US-China deal, and more DoD money will not loosen China’s grip on military-grade rare earths magnets China maintains a chokehold on all aspects of rare earths production. Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | June 20, 2025 | 4:11 pm
The Ring of Fire: an abundance of metals, few juniors The Ring of Fire has been called one of the most promising opportunities for critical minerals development in the Canadian province of Ontario. Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | June 13, 2025 | 3:14 pm
Gold, silver and copper are the answer to global turmoil A crisis is unfolding in the bond market that equity investors may not be aware of. Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | May 30, 2025 | 2:02 pm
Copper price supported by Chinese demand, tariff hiatus, easing of geopolitical tensions There are several reasons for copper’s reversal of fortune. Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | May 9, 2025 | 12:07 pm
Precious metals offer protection against looming economic challenges Bad economic and geo-political news leads to precious metals being an attractive alternative to stocks. Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | May 2, 2025 | 1:13 pm
Is Basel III setting up a new gold-backed monetary system? The implementation of Basel III across the global banking system has been ongoing since 2019, but the United States has not yet moved to it. Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | April 20, 2025 | 8:22 am
The stars are aligning for Graphite One Graphite One could take a leading role in loosening China’s tight grip on the US graphite market by mining feedstock from its Graphite Creek project in Alaska. Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | March 28, 2025 | 3:29 pm
Copper industry needs to invest $2.1 trillion over the next 25 years to meet demand Some of the world’s largest mining companies, market analysis firms and bank are warning that this year, a massive shortfall will emerge for copper. Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | February 28, 2025 | 10:48 am
Gold and silver prices are pushing higher. Here’s why So far this year, spot gold has risen 32% and spot silver has gained 11%. Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | February 7, 2025 | 2:48 pm
Why Greenland should join Canada – not the US In 2008, Greenland voted to transfer more power from the Danish royal government to the local Greenlandic government. Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | January 30, 2025 | 11:30 am
China’s metal dominance Washington has finally begun to recognize its critical minerals vulnerability. Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | December 6, 2024 | 12:44 pm
Silver short squeeze coming? Some are led to believe that a looming “silver squeeze” could be the investment opportunity of a generation. Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | November 2, 2024 | 3:56 pm