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July 07Pinnacle Silver & Gold - Appointing Auramet Capital Partners as Financier For El Potrero
In this Company Update, I chat with Bob Archer, President and CEO of Pinnacle Silver & Gold (TSXV: PINN | OTCQB: PSGCF | FSE: P9J), to discuss the company's recent announcement regarding a strategic financing partnership for the El Potrero Project.
Bob breaks down the newly announced appointment of Auramet Capital Partners as a financier, detailing how this non-dilutive arrangement is designed to advance the asset toward small-scale production while protecting shareholder value. Bob also provides crucial updates on the company’s ongoing operational timelines, permitting processes, and exploration milestones.
Key discussion points include:
The Auramet Financing Structure: An overview of the US$5 million non-equity financing arrangement, the exclusivity terms, and how the relationship with Auramet dates back to successful historical ventures.
The Path to Production: A look at the anticipated 2027 timeline for restarting production at El Potrero, detailing upcoming capital expenditures from equipment procurement to infrastructure rehabilitation.
Underground Drilling Progress: Insights into the ongoing closely spaced underground drilling program, the strategy behind evaluating the vein's thickness and grade, and when investors can expect the next round of assay results.

Please email me with any follow up questions you have for Bob - [email protected].

Click here to visit the Pinnacle Silver and Gold website to learn more about the company and read over the recent news

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14 min
July 07Apptly Health Technologies, Formerly UberDoc - Management Changes, Platform/Network Growth, Major Partnership News
In this Company Update, I sit down with Dr. Paula Muto, founder and interim CEO of Apptly Health Technologies (CSE: APPT) (formerly known as UberDoc). Following the company's recent public listing, Dr. Muto explains the strategic restructuring designed to position the platform for rapid operational growth, enhanced physician integration, and recent major growth news.
Key discussion points include:
Strategic Corporate Restructuring: Why a pivot to a more physician-oriented leadership structure is accelerating the company's forward-facing marketplace goals.
Exponential Network Growth: An inside look at the consumer-side strategies that have already doubled patient/user growth, alongside a major new merger.
The Marketplace Growth: How the platform is integrating cutting-edge nutritional therapies and a subscription SaaS model featuring next-gen search engine indexing for doctors.
Game-Changing Healthcare Partnerships: The mechanics behind a massive new agreement that expands the platform's reach to tens of millions of employee lives through direct contracting.

Click here to visit the UberDoc website to learn more about the technology

Please note this interview was recorded early in the day on June 30th, 2026.

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26 min
July 07Craig Hemke – Constructive Outlook On The Precious Metals Complex As Inflation Expectations Equilibrate
In this Daily Editorial, Craig Hemke, Founder and Publisher of the TF Metals Report, joins me to discuss the moderating of the peak hawkishness in the markets around inflation and Fed policy expectations over the last couple weeks. Softening expectations have provided the conditions for the precious metals to begin to bottom and build a base, while lifting sector sentiment. We dive into the technical outlook for gold, silver, and PM equity prices, counterbalanced against the macroeconomic backdrop.

Key Discussion points:
Craig comments on pricing in gold, silver, and PM ETFs holding steady over the last week and not going down any further; and making a slight move higher.
There was legitimate chart damage done as pricing broke below the 200-day moving average, and 50-week moving averages as a ‘piling on’ effect from the peak hawkishness in the markets.
However, if things calm down in these summer months and pricing consolidates through time, then those moving averages will coalesce and smooth out.
This could rhyme with last summer’s sideways consolidation period, where the moving averages narrowed and built the energy for the short-duration price averages to break above the longer-duration price average to kick off the next leg higher in the bull market.
He believes most of the corrective move has now happened at this point; noting that every time gold moved below $4,000 that we witnessed strong buying come in to snap it back up over that level.
Craig reiterated that even if 2026 was to end the year flat and somewhere around the $4,340 level where it opened this year, that this would be solid performance after the outsized gains in gold on a percentage basis from 2024 and 2025.
Gold producers were chopped in half, on extreme negative sentiment from the falling metals prices paired with rising energy prices ever since the war broke out in March.
Later in July and into August we’ll start getting the actual Q2 earnings reports from the PM producers, and Craig feels that they may surprise many investors to the upside.
The average price of the metals and margins actually were higher than many quarters from last year, and definitely a stark difference compared to Q2 of 2025, for the year-over-year comparisons.
Additionally, the actual effect of the higher oil prices on producers input costs versus the perceptions will be another key data point to follow. The fear around higher energy prices was the rationale many used to drop the valuation in producers by 40%-60%, even though the energy inputs only come in around 10%-15% of costs, and so the concerns were way overblown by skittish investors throughout Q2.
As we receive Q3 guidance, it will come at time where oil prices are essentially right back down to where they were at before the war even began, which should bake those concerns back out of the cost estimates.
The Fed funds futures have swung to both extremes, coming into the year expecting 2 rate cuts, and flip-flopping by going to peak hawkishness and pricing in 2 rate hikes just a few weeks back, after Kevin Warsh’s first press conference post FOMC meeting.
Craig expects that as we get more data and those inflation expectations start to equilibrate, that the market will shift to more neutral Fed policy guidance moving into the Fall, which will be a boon for the precious metals sector.
All eyes will be on the CPI and PPI numbers 2 weeks from now for more clarity on the trend in inflation.

