Midterm election impact

22:29 - Economic warning signs

27:50 - Copper, oil, foreign markets

31:55 - Outro

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Dana Samuelson of American Gold Exchange shares his outlook for gold and silver prices, honing in on support and resistance levels.

"It'll be hard to find a real, hard bottom, but I think we're getting pretty close to it," he said. "I don't think the world is going to let gold get much cheaper than US$3,750, US$3,500 (an ounce). And I don't think the world is going to let silver get much below US$55 an ounce."

This interview was filmed on July 8, 2026.

0:00 - Intro

1:51 - Why the gold price fell

5:56 - How low can gold go?

10:48 - Gold, silver resistance

12:19 - Gold buying trends

15:35 - Is the US buying gold?

16:53 - Gold in 1976 moment

19:24 - Best-value products

22:57 - Eager to buy again

23:53 - Outro

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Nick Hodge of BizarroWorld.com explains where gold and silver are in the cycle right now, and what could kick off their next leg up.

"I think that Kevin Warsh will start to soften his stance. I think you'll see the Fed doing nothing, or in fact cutting, getting more priced into the market, and I think that will rekindle the fire underneath the gold and the silver prices," he said.

Hodge also shares his outlook for copper and uranium.

This interview was filmed on July 7, 2026.

0:00 - Intro

0:23 - Why did gold fall?

2:59 - What Nick is buying

5:13 - Gold's next leg higher

7:31 - "Wild card" for copper

12:28 - Uranium opportunity

16:42 - Private placements

19:24 - Outro

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Tavi Costa of Azuria Capital shares his outlook for gold, silver and copper, as well as the commodities space more broadly, emphasizing the importance of holding hard assets as the US treasury market struggles to retain credibility.

"We're in an inflationary regime. We have to act accordingly and own, in my view, a lot of hard assets to protect — I don't think that's going to change any time soon," he said during the interview.

This interview was filmed on July 7, 2026.

0:00 - Intro

0:21 - Gold in oversold territory

3:20 - "Surprising" DXY strength

5:47 - Inflation vs. hard assets

7:51 - Realistic Fed outcomes

10:08 - US credibility in question

13:48 - Is the US buying gold?

15:46 - Playing silver's volatility

19:00 - Is copper the next silver?

20:40 - Tavi's portfolio now

23:04 - Outro

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Brien Lundin of Gold Newsletter shares his thoughts on the pullback in gold and silver prices, saying that finding a bottom takes time. If seasonality is in effect this year, he sees that process happening in mid-July to mid-August.

"That's really our last chance — our best chance — to buy the metals and the miners," he said.

This interview was filmed on July 8, 2026.

0:00 - Intro

1:11 - Gold's headwinds

4:42 - Fed and inflation

7:03 - US gold revaluation

8:37 - China vs. the west

12:57 - Majors vs. juniors

15:52 - Use this volatility

17:12 - Thesis for copper

18:45 - Triple-digit silver?

20:47 - Outro

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Governments have made critical minerals a national security priority, but according to Howard Klein, founder and partner at RK Equity, the west is still overlooking the biggest supply chain challenge.

Speaking with the Investing News Network at the Fastmarkets Global Lithium, Battery & Critical Materials conference in Las Vegas, Klein explains why processing, refining and cathode production — not mining — remain the critical bottlenecks to competing with China. He also discusses strategic lithium reserves, public-private partnerships, battery demand from artificial intelligence (AI) and defense and why lithium should be viewed as an economic opportunity rather than simply a supply chain vulnerability.

This interview was recorded on June 25, 2026.

0:00 - Intro

4:52 - Why lithium deserves greater policy attention

9:45 - Can recycling strengthen western supply chains?

16:58 - The midstream bottleneck holding back the west

23:06 - Energy storage becomes the next major demand driver

27:31 - Which critical minerals matter most?

35:20 - Why AI data centers need batteries

36:39 - Could robotics and deep-sea mining reshape raw material supply?

39:25 - End

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