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Incrementum AG managing partner Ronald-Peter Stöferle says the surge in precious metals reflects a structural bull market rather than speculative excess. Speaking with Kitco Mining at the VRIC 2026, Stöferle said, “we’re in a bull market, we’re not in a bubble yet,” arguing gold’s strength is driven by a monetary revaluation tied to rising debt levels, persistent inflation, and financial repressio...

Michael Gentile, founder of Bastion Asset Management and a strategic investor in junior mining, says the current surge in gold reflects a structural shift driven by both central banks and financial investors. Speaking with Kitco Mining at the VRIC 2026, Gentile said, “it’s the first time we’ve seen both central banks and financial players buying at the same time,” arguing this dual demand dynamic...

Willem Middelkoop, founder and CEO of Commodity Discovery Fund, says the metals bull market reflects a structural shift driven by currency debasement and rising geopolitical risk. Speaking with Kitco Mining at the 2026 Vancouver Resource Investment Conference, Middelkoop rejected the idea that metals are in a bubble. “There’s not a bubble in the metals. There’s a bubble in the dollar,” he said. Mi...

Christian Milau, President of Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO), joins Kitco Mining’s Paul Harris at the Future Minerals Forum 2026 to discuss leadership transition, capital discipline, and a major shift in the company’s cash generation profile. Milau says that despite strong gold prices, gold equities have not yet attracted the level of generalist interest he would have expected. He argues this...

Montage Gold Corp. (TSX: MAU; OTCQX: MAUTF) CEO Martino DiCiccio joins Kitco Mining’s Paul Harris at the Future Minerals Forum 2026 to discuss construction progress at the company’s Kone Gold Project in Côte d’Ivoire, one of the largest gold mine developments currently underway. The $860 million Kone project is expected to produce more than 300,000 oz per year during the first eight years of a 16-...

McEwen Mining (NYSE: MUX; TSX: MUX) Executive Chair and Chief Owner Rob McEwen joins Kitco Mining’s Paul Harris at Future Minerals Forum 2026 in Riyadh as copper trades near $6 per pound. McEwen says copper’s surge is being driven by excitement around future uses and a growing shortage of supply. He points to AI, electrification, energy infrastructure, long lead times, and the scarcity of major di...

Gold’s rally is being driven by deeper structural forces than short-term headlines. Speaking with Kitco Mining’s Paul Harris at the Future Minerals Forum 2026 in Riyadh, World Gold Council CEO David Tait explains why demand for gold has broadened and what could ultimately change the trend. Tait says central bank buying remains an important foundation, with purchases still close to 1,000 tonnes, bu...

Dominic Raab, Head of Global Affairs at Appian Capital Advisory, joins Kitco Mining’s Paul Harris at Future Minerals Forum 2026 in Riyadh to discuss how geopolitics and national security are reshaping global critical minerals supply chains. Raab says supply concentration and export controls have driven a tougher US response, noting “there is a galvanization of action coming out of Washington DC in...

Northern Graphite (TSXV: NGC) CEO Hugues Jacquemin joins Kitco Mining’s Paul Harris at Future Minerals Forum 2026 in Riyadh just minutes after signing a $200 million agreement to build a battery anode materials plant in Saudi Arabia. Jacquemin outlines how the joint venture with Obeikan Investment Group came together after a year of work, saying, “We spent about a year working together on crafting...

First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM; OTCQX: FQVLF) President and CEO Tristan Pascal joins Kitco Mining’s Paul Harris at Future Minerals Forum 2026 in Riyadh as copper trades near $6 per pound. Pascal explains that copper is increasingly being driven by a structural gap between supply and demand. Electrification, renewable energy, electric vehicles, data centers, and AI-driven grid upgrades are acceler...

Highlander Silver (TSXV: HSLV) President and CEO Daniel Earle joins Kitco Mining’s Investment Trends with Paul Harris to break down silver’s explosive move into the end of 2025 and the company’s decision to scale aggressively into the next phase of the cycle. With silver up roughly 170% last year and far outperforming gold, Earle says the move follows the typical structure of precious metals bull...

Gold Royalty (NYSE American: GROY) CEO and Chairman David Garofalo joins Kitco Mining’s Paul Harris to outline why the macro forces driving gold higher remain firmly in place as 2026 begins, and how those dynamics are reshaping the royalty and streaming sector. Garofalo links gold’s strength to decades of currency debasement, record global debt, and persistently negative real interest rates, argui...

Collective Mining (TSX: CNL; NYSE American: CNL) Executive Chair Ari Sussman joins Kitco Mining’s Investment Trends with Paul Harris to reflect on a breakout 2025 and outline what could drive the next phase at the Guayabales Project in Colombia. At Apollo, Sussman explains that the discovery of the deeper RAMP zone has reignited growth at depth with higher-grade, bulk-style mineralization after th...