Click here to visit Craig’s website – TF Metals Report – https://www.tfmetalsreport.com/

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18 min
July 07TG Watkins – Technical Outlook: US Market Rotation In Tech, Biotech, Housing, Cryptos, Gold, Copper, Critical Minerals, and Oil
In this Daily Editorial, I chat with TG Watkins, Director of Stocks at Simpler Trading and Editor of the Profit Pilot website. The rotation trend continues from mega-cap tech leadership out into a variety of market sectors, and then some sectors that have been under selling pressure, may have found short-term support for tradable rallies. TG provides the technical signals he is watching in tech, biotech, housing, cryptos, gold, copper, critical minerals, and oil.

Key Discussion Points
Broad Market Expansion: Discover why the current rally is broadening out significantly beyond just mega-cap tech giants, and how the Russell 2000 (IWM) and equal-weight S&P (RSP) are showcasing underlying market strength.
Interest Rates & Inflation Outlook: TG shares his contrarian perspective on bonds, and why he is looking to buy dips in the (TLT), in anticipation of neutral rates for now and eventual dovish monetary policy.
If rates have topped out for now, then this creates a favorable backdrop for small cap stocks, like Rice Acquisition Corp (KRSP), and consumer stocks with a traditionally higher cost of capital.
Strength in Housing Stocks: This environment of peak interest rates that may roll over lower, is also constructive for real estate & housing, where he has noted recent strength in State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilder ETF (XHB), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), and AirBnB Inc (ABNB).
Surging Biotech Stocks: Biotech stocks have been very strong recently, but may be reaching buying exhaustion soon. TG has had his subscribers long the sector since May in ETFs like ARK Genomic Revolution ETF (ARKG), Direxion Shares Daily S&P Biotech Bull 3X ETF (LABU), Tempus AI (TEM), and Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA).
The Cryptos Are Seeking Support: From the shifting dynamic of crypto miners into AI power generation to a technical breakdown of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and crypto repositories - find out if a digital asset turnaround is on the horizon. We look at the cryptos themselves like Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and crypto-adjacent equities like MicroStrategy (MSTR), TeraWulf (WULF), Iris Energy (IREN), Galaxy Digital (GLXY).
Precious Metals Have Only Provided Bounces In Downtrends: An in-depth look at where Gold (GLD), Silver (SLV), and the VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) might find technical support, after breaking down through key moving averages the last few months. Thus far all we’ve seen is relief rallies in broader PM downtrends.
Copper Has Been Rangebound: When contrasted against many metals, Copper and copper stocks have been more resilient, but have been in a whipsaw trendless market over the last few weeks. TG has sold out of copper stocks like Trekor Metals Ltd {formerly Taseko}, (TGB) and Southern Copper Corp (SCCO) until he sees more solid technical evidence of a break and trend in one direction or another.
Critical Minerals Overbought and Taking A Breather: After outsized moves this year, the narrative adjustment in AI datacenters and media focus, has seen the critical minerals stocks roll over after getting overbought on the charts. The VanEck Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (REMX) and lithium and energy storage leaders like Albemarle Corp ALB have been rolling over after solid runs in 2026.
Oil Was A Short A Few Weeks Back, But May See A Bounce: TG noted the geopolitical effects on the oil price, after the MOU was signed between the US and Iran ending the hot war, but sees oil as technically oversold at this point. The technically oversold setup is similar in the State Street Energy Select Sector Index SPDR ETF (XLE), where a short-term relief rally would not be a surprise.

