This week Kitco Roundtable panelists Michael McCrae, Paul Harris and Neils Christensen picked their top news story of the year, as well as emerging trends in 2022.

McCrae is Mining Audiences Manager, Harris is a Kitco correspondent and Christensen is a Kitco editor.

McCrae chose the large automakers investing electric vehicles as mining's top headline, due to a firm commitment to battery metals. Christensen said meme stocks and emerging silver were most impactful to him. Looking at top gold deals, Harris argued that Newcrest buying Pretium had the biggest implication for the precious metal space.