Greg Orrell, Portfolio Manager at OCM Gold Fund, joins Kitco Mining’s Paul Harris to break down why the precious metals market enters 2026 in uncharted territory. With gold closing in on $4,500/oz and silver pushing through $80/oz at the time of recording, Orrell highlights how unusual the move has been, noting that “the gold price went up every single month in 2025,” something he says has not hap...

Syntholene Energy (TSXV: ESAF) CEO Dan Sutton says the company’s synthetic jet fuel strategy is built on proven industrial execution, supported by a board with deep mining, uranium, and infrastructure experience. Newly listed on the TSXV, Syntholene is positioning itself as a next-generation fuel producer using geothermal heat to drive high-temperature electrolysis and deliver a major cost advanta...

In his final interview as CEO of Newmont (NYSE: NEM; TSX: NGT), Tom Palmer joins Kitco Mining’s Paul Harris to reflect on the decade that reshaped the world’s largest gold producer. Palmer steps down on December 31 after steering the company through the Goldcorp integration, the COVID era, cost inflation, and the landmark acquisition of Newcrest. He says the Newmont he is handing to incoming CEO N...

Discovery Silver (TSX: DSV; OTCQX: DSVSF) President & CEO Tony Makuch joins Kitco Mining at the 2025 NBC Capital Markets CEO Mining Conference to break down Discovery’s dramatic transformation. The acquisition of Newmont’s Porcupine complex has turned the company from a silver developer into a cash-flowing, Ontario-based gold producer with major growth potential. Makuch says the deal “unlocks...

Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) President and CEO Jamie Beck joins Kitco Mining at the 2025 NBF CEO Mining Conference in London to discuss his transition into the role and the next phase of growth at the high-grade Fruta del Norte mine in Ecuador. With $4,000 gold, strong free cash flow, and a debt-free balance sheet, the company continues to return capital through a fixed $300 million dividend and a varia...

Aya Gold and Silver (TSX: AYA) CEO Benoit La Salle joins Kitco Mining’s Investment Trends to discuss the company’s record performance and expanding footprint in Morocco. The company remains the only pure silver producer in the sector, anchored by the Zgounder mine, where a new 2,700 tonne per day plant has lifted total capacity to about 3,700 tonnes per day. The ramp-up helped deliver strong third...

Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS; NYSE American: SLS) President and CEO Matthew Rowlinson joins Kitco Mining at the 2025 NBF CEO Mining Conference in London to discuss the new pre-feasibility study and maiden reserve for the Warintza Project in Ecuador. The study outlines 240,000 tons per year of copper equivalent for the first 15 years, a $1.07 per pound C1 cash cost, an NPV of $4.6 billion, a 26 perc...

Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) CEO Paul Rollinson joins Kitco Mining at the NBF CEO Mining Conference in London to discuss another solid year for the company. Kinross reported 500,000 ounces of gold equivalent in Q3, lifting its cash position above US$1.7 billion, delivering almost US$700 million in free cash flow, and becoming net cash on the balance sheet. The company increased its dividend by...

New Gold (TSX: NGD; NYSE American: NGD) CEO Patrick Godin joins Kitco Mining at the 2025 NBC Capital Markets CEO Mining Conference in London to break down a year defined by a full operational turnaround and a proposed merger with Coeur Mining. New Gold delivered one of the strongest quarters in the sector, producing more than 115,000 ounces of gold and 12 million pounds of copper while cutting all...

Aris Mining (TSX: ARIS; NYSE American: ARMN) CEO Neil Woodyer joins Kitco Mining at the 2025 NBF CEO Mining Conference in London to break down a pivotal month for the company, including the landmark settlement of its long-running international arbitration with the government of Colombia. As Woodyer explains, “It now has a very clear legal obligation spelled out in many pages and many subpages,” ma...

Artemis Gold (TSXV: ARTG; OTCQX: ARGTF) Executive Chair Steven Dean says Blackwater is generating exceptional margins as the company accelerates its next stages of growth. Speaking with Kitco Mining at the NBF CEO Mining Conference in London, Dean says “we’re in a very fortunate position to have significant organic growth,” noting all-in sustaining costs of about $840 per ounce and a margin of mor...

AbraSilver Resource Corp. (TSXV: ABRA; OTCQX: ABBRF) CEO John Miniotis says the Diablillos silver gold project is entering its strongest development window yet as Argentina’s new RGI regime reshapes project economics. Speaking with Kitco Mining at the NBF CEO Mining Conference in London, Miniotis says, “RGI has been an absolute game changer for Argentina as a whole, and specifically for our projec...