Click here to visit TG’s site – Profit Pilot – https://www.profit-pilot.com/

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21 min
July 06Summit Royalties – Acquisition Of Star Royalties Completed, Bringing In A Significant Gold Stream On The Development-Stage Copperstone Project
Drew Clark, President and CEO of Summit Royalties Ltd. (TSX.V: SUM) (OTCQX: SUMMF), joins me to outline the transformational acquisition of Star Royalties Ltd. (TSXV: STRR, OTCQX: STRFF), which closed on July 3rd, 2026. The Arrangement materially expands Summit's portfolio with the addition of Star's royalty and streaming interests, including a 4% gold stream on Mining Americas Inc.'s (formerly Minera Alamos Inc.) Copperstone Project in Arizona.

The Copperstone gold stream provides Summit Royalties with exposure to a fully permitted Arizona gold development project where Mining Americas recently announced a positive pre-feasibility study and a formal construction decision. Based on the PFS results and current estimates, project construction is expected to take approximately one year, with initial production of 46,000 oz of gold per year anticipated by mid-2027.

Drew highlighted the upside potential to continue to grow the underground resources of the Copperstone Mine, considering Mining Americas having just announced a planned increase in the mill throughput from 600tpd to 1000tpd. Additionally, Mining Americas just announced there is a portion of resources outside of the PFS that exist in near-surface areas in proximity to the historic open pit excavations, and the Company believes there is potential for gold mineralization to be extracted via open pit mining methods. This open pit was not even factored in the initial valuation process, and Drew mentioned it was now like getting a gold stream on 2 mines for the price of 1.

Together with their existing portfolio, including a royalty on Jaguar Mining’s near-term producing Pitangui Project, where development is expected to commence in 2026 with first gold production targeted in 2027, this acquisition transaction of the gold stream on Copperstone strengthens the Company’s future revenue and cash flow growth.

With the closing of the Arrangement, Summit's portfolio now includes 48 royalties and streams, anchored with four producing assets, two assets expected to enter construction in 2026 which are targeted to begin production in 2027, and 42 additional royalties expected to add additional cash flow growth and optionality for years to come. The portfolio is focused mostly on gold and silver, and spans across 3 core jurisdictions - Canada, USA, and Australia. Summit is now the fastest growing company in the precious metals royalty sector; having completed their first royalty and stream transaction in May 2025, and just went public in the 2nd half of last year.

Summit Royalties has continued to demonstrate its ability to identify and execute accretive transactions, and intends to build on that momentum with discipline, to become the next mid-tier streaming and royalty company. Drew outlines that they are reviewing a few key term-sheets to keep making future actionable and accretive acquisitions to increase production and cash flow growth.
Improved capital markets presence and trading liquidity, with supportive shareholder base.
Pro forma Summit valued at a significant discount to peers on Price/NAV and Price/2027E cash flow per share (“CFPS”) basis.
The Corporation currently has no debt and sufficient cash on-hand for use in future acquisitions, as well as being in dialogue with financial institutions for adding a potential revolving credit facility.

If you have any follow up questions for Drew about Summit Royalties, then please email them into me at [email protected].
In full disclosure, Shad is a shareholder of Summit Royalties at the time of this recording, and may choose to buy or sell shares at any time.

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14 min
July 06Surge Copper – Breaking Down The Key Metrics and Takeaways From The Berg Project PFS
Leif Nilsson, CEO & Director of Surge Copper (TSX.V:SURG – OTCQB:SRGXF), joins me for a comprehensive update covering the updated Mineral Resource Estimate and Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS), at their flagship copper-molybdenum-silver-gold Berg Project in British Columbia.

