Today we finish up the very busy week with Jesse Felder of The Felder Report. We begin by talking about the FOMC's decision to raise rates once again and then leave their forecasts for more interest rate increases open-ended. Is this a Pause the market was expecting? Or is Powell and Team fully committed to keeping a 2% inflation target. The markets reacted, but are they pricing in a looming political battle with the debt ceiling of the United States government? Jesse doesn't believe so.

Today we publish the first of two long-form episodes this week. Doug Pollitt joins us today to discuss the dwindling supply of warehouse gold. There is an intriguing story to this following the Covid lockdowns. Doug shares the story and opens up some thoughts on the downtrend in warehouse gold.

Its always a pleasure to welcome in The Koala to the MSD virtual studio. Today, we pick up on the Glencore hostile takeover bid for Teck Resources. The saga of this continues to play out after Teck has removed its push to spin-out its met coal assets and shareholders appear willing to move in the direction of a Glencore merger. The Koala fills us in. In addition, we also ask ourselves if big metal miners are about ready to make the next big steps in actually acquiring projects, not just becoming strategic investors.

We preclude the FOMC meeting with some ideas from Jordan Roy-Byrne of The Daily Gold. Jordan thinks that gold is set up for a positive move, no matter what the Fed decides to do. Increasing interest rate will lead to more negative economic data, which is good for gold. Pausing to decreasing rates, also good for gold. Here's a general idea of how Jordan is watching today's FOMC announcement.

Lauren Megaw if a geologists and the Head of Investor Relations for Reyna Silver. She joins us for a general introduction into the company and their silver assets in both Mexico and Nevada. The company has a focus on 3 specific projects this year, all within historic mining camps. Lauren shares their 2023 strategic exploration strategies and why she is very excited to be working with CRD systems.

Frederick Bell of Elemental Altus Royalties joins us for a discussion on the company's year-end production and sales. The company announced record revenue and record gold equivalent ounces for the full year. Mr. Bell also covers the company's 2023 guidance and potential upside within the portfolio.

Michael Wood of Reyna Gold, joins the podcast for a general introduction to Reyna Gold and their assets in Mexico. While the company continues to focus on gold exploration, recent work has found interesting rare earth elemental factors. Is there an opportunity to leverage this mineralization? We discuss this idea and how it fits in their 2023 work plan.

Barrick reported a lower Q1, but on track for full guidance by end of year. GoGold reported a nice drill result. Met test work results from both FPX Nickel and Goldshore Resources.

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We have more fallout in the regional banking sector and a very volatile precious metals market. We talk about market reactions to both today with Junior Miner Junky, David Erfle.

Earlier today, Meridian Mining announced it has closes an $18.4M for the advancement of the  Cabaçal project. Chairman Gilbert Clark provides some commentary on the financing, its immediate use for work, and the strategy for the project in the next couple weeks and months.