Leif mentioned that the completion of the Berg PFS marks an important milestone for Surge and materially advances one of Canada’s most significant undeveloped copper projects. Berg now stands out not only for its scale, but also for the quality of its development profile, with long-life production of copper as a primary metal, and industry leading molybdenum and silver output, strong infrastructure advantages, and access to low-carbon hydroelectric power. Just as importantly, this study reflects a great deal of technical work completed since the PEA and provides a more defined foundation for the next stage of advancement, including continued work with First Nations, formal entry into the environmental assessment process, and future feasibility-level studies.

Key highlights from PFS:
Base case after-tax NPV8% of C$4.6 billion, IRR of 24%, and payback period of 2.9 years, based on long-term commodity price assumptions of US$4.75/lb copper, US$20.00/lb molybdenum, US$45/oz silver, and US$3,500/oz gold and an exchange rate of 0.73 US$/C$
At spot prices as of June 2026 (US$6.45/lb copper, US$30.00/lb molybdenum, US$65/oz silver, and US$4,250/oz gold and an exchange rate of 0.73 US$/C$), a spot price sensitivity case generates an after-tax NPV8% of C$9.4 billion, an IRR of 36%, and a payback period of 1.8 years, underscoring the Project’s leverage to higher metal prices
Maiden Proven & Probable Mineral Reserve of 1.2 billion tonnes grading 0.22% copper, 0.026% molybdenum, 4.1 g/t silver, and 0.02 g/t gold, containing 5.8 billion pounds of copper, 687 million pounds of molybdenum, 160 million ounces of silver, and 0.8 million ounces of gold
Updated Mineral Resource Estimate includes Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources of 1.4 billion tonnes grading 0.21% copper, 0.025% molybdenum, 4.0 g/t silver, and 0.02 g/t gold, plus additional Inferred Mineral Resources of 1.0 billion tonnes grading 0.16% copper, 0.027% molybdenum, 4.3 g/t silver, and 0.01 g/t gold
28-year mine life with total production of 8.6 billion pounds (3.9 million tonnes) of copper equivalent (CuEq)1, including 4.9 billion pounds (2.2 million tonnes) of copper, 602 million pounds of molybdenum, and 89 million ounces of silver
First 5 years of steady-state production averages 416 million pounds (189 thousand tonnes) of copper equivalent annually, including 270 million pounds (122 thousand tonnes) of copper, 21 million pounds of molybdenum, and 4 million ounces of silver
Life of mine average annual production of 308 million pounds (140 thousand tonnes) of copper equivalent, including 176 million pounds (80 thousand tonnes) of copper, 21 million pounds of molybdenum, and 3 million ounces of silver
Life of mine C1 co-product cash costs of US$1.95/lb payable CuEq and by-product cash costs of US$(0.17)/lb payable Cu
Low life of mine strip ratio of 2.0:1, including waste pre-stripping requirements of 304 million tonnes
Initial capital cost of C$4.7 billion and sustaining capital of C$1.7 billion, based on an EPCM execution approach and a three-year construction period, and including a total life of mine contingency of C$715 million, implying initial capital intensity of US$24,416/t CuEq annual average production capacity, and life of mine capital intensity of US$0.55/lb recovered CuEq
Selected development case based on a 120,000 tonne per day concentrator and a new 230 kV transmission line connecting the Project to the BC Hydro grid, and downhill overland conveyor transport of ore to the process plant
Simple, stand-alone development case based on a single-phase build, conventional open pit mining and processing, with no reliance on phased expansions or third-party major infrastructure

If you have any follow-up questions for Leif regarding Surge Copper, then please email them to me at [email protected].
In full disclosure, Shad is a shareholder of Surge Copper at the time of this recording, and may choose to buy or sell shares at any time.

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34 min
July 04Weekend Show - Mike Larson & Robert Sinn - Q3 Market Outlook, Energy Shifts, and Critical Minerals
In this weekend show, we replay the most popular Daily Editorials from the week. We feature Mike Larson and Robert Sinn both analyzing a volatile first half of 2026. The key theme uniting both interviews is the concept of a "market halftime", evaluating the massive rotations out of mega-cap tech, identifying potential bottoms in precious metals and crypto, and capitalizing on the global macro shifts driving energy and critical minerals.
Segment 1 & 2 - Mike Larson, the editor-in-chief at The Money Show, kicks off the show to break down the shifts within the financial markets at the midpoint of the year. Larson provides a detailed review of the stark contrast between the first and second halves of the year, highlighting the massive rotation out of red-hot technology and AI sectors into underperforming areas like healthcare, while also noting that critical minerals are presently eclipsing precious metals as a focal point for generalist investors due to global supply chain and national security policies.
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Segment 3 & 4 - Robert Sinn, also known as "Goldfinger" on CEO.ca and "CEO Technician" on X, who is the publisher of Goldfinger Capital on YouTube and Substack. In the segment, Sinn shares his technical and fundamental analysis of the precious metals sector, highlighting a strong Q3 rebound for gold and silver, while discussing the potential for mining stocks to outperform later in the summer despite recent market drawdowns.
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59 min
July 03Marc Chandler – US Jobs Report, Q2 GDP Estimates, FED Policy, North American MCA Trade Agreement, Interest Rates, Currencies, and Supply Shocks
In this edition of The KE Report, I sat down with Marc Chandler, Chief Market Strategist at Bannockburn Capital Markets and Editor of the Marc to Market website, to unpack another full week of macroeconomic data. We focused on the US jobs report, GDP estimates for Q2, the mid-week European central bank meeting where Kevin Warsh spoke, the shift to an annual review of the Mexico/Canada/America (“MCA”) trade agreement, further geopolitics effects of tariffs and the Strait of Hormuz supply shock, and how all of that factors into interest rates, currencies, and international markets.

Key Discussion Points:
Jobs Report Metrics Come In Weaker Than Expected: The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the US added just 57,000 jobs in June, a slowdown from previous months and below the 113,000 economists expected. The unemployment rate, however, ticked down to 4.2%, below the expected 4.3%.
Marc gets under-the-hood and looks at the nuances of the regular revisions to the jobs data, the nature of the data collection and inherent challenges with getting it all in a timely basis, and how the low participation rate effected the unemployment rate.
The Atlanta-based GDP Now Forecasts ~1.2% GDP Growth in Q2: While this number is also subject to revision when the official number comes out, and is contrast to Bloomberg’s 2.2% GDP growth estimate, it highlights a reduction in growth in Q2 versus Q1.
When contrasting the 1.2% GDP growth estimate versus the May inflation reading at 4.2% area, some economists point to negative growth in “real” inflation-adjusted terms and point to this being stagflation. Marc weighs in on the conversation and is less convinced of the economy being in that kind of dire stagflationary pressure, and lays out the case for steady growth and how different segments of the economy are in different situations.
Inflation Expectations and Fed Policy: A few weeks after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s debut meeting, and after getting more comments from him this last week at the European Central Bank Forum, the market is pricing in a hawkish trajectory for the end of the year; with 1.5 hikes prices in. This is affecting the short-end of the bond yield curve, while the longer-dated treasury yields are flattening. Mark weighs in on the key takeaways in these trends as well as where "real" inflation-adjusted interest rates are coming in.
International Market Movers: Widening the scope beyond US markets, we discuss interest rates, currencies, and stock markets abroad from Europe to Asia, and the trends and moves by specific countries that have Marc’s attention.
Mexico/Canada/America (“MCA”) Trade Agreement Goes To Annual Review: Marc highlights that now that July 1st deadline has come and gone, the MCA is still intact, but now goes to an annual renewal and review for the next decade. This brings up the larger discussion around North American trade and economies of scale between the 3 countries, and the benefits of the MCA versus bilateral trade agreements.
Strait of Hormuz Supply Shock Effects Multiply: While the MOU for the ceasefire between the US and Iran is on unsure footing, there has been a significant drop in crude oil prices over the last couple of weeks, easing some future inflation expectations. However, the resulting supply shock in fertilizers and pesticides, had an impact on farming in a year where the warmer weather effects from El Niño are anticipated to result in lower food yields. This is one of the big themes Marc will be watching for the balance of this year and setting up for 2027.

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26 min
July 03Joel Elconin – Keep An Eye On The Violent Rotation Trade Under The Surface Of US Equity Markets
In this Daily Editorial on The KE Report, I chat with Joel Elconin, Co-Founder of the Pre-Market Prep Show and Founder of the Stock Trader Network, to discuss the “violent rotation trade” underneath the surface of the US equity markets. His big takeaway lately has been that “leaders have turned into laggards, and the laggards have now turned into leaders.”

We picked it up where we left off last week where Micron Technology (MU) and SanDisk (SNDK) had blasted up after a nice earnings beat, but then dropped precipitously this week.
Micron got “Broadcom’ed” by the market… Joel points out that initially Broadcom (AVGO) had rallied on its earnings, before then getting taken out to the woodshed and beaten down over the last month.

There have been pockets of strength lately, due to a rotation trade out of MAG-7 leadership and out into select financial stocks, consumer staples, mixed retail, utilities, biotech (XBI), healthcare (XLV), but Joel advised caution in chasing these sectors much higher.

Another laggard trade, that has morphed into a leader trade has the been the small cap stocks as evidenced by the move in the Russell 2000 (IWM) for the last year, and picking up pace over the last few months.

We discussed that some stocks, like Intel Corp (INTC), with a current forward PE ratio over 150, are making upside moves that normally take years in just a matter of days and weeks; and thus, their valuations are now priced to perfection far out into the future.
His concern is the eventual assertion of gravity in the markets, where valuations actually start to matter again.

Oil prices have collapsed since the MOU was signed between the US and Iran, which is a bright spot for consumers and businesses alike, and it should help with the inflation readings moving forward. However, Joel points out that if the WTI prices drop even lower and the trends shift over into a deflationary cycle, then that could roil the markets.

When probed about the potential rotation from growth into value in that kind of a scenario, Joel highlighted that this is what we are already starting to see under the surface of these markets, and that happens later in the cycle when traders get into a more defensive posture.

Joel flagged that his biggest concern at present is that the markets are content to focus on the benefits of the rotation trade, but if money quits pulling out of one asset class and plowing right back into another and instead just goes to the sidelines, then things could also morph into a “sell everything” market in the 2nd half of the year. For this reason, his posture and general outlook is moving from neutral to bearish looking ahead to the balance of 2026.

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19 min
July 02Brien Lundin – Emerging From The PM Market Malaise In Q2, and Looking Ahead To Better Seasonality and Sector News In Q3
In this Daily Editorial from The KE Report, I sit down with Brien Lundin, Editor of the Gold Newsletter and host of the upcoming New Orleans Investment Conference, to get his outlook on where we are at in the precious metals market, and why he believes the bottoming process is already underway here in the mid-point of the year. We are transitioning from what was a very difficult correction in Q2, to a metals and mining prices that seem to have hit selling exhaustion and are bouncing up to kick off Q3.

While the short-term charts for gold have been under pressure, Brien highlights several under-the-radar shifts that suggest a market transition is underway in the PM complex.
Gold dipped briefly below $4,000 a few times, but didn’t stay there and quickly rebounded back up above that round psychological number each time. The last few days of June and first couple days of July have put some breathing room in between current prices and $4,000.
The Fed policy expectations went a bit too extreme in the hawkish camp, and Brien points out that eventually Kevin Warsh and the Fed will transition back to a more accommodative policy, using their task forces to define new readings on economic datapoint.
The stronger US dollar is not going to be the headwind some may expect, and is less relevant to the gold or silver price over the medium to longer-term than other macro trends.
We are entering an attractive window of seasonality, where often the lows in the PM sector occur between late July and early August and then rally for months into the Fall. While we could see a bit more continued price weakness, he sees that as a great spot to go shopping for companies on people’s watch lists.

The precious metals stocks are going to have a wave of positive news coming in Q3 from robust earnings in the producers, to cashed up exploration programs, resource estimate updates, and economic studies in the juniors.
Brien highlights the following companies as ones that have positive news catalysts on tap that he is keenly interested in following for H2: Prospector Metals Corp. (TSXV: PPP) (OTCQB: PMCOF), K2 Gold Corp (TSXV: KTOV) (OTCQX: KTGDF), Banyan Gold Corp. (TSXV:BYN)(OTCQB:BYAGF), Delta Resources Ltd (TSXV: DLTA) (OTC Pink: DTARF), and Auro Metals Inc. (TSXV: AURO) (OTCPK: AURFF).

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